Nov
01
Open Thread: World Series Game Five
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Okay, it’s time for the Rangers to put up or shut up. Their backs are up against the wall, Cliff Lee is on the bump, they’re playing at home … no excuses, they have to win this one. I know Tim Lincecum’s a tough matchup, but dammit do your stupid little antler and claw tricks and win. If the baseball season ends tonight, I will never forgive them. I’m not ready for baseball to go away. [/end rant]
Here’s tonight’s open thread. Aside from the World Series, you also have Monday Night Football (Texans @ Colts) and hockey (both Rangers and Devils). Talk about whatever, just be cool.
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after what Greenberg said today, eff ‘em. Go Giants.
(Because I’ve said this the Rangers will now win the Series. :/)
At first I was rooting for an epic 7 game series, but after what Greenberg said I hope the Giants absolutely destroy the Rangers tonight on their home turf.
1000 times this. Pretty classless comment coming from anyone, much rather a CEO. Let’s not even begin to imagine the sh*tstorm if Levine (or heck, Lucchino) said anything remotely similar.
Let’s go, big time Timmy Jim. Git ‘r done.
I feel the same way.
Fuck Da’ Rangers.
I can’t wait to see what the Yankees do in retaliation after the World Series.
Take away their best pitcher. Greenberg’s response when that happens will undoubtedly be infantile. The guy’s a fucking loser.
Over/under on complaints about competitive balance/Yankee overspending/salary cap after that happens? 4.5?
I was thinking the samething
Baseball never goes away, it just transitions from one part of the season to another.
Go Giants!
This year it’s even better with the 15 day waiting period after the World Series now being five days.
So what’s this crap about Chuck Greenberg(Rangers owner) calling Yankee fans an embarrassment?
“I think our fans have been great,” Greenberg said. “I think particularly in Game 3 of the World Series they just blew away anything I’ve seen in any venue during the postseason. I thought Yankees fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankees fans were by far the worst of any I’ve seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment.”
a. Well the other team you played was the Rays. They have no friends so you know, yeah.
b. Bashing the fanbase of a team you beat over a week ago while down 1-3 in a series? That’s bush league, bro.
c. Just… wow.
and by “friends” I mean “fans”
Well, they don’t have any friends either, so it’s all good.
As for Greenberg’s bullshit, someone should tell him the Rangers’ fan base isn’t exactly a high-quality one. The Rangers filled their ballpark to 63 percent capacity in 2010, finishing behind 11 non-playoff teams and a below-average 16th overall.
In fairness to the Rangers, summer in Arlington isn’t exactly the most comfortable time of the year to sit outside for a while.
Good point. However, I still think a ballpark should be filled to more than 63 percent capacity over a season when the team that plays in it is a winning one.
MLB: It’s similar to what Kristen Lee, the wife of Rangers left-hander Cliff Lee, said about her experience at Yankee Stadium. She previously told USA Today that Yankees fans cursed at her and threw beer at her during Game 3 of the ALCS.
“The fans did not do good things in my heart,” Lee told the newspaper. “When people are staring at you, and saying horrible things, it’s hard not to take it personal.”
So, is Kristen Lee going to block Clifford’s path to Pinstripes or is she singing a different tune when Cash unloads 130 million dollars on her dude?
I think it’ll be 150 million. and she’ll definitely be singing a different tune.
it makes you wonder what is it that he’s trying to accomplish here.
The NYC area has nine professional sports teams. The DFW area has four. The Yankees are number one in New York. The Rangers are, at best, number two in DFW.
Jealousy makes people say stupid things.
You’re selling the Mavericks short.
That’s why I said “at best.” I don’t know enough about the NBA to know if the Mavericks are more popular than the Rangers.
As far as winning, it would have to go like this down in the DFW area;
1) Cowboys
2) Stars
3) Mav’s
4) Ranger’s
4b)Southern Methodist University
4c) The Art Institute of Dallas
You forgot TCU, they’re pretty good at winning these days.
And as a huge Yankee fan, I’d say the same about the Rangers fans if I was at their stadium. You mean all sports teams have some fans who are assholes? Whoopdedoo, Greenberg, get off your high horse. Go make some hand claws and antlers to make yourself feel better.
Considering most everyone I spoke to in Texas last week admitted to never even having bothered to watch a Rangers game until this postseason, I’m not sure he really has a leg to stand on in calling the New York Yankees fanbase apathetic.
Between Dallas Braden, Chuck Greenberg, Jack Z, C.J. Wilson, Mrs. (Kristen?) Lee, and the entire existence of the Angels, the AL West is turning into a giant pain in the ass.
You mean it wasn’t already?
I still adore CJ Wilson but dang was he whiny today.
Oh? What’d CJ say? I saw him whining on twitter about fans booing Hamilton, is that it?
/fellow CJ fan
Yeah, he was just being super whiny. And then he retweeted something that was like, “Other fans boo Hamilton because he’s such a good player.* It’s not an A-Rod/Bonds type booing where you’re angry at them for disrespecting the game.**”
* True.
** Um.
I don’t know who to attribute this rebuttal to…
Yes because doing drugs to help your team win is disrespecting the game meanwhile doing drugs to get high isn’t.
Well, I think CJ’s point was that Hamilton’s heroic* recovery should somehow give him immunity from the opposing fans. Like, really, CJ? I love ya, but don’t be a fucking crybaby.
*Give him credit for the recovery but it’s not like it wasn’t his own damn fault for getting himself all screwed up in the first place.
Those who did steroids are EVIL!!!!!!1!!!11 and those who did heroin and coke are, awwwwww heroes.
CJ Wilson = “Straight Edge” = Self-Righteous Douchebag
I live in DFW and it is truly a man who knows his 15 minutes are about up nationally and is doing anything he can to stay in the limelight…get back to .500 or below where you belong Mr. Greenberg.
A. Norv Turner
B. Wade Phillips
C. Brad Childress
1. Wendy’s
2. Burger King
3. McDonalds
Who ends up where?
LOL
The big three of losing games,,,the big three of gains (pounds)
Let Greenberg talk all the shit he wants. He’ll shut his fucking mouth when we sign Cliff Lee. That’s why you don’t fuck with the Yankees: They’ll just buy your best and make you look like an idiot.
I’d have preferred “beat your best”, but yeah.
I would have prefer “beat ‘em” too, but since that didn’t happen, what about “buy ‘em and then beat ‘em”? =/
I expect Greenberg to whine about payrolls after the Yankees sign Lee. After that, a bunch of columns will be written nationally either bashing or defending him. And after that, everyone outside of Texas will forget Chuck Greenberg even exists.
Lincecum, Fuck yeah!
Greenberg, Fuck no!
Did anyone else read Greenberg’s comments and feel like they were reading an excerpt from the “Burn Book” in Mean Girls?
In a few hours, it’ll be back to Physics class for you, Chucky.
Seriously, who cares if he said that? Many Yankees fans DO act like assholes and pure trash.
Most games I’ve been to consist of drunk Jersey idiots yelling ‘YOU SUCK!’ every time Jeter, Teix or A-Rod walk to the plate. Many Yankees fans are garbage.
Maybe he shouldn’t have said it (who’s to say?), but it’s absolutely not important that he did say it.
I wish people would stop with the fake outrage over words that aren’t important.
He didn’t murder a child.
And I’m rooting for the Giants.
Don’t you think it’s pretty dumb for a CEO (a CEO!!) to badmouth fans of a team that’s been eliminated over a week ago while his own team is busy pissing away the World Series?
/DNFTT, I know
They do, but there’s a pretty big difference between some assholes on the internet saying it and the fucking CEO of a team.
Mr Greenberg should sit in the bleachers at Fenway for a Yankees-Sox game sometime. His ears might fall off.
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Yeah, point is, he’s the CEO of a professional baseball team. He should be conducting himself with the dignity and class befitting his organization and position.
Not like, yanno, a whiny little bitch.
I am a Yankee Fan. For a CEO to come out and badmouth an entire fanbase of any team is as unprofessonal as it can get.
I though the Rangers team actually has been acting like a bunch of amatures. Molina banging his chest(wtf?), Ron Wash pumping more fists in a dugout than Cervelli does during a cornhole game, and since they have never been here, I understand how they would act like they have never been here, but maybe not to this extend. They are still a team build with baseball professionals, but they sure act like a bunch of amatures. The owner, the CEO, the Manager, the Catcher. Bunch of punks trying to bash the class organization is unreal. Dont defend this ass. Fans are Fans, what is this game without? So f you MR. Greenburg
Hank will fire back before the end of the week book it.
Hal will sit back and watch ( and sign cliff Lee) Girardi and Cashman will send the scouts to Texas and we will destroy them next year.
Yankee fans will throw airplane liquor bottles at hamilton.
I don’t know why he’s bashing Yankee fans in general. It’s not like ALL the fans in the stadium were acting that way. Yeah, the Ranger fans were soo classy when they were chanting,”Yankees suck, Yankees suck.” Give me a fucking break! We’ll sign Lee and the Rangers won’t make the playoffs next season. End of story.
“I don’t know why he’s bashing Yankee fans in general”
Because he’s a loudmouth, peabrained Texan who’s using up the last of his 15-minute honeymoon before Lee leaves and the Rangers’ bandwagon fan base goes back to not caring.
the Rangers’ bandwagon fan base goes back to not caring.
They won’t go away, only because with or without Cliff Lee, the Rangers are better than any of those shitastic teams in their divison.
I think the Angels could rebound if they do what’s assumed – which is to sign Crawford – and make a couple other upgrades. Their pitching rotation also sets up pretty nicely with Weaver, Haren, Piñeiro and Santana. The A’s, if they add a bat or two, should improve from 81 wins and also contend for the division.
The West ought to be a much tighter, more respectable division next season as opposed to the cake walk it was for the Rangers this year.
RAB guys where is the thread for this?
Since it came up on twitter today, who would be your top 10 Yankee prospects?
I’d do a Montero-Banuelos-Brackman-Betances-Sanchez top five with a mix of Noesi, Adams, Heathcott, Murphy and Laird or Phelps.
What about you?
1. Montero
2. Banuelos
3. Betances
4. Sanchez
5. Romine
6. Heathcott
7. Brackman
8. Adams
9. Noesi
10. Murphy
Betances has to go ahead of Brackman, and maybe ahead of Banuelos as well. He had a lights out year, was healthy and ahead of schedule from the TJS. His ceiling is equal to that of Brackman and he’s 3 years younger and further along in his development. I may even put Banuelos ahead of Brackman as well. His velocity jump raises his ceiling some, and he has great polish at a very young age.
I guess my top 5 would be Montero, Betances, Banuelos, Brackman Sanchez. Romine and Nunez are (apparently) so close to the bigs they have to get some love as well.
I agree that Betances goes before Brackman, but Banuelos and Betances have performed very similarly and Banuelos is 3 years younger. I’d agree that Betances has a higher upside because of his height and size, but Banuelos competing so well at 19 is unbelievable. He’s also a lefty who throws mid 90′s and only listed at 155 lbs, he could very well keep developing size and velocity. For that reason he’s above Betances on my list. Brackman was so low because I don’t think he’s had the breakout year he needs to prove his talent. Nunez doesn’t deserve to be a top 10 prospect unless he can replicate his first half 2010 numbers in 2011. Who knows if 2009 and early 2010 were just lucky seasons for the SS.
I did this for the non prospect nerds.
1. Jesus Montero (20/AAA) C- He’s the youngest player in AAA at age 20 and completely mashed. Overall batting line is .289/.353/.517 (.870 OPS). That may not be the sexiest line ever but he’s only 20. Oh and he was a complete black for the first couple months adjusting for AAA pitching. I think his line after the ASB better speaks of his abilities. .351/.386/.684 (1.080 OPS). But his bat was never a question. And as you all heard ad nauseum is that is glove is bad. Personally I think he can do fine being a C/DH for the future. He’ll be below average but the bat is worth it. Even if he doesn’t catch the majority of games in his career I believe his bat will still make him quite a valuable player.
2. Manny Banuelos (19/ A+/AA) SP – The best prospect out of the Killer B’s in my opinion (Killer B’s being Banuelos, Betances and Brackman) Out of all three ManBan may even have the lowest ceiling but the highest floor. Not to his discredit though because the ceilings of Brackman and Betances are quite huge. But Banuelos has two plus pitches in his changeup and curve. What limited Banuelos prior to the 2010 season was his fastball. He has great control with all of his pitches including his fastball but it lacked velocity. Some days Banuelos would sit in the 88-90 range where others he could stay at 90-91. This year he seems he has improved it greatly where he had starts sitting at 93-95 touching 97 on a couple occasions. He’s a small dude being at 5’11 but he’s still only 19 years old. He may still grow a bit more getting a better frame. But if he maintains this spike in velocity he could be a force to be reckoned with.
3. Austin Romine (21/AA) C – Perhaps the reason why the Yankees were willing to give up Jesus for Cliff Lee instead of waiting 3 months in FA. He’s got an average glove that can let him stick at catcher long term. His bat ain’t no Jesus but then again not much are. As a 21 year old in AA he posted a .268/.324/.402 batting line; respectable for a catcher. However last year he pulled the completely opposite of Jesus Montero, mashing early in the season and wearing down. His wOBA by month are as follows:
April: .395
May: .365
June: .318
July: .276
August: .243
September: .406
He made insane production early on. It’s his first year of fully starting at catcher so he must have gotten tired. It’s no excuse but he’s got potential. And FWIW he played in a huge pitcher’s park with a wOBA of .269 home and .366 away in AA. For perspective Jesus Montero’s wOBA in the same park is .278. I believe in Romine. His bat can be above average for a catcher but with average defense. Lots to like.
4. Gary Sanchez C (17/GCL/SI) – You can never have too many catching prospects. Sanchez has been described as Jesus Montero 2.0. Great bat (.353/.419/.597 in the GCL) and susceptible defense. It’s too early to project his defense since it’s 17 and could possible grow a lot more. FWIW his defense at this point compared to Jesus when he was at this age is a little bit better. Might not mean much but we’ll see how Sanchez grows. A potential Jesus Montero bat with the ability to stick at catcher is amazing. Let’s see how close he comes.
5. Dellin Betances (22/A+/AA) SP – Betances remains somewhat as a lottery ticket. High upside and high risk. Much of that comes from injuries prior to 2010 with his large frame being 6’8’’. He’s got a plus pitch in his fastball which he sits at 93-95 and can ramp it up to 96-97. It has ‘plus life’ with it as well. He’s got a very good curve as well at 81-83 MPH with a good 12-6 break. Command is decent but needs work. He was able to cut his walk rate in half this year being a 2.4 BB/9. He’s also got a sexy 6.67 SO/9. His ceiling is a true number one guy but his floor is relatively low. His injury concerns and his shaky mechanics keep him below Banuelos in my opinion.
6. Slade Heathcott (19/A-) CF – The 2009 first round pick of the Yankees truly has 5 tools though his power was absent. Regardless he had a decent year with a .258/.359/.352 line. He has a good batting eye with a 12% BB rate. He strikeouts a lot but should cut them down with improvements on his swing. The power or lack of it isn’t concerning just yet and he could provide some decent pop down the road. His defense reportedly looks great. Swiped 15 bags in 76 games but needs to improve his baserunning as he got picked off/caught stealing 10 times.
7. Andrew Brackman (24/A+/AA) SP -Brackman took a huge jump this year. He was terrible last year but mostly due to him coming back fully healthy from TJ surgery. He was able to cut his walk rate nearly one thirds of what it was last year(6.4 BB/9 to 2.5 BB/9) and retained a high strikeout rate (8.1 K/9). A lot of groundballs for him too with a . Very similar to Betances with a good fastball and curve with a decent change. Fastball sits at around 94 and peaks at 97. Curve varies from time to time due to mechanics from his also large frame (6’10’’). Still has ace potential.
8. Hector Noesi (23/A+/AA/AAA) SP – Doesn’t share the upside of other Yankee prospects but he still has a chance of being a mid to back end starter. He’s got a plus fastball in the 90-94 range with a curve that’s getting there. Decent change as well. He’s very close to being major league ready and there’s always value In these guys despite not having an ace ceiling.
9. Graham Stoneburner (22/A-/A+) SP – Another 2009 draftee. Stoneburner has two plus pitches in his fastball and slider which he made a huge jump in. He had an average slider last year but this year it has been described as a true plus pitch from Kevin Goldstein. Good job at limiting walks and getting those strikeouts. Worst case scenario is that he becomes a reliever but should move up the ranks fast regardless.
10. Jose Ramirez (20/A-) SP – The Yankees top sleeper took huge strides this year in becoming a top prospect for the Yanks. He was able to get a 3.33 FIP in 115 IP last year. Uses a fastball changeup combination both of them being plus pitches. Strikesout a lot of batters (8.2 K/9) but has a decent walk rate (3.3 BB/9) He’s one of my fave prospects in the org.
http://www.pinstripealley.com/.....s-for-2011
Linky for the next 10.
did I hear right today about Jeter to 3rd in 2012 and Nunez to
SS????? Arod to DH??
Stop listening to Francessa.
Advice that has lasted through the ages.
I think it came up in a Bill Madden article today for the Post.
I don’t really mind the plan if you replace Nunez with Tulo.
Yeah, if the real plan is to make a trade of some sort then you have to say “we’re happy with our hotshot prospect” for negotiating purposes. Putting Nunez at SS in 2012 sounds a lot like “Bubba Crosby is our CF” to me.
What do you think about signing Mark Reynolds to be a utility player this year? I know he’s not close to the best fielder, in fact he’d probably be the worst infielder we have, but there is no doubt that Jeter and Arod are going to spend some time on the bench or DHing. Reynolds posted one of the lowest BABIPs this year but still hit 32 home runs. Kevin Towers is no stranger to the Yankees and wants to develop pitching on the Diamondbacks. Yankees have excess pitching! Reynolds is also due a lot of money for a guy striking out so much, $5 million in 2011 and $7.5 Million in 2012, something the Yankees would barely blink at. He’s a perfect buy low candidate, and he might have some success with Long in the strike out department. Even if he doesn’t, hes a much better option this year than Thames, and lines up perfectly with Cashman’s vision of getting younger.
1. Reynolds isn’t a free agent, you have to trade for him.
2. http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....lds-36130/
1. Woops, yea meant trade for him, my bad.
2. Ok, I must have read this and forgotten about it, its almost word for word what I said but with better elaboration. Consider this my citation.
Greenberg has “apologized:”
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....k_gre.html
I’d like to accept his apology, but frankly I’m too apathetic to care one way or the other.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go kick my dog, beat my wife and physically attack a random stranger.
Stop being so embarrassing.
I can’t help it, I’m a Yankee fan. Were all an embarrassment to the game of Baseball.
Would you say that we Yankee fans have, in fact, murdered baseball history?
Wait…I take it back. you’re not embarrassing at all! I can’t fathom why I said that. Please accept my apology.
And yes, Bud Selig is holding a gun up to my head as I type these words.
Greenberg shouldn’t have said what he did but there is some truth to it. If you sit in the rich people section, which I’m sure he does, you are surrounded by business people, the only ones who can afford the $1,000+ seats. These are your apathetic fans, the ones who are only at the game because their boss told them they could go. The post-season fans were not loud at all, but the Yankees were losing most of the time, so I don’t think there was much of a difference between regular and post season cheers.
As for violence, I only ever see violence in the grandstands or bleachers. I have never seen 2 Yankees fans fight, and I have never seen a Yankee fan throw the first punch. Every time I’ve seen a fight, its been by a fan of the opposing team purposefully and aggressively attacking fans trying to cheer the Yankees. These fights only last 10 seconds at most before security gets involved. I’ve been to other stadiums and the same things goes on, the expensive seats are quite and people fight for a few seconds.
He is just pandering to Lee’s wife’s insinuations. He’s trying to get an upper hand in the trade talk and make this an issue with the media. The Yankees FO won’t comment on it now because they can’t talk about Cliff Lee much til he reaches free agency. If you want to see who has better fans, all you have to know is that the Yankees had 1.2 million more fans attend home games this year than Texas. A CEO trying to fix a team coming off of bankruptcy should be trying to replicate the Yankee’s fan base model, instead of criticizing it.
So there are two choices here.
The Yankees can respond to Greenberg’s comments by unleashing Randy Levine and Hank Steinbrenner on him.
OR
They’ll have Cashman or Hal respond with something to the effect
“The Yankee organization is deeply disappointed in Mr. Greenberg’s comments about our fan base. As you all know we are an organization that prides itself on class. We have had few to none violent incidents at the stadium this year. We even increased the security for the ALCS. Surely Mr. Greenberg is referring to isolated incidents. We hope that a few bad apples don’t spoil the bunch.”
I hope it’s the latter.
I hope it’s the latter too.
(And then Cliff Lee walks onto the podium in pinstripes, wearing whatever number he’s gonna wear. BOOM.)
Or better yet, ignore the fool and let him embarrass himself in national media.
i’m not sure that that’s not exactly what he’s after.
I think the former would be highly enjoyable.
Well, for me at least.
Oh it would be funny. But it would make us no better than Greenberg. The Yankees are better than that.
Or 3. Yankees ignore him and the Rangers never play above .500 ball for the rest of Greenberg’s life.
Cliff Lee did not strike out Chuck Norris with 2 pitches. Chuck Norris was batting and struck Cliff Lee out with 1 pitch, in one at bat.
This is Greenberg’s way of trying to convince Lee to stay in Texas. Why would anyone want to play in Texas when you can play in Yankee Stadium?!?! Let’s Go Giants!!!
I know you guys want the baseball season to continue and an epic world series, but I want to sluaghter the Rangers. I want Cliff Lee to get the loss, I want him to have a meltdown, and I want it to happen in the Ranger’s home field.
That seems to be the prevailing sentiment
+1
And I want to see tears–TEARS!–running down the Rangers’ cheeks as they sit in the dugout.
BROKEN ANTLERS! CRUSHED CLAWS! BLOOOOD!
Ummm, ahem.
long night
Both these guys are ON!
any chance we can get Cody Ross in the offseason and throw him in the outfield platoon?
Doubt it. He’ll be able to get more money and playing time elsewhere.
Nah–he’s older than Granderson and only a month younger than Swisher, will be on the wrong side of 30, and despite this postseason, really isn’t that good (career .323 OBP and decent but hardly remarkable defense).
Pass
Wow that looked like Lee’s wife with the antlers on?
Steven Goldman at Pinstriped Bible and out EJ over at TYU both recently made the case for NOT signing Lee. The crux of their argument is the team will have loads of money tied up in aging, unproductive players in a few years. In 2013, you could have a 38 year old Alex, 35 year old Lee, 39 year old Jeter, 36 year old Burnett and 33 year old Tex eating up 100+ mil of your payroll.
So how many years you give Lee?
Since Lee isn’t about ‘stuff’ as much as he is command and control, I think he’ll age well. Being a lefty in Yankee stadium doesn’t hurt either. I’d prefer 4, but will go as high as 5. If it gets past 5, I start burning up the phones for the trade market.
6 years.
Too many things in Yankee land are analyzed based on player acquisitions and team construction only on a 1 year basis. That is not how the Yankees operate though.
Pettitte likely has one year at most left and younger pitchers like Betances, Brackman, or Banuelos are going to need to be incorporated into this team as soon as 2012. Acquiring Lee is key to comfortably incorporating those pitchers.
An extra year or two is inconsequential to the Yankees at the back ends of their free agent deals as long as they get the expected production at the front. They can absorb that type of money at the end if necessary, which I don’t think will happen with Lee.
Over the long run, they may actually end up saving more money by signing Lee than not signing Lee. It allows them to incorporate young pitchers patiently and stay away for mid tier FA pitchers who are the ones that end up burning you.
I have no issue with the Yankees go 6 with Lee and that is what it probably will be.
As I predicted the Freak is on, this game will end in the bullpens and that means Texas Rangers your season ends tonight.
Anyone know the ratings on last night’s game? Did it beat the channel with the scrolling TV schedule?
Giants, crush those Texans.
The Yankees have a plaque the size of Texas out in Monument Park celebrating GMS who said and did a lot of things worse than Greenberg today.
This is certainly not the first time an American CEO has acted unprofessionally.
Lets save the moral outrage Yankee fans. Ranting and whining about Greenberg’s ranting and whining just gives more play to this non story.
The Boss was one of us so it’s okay.
So….you’re saying that you apathetic about his comments?
Heh. lol.
Lee needs to get bombed so we can get a discount this off season!
Heard about Greeneberg (I though Nolan was the owner. lol oops)…let’s take his quote apart piece by piece.
I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful.
Really? That’s awesome. I’m sure the Rays owner, Yankees owner, and Giants owner think your fans with their stupid claws and antlers are awful….Noone gives a crap about your opinion….focus on your possible WS exit.
They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good
I want proof of them being violent. I’m pretty sure that even if there were a few violent fans that is an EXTREMELY small sample size. Apathetic as in showing little emotion? Well that’s generally what happens when your team is losing a series and is pitching/hitting horribly. Kinda hard to get into it. (and really, there were no fans acting in between? Yeah OK)
So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I’ve seen in the postseason.
Let’s see what fans you’ve seen this post season: Rays are non existent, Giants, the team you are facing now, and the Yankees. You are pretty much comparing one team to another. Yankees to Giants. Small sample size. You can’t compare apples to oranges…they’re different.
I thought they were an embarrassment
1. Embarassment to what?
2. Who are you to be judging other teams’ fans?
3. In my opinion your claws and antlers make you and your fans look like uneducated dumbasses (well, it is Texas). That, in my opinion, is embarassing.
4. Why do you care how Yankees fans are acting? Why aren’t you criticizing Phillies fans (who I think are the worst)?
5. Where were your fans and claws and antlers crap when your team sucked for the past decade?
So basically, your team is on the verge of elimination and your criticizing Yankees fans. That makes perfect sense. What do the Yankees have to do with you right now? Worry about your team facing elimination instead of how the Yankees fans acted when their team was facing elimination.
Noone gives a crap about your opinion
Clearly you do.
I don’t care that he thinks their an embarassment. I care that he’s announcing it to the world and acting like a dumbass when his team is on the verge of elimination. Really unclassy.
It’s hypocritical. He’s calling Yankees fans an embarassment, yet he’s acting like an embarassment to his organization.
They’re not their.
So you care that he is embarrassing the Texas Rangers organization?
Doesn’t that benefit the Yankees?
Is it bad that I’m literally dreaming of seeing Cliff Lee in Yankees pinstripes.. The guy is cooler than the other side of the pillow. You wouldn’t even know this guys pitching a World Series must win game tonight. I don’t know who seems more cool under pressure Lee Or Halladay who didn’t even seem to realize he pitched a playoff no hitter.
Anyone else think that all this Cliff Lee love will disappear (or not be as much) if he signs with the Yankees?
That’s a given.
So I’ve missed 40 minutes of this game, and we’re almost done with the 3rd inning?
Reply fail.
We’ll soon see how fickle the fans and the MSM are.
bummer I like to see Molina bang on his chest and see the fat roll like a tidal wave.
Lincecum in a bowtie….
Wow…he looks so goofy!!
Lincy getting squeezed.
Wow, that was disgusting.
Lincicum is a FOD Friend of dorothy
and you are a homophobe who can’t spell.
call em like I see um dude. did I say it was bad to be a FOD.
Whatever floats you boat I always say.
I call it like I see it too.
I also just heard something of the Rangers CEO releasing comments saying how the Yankees fans were awful… It’s a CEO like that who can single handedly set an organization back. They should be worried about game five of the World Series, not bashing Yankees fans after beating them more than a week ago. Give me a break If Cashman came out and said that Rangers fans were a joke with their “Claws” and “Antlers” being pretty much bush league I could only imagine how much shit he’d get. Thankfully the Yankees are not that stupid neither is Cashman. If I was a free agent I certainly don’t want to sign with a team that resorts to bashing fans of a team they beat when they should be worried about WINNING A GAME! Pathetic and classless by the Rangers CEO.
I still don’t understand the point of him saying that. Did he just randonly say it or was he questioned about the Yankees fans?
I mean either way it was stupid and unclassy for him to say.
This kid Posey is nothing wait until you guys see Yankee Jesus.
Posey is a better defensive catcher but Montero will be hitting bombs the likes of Arod in his prime.
Heck he might be hitting them like Barry in his….ahem his chemical prime.(but of course Montero won’t need the juice to do it)
Wow, great AB by Posey.
Lee has everything working tonight. He is better than Sabathia!
Sabathia can opt out in 2012 ….right? If so that leaves Burnett and Hughes as the only viable pitchers no thanks! Sign Lee.
Reportedly he has no intentions of using his opt out clause.
You can not count on it? He can always change his mind. I say get the insurance and Sign Lee by 2012 you can have Man Ban, Brackman,Betance ready to compete for a spot.
Source? I don’t think he will use it, but where did you read those intentions from?
Found it: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports.....z0xSOZyn4O
What is it with people bashing the Yankees this year and starting drama? (I know it’s like that every year, but it seems there’s so much more drama this year compared to last year.
Let’s see what’s happened:
1. Dallas Braden and his mound
2. Dallas Braden’s Grandma
3. Only the Yankees have flaws…they’re the worst 95 win team ever!
4. Yankees better watch out..Red Sox aren’t dead yet
5. Jeter’s a cheater
6. Mrs. Lee and the so called incidents
7. Yankees fans are an embarassment
Am I forgeting anything?
Numbers 3 and 4 are mostly in reference to everyone bashing the Yankees and acting like they’re pathetic when every other team was either just as bad or worse.
this just In
The RedSox are Dead!
Peter Gammons thinks they still have a chance.
Dude, this happens every. Single. Year.
Exactly. The bashing will never subside. It comes with the territory of being the most recognizable franchise in pro sports.
Pistachios are using keyboard cat and Lewis Black in their commercials. Impressive.
Maybe I’ve read too many Tom Clancy novels, but that looks like a secret message to activate a terrorist cell.
They are about 6 months late with keyboard cat. Those kinds of memes die too quickly. By time they are mainstream they are no longer as amusing.
Probably more than six months, actually, but keyboard cat selling pistachios > most other commercials.
I’m not trying to be rude here, but 6 months? Try a few years.
Big Time Timmy Jim really gets overlooked with Lee pitching as great as he has.. This guy is no fucking joke obviously after winning two Cy Youngs.. Dude blatantly looks like a stoner too which cracks me up. Guy really has awesome stuff, a complete pitcher at age 26.
Yeah he looks like he stepped out of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Dude.
I am just happy that the Yankees are never far from anyone in MLB’s thoughts no matter what other important crap is going on. Even when we’re not there. We’re there.
Hush little baby don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed
In your closet in your head
Bahahahah.
-Evil Empire’d
It’s amazing how bad Hamilton looks at the plate compared to how good he looked versus the Yankees.. Apparently the Yankees should literally take all the tips they can from San Fran in order to pitch to him next year..
it is becoming more apparent that Texas was stealing our signals. how else can you explain the freak 2 strike hits???
Luck + pitchers’ inability to execute their pitches?
Tip #1: have Tim Lincecum in your pitching rotation.
Tip #2: have Matt Cain in your pitching rotation.
That.
No way any team hits like they did us on Two strikes without knowing what is coming and where to swing. Posadas signals were not hard to read.
They did. Get over it. It is foolish to try and blame failure on things like stealing signs with no evidence whatsoever.
Can someone please tell me why the blame is always on the catcher? If the pitcher doesn’t put the ball where the catcher wants it, who’s at fault?
Posada.
Because Jorge was easy to read. he doesn’t try to hide the signals or set up late like you are seeing in Frisco.
He telegraphed the pitches and where the location was.
Whatever floats your boat.
I think his boat has a few holes in it.
My point is that it doesn’t matter who the catcher is if the pitcher doesn’t/can’t hit his spots and execute.
Not unless you’re talking about Jose Molina vs. Jorge Posada. Then it’s all on the catcher.
Well, obviously, Mike. I thought that was implied!
but..but…Joe Mauer knows how to handle a young pitching rotation. How do you explain how the Twins do so well each year? You think Liriano could pitch so well without Mauer? HAHA funny. Give the man a million gold gloves. Best catcher in baseball…/s
OK, here’s a serious reply. Honestly, have you seen Cerv? The guy is the most fidgety, overexcited catcher I can think of. He will literally set up by standing up on high pitches.
The Texas Rangers just hit and pitched better. Get over it.
They had a .400+ Babip. Sure there was luck involved, luck is part of baseball, and its time to own up to the fact that the Rangers outplayed the Yankees. Don’t make excuses for the Yankees being outplayed.
Tip #3: have Madison Bumgarner in your pitching rotation.
Tip #4: while you’re at it, throw Jonathan Sanchez into the mix.
The Giants rotation is just unreal this year. Imagine if Timmy pitched in ’10 like he did in ’08 and ’09.
Holy shit. What a stud.
Hamilton,Elvis Cruz Vladdy Molina all knew what was coming and where the pitch was headed?
No.
Molina and Trainor hit us? Where are they now. Yankees got played. I hope Girardi learned from it. I would love to see cerveli dumped in a trade and a defensive catcher signed.
Texas was hot and outplayed us by leaps and bounds. Now, Texas is cold. Shit happens.
1. Please use the reply button.
2. Anything can happen in a 6-game stretch, it’s the definition of SSS. Rangers hit a ton of bleeders, duckfarts and balls that just barely squeaked through. Giants pitching is best in the majors, it’s no surprise they’ve owned the Rangers.
3. Yanks got outplayed, plain and simple. Accept it and move on. Or, you know, look for conspiracy theories. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
I think the Rangers were stealing signs from the grassy knoll in CF.
IETC
What happened to the Yankee lineup between the ALDS and ALCS?
“Who’s gonna get the ‘L’?” Rather negative, Mr. Buck.
He started drinking at 1 o’clock this afternoon, so…
I actually would enjoy it quite a bit if the Rangers lost in Arlington.
Ugh. Fuck Cruz.
So close ;_;
It’s amazing how incredibly lucky Cruz gets out there in right field. First off he’s lucky that first ball didn’t get by him with the worst dive in history. Second off with that fly ball and almost every fly ball hit towards him the guy needs a fucking map to figure out where the balls gonna be.
Posey got me excited for nothing.
This game is really doing all it can to make up for an otherwise undramatic, crappy series.
Freak give up a hit? get the pen ready?
This game will go to Texas. Their backs agaisnt the wall, their shirt tails on fire and the bill collector’s at the door. They want to win and they need to win. The Giants, on the other hand, don’t have to win and might even rather win in San Francisco. As Archie Bunker would say “ipso fatso the Rangers will win”.
So when the Giants clinch tonight, who’s World Series MVP? There’s really no clear-cut candidate.
Ross,Posey,Huff take your pick.
It’s the 7th inning.
The game’s only been on for an hour and a half.
Somewhere Joe West is tapping his fingers together and proclaiming, “Excellent!”
Don’t blink or you’ll miss an inning. Damn I might get to bed at a decent hour tonight.
Yankees should have changed their signals like SF does. I can not read Lincicom’s pitches for shit as Hamilton swung for a curve and got heat.
/beating a dead horse
Yes, you can’t read Timmy’s pitches. Man, what a great catcher Buster is.
Also, he didn’t get heat if you consider 85 mph changeups and sliders “heat”.
*unless you consider
Dang, the Rangers turned that threat into a 7 pitch inning. Impressive.
I’m loving Buster
This game is entering epic territory.
It’s like the pitchapocolypse.
/pissing off Joe’d
Uribe RBI, book it.
I’ll take a base hit.
love the Ross he is what Gardy should have been this postseason.
Gardy was never gonna go on a power binge.
Come on…Giants.
Bunting
This game feels like another Giants game.
Giants will win.
The investment better not get hurt busting his ass on a bunt.
Hahahaha I was just thinking that.
nice bunt huff ??? and Lee is like a cat off the mound.
Let’s go, Pat the Bat. Time to be a hero.
Hey, Pat:
Losers whine. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.
what movie is that from?
The Rock.
Ah Nick Cage movies are the roxer/
What happens in your world if the winner IS the prom queen?
I don’t like bunting with Huff (or anyone, really). He’s their second-best hitter.
That’s the first hard-hit ball Burrell’s had all series.
I was thinking the same thing. He’s been awful. C’mon Pat.
go old school here and Squeeze.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…I like that.
Ross has speed do it
Oh, how I’m going to enjoy watching Cliff Lee pitch in the Bronx a year from now.
What they chanting?
Yankees suck?
nice
Pat, studies show if you keep your eyes open your chances of hitting the ball increase by a factor of ten.
horrible should have squeezed there.
Damn you, Burrell.
Yeah, who could have foreseen that?
And that’s why ya don’t bunt.
/J. Walter Weatherman
And that’s why you pinch hit for Burrell
Well well well…I could’ve predicted that.
Renteria MVP
bow to me I called this.
Yeesh, Burrell is such a douche.
Nice.
Edgar!
And would ya look at that…
Renteria!!!!!
And Edgar will be going home to fuck the prom queen.
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I called it
EDGAR RENTERIA??????
Well, I’ll be…
Renteria for MVP?
Welcome to the Bronx, Mr. Lee
Holy. Shit.
So that answers that whole MVP question….
Damn I wanted him to throw up a claw after that HR.
HA! awesome!
If Giants win Renteria gets MVP.
F Cliff Lee
Renteria, paid by and sponsored by Red Sox Nation.
Renteria off of Rentapitcha!
OMG
JIMP
WTF
AHHHHHHHHHH
God I hate Burrell so much…
Fuck you, Rangers!
(too bitter?)
Aww, that was an adorable manhug.
No Joy in Dallas this week LOL
No Rangers
No Cowboys
Where will the dallas bandwagon fan go?
Once I saw GWB in the stands I knew the Giants would win,
lady needs to take delay tactic lessons from roland tynan
That made me smile.
So does that knock lee down to 18 mill a year.
Cliff Lee cannot return to Texas, like ever. We’ll accept him with open arms and a blank paycheck.
Yup…persona non-grata right now
I’ll just leave this here…
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=5731229
Just wondering- if Lee winds up losing 2 games in this WS, does his price drop back down?
Yes, but not for the Yankees. They’ll bid against themselves like they always do.
Bra….vo….
Oh, Vlad. So predictable.
It aint ova
Easy there, Lincy.
This is good. Give them a little bit of hope and then…..
I guess they figured they would have to use up the fireworks sometime…
Freak got smoked on that one.
Signals again?
Of course! Thats the only way you can get a home run is to steal signs! Wow some people cling to the dumbest ideas.
Big Timmy Jim.
So are Cliff and Timmy determined to send this pitching duel to the shitter?
That’s what they did in Game 1. But let’s hope the Giants wrap this up.
Ok Timmy, one’s ok. But let’s stop that right now.
I like Vlad Guerrero. And when he strikes out or bobbles the ball, and old Arthur Kopit play comes to mind, except that instead of “Oh Dad, Poor Dad” it’s “Oh Vlad, Poor Vlad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad.”
OK, that’s all.
I don’t want Lee.
He’s 32 years old.
Re-sign Andy, AJ hopefully has a better year, PJH will be on regular inns, and CC will be recovered. Hire a pitching coach who will get Chamberlain back on track as a starter, have guys like Noesi and Nova in the mix, and away we go.
Enough of spending on other people’s 30-plus pitchers and blocking our own system guys.
If that 30 plus pitcher can bring us a championship or two, I wouldn’t mind
Yeah, God knows we could have used him in 2009…Oh, wait
That’s a strawman argument and it does nothing to make his statement invalid.
My point is, Cliff Lee doesn’t mean we win the WS. We won without him last year. Equating Cliff Lee with the Yankees winning another WS also implies the opposite, that they CANNOT win it without Cliff Lee, but in fact, they did that very thing, last season.
There’s no straw man anything in that, friend.
Cliff Lee is a good pitcher. He’s also an old pitcher, or at least, he WILL be during MOST of his tenure with the Yankees.
Passing on him does NOT mean we are doomed not to win, nor does signing him guarantee jackshit.
Andy may be done. he would not pitch in game 2 because of back issues. time to build for another run before Arod and Jeter are done.
The Yankees have pretty much decided Joba is a reliever. Lee will age well because he’s never relied on hard stuff, just command and control.
So the narrative goes.
“The text is foolish”.
That’s way too many question marks for a team like the Yankees.
Gimme a break. You don’t think a 32 year old pitcher who had back problems this season is a risk?
This is what I mean – the idea that Cliff Lee is some kind of sure thing. He’s not. And I don’t to pay him for his dotage while young arms in the system get blocked and traded off.
It’s a joke that Joba got banished to the bullpen for all eternity while Javier Vazquez couldn’t get out of the fifth inning.
He’s a more sure thing than prospects. Also, Javy was the team’s best or second best starter for a stretch during the season.
I love prospects as much as the next guy, but Cliff Lee is a different type of beast. He’s the guy you want your best prospects to turn into.
Now, number of years on the contract is another issue, but that doesn’t take away from what Lee brings to the team.
Javier Vazquez is 31 years old. Who cares? Joba Chamberlain had a stretch in 2008 where he was one of the best pitchers in baseball. At age 23.
Lee is an excellent pitcher, that’s not the point. He’s 32, that is the point.
The same argument has been made about Halladay, control pitcher, pounds innings, injury resistant. Tell it to Phillies fans.
The number of years IS the issue. If you told me we could sign Lee for a year, of course that would be immensely attractive. You’re willing to pay this guy and have him block someone like Banuelos, through Lee’s 3-4-5-6th year, and the YOUNGEST he’ll be during that stretch is 34. No thanks.
Further, a guy went 8 innings to pitch his team to a 3-1 WS lead yesterday – a guy who was considered a “bust” who didn’t know where the ball was going, who lost velocity, etc, just last season.
If all you have as a rebuttal to Javy’s great stretch is “he’s 31″ and “Joba did it in 2008″, you’re arguing with, yet again, a strawman. My point was to rebut your blanket statement that Javy “couldn’t get out of the fifth inning.” Nothing more, nothing less.
Dude, your fetish with the term is actually boring.
I can see you’re one of these people who doesn’t really discuss, but anally tries to find quibbles and goes into moral police mode.
Not interested, frankly.
No murakami, YOU give me a break
:throwstable: 
Nell Carter? Is that you?
Cliff Lee is way less of a risk than your rotation, which is:
- CC
- Andy, who’s old and achy
- AJ, who you’re trusting to make a huge rebound
- Hughes, who had a solid year but who’s still a young guy adjusting to the AL East
- Joba, who had a meh year when he started in 2009
I figure if Andy comes back for 2011, that’ll be his last year almost for sure. I’d love to see Joba starting too, but it can wait until Andy retires. Having guys like Nova and Noesi is great for backup, but there’s pretty much nothing I saw out of Nova in the bigs this year that makes me want him in the starting rotation to begin with for next year, sorry to say.
I’d rather use the money to sign Carl Crawford.
Nova isn’t going to front-end the rotation, so in context, I would disagree with you and say he has a pretty live arm. I happen to like Noesi quite a bit.
This past season was an aberration, even for AJ, so I don’t think it’s a leap to expect he will improve. I also think AJ using his changeup is an entirely different pitcher, and he used it to good effect in Game 4.
Andy got hurt, but when he was healthy, he was even better than in 2009.
I’d rather use the money to sign Carl Crawford.
Okay. I wouldn’t, considering our outfield. I assume you want to trade Gardner, Granderson, or Swisher? For what? You don’t seem to want to trade them for pitchers.
Nova isn’t going to front-end the rotation, so in context, I would disagree with you and say he has a pretty live arm. I happen to like Noesi quite a bit.
Okay. I still don’t want them as even the fifth starters unless someone’s hurt next year. That’s just me.
This past season was an aberration, even for AJ, so I don’t think it’s a leap to expect he will improve. I also think AJ using his changeup is an entirely different pitcher, and he used it to good effect in Game 4.
I support AJ a lot, and I expect him to improve, but depending on him is just something you can’t do. And Game 4… where he gave up five runs in six innings?
Andy got hurt, but when he was healthy, he was even better than in 2009.
Agreed. He was just really, really achy after he came back. Maybe it was just the long season and postseason in 2009 catching up to him. Hopefully he decides to come back and gets nice and healthy over the offseason.
Rebecca,
Crawford is a much better player than Brett Gardner. The cry is that Gardner is “cost effective” and is kind of a poor man’s Crawford. Well, you get what you pay for. I would not mourn Gardner being dealt. Have no desire to deal Granderson, who was brilliant at times in CF, nor Swisher, w/his switch/OPS and improved defense in right.
Crawford, in our park, would hit 20-25 homers. He’s also probably the best defensive corner outfielder in baseball.
Nova would be a safety valve. I like his arm, I guess we just don’t agree about his ability.
AJ’s was a quality start, until the homer. Joe should have come to get him after Vlad got on. He pitched well otherwise, was hitting 95, and had his changeup going 4-5 times. AJ hadn’t pitched in 17 days. The manager needed to come get him, because he was losing velocity fast. I’m not going to be result-oriented and declare his start a failure. I liked what I saw and see no reason why AJ won’t have a better season.
I have nothing against Lee and his silly wife. I just don’t want to pay them for the next six years.
I was all for CC, because CC was 28 years old. We likely won’t be paying CC when he’s 37.
With the surplus of promising arms we have, and the veterans we already have in our rotation, we can afford to work in some younger pitchers over the next couple of years and if we are really interested in building a pitching-centric empire that has a chance to go to the WS over multiple seasons, we need to keep that door open for the guys we’re developing.
Totally agree. Stop signing older pitchers for mega bucks and see them go down hill drastically in two years.
We’re unfortunately outnumbered, as everyone has that True Believer fervor in their eyes.
I thought the Yankees should have viewed 2009 as house money, let Joba work back into the rotation, keep a guy like Vizcaino in the system, etc. Would have preferred to keep Mark Melancon as well.
You don’t build pitching empires by signing guys heading into their twilight, even remarkable guys like Lee and Halladay. You win multiple championships when a core group of young players come of age together. Sure, you make a key trade or signing (CC was such a signing, but CC was 28 years old).
Gimme me a break murakami! House money!!!
Anyway, you are really dumb if you think the Yankees will ever or should ever treat a season as house money.
We disagree.
Vizcaino? Serously? Did you mean someone else?
Well, I don’t know who you are referring to, but I’m talking about Arodys Vizcaino, who was sent in the Javy deal.
Joba hasn’t done anything to prove he’s worth a starting job. I never wanted him there anyway, and considering how untrustworthy he is, he should never be a starter. Also don’t spout that crap that the yankees ruined him, it was 2 yrs ago that’s no longer on the yankees that’s on joba. (who also looked like he gained 30 lbs of lard)
Give any of the Killer B’s, Warren or Phelps a shot before Joba
Especially Banuelos, who at his worst is going to be a 2/3 starter and at his best could be the second coming of Pedro Martinez
No?
Had a 2.65 FIP, peripherals were solid, and had quality starts for two months in 2008. Purely as a starter that yar, SO/BB 2.96. That’s very good. Teams had only a 71 OPS+ against him, and a 1.30 WHIP, and 10.2 K/9.
In seven of his 12 starts, he went six innings or more. That’s not a huge sample size, but that’s certainly enough to have people wondering why the Yanks folded on him so soon.
With the return of his velo, and the fact that he had a pretty decent season, I would say that there is some evidence that taking another look at Joba the Starter would be worthwhile.
Lincecum starts the eighth, with Wilson ready to go in the pen.
What the hell? reply fail.
omg if Kinsler had gotten thrown out again.
Washington would have duct taped his foot to the base.
I have always liked Vlad. He has a certain dignity about him.
Can’t far behind hitters.
Rip out their souls, Lincy.
Margaret’s got this.
Tiny Tim’s got this.
Nolan frowns and a shot goes down.
big time timmy jim
Best Nickname ever? I Think so.
Nolan doesn’t look as happy as he did in NY.
I wonder how Cliff Lee’s wife is being treated.
Poll: Bengie Molina without his shirt on looks:
Muscular
Normal
Gross
when he hit the HR at YS and Beat his chest. his fat rippled like the wave.
I am comfortable not knowing.
Most. Lopsided. Poll. Ever.
Lopsided poll or body?
Take it as you wish.
What were they chanting?
Like a rotten pear that’s been sitting in sun too long
To reply to anyone who asked if Cliff Lees price has gone down after 2 potential loses.. I’m sure it has gone down, but he only really got beat up in game one. I’ll still take Cliff Lee 10 times out of 10.. The Rangers need to be able to score more than capable of scoring 3 runs even if Lincecum is on the mound
Bigger cheats the Phillies or the Rangers.
Let. It. Go.
How are either of those teams cheats?
phillies were caught with a camera lens in the bullpen by the bullpen coach earlier this year.
And they still had the best record in the league after MLB made them get rid of it in mid-May.
Obviously they switched to a more sophisticated method of cheating. Duh!
sadly they might have, you remember after they got busted they basically went into a month long crap session basically starting the next game.
and then they shat all over August and September, so, yeah.
Because they steal signs don’t ya know! Obviously thier hitters are so inferior they must be cheating to get any sort of wins.
Obviously you havent seen this guy beating this dead horse all night. Nobody has agreed with him yet, but he keeps on going. Like the Energizer Bunny of trolling.
New England Patriots
How many of their players pretended to be hit by a pitch in order to get to 1B?
Seeing Posey really has me wishing Montero makes the team from ST and gets some at bats to show what he can do.
Montero might have a better bat than Posey BUT catching and managing the pitchers Montero is sadly short. I would trade Montero and any two minor league pitchers for Posey.
he can not be worse the Posada was this year? And Pena is there to Tutor him.
Pena Girardi and Posada.
Why can’t he be worse than Posada?
This isn’t out of the realm of possibility. Unlikely but still possible.
How is it unlikely Montero makes the team out of spring training?
Nelson is an animal.
6 outs and done.
Why have they shown that “sounds of the game” twice? It is a guy yelling “Yeah!” For goodness sake – who cares? Let us hear something more interesting. Put the “sounds of the game” mic on Nolan or Greenberg. We want to hear the pain in their voices as they watch their World Series hopes and dreams circle the drain.
If you listen past the first 2 seconds, you can hear the other guy saying ‘he called it, he knew it’.
Renteria called his HR.
Still not as entertaining as Nolan and Greenberg weeping and gnashing their teeth as the only hope for the bankrupt Rangers franchise winning a world series this century dies a slow painful death.
Renteria = 2009 Matsui
Paging the Chris Russo household…
ONE TIME!
Wonder if Mad Dog will have much of a voice left tomorrow for his monologue.
Russo was the last person to believe Bonds was using steroids and the first person to accuse Alex. Says it all, doncha think?
Lincecum should put his hair in a pony tail, that would be badass.
Dye it blue like Katie Perry
Four outs away.
Cliff lee before the WS 6 years 22 mil
After WS 5 years 19 mil
How about 5 yrs / $22 million?
Matt Cain looks like John C. Reilly.
I knew I wasn’t the only one who though this.
I am extremely happy. I feel so proud of myself for sticking with the Giants from March to November.
Again with the reply fail.
I am proud of myself for sticking with the Giants since the 7th inning.
As am I!
LMAO at your username.
You’re probably too young, but Bill Chadwick, in the NY Ranger booth during Craig Patrick’s reign as GM, used to refer to him as Graig Patrick.
Hilarious.
what has been seen……. cannot be unseen
Gritbeard…commence!
Apology or not… Go Giants!
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....Id=rss_tex
I guess no one told Texas there 3 outs away from losing the World Series?
This is the last hurrah for the DFW Metroplex. The Cowboys will give them no reason to cheer. Let them yell. They will be quiet soon as they walk out to their cars next to their big-haired wives with black mascara tears streaming down their heavily made-up Mary Kay faces. They’ll get in their pick up trucks and put on their cowboy hats and drive back to their two-bedroom ranches in the suburbs. Let them yell. The silence will come soon enough.
Mmmm, The Beard is warming up. Whee. This is pretty sweet.
I really want someone to hold up a sign that says ‘Surf’s Up’ when Brian Wilson enters the game.
Great song.
.21 cents for a gallon of gas in 1954 would be $1.66 in 2009 dollars.
Pat Burrell is god fucking awful. Impressive that the Giants are going to win the World Series with such a shitty offensive player potentially winning his second World Series after going 1/27 In WS Play..
The Yanks won despite Teix and Swish sucking in the WS in ’09.
and Cano.
hey Greenberg
Tough break you had in the series facing the Giants young staff, better luck next year getting the 1st WS championship.
Hank Steinbrenner
OK who didn’t see that coming?
Tomorrow’s Headline: Despite Burrell’s Best Efforts, Giants Win Series
I lol’d.
I demand many closeups of Sad Nolan Ryan Face.
three outs, do the thang beard.
Get the champagne on ice!
LOL I’m such a dumbass.
I turned on the game looked at the score and saw Texas had 1 and was like oh damn. Game over for SF, no way they’re scoring off Cliff Lee. Then I looked at SF’s score and saw they had 3 and was like yeah!
Stupid story. Just thought I’d share.
Dear God, sending your closer in when you’re 3 outs away from winning the World Series is not a questionable move you idiots.
Please tell me someone did not say that.
Good ole’ Timmy McCarver..
LOL I swear he gets dumber by the minute.
He obviously has dementia. Even Joe Buck gives him looks of pity.
That Texas fan looked apathetic…that’s embarassing!
How is SF going to afford Lincicum and Cain in a few years?
See you next April, MVP.
Two outs to go.
OMG a hitter struck out looking. Will Hamilton get criticized like A-Rod did?
That’ll be the day.
Will A-Rod get criticized the way Beltran did?
Beltran sure did.
To be fair, A-Rod didn’t get criticized the way Beltran did, or Ryan Howard did. And he shouldn’t have, because of the situations, so it’s all good.
1 out.
I’m pretty fucking excited right now.
/wants to go to SF right now
So SF is one out away from winning the WS apparently.
I’m confused. I THOUGHT THE RED SOX WERE STILL IN THIS?!?!
THE RED SOX ARE STILL IN THIS, YES. Don’t you worry!
They are. This is just an exhibition series.
1 more. Fear the Beard.
feels good for Texas to feel the hurt we did, that is all
mmm, woodknocking*
Done finished Kapoot fuck you Texas.
Can’t wait for the Beard salute.
I don’t get it why not walk Hamilton?
So last strike of the year… kinda sad.
Texas, you fucking deserve to be outclassed. Peace, see you all in April.
As much as I want SF to win, I’m still going to get sad watching a team celebrate that isn’t the Yankees.
I love the Giants, but it’s not the same.
No, it’s not.
But I can feel their joy and feel glad for them.
You have to feel happy for the guys on this roster whom no one wanted.
there laughing at you there all going to laugh!!!!!!!!!!
SIT DOWN!
Will the last person in Texas please turn off the lights?
Woooooooooooo!
Good for the Giants. I’m happy for them.
Thank god GWB showed up
Wow, Texas looked old this Fall Classic.
They really brought nothing to the table after winning the ALCS.
This is what they said about the Yankees in the ALCS. They got beat by superior pitching. Good pitching makes even young players look old I guess.
If Kendry Morales was there, he would have broke his leg.
Excellent!
wowwwwwwww who would had thought the giants would had won the world series at the beginning of the season.
I did.
No seriously, I was watching Quick Pitch and they were showing a replay of a game Lincecum was pitching, and I thought, “I bet SF is gona win the WS this year.”
100% serious.
wow
They were .500 at the break. They won the World Series. I’m so fucking proud of this team. NL team for life!
Anyone else feel sad watching some other team celebrate?
Then again I see the look on Texas’s face, but still.
Feel sad? Um, no.
Nope.
Washington needs a 8 ball.
and a line of coke
GIANTS!!!
Well done!
Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants and their fans.
Also, congrats to those NY Giants fans who lost their team and still hung with the transplanted editions all through the years.
“And for the first time since 1954, the Giants are World Champions!” Joe Buck wrote that one last night in his hotel room. Took him three hours.
Congrats SF, hope you’re ready to defend that title against the Yankees
No joy in Dallas…Houston can sing and dance(along with NY).
Nicely done, Giants.
But remember, it’s because Texas couldn’t hit is why the Giants won, those lucky scrappy, gritty, misfits.
Paper beats rock
Rock beats scissors
Scissors beats paper
Beard beats Claws and antlers
I wish the Yankees were out there celebrating.. But Texas outplayed us but really couldn’t do shit verse the Giants.. Gotta tip your hat to the Giants.. At least a classy organization won the Series.. Grats
Anyone think the Yankees could have beaten SF?
It is a Yankee blog so i would say at least 90%
congrats san fran
and Bengie Molina
Headline for tomorrow:
“Mysterious Smoke Cloud Looms over SF after Giants WS win”
“Mysterious Smoke Cloud Looms over SF after Giants WS win” But the Red Sox are Prepared to make a Comeback behind Manager of the Year Terry Francona…Don’t Count them out Yet Folks.
Plus were about to pass prop 19, so it will be legal
Giants vs Yankees would have been epic.
Wait…so can we all finally say the Red Sox are dead now?
Don’t count them out yet.
Good job, Giants. Suck on an antler, Texas.
I smiled. I laughed. For SF. Great win.
I did the Wilson cross forearm finger point thingy at the end.
i can tell you something. im a yankee fan, so i might be biased, but this cheer from the giants isnt anywhere close to the yankees last year.
Yankees even losing is better then this second tier teams,
I was thinking the samething, the Yankees last year looked much more excited
I noticed that too, but remember they were at home when they won. Meaning, they could party with the fans and stuff.
Congrats SF!
Now that the free agency bonanza will begin…PLEASE DON’T RETIRE AP!
Fuck Jeter…if I had to choose between the 2, I want Pettitte.
Posey. What a rookie. Feel free to remove your catchers gear for interviews.
Is the Ranger organization finished talking about the Yankees now? Will they be badmouthing the Giants?
If Cliff wants a ring he needs to follow the money trail to the Big Apple.
Chuck Greenberg looks like such a huge idiot.
Congrats to the Giants. I don’t know about you guys but I really am looking forward to this offseason. Here’s to ripping the hearts out of Greenberg and Ryan and sign Cliff Lee. Here’s to Ninja Cashman doing impressive work and making the 2011 roster a force.
BREAKING: Emergency medics arrive at home of Chris “Mad Dog” Russo
damn MLB is quick with the merchandise peddling
How many more days until pitchers and catchers report?
Other than the Yankees, I can’t think of another team I’d be happier to see win it. They seem like a great bunch of guys and they totally deserve this.
Yup and no superstars.
But I thought only teams that buy the superstars won?!1
AST COAST BIAS!!!11!
I think some superstars were born this series.
Tim Lincecum isn’t a superstar?
Man pitching relly rules
they won with an infield that would be bench on the yankees any giving day.
i’m sick
Will they be playing the next 2 games anyway since the Rangers owner guaranteed it?
Nothing he says is true. Yankee fans rule and the Rangers are DONE.
Edgar Renteria channeled his inner Hensley Meulens on that swing of the bat.
Ready for some lee next year fellas?
This is some intense trophy ceremony.
lol
Didn’t take long for the curse of the Bondsino to break.
Bonds was the curse. Once he was gone, the team could win.
It only makes sense that they could never win with a guy OPSing 1.400+
MVP? Brian Wilson’s beard.
Alex Trebek is the GM of the Giants? Who knew.
Congrats, Giants. I really disliked their whole hipster schtick coming into the playoffs but as they wore on I got all sniffly over their “we’re a team full of guys no one wanted” narrative.
Let’s all smoke some pot and be gay.
im horrified to see this tremendous joy on the trophy celebration.
Edgar Rent-a-fielder is MVP
So business like, I think if the yankees cheered like that it would be absurd
I am glad for Renteria.
All that bullshit he had to listen to in Boston.
You go, Edgar!
I made the joke before, but wasn’t really sure if this was still true. Are the Sox still paying him?
No, Sabean gave him a 2-yr 18 million dollar deal that just expired.
Thanks. The Sox have gone through so many shortstops, I can’t even remember when they got and dumped Renteria.
No worries, the Sox have gone through a decent amount of SS’s over the past few years.
Ironically, everyone crapped all over Sabean when he signed Edgar to that deal as he set the market for mediocre, aging SS’s right out of the gate in free agency that year.
In hindsight, 9 million a year for Edgar was still a joke, but winning an improbable WS erases all/most of that second-guessing.
No.
Hey Fox, don’t bother coming back with your baseball coverage anymore if you’re going to continue playing your NFL theme song for MLB games. That’s almost as egregious as employing McCarver.
Lee will have to find solace in a 9 figure Yankee contract, oh well.
Ok, where is the Machine that Brian Wilson promised
I miss baseball.
Congratulations, San Francisco Giants.
Pat the Bat, 2010 WS: 0-13, 2 BB, 11 K
Awwwwful.
Pat has two World Series rings and one World Series hit.
Brian Wilson is always in character.
Pat Burrell line for the series:
0-13, 11 K
Woops, missed it above.
Give the man his two walks!
Chris Rose, Carson Daly and Ryan Seacrest should have a douche-off.
Too bad Cody Ross has one more year of arbitration left. I would have loved to see the retarded contract that would have come out of his performance.
29 runs for the Giants. 29 hits for the Rangers.
Did our check for the WS trophy get lost in the mail? SF Giants must have won the lottery to get it.
I know right. Bigger payroll than ever, but we won’t see “THE YANKEES ARE BAD FOR BASEBALL!!11!1!” articles this year.
Just wait in case they get Cliff Lee on a huge contract. Those articles will flood the newspapers regardless of the Giants’ win.
Did anyone else think Brian Wilson looks like Zangief from Street Fighter?
http://www.flyingomelette.com/.....angief.jpg
No, he looks like Non from Superman 1 and 2.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1074827520/nm0641172
“It’s shiny.”
I have secondary embarrassment for the Rangers fans cheering right now behind the Fox guys.
Maybe they think that they are still lined up to play the Red Sox in the Uber-Series starting next week.
Well, now that’s it over, might I humbly submit FUCK YOU, TEXAS RANGERS!!!
FUCK YOU, GREENBERG AND RYAN!!!
And while I’m getting the bitterness out of my system, FUCK YOU, TBS!!!
Now, on to more important things. Cliff Lee, your next stop is Yankee Stadium. Just have Kristen call up Amber and make sure Amber sets her straight. Have Kristen talk to Mark Teixeira’s wife while you’re at it, too. Then remind her that you’re the one with the talent and that the extra $20-30 million the Yankees throw at you is enough to change her mind.
And if that’s not convincing enough, just remember what our (The Evil Empire’s) top recruiter once warned:
“Join us, or die.”
damn, Renteria is a player made only for the World Series. U don’t need him all year long but u better have him on your World Series roster.