Saturday News: The Tools of Ignorance
by jscape2000 on Jul 31, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintPhil Hughes made one mistake last night, but with no support from the offense, it cost the Yankees a game in the standings. The Rays are now only one game back.
As you may have heard, Lance Berkman is on his way, but the deal is not official yet. The Yankees are sending AAA reliever Mark Melancon and A- infielder Jimmy Paredes to the Astros.
The quieter deal is picking up Austin Kearns from the Indians to be a RH outfield bat able to play all three outfield spots.
Later today, Javy Vazquez will face the man who removed the Rays from the list of no-hitter-less franchises. Which means, Javy has to be the man who made the Rays better than the Mets.
Only Swisher and Arod have hit Garza well over their careers. So Javy will have to be good.
Oh yeah, the Red Sox lost. So the Yanks and Rays maintained their leads in the Wild Card chase. Just saying.
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Love these 2 moves.
Melancon was basically done as a Yank, he could never throw strikes with the Yanks. He’ll probably end up being pretty good in Houston (then of course there will be people saying "CASH IS AN IDIOT WHY DID HE TRADE HIM!!!!!!!), possibly that closer that he was supposed to be.
What a crap way to lose a game yesterday. Hughes pitched excellent but one high fastball actually got caught up to..and its a HR.
Big game for Javy today too. I’m sure the haters will be watching with close eye so they can throw him under the bus. Really hope he does well and shuts that BS up.
Can kinda see why the Yanks are concerned with getting offense too. It is apparently the year of the pitcher tho, so its really not like the Yanks are immune to good pitching.
Go New York Go!
Yet another game I'll have to miss
It always seems like I’m committed to something else during key games. At least I should be able to watch Sunday’s. Hopefully Garza will be suffering from post-no-hitter crappiness.
I was pretty surprised by the Berkman move, but I do see him as an upgrade over (a healthy) Nick Johnson. It’s got the added bonus for me that I might get to see Melancon at Round Rock before the end of the season.
Usqueadbaugham! Anam muck an dhoul ! Did ye drink me doornail?
Both these trades are excellent
It’s essentially Berkman for Melancon, which is a downright steal. The Kearns deal is awesome move. I love both of these moves, cause we basically got a Dunn-like hitter than makes better contact, for a helluva lower price.
I wouln’t say today’s game is a must-win, but it’s a should-win. Time for Javy to show us his stuff, and see what he’s made off, whether he’ll be pitching in the playoffs.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi
Yup
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Tired,,,,Very Tired.....
This team looks very,,very,,,old and tired……Posada is a liability behind the plate…..core or no core…..his arm is done,,,,,,his knees are done……and yank pitching seems to do better without him behind the plate………O.K. he did a lot in the past and got over paid for it !!!!!!.But that is the past……today is today…….Teams will run on him all day…..and succeed.
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Uhhh
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
they lost one game
on basically one pitch.
Go New York Go!
by FreeBradshaw on Jul 31, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
BUT DFAZ TEH TEAM!
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Chad Qualls to the Rays
Not too big of a major move for TB
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Yankee Country is back
His new name is Yankee_Country and he is on MLBDailyDish now. Great times…
"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next." -George Michael Steinbrenner III
genius new nickname
How original!!!
I’d bet he’d be back on here again soon and go on another major rant.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
They should just give him an IP ban
Though his last visit was somewhat amusing
lol can mods know who he is
even if he changed email and also changes his name to something we haven’t heard? Would they still know?
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
I really want him to come back hahah
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
me too
it’s good for a good laugh.
I don’t really get Great Gatsby’s new post though. Did you read it yet?
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
what up with him?
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
I’m not sure whether to take it seriously or not- he did compliment YankeesIntel and said he was knowledgeable.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
Yeah, I dont know whats up there
I know he didnt mention my name. Is that a good thing?
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought he was IP banned already
Duggan got pissed at him for good reason
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
We don’t have IP bans (yet). I can see all accounts created from a specific IP address.
The reason we’re slow to implement an IP ban (as it was explained to me a couple years ago when I asked) is that AOL addresses show up from a narrow range of IPs, and we’d rather do the work to manually ban trolls than inadvertently ban quality community members.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Ok, that makes sense.
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
dont let him back here, he said terrible stuff about PA on my website
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
As with all trolls- flag their posts so that a mod will see them when we log in, and don’t feed them.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Gotta win this one
Javy needs to be at his best. Garza’s a tough pitcher.
Love the two moves. Melancon is the biggest peace the Yanks gave up, and he was pretty much done with the Yanks after his 15 hit batters in 10 innings or whatever the number was.
Win today. A-Rod, please just get this home run out of the way already!
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
The Rockies scored between 10-12 runs with 2 outs last night
They put A.J. to shame!
"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next." -George Michael Steinbrenner III
Why is it always them
who go on a huge tear or a huge comeback t win? It seems since 2007 they’ve done nothing but come back from last place, or in regular games come back down 7 in the bottom of the ninth to win! It’s always the Rockies.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot"-Kobe Bryant
Let 'em have it
They won’t be winning a WS anytime soon, so let the fans rejoice about “important comeback wins”.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi
They set multiple MLB records last night for consecutive hits and XBH in an inning
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
So who are we thinking the Yankees are looking at for 3B?
I presume that Pena, Thames and Curtis will all be gone soon.
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Isnt ARod
at 3B?
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
A backup infielder
If you will
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
oh
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
And Gammons says that Berkman will be in the Yankee lineup tonight
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I thought
the deal could not be made offical for 24 hours?
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
24 hrs from when tho?
if its before 7:00, I’d think he can be in the lineup and its official
Go New York Go!
by FreeBradshaw on Jul 31, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, ok
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
It should be official in the early afternoon
Doesn’t take too long to get to St. Pete from Houston
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Kenny Williams is dumping the farm for Edwin Jackson and possibly Adam Dunne
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Dunn*
I have a tendency of typing the “e” cause I had a math teacher named Mr. Dunne
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
BBS, you average 106 comments per day
Do you realize that at your current rate, you will eventually overtake FreeBradshaw?
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
really?
And you did the math to figure that out?
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Not that hard
And yes, really. That is an achievement if I have ever seen one.
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
FreeBradshaw has over 45,000 comments
nobody will EVER overtake him. How many comments does Free average per day?
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95.5
So, it would take BBS a WHILE to overtake that… but her pace is more comments than Bradshaw
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Its quite scary that someone is actually tracking this stuff,lol
by YankeesJets on Jul 31, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
It's not too hard, folks
Divide the amount of comments by the number of days the person has been a member of the community. Simple mathematics !
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Its not a hard thing, but why do it?
It is kinda weird compiling who has the most comments a day, dont you think?
by YankeesJets on Jul 31, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
If it took up a good chunk of my time configuring who posted how many times per day
That might be a little weird.. the fact that it takes about 2 minutes max isn’t too shabby. I also thought it would be funny to compare Bradshaw and BBS because they post a tremendous amount of the time.
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Which isn't a bad thing because these sites depend on comments
More comments = better site… for the most part.
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Last year
up until the postseason, Game Threads got up to 200-300 comments at most usually.
This year we need overflows every day. It’s definitely a lot more popular this year. Guess thats what a WS Championship does.
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Interesting
It’s good that there are a lot of people here though. I plan on staying for a long time. To tell you the truth, I don’t even remember how I stumbled across the site but it was by accident. Publicity would not hurt PSA… only make it stronger. I am in no way on that wagon though.
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
wow, thats one heck of an achievement
BBS, you have more comments than I do, and you joined SB Nation like 8 months after me lol
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this intrigues me
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL ZING
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by Chris McKeown on Jul 31, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah
I didnt know I comment that much
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 31, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
As long as you arent talking with your mouth full, it's okay
by YankeesJets on Jul 31, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
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