What's up all? I haven't been on here in quite a while and I've noticed that some things have changed. We now have Fox Blogger's radio? That is sheer genius in my opinion. Although Shooter B sounds nothing like I anticipated and his nephew kind of creeped me out. No offense Shooter. Putting on air the opinions of some of the better sports minds around the country is quite refreshing compared to the talking heads on the Disney radio station.
I hate to pimp people I don't know but Jay Mohr is writing articles on this website and even though he is more Blue than a Clinton/Obama lovechild. He is hysterical. Actually that is why I dropped by the website.
I see some of the BS is the same. You guys are still arguing about cliques, the right to cuss online, and the size of Paris Hilton's ####. I'm going to have to make my appearances a little more regular so as I am more in tuned with the sports world and like minded individuals are discussing it.
God let Eric Gagne be the Ice Burg to sink the Red Sox ship and put my team atop the AL East. Eric Gagne blows more than Paris Hilton at a #### convention.
God Bless the Saints to have an injury free preseason...errr wait...that Sean Payton doesn't injure anymore of his players. Scott Fujita will likely miss the rest of the PreSeason due to a nasty water slide incident in which the head coach, in an effort to build team spirit, setup a waterslide relay race pitting the offense versus the defense. The prize, one hour extra on curfew. Sean I love you but you need to think things through a little bit. Let's not do tandom skydiving next year.
I just got a trade offer Mike Furrey for Tatum Bell. Does that sound like a good offer FP?
Now that we can get the MLB Extra Innings package on cable I talked my wife into letting me order it. It is fantastic knowing that I will not miss another Yankee game for the rest of the season. Previously having to go to a bar to watch all the games was causing my liver to hate me. Something very odd though is that I get the commercials from the other markets in between innings and pitching changes. Those commercials almost seem like they are from a foreign country. I saw commercials for Jimmy Johns, Menards, White Castle, some scam artist attorney in Ohio, and Skyline chilli. (Those were all the commercials that aren't shown in Texas) I have to say that the Jimmy Johns commercial was the weirdest by far. This little red poker chip looking thing was falling out of the sky screaming for what seemed like 5 minutes and then lands in a sandwich and that was it. I just looked at my wife like, 'What the hell was that about?!"
Anyway, baseball season is here and I am very excited about that. The Yankees starting rotation looked like a bust after the first two series but Pavano and Pettitte seem to have found their stroke against the Twins. A-Rod is going off and one thing I've noticed is that he's not overthinking everything, he's just going out and playing the game. The Giambino is the one who is gripping right now. He had a nice single in yesterdays game but I don't think he's going to have half as good an April as he had last season.
CarolynT must be excited about the schlepps...I mean Mets. They are killing and I think this could turn out to be another Subway Series in the end. Come on Roger I need you back buddy.
Then we have the Astros. I hate to say it...actually I usually love saying this but not this time...I told you so. Brad Lidge is wasted goods and the rotten thing of it is that you didn't trade him when his stock was still high. We probably couldn't even get Gil Meche for him. Anyone notice how Gil Meche is a punchline lately? No wonder the Royals can't get anything going. Carlos Lee and Lance Berkman have yet to find their stroke but I feel them coming around soon enough. As long as they can produce some runs early I think there pitching staff, minus Lidge, can help them stay in this thing. Shooter it was nice getting swept at home by the Pirates at the beginning of the season. Thanks for that.
Can someone tell me why the Yankees picked up Doug Mientkiecz? We got a 32 year old baseman that just had back surgery when we have Andy Phillips and Josh Phelps. Josh is batting .435 in the Grapefruit league and they are already saying that it's going to be Senor Alphabet at first. Since when is .076 better than .435? Yankees management has said while Doug is batting in the 9th spot they are still hoping to get a better offensive performance in the regular season. Yeah you think. Pitchers in the NL hit with more consistency than this guy. As I said last year I was hoping that my PinStripers would delve a little deeper in their farm system than picking up a broken down 1B from the Royals.
And then there was the Astros. Because I live in H-Town I've been following this team closely and one thing is for certain. If you aren't 29 years old than you aren't old enough for the big leagues. You'd think that a team with such a dismal offense last year that they would be willing to try anything to get going. They picked up Carlos Lee in the offseason which was something that Lance Berkman needed. I'm sure his back is killing him after carrying the team all last season and the season before. In right field they have the same exact deal as the Yankees at first base. In the Red Corner we have Luke Scott, who put on a hitting clinic at the end of last season and has a bright future ahead of him in the big leagues. He is batting .286 with a slugging percentage of .571 and a OBP if .359. In the Blue Corner we have Hunter Pence who is rated as one of the top 50 prospects in the country right now and he is batting .571 with a slugging percentage of 1.071 and a OBP of .647. Finally in the dumb corner we have Jason Lane who has not amounted to much in the majors and is batting .286 slugging .714 and a OBP of .333. Phil Garner has already said that his opening day roster will not have Hunter Pence's name on it. Phil I think we need to do a quick math class okay. Hunter Pence is almost double the other guys stats and he doesn't get a spot on the roster? Jason Lane batted .201 last season while Scott batted .336. I think I'm going to be sick. Looks like another season of mediocre baseball. Let's look at the Astros lineup.
1. Chris Burke CF-Good speed, great charisma, and seems to make big plays. Can hit decent for the first spot. Not much of an arm but can cover ground pretty quick.
2Craig Biggio 2B-Astros legend. 70 hits from 3000. That is the only reason he is in the lineup. I love you bud but I like rings better and you seem to fall apart in the second half
3.Lance Berkman 1B- Big Puma...enough said. (It's a Houston thing you wouldn't understand)
4.Carlos Lee LF-Can mash the ball just has a hard time carrying all that weight. Don't worry Carlos if the ball is hit your way it's ending up in the Crawford Boxes anyway.
This is where it gets real scary
5. Jason Lane/Luke Scott RF-If Luke is playing we have a viable chance at getting some guys on base after the 4th spot which is something the Astros haven't done in about 2 years. You know how I feel about Lane.
6. Morgan Ensberg 3B- Mo really hasn't hit in two years and he still has not figured out how to stand in the batters box.
7.Adam Everrett SS- Touted as one of the best defensive shorts in baseball. Loved by his teammates. But couldn't hit Paris Hilton with John Holmes's ####.(that was for Shooter)
8.Brad Ausmus C- An even worse hitter than Everett, if that is even possible, but knows how to help pitchers battle and is still pretty good defensively.
9.Pitcher- And we don't have Dontrelle so there goes that idea of offense.
Offensively it's better than the previous year but I think Lane has got to go.
Pitching is getting pretty nerve racking. Brad Lidge can still see Pujols' homerun hitting off the glass at Minute Maid. (Which is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.) I think he is toast so we really don't have the Closer situation set.Oh did I mention his ERA for the spring is 13.50. And our 4th starter is Wandy Rodriguez who I can't get behind because when he is off he is way off.
Roger I could use you on either one of my squads. Look forward to seeing you this summer.
Have you ever been in one of those situations where it felt like everything you say is wrong. It happens to me quite often, especially with the old lady. You think you're saying the right thing,"No honey your #### doesn't look like it needs a mile marker on each cheek." I think Alex Rodriguez is in a perpetual state of that with the media and even Yankee fans. Yesterday he was interviewed by WFAN in a session that he felt like he was "standing at the plate with Bob Gibson on the mound." This is one of the quotes that really got me:
"I know I had a lot of options to go to several teams this offseason, probably five or six," Rodriguez said. "I chose to be in New York."
Okay so is that a threat. Another gem is this:
"It's a do-or-die situation," Rodriguez told WFAN's Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. "At some point, either New York is going to say, 'I've had enough of this guy, get him the [heck] out of here, and we have an option.'
"Or New York is going to say, 'Hey, we won a world championship, you had a big year, you're a part of it. We want you back.'"
Look man, I don't want you're apologies and I don't want your excuses. What I do want is for you not to commit an error every freakin' game. I want you to maybe make a clutch hit every now and then. But most of all, just shutup. I'd rather listen to Barry Bonds moan about how the man is after him then to listen to you talk about how you and Jeter aren't the best of friends anymore. Or talk about how you have the option if you want to.
I don't think that Yankee A-Rod haters don't like A-Rod because he's not clutch. It's because he is a giant #### all the time. He needs to tell someone to #### off not 'well I'm doing my best guys.' He needs what the people at Chotchkies has, and that's flare. I'd rather a bad #### than a apologist. Drop your sack and be a man.
These quotes have been pulled off of Yankees.com writer Bryan Hoch's article.
I'm sorry but I'm sick of hearing this guy. To quote a classic,"I'd rather listen to Fran Drescher, I'd rather listen to Beautician and the Beast but if I hear Yamo Be There one more time I'm going to Yamo burn this place to the ground."
I'm sorry I don't know how to add images and video clips into my blog but winning the division title for the Yankees this season has been more rewarding to me as a fan than any of the last eight. Not a lot of people remember that the Yankees in early June were trailing the Red Sox by about 5 or 6 games. We lost Sheff and Matsui in the early part of the season but they didn't do what all you other Yankee haters say they do. "Buy there team." They relied on Melky Cabrera, Andy Phillips, Scott Proctor, and Chieng Ming Wang. These guys were not marquee players that everyone was gunning for and the boss overpayed for. These were just good ball players that made it happen. Make no mistake, Jeter, Damon, Mo, and the other veterans kept the team going, but to cheat the organization out of the respect they deserve for pulling out the division title when most people wrote them off early in the season is just wrong.
This year was the first time I had ever been to New York and the first time I've ever seen the Yankees live. Sure they played the Royals when I saw them and Kelly Stinnett almost hit for the cycle but it definitly made this season for me a special one.
Last season they lost a lot of steam going into the playoffs because they had to grind so hard to get there. Their pen was used up and players were worn down. This season they have a lot of bright spots going into this years playoffs. They were able to start a rookie pitcher the last three nights to give the rotation a breather and the rookies came through defeating the Jays 2 out of 3 days. My hopes are high for this team this year. Some people create controversy with the A-Rod situation but this team is more professional than that and buisness is buisness. The Yankees will let the media make mountains out of mole hills while they are collecting 40 and 27 baby. Go Yanks!!!!
Here is an interesting question. The Braves won 14 straight division titles and are owned by a large corporation and has a lot of money in the team, yet you never hear the bad talk about them. What gives? The Yankees might have been winning a lot here recently but I remember back in the day when Donnie Baseball was covering first and the bionic man Steve Sax was at second. They weren't so hot back then. It seems to me that a lot of baseball fans have an inferiority complex instead just being a fan. When the Saints took a yearly drubbing from Joe Montana and Roger Craig, I wasn't standing on my third grade desk proclaiming Bill Walsh was Satan. I just hung my head and waited till the next season.
