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Melky Planning An Appeal, Gardner Could Make Opening Day

Melky is not taking his surprise suspension lying down (h/t bronxgrl1 and NumberSeven):

Melky Cabrera still maintained Saturday morning that he didn't punch the Rays' Evan Longoria in the melee last week and he plans to appeal his three-game suspension, though he's going to watch video of the incident with his agent first.
My gut says 'Melky wouldn't say he didn't hit him if he actually hit him.' But my brain says, 'Hello, Roger Clemens!'

WasWatching has an interesting article up.

To me, when you look at Boggs, Knoblauch and Randolph on this list, it suggests that a player with little pop can a productive big league player if he:

1. Hits for a pretty decent batting average, and
2. Walks a lot, and
3. Is a good base-stealer.

While I agree that Brett Gardner fits those three criteria, what Steve Lombardi overlooks is that those three Yanks were infielders. Furthermore, Boggs was a multitime batting champ and far past his prime by the time he was a Yankee. In his best years in Boston, Boggs topped .475 SLG.

Either way, I think Gardner needs to start the season on the bench as insurance. With Melky unavailable, the Yanks have no one able to play center.

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lie/lay
lay means to put something down
lie means to recline

It's always misused because the simple past of lie is the simple present of lay.  Both are lay.

Lay is lay laid laid
Lie is lie lay lain

it's the suckiest irregular verb there is.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Mar 15, 2008 2:52 PM EDT reply actions  

i believe in this case
it would be lying down.
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle

by NumberSeven on Mar 15, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

you would be correct
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Mar 15, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh and
I like Brett Gardner.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Mar 15, 2008 2:53 PM EDT reply actions  

waswatching.com
has gone to hell recently. he's basically going on some sort of an vendetta against common sense and young pitchers.

by RollingWave on Mar 16, 2008 3:00 AM EDT reply actions  

what are you referring to?
I'm not seeing that.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Mar 16, 2008 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think
he sees so many other Yankee blogs (here, LoHud, NoMaas, etc) so excited for the young guns that he's trying to be realistic. And realistically speaking, no one develops three pitchers like Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz (even the Braves traded for Smoltz and signed Maddux as a FA). But that's the long term standard many of us seem to have set for the Trinity. So in responding to the unbridled optimism of most Yankee fans, he comes across as being very negative.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Mar 16, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

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