Comments on: ESPN predicts Yankee-filled 2009

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:58:04 +0000

Our outfield is a mess.

I rather like all our potential outfield configurations. Whether it’s Damon-Gardner-Swisher with Nady and Melky on the bench or Damon-Swisher-Nady with Gardner and Melky on the bench, we have three good-to-great bats with the vets and no glaring holes defensively (the Damon-Gardner-Swisher configuration in particular would be one of the better defensive outfields in all of baseball).

I think the OF is actually a positive now. And, if Gardner produces well, which is entirely possible given his superior speed and ability to draw walks, it becomes a legit strength.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:02:45 +0000

I’m not sure we have a “juggernaut” this year. We still need to get younger. Our outfield is a mess.

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:11:36 +0000

Shockingly, not everyone at ESPN has some Yankee-fan-inspired irrational hatred of our favorite team. Hard to believe, no?

By: Ryan S.

Ryan S. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:09:02 +0000

Neyer is a Royals fan … but he’s also a well informed, rational individual.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58:46 +0000

Naw. I can’t do it when being set up, it feels dirty and cheap.

STOP TEMPTING ME!!!!

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:57:37 +0000

I think the names of Mays, Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds are in the contract, but not the numbers. So, if Bonds keeps playing and keeps moving those final two numbers, wherever they actually stop, that’s what he gets money for passing.

I’m just assuming Bonds is done when I say 762 and 763.

Interestingly, he gets nothing for matching/passing Sosa, Griffey, etc. Just those 4 plus the overall record.

By: Lanny

Lanny — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:57:25 +0000

Now is Neyer a Yankee lover???

But you do have people here who continue to trash maybe the best baseball writer ever in Gammons so you never know what goes thru there heads.

By: Rafi

Rafi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:57:09 +0000

I was about to comment on the last one, but why not just keep it going here. Your sequiter(sp) over there, was almost as poor as, um, why can’t I think of an example of a really poor showing?
In 3

By: steve (different one)

steve (different one) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:50:59 +0000

did they write that contract thinking Bonds would play in 2008? so that they thought that #3 and #4 would be further apart?

or are the actual HR #’s in the contract?

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:31:50 +0000

Too easy. I used the “Gammons name-drops” name drop in the last thread. I must show discipline.