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Fan Confidence Poll: August 17th, 2009
ByRecord Last Week: 5-2 (38 RS, 28 RA)
Season Record: 74-44 (657 RS, 553 RA), 7.5 games up
Opponents This Week: @ Oakland (3 games), @ Boston (3 games)
Top stories from last week:
- The high of sweeping the hated Red Sox left the team feeling a little hungover on Monday, and the Jays grabbed game one of the three-game series. Back to back homers by Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada helped the Yanks to a win the next day, and then Robbie Cano walked off with a series victory on Wednesday.
- Following a cross-country flight to Seattle, the Yanks looked as fresh as ever when they pounded the Mariners to start their series. MVP candidate Mark Teixeira hit a late homerun to give the team another win the next day, and a few lucky breaks on Saturday helped the team to its third straight win. Unfortunately the Yanks couldn’t finish off the sweep yesterday and lost for just the seventh time in the second half.
- On the roster move front, Damaso Marte was excused from the team for “personal reasons,” and will be out indefinitely. Ian Kennedy’s rehab continues to go well in Tampa, and fan favorite Cody Ransom returned to the team on a minor league deal after being designated for assignment. Joba Chamberlain will enjoy a nice big eight day layoff between starts to control his innings.
Please take a second to answer the poll below and give us an idea of how confident you are in the team. You can view the Fan Confidence Graph anytime via the nav bar above, or by clicking here. Thanks in advance for voting.
Given the team's current roster construction, farm system, management, etc., how confident are you in the Yankees' overall future?
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Going 9; things are great, but there are always things that could be improved.
Is there any chance Hideki Matsui could miss the rest of the season? I know that’s doubtful but if he could, my pipe-dream of Dunn in Pinstripes could have life breathed back into it…
/wakes up
Confidence = 8
Present = 9, future = 7, averaged.
+1
i’m a 9 present too, but why are you a 7 going forward? is there one or two big things, like burgeoning payroll, aging superstars, lack of a certain position depth in minors?
Shame on ‘Sui, good thing is looks like Heathcott and Murphy should be signed.
I don’t know why the Derek Jeter milestone snub was given in the synopsis…
But I don’t like it!!
OT Yanks are facing Brett Tomko tonight.
Got to be a 9
Cody Ransom is back. 10.
On a good note, it seems the idiot that had been voting 1 changed to 2.
After watching Chris Smith Saturday, I have no doubt in the minor league development program. The guy is in phenomenal shape…..for a 70 year-old.
It’s okay Andy, he hit .700-something in high school.
I know that I only saw him play 14 innings of baseball, but I wish the Yankees would draft players like Mike Crouse. He was the GCL Blue Jays’ centerfielder. Tall, fast and looks like he could get a lot stronger. That dude could FLY. He tripled down the 3rd base line. How often down you see that on a standard baseball field? Of course it didn’t hurt that it was Chris Smith chasing down the ball.
Do you go to the D Cubs games? Fun BBall.
Hells yeah. Rightfield Budweiser Bullpen is the best place to watch the games.
I almost never change my rating. The way the question is worded, it’s hard to justify changing an opinion much based on how the team is playing now. Perhaps two polls would be better. One on the current state of the team with respect to this season, and another of the “overall future.”
I think a lot of us have that issue with these polls.
In fact I’ve rarely changed my level based on what the Yankees have been doing. I have been moving my rating up, but more as a result of getting better insight into the problems the Sox and Rays are facing for the future
Anyway Eiland can sit Joba down and make him watch tape after tape of Justin Verlander-that is the model right there-This guy is insane he was throwing 100 mph in the eithe freaking inning n fenway last week
I don’t mind these polls, and it’s not a big deal if you’re a 10 one week, a 9 the next. Whatever. It’s a friggin internet poll.
Down from 10 to 9. Why? No idea. It’s scarier to be at the top sometimes. Nowhere to go but down, I guess. That, and I wish both the team and Joba himself would figure Joba out. Good to see that the draft picks signed.
It’s getting better. One question though, is this an overall team confidence or confidence this Yankee team can win the world series?
Because, I think Jack-O, from the Bill Simmons podcasts, said it best. As of right now, the Yankees are 2-6 against LAA and 4-8 against Boston. A combined 6-14 against these two teams. There is almost no doubt that the Yankees will meet at least one of these teams during the playoffs.
Overall team confidence, an 8 or 9. Confidence that this team can make it to the World Series and win, probably around a 6.
Ha.
Wow, I guess I could just read the actual poll question.
No wonder I had such a tough time in college.
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