Torre playing for Wild Card?

by StrappedYankee on Sep 16, 2007 1:14 PM EDT

Did Joe Torre decide to conduct tryout sessions for the 13th spot on his postseason staff? Are we trying for the Wild Card on purpose to avoid facing those Hell's Angels? Are we trying to get into the playoffs through the backdoor? Was Wang sabotaged in the process? These and many other questions fester in the air as we go down the wire. At botton is an interesting take by Bill Madden of NY Daily News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2007/09/16/2007-09-16_torres_use_of_bullpen_shows _yanks_playin.html

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Unrelated

but Shelley Duncan is pretty funny:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1031894

by matthaggs on Sep 16, 2007 2:32 PM EDT reply actions

That picture needs to be on the home page

By the way, fuck the Minnesota Twins. No help whatsoever.

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by pfistyunc on Sep 16, 2007 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Hysterical

love the face on the kid. You all should see this.

"Billy, you are hired." George.

by StrappedYankee on Sep 16, 2007 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Letterman should call ...

If I'm Shelley's agent, I'm on the horn to Letterman's staff booking him as a guest. This is beautiful.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Sep 17, 2007 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

From Schilling's 38 pitches.

"The yanks are something like 40-19 since the break so I don't expect anything less than a full out heavyweight brawl all the way to the end. They are clicking in every phase they need to, to win games, and we are playing well. This is the time of year when you laugh at the people that downplay April wins and overstate September ones. Without playing as well as we did early, and the Yanks struggling early, we don't have anywhere near the cushion we are enjoying right now." For once I hope this blowhard is right.

"Billy, you are hired." George.

by StrappedYankee on Sep 16, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

moronic posts and the Yankees post season chances

Baseball Gods usally just stay in the background. But too many bloggers are simply crude and stupid.
Profanity doesn't equal profundity. As for Torre and the Yankees...They are either tough and experienced or tough and learning, depending on your point of view. I like the makeup of this team and I think the season series with Boston clearly shows that it is able to compete quite well. Good starting and relief pitching, great though sometimes streaky hitters scoring a ton of runs. A-Rod, Jeter, Jorge, Cano,etc. are going to be hard to beat.

Larry the Baseball God

by Larry the Baseball God on Sep 17, 2007 9:01 AM EDT reply actions

Good starting pitching?

Did you watch Andy or Wang's starts? Also, the relief pitching on Saturday was top notch stuff.

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

And Joba & Mo gave up runs last

night so they suck too.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Sep 17, 2007 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Great point

Making a nonsensical statement about Joba and Mo is comparable to discussing Andy's struggles and Wang's utter bedshitting.

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Nah, just loving the doom & gloom

from the resident douche bags after taking 2 of 3 from the Red Sox.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Sep 17, 2007 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

How are facts doom and gloom?

Do you contend that Andy and Wang pitched well?

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Do you contend that Joba and

Mo pitched well last night as well?

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Sep 17, 2007 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Mo no, Joba yes

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for agreeing with at least

half of my "nonsensical" post.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Sep 17, 2007 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

It was nonsensical

in that neither Joba nor Mo or starters. Hence, your comment on their performance had little to no bearing on the "baseball god's" comments that we got good starting pitching this weekend. Then again, I have no idea why I should be surprised that your response has little if anything to do with the thread since that is your forte.

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry. I guess I should have been more

on point by saying something like your father is a pussy. My bad.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Sep 17, 2007 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Relief..

..pitched fine last night.. Mariano didn't have great control but had some good stuff. Joba pitched great.

by BobbyNYC on Sep 17, 2007 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

and...

...Wang pitched horribly the other day and it's worth getting at least somewhat worried about. I don't think he's been terribly consistent in a long time. Andy I'm less worried about.. i think he'll have a bad day every now and again. But, when Wang doesn't have his sinker working for him... it seems like its going to be a long night. Wang was lucky to be able to stay in the game as long as he did the other day. We were lucky to get out of more than a few jams.

by BobbyNYC on Sep 17, 2007 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Not that worried about Wang

He completely shit the bed on Saturday, but he does that every time he pitches in Fenway.

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by pfistyunc on Sep 17, 2007 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Everyone

talks about how cool and calm Wang is, but I think he gets amped up in those big games (understandibly) and he throws that sinker just a little bit harder and a little bit straighter.

Eleven wins in October...

by Edwantsacracker on Sep 17, 2007 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions