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Why is baseball your favorite sport? (If it is)

It’s not. Baseball and basketball are equal for me, while football I like not as much. Still, I follow football extensively during the season and the David Tyree game was still the best sports game I’ve ever seen in my life, so I can’t say I don’t love football. But I played both baseball and basketball in high school so I have more liking for the sports I’ve participated in than the ones I haven’t.

Hiroki Kuroda or Roy Oswalt on a one year deal?

Oswalt’s a better pitcher, so I’d take him. I’m not sure Oswalt is looking for a one year deal though. If he is, the Yankees should be all over him.

Tony Pena or Joe Girardi, who would you rather be the manager?

Joe Girardi. For all the shit he gets during the season, he’s one of the best long-term bullpen managers I’ve seen in terms of not overworking anybody. He’s not afraid to trust his players and he seems to have a great relationship with all his players. I know some people feel this is of no importance, but I think it deserves mentioning. I also haven’t seen Tony Pena manage, so I have no idea how to judge him against someone I’ve seen manage for the last 4 years.

Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, when all is said and done who will have the better career?

Depends completely on this season. If Hughes has a good season and sticks in the rotation I say Hughes. If he tanks and goes to the pen, then I say Joba.

And are those top 10 players supposed to be based on how good they were as a Yankee or are they based on popularity? Because there are soooooo many problems with that list if it’s based on player accomplishments it’s ridiculous.

Best player of all time.
Questions!
Why is baseball your favorite sport?
I just enjoy the sport, and the year round interest keeps me interested. I have played it since I could walk and even work for the White Sox during the summer. I just love baseball.

Hiroki Kuroda or Roy Oswalt on a one year deal?
Kuroda. Oswalt seems like he is looking for a one year deal to only improve value so he can sign a big contract next season. Kuroda seems like he wants to play, and is older, so he might be trying to give everything he has for one last season before he retires.

Tony Pena or Joe Girardi, who would you rather be the manager?

Joe Girardi because he was a catcher and catchers make the best managers. Also he is Italian.

Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, when all is said and done who will have the better career?

Hughes because he is younger, and in better shape than Chamberlain. He also seems like he has a better work ethic.

Questions

1. I can’t really explain why, I just love it
2. Either one, I don’t really have a preference
3. Girardi is fine
4. Hughes

are the same people who come here acting like idiots who can’t even type correctly. That’s how legitimate those results are and that is how stupid our fanbase is.

Why is baseball your favorite sport? (If it is)
Baseball is my favorite sport because I stopped following hockey after their strike. Also, the boatload of stats that come with the game are great and are, for the most part, really interesting, unlike the boatload of football stats.

Hiroki Kuroda or Roy Oswalt on a one year deal?
Kuroda… that was my initial thought, but I discovered they are extremely similar when I went to look up each player. I’ll still go with Kuroda, though. I’ll toss last season out due to some sort of luck (I don’t know if it is or not) and think he rebounds to about a 50% GB rate, which will be about 4-5% higher than Oswalt’s.

Tony Pena or Joe Girardi, who would you rather be the manager?
No preference.

Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, when all is said and done who will have the better career?
Whichever one gets traded first, whichever one becomes a closer first, or whichever one gets in shape first. Toss up.

Also, it’s sad to see Lou Gehrig so far down on that list. He should easily be in the top half, imo. Mo, while being the best closer of all time, probably shouldn’t be thought of as the best Yankee of all time (or even top 10). Seeing Berra and Ford up there, also, makes me wonder. Reggie doesn’t even belong, and Ruth at 10 is awful.

I mean, I love the guy, but he is ridiculously overworshipped by so many. He spent only five seasons in pinsripes. Yea he had some great seasons and stepped up in a postseason with a 3 HR game, but his accomplishments as a Yankee are nowhere near some others who some wouldn’t even think of putting on this list. He spent FIVE years on this team!

Reports on twitter that Danks signed 5/65 extension with ChiSox. Same guy reported the Jackson trade at the deadline. We shall see if it’s true or not, but I’m not going to put it front page yet.

All Yankees fans are idiots

Well, most of them.

Babe Ruth is the greatest player in baseball history, and he’s TENTH on this list?! With a RELIEF PITCHER on top?! Sorry for the caps but they were necessary here. I love Mo but he needs to be behind Jeter, who also needs to be behind at least Ruth/Gehrig/Mantle/Berra.

Anyone else having that problem?

1. Babe Ruth
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Joe DiMaggio
4. Mickey Mantle
5. Whitey Ford
6. Yogi Berra
7. Don Mattingly
8. Derek Jeter
9. Mariano Rivera
10. Thurman Munson

my favorite sport is either football or baseball, but I know more stuff about baseball, but i do know a lot about football too. Favorite teams are Yankees for baseball, & football are the Tulane Green Wave & (the best) The New Orleans Saints

I have many fond childhood memories of baseball. My uncle lived right near Yankee Stadium and I was too young to understand what a shit neighborhood it was and why my dad would never bring his car there. I was a kid during the late ’70’s, so I grew up thinking that the Yankees won the World Series every year.

Another reason I love it is because I associate it with the weather getting warmer. I also love all of the nostalgia, history and tradition and the fact that on any given day you never know what’s going to happen (I guess you can say that about other sports, but I think you see it more in baseball).

Finally, I associate it with a sense of hope – even if they lose, with so many games to play, there’s always tomorrow…

Kuroda or Oswalt? No preference.

Pena or Girardi? Girardi, because he played on the Yankees. I know that doesn’t make him a better manager, but it makes me like him better. :-)

Hughes or Chamberlain? I think the jury’s still out on both of them. We’ll have to see what happens this season.

How anyone who can consider themselves a Yankees fan put Babe Ruth at NUMBER TEN of the all-time great Yankees is a complete moron. I love Mo and what he’s done for the team, but there is no way in hell that he is the greatest Yankee of all time. In my opinion, it should be as follows:

1. Babe Ruth
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Joe DiMaggio
4. Yogi Berra
5. Mickey Mantle
6. Derek Jeter
7. Whitey Ford
8. Mariano Rivera
9. Don Mattingly
10. Thurman Munson

I love Reggie, and he’d be on my Top 15, but to put him on a top 10 Yankees list is just ignorant.

There are too many good players to limit it to 10. I definitely think Joe D and Gehrig need to be 1 and 2 (and not necessarily in that order) and Ruth should be much higher up. Also, Thurman Munson, Don Larsen, Scooter, and Elston Howard should be on the list, and probably Bernie too.

Mo deserves his place his up there, but not #1. I’m on the fence with Reggie and Mattingly.

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what am I doing wrong, kids? :-)

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Don-Mattingly-does-his-best-Mrs-Doubtfire-this-?urn=mlb-wp28861

What magical powers does the manager position bestow upon its recipient?

/looks at that list

And people wonder why I hate my own fanbase more than anyone else does…

1.Ruth
2.Gehrig
3.DiMaggio
4.Mantle
5.Rivera
6.Jeter
7.Berra
8.Ford
9.Williams
10. Mattingly

I cant believe how little love Bernie gets even from Yankees fans. This guy was the catalyst of the Yankee offense during the last dynasty. Bernie may not be a Hall of Famer but he played the game with grace and came up with plenty of big hits during the postseason.

Only taking into account their accomplishments as Yankees:

1. Ruth
2. Gehrig
3. Mantle
4. DiMaggio
5. Jeter
6. Yogi
7. Dickey
8. Mo
9. A-Rod
10. Pettitte

Only my top 6 or 7 are set in stone. Not sure where to put Mo because he’s a reliever. A-Rod has put up some amazing numbers in his time here. Pettitte has the highest WAR for pitchers in Yankee pinstripes. Didn’t know that before looking it up.