We all know what happened the last time a Yankee thread was opened. So I had to make this one.

nice. great chance to repeat. we got a little younger.

hip hip jorge!!

Yep, they have a really good chance to repeat. I like that they didn't change much from last year. Oh yeah the Vegas odds have them to win again 3:1....not that it means anything...just saying.

Did you see Dr Dre over at Fenway wearing a red sux jersey? That looked really strange.

giradi blew that game by leaving CC in that long. it's the first game of the season, take him out after 85 pitches.

I blame the bullpen. Once Chan Ho Park came in the game just got out of control. But yeah, I don't understand why CC stood in for that amount of pitches considering the threat.

LOL Take Sabathia out after 85 pitches? Are you insane? He's literally the toughest pitcher in terms of abuse points in the game (outside of Livan Hernandez). That's idiotic. Let's take a look at this:

5 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk. 85 pitches. Take him out there and you're SCREAMING that he's done so quickly.

Right now, the redsox are tied with the best record in baseball, and the yankees are tied with the worse! :)

*runs and hides in the redsox thread*

didn't the redsox win the first 8 games against the yanks last year?

Lad, CC gave up 5 hits, 5 ERs, and 2 walks. It was only the first game of the season. And so what if it screams anything...whats there to prove?

LOL

Lad, weren't you the one saying CC was on the road to blowing out his arm early in his career?

I was talking about what he had going into that 6th inning.


Yes. And it's still possible, especially considering the workload he's had over his career. THAT SAID, it was the first game of the season and was at 85 pitches. Yelling for him to be pulled at that point is stupid.

So you would've made him go for 120 pitches? For what exactly? If that's what he had going into the 6th then it makes even more sense taking him out since he gave up 3 more runs. I just think for that the first game of the season you can't kill your players right away....especially ACE pitchers.

Here's a funny story - Brewers owner bitching about the Yankees payroll and how he's struggling to re sign Prince Fielder.....Yankee president Levine tells him to "stop whining" lmao!
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I guess the bitching will never stop.

Your ace is at 85 pitches through 5 and you want to pull him despite the fact that he's given up only 2 runs.

You'd be angrier if Girardi HAD pulled him.

great game tonight. these teams are so evenly matched. big win against a good pitcher.

good game to both sides. I like how both clubs are playing small ball.

i got A.Rod and C.C. on my fantasy baseball team...better be ballin' this year.

Which one do you play in. I forgot to even make a team this year.

curtis!!!!

Hell yeah- He's already a perfect fit. 2 HRs in the series. Imagine when he gets to Yankee Stadium...you know, with the wind tunnel thing and all. Thanks again Detroit. Sorry Hardy.

Mo>Papelbum

Hey now, lets be good sports here... It's not like any of the games were blow-outs... That was some quality baseball, and a great way to start the new season on both sides of the field.

I think the sox held their own, for a team said to have zero offense against the defending world champions, wouldn't you agree?

no one is saying anything about the sox. take it easy. on paper the sox have better pitching, but when these two teams play that are very well matched. all the starters got no descisons. at the end they will have spilt.

Briguy- It's just busting chops dude...It was a great series no doubt about it.

Anyone who says or thinks the Red Sox have "zero offense" is honestly retarded.

I don't think anyone said "zero".

who said that? trying to stirthe pot. lol.

"I think the sox held their own, for a team said to have zero offense against the defending world champions, wouldn't you agree? "

Now, he's not saying that the Red Sox have zero offense. But plenty of people seem to think the Sox will be as offensively challenged as the Royals, and I'm willing to put $50 down that the Sox will outscore last year's Sox team.

yanks lets goo

Save your money lad...that won't happen. You're pretty much saying that the Sox will come in at least top 3 in runs scored this year? That contradicts what you said earlier about them.

your all over the place. it's too early for all this. both teams are very good but that means nothing. injuries and slumps play a big part of the season. they still have to play 159 games.

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No, I'm not.

I should have said "HE'S not saying the Red Sox have zero offense". He's saying OTHER people have said the Sox have zero offense.

By the way, are you really coming in here with that weak shit, dude?

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GREATEST.
CHOKE.
OF.
ALL.
TIME.

Here's a video I made way back in 2004. Enjoy!

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bro, your stirring shit up. it's too early. go to your own thread and write about all the redsox stats you want. your a hater who keeps bringing stats up. they don't mean shit.

one more thing, your making redsox videos? lol.

I made that 6 years ago.

"Stats don't mean shit"

Ookkkkkkkkkkkay.

lol...bad call by the ump but I guess it shouldn't have gotten to that point anyway. Question though..did Boston ever make that day an official holiday?

And you really don't want to go toe to toe with video clips lad....the red sox simply dont have enough of them...just saying.

Sorry, I couldn't watch the whole video...I started getting nauseous... lol. Cool editing though....it got me a little teary eyed for a second. Seriously, I actually feel a little bad for red sox fans since they went threw so many heartbreaking loses in their history since their existence...I guess we take all of our championship wins for granted.

And I also have a RedSox video that I shot when the all star parade went past the front of my building in 08...I'll look for it this weekend and post it up.

what a game for CC. you looks solid versus a GREAT team.

lets go yanks!!!!!!

Great game for CC.

AJ looked good as well. just want to be able to win one series at a time. Yanks coming home for the opener on tuesday.

good game for CC. Woulda been nice to see a nono

Hell yeah CC did his thing. The Yankees are starting the season off right.
This is the only part I hate because now my train ride going home is going to be packed when there's a home game.

That ring that they got is sick!
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bumping this thread, hoping the yankee fans come back to their own thread :)

we just need to keep lad out of here.

This thread will at least have a lot to talk about throughout October...unlike the sox thread.

another series win.

Yep! They won all 3 series against quality teams which is impressive. Can't say the same about team X over there but it's still very early in the season.

right now i'm just concerned about the yankees. it's good to see that they are facing quality teams and playing well. once Tex gets going we will be better. Cano is playing great.

Hopefully there are no Manslaughter/Murder charges against Red Sox and Yankee fans this year.

Let's keep the peace!

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^^^^WTF !?

Hahah, that was the cover of a local paper in Boston a few years ago.

Hey and at least we're not Phillies fans, right?

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LOL...I bet the 5-0 gave him that black eye too...and rightfully so. Seriously, who intentionally throws up on someone? And they say NY fans are the worst.

another series!

The forums may be a different world these days... so i bumped a thread for ya from a few years ago :)

Sweep! Now off to Oakland to continue kicking ass.

a bump for the yankees getting off to a great start.

Yep. Best start since 1926 right? Should be interesting to see if they pass 1998's record of 114 wins. Right now we're just running the game. Good times!

What's the old line? You're never as good as you appear when you're playing great and you're never as bad as you appear when you're playing bad.

The Yankees are definitely playing very well right now, though.

We are definitely in the groove right now. Hughes flirts with a no hitter up until the 8th! 6 in a row and still have Tampa right behind them. 5 series wins to open up the season....crazy!

damm, first back to back lost.

Yeah oh well. That Mark Teixeira collision last night wasn't a cool move on his part. I have to admit.

How about A-Rod being a world-class dick and running ACROSS the pitchers mound?

This is the third time he's pulled a low-rent shit move in a game - the slapping of Arroyo's glove in the ALCS, yelling "I GOT IT!", and now this.

I don't know about that. I asked a few people and no one heard of that "un-spoken" rule. Even David Cone said he asked some pitchers and they didn't hear about it either.
The "I got it" was funny but I never saw anything wrong with that...the jokes on you if you're dumb enough to drop a pop up because someone yelled something out at you. I see it they same way I see a SS slap his glove to hold off a runner on second.

Slapping Arroyo's glove was wrong though.

I also thought it was funny that Braden was talking smack to arod while walking back to the dugout....tough guy move right there.

Did you notice that no Yankees stepped up to defend A-Rod? Not their captain, not anyone?

Shit, even David Wells said A-Rod did wrong there. And HOF Don Sutton.

You don't fuck with the pitchers mound just like you dont yell "I GOT IT" at a player who is trying to field a ball. It's just low-class shit.

yanks lose first series of year.

Even some of the announcers didnt even hear about this. I honestly think arod didnt know about this stupid unwritten rule...just like a lot of other people. He didn't even come close to the rubber! If Braden didnt act up like a little girl I bet no one would've even noticed.

Like I said, the "I got it" thing is on schoolyard level but I didnt see it as such a big deal....The only reason why its such a big deal is only because the ball was dropped and arod yelled it.

Props to the Rays...they are in a groove.

So the Yankees met with Obama yesterday and this happens.
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Awesome.

Nothing but class from the Yankees. Wow.

Well, hold up for a sec....I think she just played along with the trash talking/ stabs that he was doing. I just thought it was funny that she poked back and he took it a little serious. I don't think any Yankee even cracked a smirk when he was taking his jabs here and there.
"That's why teams don't root for you". Come on, Obama got a little sensitive with that one.

Nothing about class...just trash talking and the story breaks news!? Please!

And yeah, we lost to the Orioles....

So it sounds like this trip to that dump they call Fenway is pretty much confirmed for this weekend. Friday night we plan on watching the game from the local baaaahs then hitting a club. Then we hitting the bleachers for the Saturday afternoon game. Any advice lad? Or any other Boston head?

So far it sounds like there's 16 of us rolling. Yankee down all the way to the socks of course.

Well... don't get shivved.

LOL! That's the least of my worries.

You say that now.

yankees on a bit of roll going into boston. beating teams they are supposed to beat.. the only negative thing is the bullpen. not looking so sharp. and the guys who are hurt are needed for this weekend.

Just based on the SPs...who would you pick to win the series?

Hughes vs Beckett
Sabathia vs Buchholz
Burnett vs Lester

The couple of injuries shouldn't hurt us too much if some of the guys just pick up some of the slack like Nick Johnson and Tex...Nick did a good job yesterday showing that he could do it. Hopefully Tex gets into his groove too. Jorge should also be back in the lineup so we'll see what happens.

Going to get my updated "Got Rings" T-shirt for my trip to Fenway...I hear it’s a huge hit with Sox fans.

GOT RINGS ftw

Nick Johnson is having a remarkable season. He's on pace to draw 165 walks and get just 82 hits. He's still got a .396 OBP. Only 9 players in baseball history have ever draw more than 100 walks and got less than 100 hits in a season, and only 2 have less than 90 hits and more than 100 walks (Jack Clark in 1990 and Wes Westrum (???) in 1951). Westrum's 51 season is closest to Johnson - hit .219 with a .400 OBP.

He's still valuable, but if his walk rate declines even slightly he may become an issue.

Still, something to watch

his walks will notdecline and is average is due to go up. he will be fine.

and the yankees looked tonight.

tex with 3 home runs is nuts!!

WOW-We had such a great time at Fenway that I don't even know what to say. We pretty much owned it. Aside from a few brave ones, we got love at the bars, streets, restaurants, everywhere. We even befriended a cop over there who was a really cool guy who wanted to hang with us after the game and knock a few back. Lots of sox fans wanted to take pics with us for some reason..which was cool too.

During the rain delay we put on a show inside the park by the concession stands. We pretty much went through every Yankee chant in the books...we even did the roll call.lol.

The fact that we kicked some major ass was great too.

Overall, the experience over there was great and the park is actually a nice looking park.
Some pics here...we're not too hard to miss : www.printroom.com

Going for the sweep tonight.

great pics.

Here's some footage during the rain delay:
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Jay-Z and Eminem concert at Yankee Stadium Sept 13th....
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what were the twins thinking last night. first, walk Tex to get to a-rod? then bring in a pitcher that a-rod owns?

I don't know but I think they just decided to go with their best pitcher regardless of numbers. But yeah arod was something like 3 HRs and a double off this guy in his last 6 at bats..go figure.

Looks like the Yanks continue to own the Twins for a second straight season. 11-0 I think?

Fenway is a dope park. It's so small. Don't get me wrong I love the new parks, but EVERY person I've taken to Fenway for their first time has always been shocked by how small it is. Jays, Yankees, Cubs, Mariners fans -- all the same reaction.

I'm guessing the walks will go down simply because he's going to have to get a little more aggressive at the plate -- if he gets his average up to his career average (.270), he's gonna have to raise his average 100 points. I don't see his OBP going up to nearly .500, but who knows.

Of course, the big knock on Johnson is that if he gets a cold, he goes on the DL. He makes JD Drew look like Cal Ripken Jr.

Yeah the park is small as hell...Not gonna lie...it's a nice park.

If Nick Johnson sneezes the wrong way off to the DL he goes. But really the Yanks got him for like 5 mil plus they knew what to expect when they got him.

Sucks the way the Yanks blew the win and the sweep yesterday. I blame Joba not Mo.

Classic!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And people have the nerve to get pissed that the Yankee/Sox games are always televised...smh. It doesn't get better than these games.

damm, our pen is killing us. sloppy game last night.

The pen has been suspect for a while now. I'm surprised they still managed to pull of some of the past wins with them. Both games were great anyway.

Nice! I just found out I'll be in a sky box for tomorrow nights Rays game.

the rays are the real deal. they are going to give everyone trouble.

They are good, but not 120 wins good.

in that division, NO ONE is getting that many wins.

Yeah the game sucked last night...and the night before actually- there are on their A game for sure. They are the the hottest team right now without question.
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NO ONE in ANY division is going to get that many wins this year.

They're 17-4 ON THE FRIGGING ROAD.

Think about that.

Only one team in baseball has 17 HOME wins. 7 teams in baseball have 17 wins or less in TOTAL.

They can hit. They can field. They can pitch. They have a very good bullpen.

It's going to take some injuries for the Sox or Yanks to catch up.

they are not hitting when it counts. Tex is slumping bad again. They also need to get everyone back off the dl.

Yeah...not a good look when you lose 2 of 3 to the Mets out of all teams. Hopefully the Yanks get back into the groove once they get some guys back from the DL. Santana pitched good tho.

Side note: I'm going to start muting the broadcasters on espn when these games come on...I can't stand listening to their BS sometimes. Morgan is the worse.

Yankees laid the smack down on the Indians today. A-Rod with 6 RBIs and Pettitte did great today. Things are looking good.

Side note: This is pretty pathetic..The Marlins are selling unused tickets at face value for that perfect game that Halladay pitched.
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i'm not too excited. this is where they need to win games. most of these teams have losing records. good time to pad those numbers.

Can't wait to go to the games here at the Trop when NYY come to town in July and get swept by the Rays.

Any team sporting a payroll 2-3x yours should be a lot better.

It's a good thing the Rays are as good as they are since they had about 15 straight years of top 5 picks at their disposal.

it's too early for any rays fan to be talking doo-doo. come back in about 50 yeras. then you can talk all you want.

oh man...not this again..Whats funny is that there will more Yankee fans than Rays fans at thoses games.

Yeah, it took them that long to become a respectable team.

Typical NYY fans, of course there are a ton of Yankee and Sox fans down here because you all eventually move to FL to retire.

My all-star starters (not based in reality, since obviously some of these guys won't win the vote):

AL
C: Joe Mauer, MIN. This is in despite of his lack of homers, he's still getting on base at a .392 clip and playing stellar defense.
1B: Justin Morneau, MIN: Leading the world in OBP with a ridiculous .483, he's also jacked 13 bombs. As much as I'd love to put Cabrera up there, Morneau's team is also in first place. Also, there's literally 8 guys I'd put in the ASG before Teixeira. Just a joke here.
2B: Robinson Cano, NYY: Finally having that real breakout season. Only thing to complain about his is lack of walks, but when you're hitting .356, who cares?
3B: Jose Bautista, TOR: 18 homers, very good defense, and one of the biggest surprises in baseball this year. Plus, he's leading all AL 3Bs in OBP and SLG - what's to complain about?
SS: Elvis Andrus, TEX: Kid has 18 steals, nearly a .400 OBP and plays very good defense. He's also drawn 30 walks and while his power isn't there (only 9 XBH), he's one of the main reasons why Texas is in first place. Sorry, Jeter -- you're very close.
OF: Alex Rios, CHW; Carl Crawford, TBR; Vernon Wells, TOR: Rios has returned to his 07-08 form, Crawford has 18 steals and 24 XBH and is the leadoff hitter for the best team in baseball, and Wells has somehow gone from being one of the worst players in baseball to one of the best. Swisher was close but the main difference is that while his offensive season has been as good as any of those three, his defense has been much worse (except Wells).
DH: Vlad Guerrero, TEX: a huge pickup in the off season he's rewarded the Rangers by having a .918 OPS and 12 homers.
SP: Ricky Romero, TOR: a 3.06 ERA, leading the AL in K's with 86, and he's only allowed 69 hits in 85 innings. Well deserved.

NL
C: Miguel Olivo, COL: a .957 OPS as a catcher -- that's more than 100 points better than anyone else. His defense has also been out of this world.
1B: Albert Pujols, STL: Yup. .430 OBP, 13 homers. Yawn.
2B: Chase Utley, PHL: While Kelly Johnson has been excellent, Utley has a higher OBP and much better defensively; Johnson has been a butcher in the field.
3B: Ryan Zimmerman, WAS: finally turning into the stud he was drafted to be. .994 OPS and a .407 OBP with 11 homers. Not to mention he's been excellent on defense.
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, COL: Top flight defender, leading all NL SS with a .855 OPS that is has a .372 OBP in it. Easy pick.
OF: Josh Willingham, WAS; Matt Holliday, STL; Jason Heyward, ATL: Heyward has been a star already, playing okay defense and swinging the bat like a veteran. Willingham has a .931 OPS and a .425 OBP and has played decent defense for the surprisingly good Nationals. Holliday has been very good this year both with the bat and in the field.
DH: Andre Ethier, LAD: Since the NL manager can pick anyone to be their DH, I'll take Andre Ethier, since he's been AWFUL in the field but great at bat.
SP: Ubaldo Jimenez, COL: if you don't get why, stop watching baseball. A 0.78 ERA in JUNE?!?

damm Jays are tough and the yankees bullpen sucks. ay least we can beat up on baltimore next week.

to lad: bautista won't be picked for 3rd. He's on;y played 3rd 28 times this year.

LMAO! Really? So you're saying that all of the Yankee fans in FL are at the very least 65 years old? So is that what all of you Floridians are believing?

Lad- If you don't mind me asking, how much do you spend on memberships to databases? There's some comparison I like doing sometimes on different things but going through all these sites is wack.

Starting infield for the AL will be:

C- Mauer
1B- Tex (which is crazy) unless he goes on a tear the next few weeks.
2B-Cano
SS- Jeter
3B- A-Rod or Longoria

Swish. Gardner, and Granderson are so close too.

Sorry, I'm so bias.

Fangraphs is free. Baseball-reference is free.

I pay, I think, $10 for the year for Bill James' site. That's it.

I thought you paid of other databases...not those.

WTF. Everyone on the AL east is winning and losing on the same days? It's been going on for like a week it seems.

I can't look at the standings right now.....it sucks!

just back from the game tonight. First, they can't hit for lick, second the pen SUCKS. good thing the rays are also losing. bosox are going to be 1 1/2 back.

The Sux are a game back I think--these Met fans are something else tho...my phone is blowing up with texts on the count of one win....its pretty sad.

LOL--Lady Gaga banned from the Yankee club house...she's such a mess. www.nypost.com

Damn, looks like Cano is in the HR derby...I don't like the sound of that...not for a stupid HR derby...but whatever...Yanks have 6 all stars this year.

swish and youk, neck & neck to get in.

Damn let me go vote for Swish and Heath Bell

Cliff Lee is pretty much a done deal. There's also talk about Vasquez for Jason Werth? I can smell another ring!

Oh yeah and Swish is in!

i'm glad swish got in, but overall the all start game is a joke. there are so many good players not getting in.

damm, we were so close at getting Cliff Lee. oh well. we need bullpen help bad.

R.I.P George Steinbrenner

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Thank you Big Sloppy for killing the rally.

We running with this...owned the Rays..and who's NOT hurt on the Sux?

Just bought some tix for the Tigers game next month...Sorry Hardy....they're losing too...Andy is out for a minute but what does that really mean? lol ..........28!