Comments on: Game Eight: Scheduling difficulties

By: nick blasioli

nick blasioli — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:02:13 +0000

i wholehartedly agree with mr mustang…

By: mustang

mustang — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:27:24 +0000

Some of us hardcore Yankees fans don’t believe that they should of placed the final year of the Stadium in the hands of three kids. Some of us have and still do believe that Mr. Hughes or better Mr. Kennedy should of been package for Santana. So when or if they fail we are going to be critical of them. That does not mean we don’t support them.
Santana would of probably had the same criticism the other way if he was a Yankee.

By: mustang

mustang — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:06:41 +0000

Furthermore, what can you expect when you take 3 young players and hype them up like the media and this site have done. When you label them with such ridiculous lines as “the road to the Cy Young starts now” or the “Big Three”. You shouldn’t be shock or angry with equally as ridiculous negative comments.

By: mustang

mustang — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:46:56 +0000

Let me start by saying that I support Mr. Hughes or anyone on the mound pitching for the Yankees. However, I think its unfair to question fans patronage and ask them to leave this site just because they don’t agree with so called “Big Three” or what is posted.
Of Mr. Hughes “he negativity around him really needs to stop.” Why ? Are we suppose to hold hands and channel positive waves towards Mr. Hughes. I’m sure whatever negative points of views people have here will not effect Mr. Hughes one way or the other.
I though that RAB was a open forum to discuss and comment on issues related to the Yankees. I did not think it was a support group for so called “Big Three” and their fans.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:42:09 +0000

i agree about the gettin in late part, i mean they were already complainin last night before they even played last night’s game, that was a bit ridiculous. the weather conditions though do matter, because we r built on our offense, and not because of small ball but because of our power, and so far the weather has taken away our biggest strength, especially playin teams like Tampa and KC who r teams who rely alot more on there speed and gettin hits instead of wearing down pitchers and eventually getting the big inning with power like we do. no surprise we were able to take 2 out of 3 vs Toronto because their entire offense is predicated basically on RH-power w/o any speed whatsoever (and i dont mean speed in terms of base stealing, moreso in takin the extra base etc.) and the weather in NY was horrible for that type of offense. plus with the older players on our roster, no surprise they r struggling health-wise in this weather, regardless of how great condition they may be due to their work in Spring Training. like i said, stay at .500 by the end of the month and take off after that with all the home games that will be comin up after this month. what they CANT do is fall to 21-29 like last year, or 11-19 like in 2005…

By: ansky

ansky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:34:31 +0000

BTW, Betances is dealing after the 1st,

By: ansky

ansky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:31:10 +0000

Riverdogs up 6-0 in the 5th, Montero just hit a BOMB over the pole!!

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:13:49 +0000

i agree. i just don’t like people blaming their performance on conditions or getting in late. they’re professionals and have encountered that before. there are plenty of guys who are having just poor at bats. that’s about concentration and discipline to stick to a strategy given the situation that you come up in. i think they will be fine but i think the approach needs to improve and this game was a good example of that.

By: pete c.

pete c. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:12:01 +0000

I was just watching yes. What’s wrong with Possada’s shoulder? is it lingering from opening day?

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:06:22 +0000

makes sense since the Royals broadcast had him at 86-89 and Bannister at 83-86 so that should hopefully end the Hughes with no fastball today debate. it just depended on which broadcast u watched. hey, the Tigers r 0-7, Red Sox same as us at 4-4, and the Mets r 2-4. look at it this way, last year if we wouldve hit this poorly thru 8 games, we wouldve been 2-6 right now at best. we should feel happy to be just 4-4, and to be honest, lookin at the schedule the rest of the month, if we end April at .500 that would be fine. compared to our starts in 05 and ESPECIALLY last year, as long as we have no major injuries and dont put ourselves in a hole, we’ll be in a great spot once we start hitting and the weather warms up…….