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UPDATE: 9:40 PM: Follow up email from the emailer

Hey Brandon, I rad some of those emails and I am sorry for saying what i said. Granderson is Grand! (erson) and Randy Winn should not change his name. Btw, I am 35 years old (a mature 35, for that matter) I am not upset that u posted it cause i got my answers to my theories. Thanks and i won't steal ur hob i promise man!

Can't spell job right, can we now?

Star-divide

Ever since I started the blogging business I received some pretty humorous emails. One claimed I was secretly the prime minister of Britain (true story) and one claimed I was Larry Lucchino (true story) Neither of those, however, came close to being as funny as the one I received today. The rest of this passage will be excerpts from the e-mail and my own comments about it.

Dear Brandon C. As a fellow Yankees fan I decided to reach out to you through email. I am very upset to the Yankees start of spring trayning this season. The Yankees are not hitting good and are not pitching well. Please read this email and reply your thoughts on my ideas and thoughts. Thank you.

OK, I'm not much of a grammar freak, but trayning? Seriously? Read on for the rest (believe me, it gets better).

First issue is the Yankees trading for Curtis Granderson. Last time I checked Granderson is hitting .083 and Austin Jaxson is hitting .583. Jaxson was a top prospect for the Bronx Bombers. This trade has not panned out the way I would like, and Granderson is incapable of handling the Bronx. I say trade Granderson to the Mets for Fernando Martinez and Ike Davis.

Ok, how many games have been played in Spring Training so far, 5? The idea of trading Granderson this early is funny enough, but for Fernando Martinez AND Ike Davis?

Why do the Yankees trust Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain? Joba has shown he is not a capable starter and Hughes should be a closer. The Yankees should sign Jardo Washburn and Mark Prior to compete for the 5th starter job. Trade Joba Chamberlain to the Brewers for Prince Fielder and make him your new DH. Release Nick Johnson, he sucks massively.

OK, so many things wrong here. Yes, Hughes and Joba have pitched poorly so far, but they've only had two appearances a piece. The idea of signing "Jardo" Washburn (Jarrod Washburn, I assume) AND Mark Prior (hilarious) is just plain wrong. Joba for Prince? I wish.....Nick Johnson I won't even comment on.

Randy Winn, more like Randy LOSE....

OK, that is funny.

Finally, when you're mommy tucks you in at night, does she say "don't worry, everything is going to be alright"? I bet she does. I also bet the Yankees come in 3rd place this year (Red Sox 1st, Orioles 2nd) and sign Carlos Crawford at the end of the season. Everything will not be alright. And a quick thought on the blog, sir, I was gunna post this in a "fanpost" but I have better things to do like breathing. If i did....you might wanna quit your fob, as I would be taking it after Ed offers me it....I write better than Pulitzer.

OK, no comment. Come up with commentary on your own people! Just felt the need to pass along this brilliant email. Comments?

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RED SUXS IN FIRST,OH YEAH,WHO TUCKS YOU IN TO BED PETER GAMMONS OR JOHN KRUK

BIG YANKEE FAN,FROM MASS. HAVE TO PUT UP WIYH ALL THESE HOLE SOX FANS

by JEETS on Mar 11, 2010 8:16 AM EST reply actions  

Carlos Crawford and Jardo Washburn? Seriously? I guess that’s what their names would be if they were born in the Domincan Republic or something, but wow.

by 3460kuri on Mar 11, 2010 8:36 AM EST reply actions  

hahahahhaa

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by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:41 AM EST up reply actions  

Dear Gordon Brown

So this explains why you constantly make references to your time as Chancellor of the Exchequer when discussing stats. It all makes sense now.

"I'm just tryin' to be the great, tryin' to get a piece of cake
Take it offa your plate, eat it right in your face" --Lil Wayne

by Sgurd0187 on Mar 11, 2010 8:37 AM EST reply actions  

Seems a little ridiculous. It’s only spring training, no one plays well. Last year C.C. was absolute trash in spring training and had a solid year. Just a ridiculous email

by billsfan26 on Mar 11, 2010 8:39 AM EST reply actions  

That was funny

Thanks for the bemusing laughter in the morning, always a good way to start the day. I mean, if they Yanks don’t clean up in the Grapefruit League, how can we expect them to compete in the Major Leagues? Let’s just fire the whole team and start over again.

by TNYFBG on Mar 11, 2010 8:58 AM EST reply actions  

Don't thank me

Thank the emailer!

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"Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth."
"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions  

You coulda probably known what was to come..

when he (she? It?) showed concern about the team in March.

The spelling just confirmed it.

I hope they reveal themselves and make said fan-post.

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 11, 2010 9:00 AM EST reply actions  

I think It

Would be the best word haha

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:42 AM EST up reply actions  

Hey B, How much does that fob he wants you to quit pay a month?

You can take the man outta New York, but can never take New York outta the man!
Reggie Duncan

by reggiedunc519 on Mar 11, 2010 9:08 AM EST reply actions  

DON"T TAKE MY FOB!

haha thanks for reading

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions  

I good at rihting

"It took twenty five years to get there, and they did it in championship style" - Van Miller 1/20/91.

by Michael_Necci on Mar 11, 2010 9:24 AM EST reply actions  

As the saying goes...

It takes all knds, (oops I meant kinds)….

by Great Gatsby on Mar 11, 2010 9:46 AM EST reply actions  

I didn't think my cat even knew how send email.

Seriously, I thought he just spent the day sleeping. And I’ve told him a million times that Granderson will hit. If he had opposable thumbs he wouldn’t make so many typos.

by designatedquitter on Mar 11, 2010 10:37 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

+4

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by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions  

?

This was a real email that I received

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by Brandon C. on Mar 11, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions  

one would certainly HOPE...

this is a joke email. But we all know that there are people/fans out there like this.

I’d also like to petition that Austin Jackson officially change the spelling of his name to “Jaxon.” Much cooler.

by NumberSeven on Mar 11, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions  

*Jaxson — sheesh… I mispelled the mispelling…

by NumberSeven on Mar 11, 2010 11:03 AM EST up reply actions  

he should change his name

to Rock Strongo to become the coolest man on the planet.

by Travis G on Mar 12, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions  

From the sentence structure and spelling.....

I would figure this email from a 14 year old…..Now all we need to do is fire Cashman and hire this “person” to be the GM. And for all of us YANKEE fans it looks as if the season is over. Yep, this was one humorous email for several reasons…..

Rick
Goooooooooooo MSU BOBCATs
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Almost 60 years as a YANKEE Fan

by ramyankee on Mar 11, 2010 10:52 AM EST reply actions  

I wouldn't put down 14 year-olds like that

My 1.5 year old neice can’t write yet, but sure speaks more coherently.

by 3460kuri on Mar 11, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions  

Good point.....

Rick
Goooooooooooo MSU BOBCATs
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Almost 60 years as a YANKEE Fan

by ramyankee on Mar 11, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree.

Granderson can’t handle the Bronx. All the hot temps and palm trees in the borough are clearly affecting his plate discipline.

But we shouldn’t pick on this gentleman. After all, he does indeed write better than Pulitzer, and several other inanimate objects.

by Grib on Mar 11, 2010 11:13 AM EST reply actions  

HaHa

Thanks for the e-mail…….Great reading.

by Blackbag on Mar 11, 2010 11:43 AM EST reply actions  

Either this was a joke email, or it was some sad ghetto kid who dropped out of high school because he was too busy being “ballin’” trying to hold his own amidst those of us who actually finished school. Sorry, you failed, go back to school.

by Wraithpk on Mar 11, 2010 1:42 PM EST reply actions  

Upon re-reading, the sender of the email does sound like a kid.

If that’s the case, we really shouldn’t be kicking him around this way. He shouldn’t be discouraged from joining and posting if he is an interested Yankee fan. If it had entered my mind that the sender is possibly in middle school, I wouldn’t have posted as I did above.

by designatedquitter on Mar 11, 2010 1:45 PM EST reply actions  

if it’s a kid, I would say to him, do some more studying on baseball. And use spell-check.

by Wraithpk on Mar 11, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions  

if it is a kid, IT should probably have been wiped on a napkin.

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 11, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions  

This

This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons.

by Lord Duggan on Mar 11, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions  

See new update

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by Brandon C. on Mar 12, 2010 9:34 AM EST up reply actions  

Does this guy have his own blog lol?

I’d love to read it loll

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by SportsDalaiLama on Mar 11, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions  

35 years old?

Please..please tell me that dude sniffed peyote before he wrote that e-mail…..

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 12, 2010 12:38 PM EST reply actions  

Or English is not his first language.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Mar 12, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions  

wasnt so much the spelling..

as the ignorance with the concern of Grandy in Spring training vs. AJAX.

I’d think a 35 y/o person would see enough Spring trainings to know that it doesn’t parlay much into the 162, other then maybe injuries and filling out the roster with the final spots.

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 12, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Personally, I like the humor

He should be a comedian!

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 12, 2010 4:04 PM EST reply actions  

LOL

Joba for Fielder? Yea I wish- if the Brewers would be stupid enough to take that trade it would be freaking hilarious. Could you imagine that report on ESPN? “The Yankees have traded Joba Chamberlain (RHP) to the Brewers for Prince Fielder (1B/DH)”. That would be great, but unrealistic.

The comment on Granderson is ridiculous. Throwing him under the bus after 5 Spring Training games? And he’s played better lately.

I’m not a fan of either Winn or Johnson, but he’s pushing it with them.

My favorite comment from this guy by far was the comment saying that the Orioles will come in second. LOL yea they’ve improved, but they’ll still be lucky to even get by the Rays for third place. If they come in second with the roster they currently have, then you’d probably see an MVP season from that catcher of theirs over there to go with it, along with career years from EVERYONE on that team. They’re not coming in second place.

This was actually pretty funny though. After a tough day at work it’s nice to get a few laughs in- and this definitely did it.

by nyyrocks29 on Mar 12, 2010 10:12 PM EST reply actions  

Glad to hear it

I’ll be sure to pass along any other insane fan mail

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 12, 2010 10:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Joba for Fielder makes perfect sense

if you value players by the pound. I think that on this basis, it’s a good deal for the Yankees. Also, Sabathia is worth two Brett Gardners.

by designatedquitter on Mar 15, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think you're the misguided one here, Brandon

I thought it was common knowledge that Spring Training stats dictate how the regular season will go.

Jonathan Albaladejo’s no-longer-fat-ass has been terrible thus far. Yankees will be lucky to stay out of the AL East cellar this year.

by FloridaownsFSU on Mar 13, 2010 1:25 PM EST reply actions  

yes of course.

because they store the champagne in the cellar

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 13, 2010 7:58 PM EST up reply actions  

my bad

I’ll be sure to apologize for being wrong about that one

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"Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth."
"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 13, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Follow-up Email

I think the follow-up email is even funnier and just adds to the entire thing! With everyone here making fun of his terrible spelling and grammar, you think he would have put forth some effort to not make those mistakes in a follow-up message…but low and behold he misspells “read” and “job” (again, but found a new way to screw it up) and can’t even use a capital “I” or “you’re” instead of “ur.”

The contradictions are hilarious too. First Granderson was the worst player in the league and Randy Winn needed to change his name, now Granderson is “Grand! (erson)” and Winn doesn’t need to change his name. Too funny…

If this guy really is a “mature” 35 year old, it’s just astonishing because going back on your statements and quickly changing your opinions just because you got made fun of for them is definitely immature in my book and something straight out of middle school.

Pride, Power, Pinstripes...Go Yankees!

by acman319 on Mar 14, 2010 5:03 AM EST reply actions  

What is it with pissed off Yankee fans and spelling?

I was smiling when I read Jardo Washburn, chuckling when I read Randy Lose, and cracking up when I saw Carlos Crawford. Classic.

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by moose35 on Mar 14, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I think Jardo Washburn

Would be a great name

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 14, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

I retract my "maybe we should be nice to kids" post and reinstate the one about my cat.

Although my cat is not 35, even in cat years. So, following the logic of this thread, Brandon actually is the prime minister of Great Britain. I suspected as much.

by designatedquitter on Mar 15, 2010 2:58 PM EDT reply actions  

You caught me

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"So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for."

by Brandon C. on Mar 15, 2010 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

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