This is a New Season, Folks
by Brandon C. on Apr 2, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintThe first thing you see when you enter the official Yankees website is "27." The 27 obviously represents the 27 World Series' that the Yankees have won. Once the first pitch is thrown of the baseball season Sunday night, the 27 World Series' don't matter. At all. It's a new season, a new team, a new goal. 28. If the Yankees struggle to start the season you can't just pin the fact that they struggled to start last season too and say everything is ok. (Which it probably is considering it's the beginning of the season.) If Nick Swisher is brought into a game to pitch, that isn't a thing that you can just say doesn't matter. For him to be brought in you would need a big blowout in the oppositions favor.
In 2008, when I was first blogging, I received numerous emails saying the fact that the Yankees didn't make the playoffs "meant nothing because they made it so many times before." This year if the Yankees make the playoffs I'm sure we will hear fans say "oh, the Yankees are going to win it all because they did last year." This isn't last year, folks. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, etc. are gone. New faces such as Curtis Granderson have arrived. This team is better in my opinion, but you can't say they will win it all because nothing has changed. The team has changed.
Joe Girardi has now won a World Series. Does that make him the best manager in baseball? No. In the poll, he beat out some of the best managers in the game, in what I would guess is hometown bias. Still, fans will point out in times of trouble that the Yankees are the 2009 World Series Champions. Does that affect 2010? No.
This is a new season. The Yankees aren't the only team trying to win it all. There are the 2008 World Series Champions that bragged all of last season about how they were going to repeat. There are the 2007 World Series Champions within the same division as the Yankees.
Hopefully Yankees fans know this and while the 2009 team will likely affect the personas of the 2010 team in a way, keep in mind that this is a new season and a new 30 teams trying to win it all. To those who emailed me asking where to get 2010 World Series Champions gear....you might want to wait until that actually happens. This should be a great season for the Yankees and I predict a repeat. Will that happen? We'll begin to find out game by game starting Sunday.
Writers note: I will be away in Boston (without getting to see a Yankees game!!) on a family trip until Tuesday. have fun with opening day and don't miss me too much! (Jokes)
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This isn’t last year, folks. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, etc. are gone.
Kind of reminded me of Pitino’s “Kevin McHale’s not walking through that door” speech.
I hear you loud and clear Brandon. They certainly have a lot of the pieces in place to make it happen- let’s just hope they stay healthy.
Walking around DC rocking my #13 jersey
Getting booed, middle finger locked upright and in position for the season.
Let’s get it on.
"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
Agree 100% But...
There are arguably four “elite” teams in the major leagues… Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and the Cardinals. The probability of one of these four teams being WS champions is at least 80% if not 90%. The winner will be who gets hot during the playoffs and has the least number of injuries going into the playoffs plus home field advantage. The next tier Rays, ChiSox, Dodgers, Rockies, Giants,Twins & Mariners only really have a shot if all four of the above falters.
BUT remember there are no guarantees in life or baseball so that’s why we love the game
by YANKEES FOREVER on Apr 2, 2010 11:32 AM EDT reply actions
Exactly
Writer for Pinstripe Alley.
"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."
+1
I think the Yankees will have a few epic battles with the Rays before it’s all said and done this year.
by FloridaownsFSU on Apr 2, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
The Cardinals?
I don’t think so. If Lohse and Penny are your 3rd and 4th starters…Rays would win NL Central
by Great Gatsby on Apr 3, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm liking this
Unanimous agreement! Woo!
Writer for Pinstripe Alley.
"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."
Sadly thats true
I know that and I’ve only been here since December!
Writer for Pinstripe Alley.
"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."
Hey I don't want to go! Relative goes to Boston University
I’m just worried if the Easter Bunny delivers to Boston or not!
Writer for Pinstripe Alley.
"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."
Agreed
New year, new faces, new team. Everyone has a new team.
Same goal though. Win #28!!!
Lets get this season going. And please, for once, could these Yankees please get off to a good start? Just once?
GO YANKS!!!!
Maybe Nick Swisher won't pitch this April
Writer for Pinstripe Alley.
"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."
our first 9 games are against Bos, Tam, and LAA
it will be tough to start with a winning record
Exactly
and then Texas which won’t be a push over either.
I hope our Yankees do not put themselves in a hole behind the Red Sox with a poor start because it may be difficult to catch up one of these years.
Go Yanks… we all want a repeat & #28 in 2010.
Let’s celebrate a great Yankee 2010 season with another championship… from start to finish for a change
When don't..
the Yankees get off to a poor start? In case people have not looked ahead…Fifteen out of the first twenty two games are on the road, including a West Coast trip.
by Great Gatsby on Apr 3, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm fielding suggestions on a secret handshake
And catchy phrase that must be done before you can enter the bullpen to see the Ho Park.I will allow you to look if you know the phrase and shake,but if you do not come bearing gifts NO HO 4 YOU. Since the fist pump is so popular it will be the conclusion of the shake.I kinda like big Johnson finds the hole for the phrase but all will be considered.
Luke I'm your father.In order to eat a crawfish you have to suck on the ass until the eyeballs pop out.There was an old women from wheelin who had a hell of a feelin,she laid on her back and tickled her crack,and pissed all over the ceiling.Soup Nazi says NO HO 4 YOU.
Sorry I'm being THAT guy...
But what the hell are you talking about?
by Gelatin on Apr 2, 2010 3:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i agree.
Even though I spit out the line “2009 WS Champs!” About 4 time a day since I live in South Jersey.
In fact, I’m in Philly not, maybe I will count how many times I say it today.
by Gelatin on Apr 2, 2010 3:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Regarding "slow starts"
unfortunately, I can’t really recall the last time the Yankees did get off to a good start to their season. And, as others have pointed out, their first 12 games this year are brutal.
If they do get off to a good start this year, then they’re going to murder the rest of their schedule.
It's 2010 Already?
I really consider the 2009 team as one of the best in Yankee’s history. The 1998 team won a lot of games, but if these guys had been healthy all year, 114 wins would have been easily possible. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of flack for that, but this team was more and more incredibly dominent as the season rolled on. Watching the playoffs and the WS, it didn’t look like anyone even stood a chance. I haven’t seen that since ‘98. Sure, as I said before, we added some strengths, but we did lose two HOFers. There’s something that tells me this year will be more of a challenge. Sure, we look just as good on paper, but I think a little bit of the magic is gone. I will miss Godzilla more than anybody and I still don’t understand the move at all (maybe if we had picked up somebody healthy, but seriously?) Everyone else looks better, too, and that could be it. The Phils look just plain scary now. I would not want to play them this second in the WS. I always preached that Cliff Lee was over-rated and Halladay is a HUGE bonus here. And I’ll admit it, the Rays look scrappy (last time though…). YANKEES FOREVER pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Global domination, bizarre experiments on youth, our best player squatting in buildings drinking Bacardi, what you call the Evil Empire, I CALL HOME!!!!
The only reason I'm not completely concerned about Philly
if the Yankees meet them in the World Series for the second straight year (I did come to the conclusion that they will), is that as great as Doc is (and he’s better than Lee), the one saving grace is that Doc would be hard pressed to be as great as Lee was in the World Series. Lee gave up 2 runs in 16 innings against the Yankees (he gave up an extra two in the 17th inning he pitched, but that game was over by then). That is Doc-like dominance that we’ve seen against the Yankees over the years.
If the Yankees beat Doc, they probably would romp to the title since the Phillies’ middle of the rotation isn’t as good as the Yankees’ is. If Doc wins, then we’ve got a series.
by FloridaownsFSU on Apr 2, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
only 27 hours 2 minutes left.
i am pumped for this season, cant wait to defend our title. GO YANKEES!!!!!!
"Now that you taste it, you just want to keep doing it again." - A-Rod on Winning the World Series.
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