tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post3803648332778251819..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Tuesday 10/09 A.M. Quickie:Yankees Out! What Next For Torre?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-84001479564281439482007-10-09T21:08:00.000-04:002007-10-09T21:08:00.000-04:00Matt Ryan has to be top 3 on anyones Heisman board...Matt Ryan has to be top 3 on anyones Heisman board.Eagle in Brightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387603168328339403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-24005992679650918312007-10-09T17:59:00.000-04:002007-10-09T17:59:00.000-04:00I can't believe no one has mentioned this:The Yank...I can't believe no one has mentioned this:<BR/><BR/>The Yankees don't spend $25 million a year on A-Rod. The Rangers pay like $10 million/year of that.<BR/><BR/>Not only is he the best player in baseball, the Yankees pay less a year for him than the Cubs pay for Soriano, a good but far inferior player. As long as he plays for them the Yankees get that money. Even if they have to pay him more annually they still get the money (at least as I understand it). This is absolutely crucial. A-Rod at $15 million/year is a bargain.<BR/><BR/> At his actual contracted rate of $25 million he's still worth it for the Yankees (and the Red Sox and maybe a couple other teams with mega payrolls), anyway, but with that discount they have a big incentive to keep him.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061187704203343425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-84877875091447914652007-10-09T17:18:00.000-04:002007-10-09T17:18:00.000-04:00CMFost,Not sure if it was the only time, but in 19...CMFost,<BR/>Not sure if it was the only time, but in 1964 was Boyer v Boyer.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And Cleveland in 6. A new kind of Grady induced pain for Boston.TBenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337905315011989614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-26097219588194230872007-10-09T16:13:00.000-04:002007-10-09T16:13:00.000-04:00I like the flex, but damn it messes me up as a sea...I like the flex, but damn it messes me up as a season ticket holder for the G-Men.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-59450259059430000682007-10-09T16:03:00.000-04:002007-10-09T16:03:00.000-04:00Sparty I think week 7 or 8Sparty I think week 7 or 8CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-36154758948125055702007-10-09T15:24:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:24:00.000-04:00What week does the NFL flex schedule begin?What week does the NFL flex schedule begin?David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-21725246036520396632007-10-09T15:19:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:19:00.000-04:00How many more wins and touchdowns does Rashard Men...How many more wins and touchdowns does Rashard Mendanhall have to accumulate before he even gets a mention in the Hesiman race? He happens to have more ypc and tds than Hart in SIXTY-FIVE fewer carries and 53 fewer touches. IMO he's easilly in the top ten and probaly the top five already. I guess we'll see next Saturday who the real Big-Ten hesiman candidate is.RyanChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358924819394624126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-45024733263314222007-10-09T15:09:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:09:00.000-04:00Well, my fear is that George will take the reigns ...Well, my fear is that George will take the reigns away from Cashman who has started something good this season with the young guys and spend retarded amounts of money on guys that are worthless.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-52755506351629917522007-10-09T15:05:00.000-04:002007-10-09T15:05:00.000-04:00Agreed Sparty, that's the problem with "buying" pi...Agreed Sparty, that's the problem with "buying" pitchers, in that for the most part you're buying veterans who can't pitch into games as long guys in their mid 20s. <BR/><BR/>I do find it funny that if you would've looked at both the Indians and Red Sox before the year started, you'd have pointed to lack of a good bullpen as being each team's weakness. Keith Foulke and Joel Pineiro were supposed to be each team's closers entering spring training. Funny how things work out, eh?ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-13430878630525172007-10-09T14:55:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:55:00.000-04:00Yeah, but Todd, those guys would have never been o...Yeah, but Todd, those guys would have never been overused if he wasn't trotting out 3 guys everynight who could barely get through 5 innings. he had no choice.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-85918437252636025962007-10-09T14:54:00.001-04:002007-10-09T14:54:00.001-04:00If anybody's interested, my two cents on the posts...If anybody's interested, <A HREF="http://bigd29x.blogspot.com/2007/10/quick-mlb-update.html" REL="nofollow">my two cents</A> on the postseason, Joe Torre, and other stuff.<BR/><BR/>It's just too much to put into one comment here.Big Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478232002387175988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-16960376240340670762007-10-09T14:54:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:54:00.000-04:00Sparty, to clarify on my original post... I wasn't...Sparty, to clarify on my original post... I wasn't saying Yankee FANS are short-changing the Tribe. They're either being quiet, acknowledging that they lost, or talking about their team. The point was that the national media is covering the wrong team for the wrong reasons here. You might be right that tomorrow things will change a day removed, but given who we're playing, I doubt it... <BR/><BR/>Anyway, just wanted to clarify that Yankees fans are not the problem. At least not today... ;-)hutlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383359405494669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-5390424950961414472007-10-09T14:53:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:53:00.000-04:00Sparty, you are correct that no one faulted Joe To...Sparty, you are correct that no one faulted Joe Torre for using Nelson, Stanton, Wettland, Rivera, etc. for all of those years... the problem is the way he overuses those guys (not to mention Tanyon Sturtze, Scott Proctor, Tom Gordon, and Pual Quantrill). The way he overused those guys in the regular seasons recently has been especially harmful, as they all were much less effective come October. It's more of a longevity issue than anything.<BR/><BR/>The other argument is that runs corrollary to that is that Torre doesn't trust enough young guys, which has the problem that it makes it difficult to develop future arms, unless they are elite arms like Joba.ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-40555804989970731042007-10-09T14:47:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:47:00.000-04:00CM, that might be a case of Dan-worthy homerism th...CM, that might be a case of Dan-worthy homerism there. I have a weird feeling we'll see Indians in 6. <BR/><BR/>And Roger, you are correct to a certain extent, but very wrong about "buying" good pitching. Much of the reason the Yankees won all those years was from developing their own pitching (Pettite, Mariano, etc). That's what they have not been able to do until the last year +. They've been spending too much money on pitching (Kevin Brown, Wright, Pavano, Clemens, Igawa and Mussina this year). What pitching could they have bought? Those guys were pretty much the best pitchers available, so buying pitchers does not always work out.ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-69610534245683214972007-10-09T14:46:00.001-04:002007-10-09T14:46:00.001-04:00Again, the knock on Torre with his bullpen is way ...Again, the knock on Torre with his bullpen is way overstated. His starters have been terrible, they do not eat up innings. The last few years it has been so difficult to get even 6 innings out of guys. No one was ripping Torre apart for putting Nelson, Stanton Rivera out for 3 years straight. Or going with Rivera for 7 and 8 and Wetteland for 9th back in 96. It was until 04 when his starters were becoming less effective that it put a strain on the bullpen.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-49753247532318662862007-10-09T14:46:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:46:00.000-04:00NLCS Prediction: D'Backs in 6 If the D'Backs and R...NLCS Prediction: <BR/>D'Backs in 6<BR/><BR/> If the D'Backs and Red Sox meet in the World Series does anyone know if brothers have ever played against each other in a world series?CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-64396820454776428262007-10-09T14:44:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:44:00.000-04:00sparty yes it is some what homerish my pick but I ...sparty yes it is some what homerish my pick but I just think the Red Sox are a better team and I think that the pitching match ups favor the red sox, the red sox line up is a little better and I think the red sox are far better defensivelyCMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-14300763549864866162007-10-09T14:43:00.001-04:002007-10-09T14:43:00.001-04:00The Pavano thing was a freaking thing, just crazy ...The Pavano thing was a freaking thing, just crazy how often he got hurt. but Jaret Wright was just dumb. Steinbrenner had a hard on for him since the 97 ALDS.David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-60767786222886105892007-10-09T14:43:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:43:00.000-04:00why does everyone keep saying "Torre" hasnt won th...why does everyone keep saying "Torre" hasnt won the championship since 2000.<BR/><BR/>Yes a manager does not go out on the field and play but his decision about pitching, defense and situational hitting can win and lose a team a game. And we all know that Torre is horrible at managing a bullpen and some of his defensive decision have been suspect.CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-10339348704797633522007-10-09T14:42:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:42:00.000-04:00As I remember last night A-Rod struck out twice wi...As I remember last night A-Rod struck out twice with the bases loaded and in Cleveland with two on in the 2-1 game. How is that Joe Torre's fault.ROGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564437128316824684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-86740747721535837682007-10-09T14:41:00.001-04:002007-10-09T14:41:00.001-04:00is this guy kidding he still has tebow and mcfadde...is this guy kidding he still has tebow and mcfadden 1 and 2 on his heisman ballot <BR/><BR/><A = HREF HTTP://SPORTSILLUSTRATED.CNN.COM/2007/WRITERS/GENE_MENEZ/10/08/HEISMAN.WATCH.1008/INDEX.HTML?EREF=T1><BR/><BR/>check it out</A>CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-54434404259042133852007-10-09T14:41:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:41:00.000-04:00why does everyone keep saying "Torre" hasnt won th...why does everyone keep saying "Torre" hasnt won the championship since 2000. Torre doesnt go out on the field to bat and play defense. He puts the best players that Stienbrenner has bought on the field to play. All the money spent for A-Rod, Clemons, Mussina, Wright and Pavano was money poured down the drain. Buy Torre some decent pitching and bats that can deal with the post season and he will win.ROGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564437128316824684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-39934069450431530342007-10-09T14:40:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:40:00.000-04:00wow cmfost, not being too much of a homer with you...wow cmfost, not being too much of a homer with your pick huh?David Kippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873631867494898033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-55845161082242335212007-10-09T14:38:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:38:00.000-04:00let's face it the indians are the better team and ...let's face it the indians are the better team and the yankees just are not a championship caliber team, they might be offensively but not pitching or defensively and that is more important when it comes to winning championships.<BR/><BR/>Here is how I see the ALCS Going:<BR/>Red Sox in 4<BR/><BR/>Beckett beats CC in Game 1<BR/>Schilling beats Carmona in Game 2<BR/>Dice-K beats Westbrook in game 3<BR/>Lester/Wakefield beat CC in game 4CMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-24695139249263650702007-10-09T14:27:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:27:00.000-04:00I'm a baseball fan because of Don Mattingly and ev...I'm a baseball fan because of Don Mattingly and even I'm able to point the finger at him for all of the Yankee failures of the past few years. The Curse of Donnie Baseball lives on.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096611655121320291noreply@blogger.com