Tuesday, March 30, 2004
BASEBALL IS BACK
Good game between a great team and a shite team. The scum lost to the Double A's 8-3. Mussina did not look too sharp at the end of his outing giving up a homerun, and then 3 consecutive doubles in the 6th inning. This was probably because it was the first game of the season and spring Training isn't even over for the Y*nkees. Paul Quantrill releived him and looked good until a-Rod bumped his knee forcing him to make an awkward throw to first on a Baldelli infield hit. Heredia releived him and looked poor allowing 2 runs in 2 innings of work. Giambi should have been called for an error but Herdia got it on a pickoff attempt of Baldelli who made it to third on the errant throw. Sheffield looked somewhat laughable in right not displaying any range whatsoever. A-rod made one good play at third and slightly missed a few balls that became hits. Jeter went 0/5 with a K, A-rod was 1/4 with 2 Ks (both looking), Posada, Sierra and Wilson all went 0/4. The D-Rays looked like a solid ball club getting good pitching from Zambrano, Carter and Baez. They also got some timely hits from Baldelli, Tino, Rolls and former Sox infielder Rey Sanchez. The teams will play tommorrow at 5 am at the Tokyo Dome.
Just a few questions about this game:
Would a 12 o'clock Tokyo start time been better for US viewers? That would have made it a 10 pm start for the eastern time zone and 7 for the Pacific. Oh well.
Why were the Y*nkees the road team? They had MUCH more fan support especially considering they have Matsui. The scum essentially have 83 home games this year and 79 road games.
Why was the road team (the Y*nkees) wearing white and the home team (Tampa) wearing their grey uniforms?
Some thoughts on the Y*nkees:
Remember back when the scum were winning championships? We still hated them but we could respect them. They weren't a team of All-Stars bought by Steinfucker. Guys like Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius, and Paul O'Neil won championships because they palyed well, made very few mistakes, and had clutch hits. They were a great T-E-A-M, team. Then they were going to be replaced by the new class of Y*nkees. ESPN, SI, and every other sporting press organization touted guys like Nick Johnson, Alfonso Soriano, and Drew Henson to replace Tino, Chuck, and Scott, respectively. Soriano came up and did well but the idea of replacing Tino with Johnson was dismissed when they signed Giambi. Henson never worked out and the scum got Robin Ventura and Aaron Boone to play third. now look at the team they have comprised now. They're definately fierce and chock full of household names. but they aren't all that respectable in my opinion. Posada and Jeter are home grown but they signed Giambi, a top free agent and a mess defensively. They traded Soriano for the highest paid player in baseball history and moved a Gold Glove SS to third base. The outfield, formerly comprised of a random LFer, Bernie and Paul is now made up of a player bought from Japan, a player whose peak was in 1995, and a roid head. Then look at their pitching staff. Rivera, Pettitte, and role playing pitchers who weren't great but good enough to get the job done have been replaced by names. Mike Mussina, another top free agent pickup is followed by former free agent Kevin Brown then former free agent Javier Vazquez, then former free agent Jose Contreras (paid $8M a year to suck) and then former free agent Jon Lieber. Let's look at the players on the Y*nkee 25 man roster who are products of their system:
RP Jorge De Paula - who the fuck?
SP Donovan Osbourne - not scaring anyone as a prospect
CP Mariano Rivera - great career but getting older
C Jorge Posada - one of 4 dynasty Y*nkees left
SS Derek Jeter - ditto
OF Bernie Williams - ditto, going downhill fast
So of the 25 active Y*nkees, 6 were developed by their system. Two aren't good enough to play MLB ball yet and one is on the DL.
The Y*nkees are just a bunch of hired guns. Fuck em.
Post #147
Good game between a great team and a shite team. The scum lost to the Double A's 8-3. Mussina did not look too sharp at the end of his outing giving up a homerun, and then 3 consecutive doubles in the 6th inning. This was probably because it was the first game of the season and spring Training isn't even over for the Y*nkees. Paul Quantrill releived him and looked good until a-Rod bumped his knee forcing him to make an awkward throw to first on a Baldelli infield hit. Heredia releived him and looked poor allowing 2 runs in 2 innings of work. Giambi should have been called for an error but Herdia got it on a pickoff attempt of Baldelli who made it to third on the errant throw. Sheffield looked somewhat laughable in right not displaying any range whatsoever. A-rod made one good play at third and slightly missed a few balls that became hits. Jeter went 0/5 with a K, A-rod was 1/4 with 2 Ks (both looking), Posada, Sierra and Wilson all went 0/4. The D-Rays looked like a solid ball club getting good pitching from Zambrano, Carter and Baez. They also got some timely hits from Baldelli, Tino, Rolls and former Sox infielder Rey Sanchez. The teams will play tommorrow at 5 am at the Tokyo Dome.
Just a few questions about this game:
Would a 12 o'clock Tokyo start time been better for US viewers? That would have made it a 10 pm start for the eastern time zone and 7 for the Pacific. Oh well.
Why were the Y*nkees the road team? They had MUCH more fan support especially considering they have Matsui. The scum essentially have 83 home games this year and 79 road games.
Why was the road team (the Y*nkees) wearing white and the home team (Tampa) wearing their grey uniforms?
Some thoughts on the Y*nkees:
Remember back when the scum were winning championships? We still hated them but we could respect them. They weren't a team of All-Stars bought by Steinfucker. Guys like Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius, and Paul O'Neil won championships because they palyed well, made very few mistakes, and had clutch hits. They were a great T-E-A-M, team. Then they were going to be replaced by the new class of Y*nkees. ESPN, SI, and every other sporting press organization touted guys like Nick Johnson, Alfonso Soriano, and Drew Henson to replace Tino, Chuck, and Scott, respectively. Soriano came up and did well but the idea of replacing Tino with Johnson was dismissed when they signed Giambi. Henson never worked out and the scum got Robin Ventura and Aaron Boone to play third. now look at the team they have comprised now. They're definately fierce and chock full of household names. but they aren't all that respectable in my opinion. Posada and Jeter are home grown but they signed Giambi, a top free agent and a mess defensively. They traded Soriano for the highest paid player in baseball history and moved a Gold Glove SS to third base. The outfield, formerly comprised of a random LFer, Bernie and Paul is now made up of a player bought from Japan, a player whose peak was in 1995, and a roid head. Then look at their pitching staff. Rivera, Pettitte, and role playing pitchers who weren't great but good enough to get the job done have been replaced by names. Mike Mussina, another top free agent pickup is followed by former free agent Kevin Brown then former free agent Javier Vazquez, then former free agent Jose Contreras (paid $8M a year to suck) and then former free agent Jon Lieber. Let's look at the players on the Y*nkee 25 man roster who are products of their system:
RP Jorge De Paula - who the fuck?
SP Donovan Osbourne - not scaring anyone as a prospect
CP Mariano Rivera - great career but getting older
C Jorge Posada - one of 4 dynasty Y*nkees left
SS Derek Jeter - ditto
OF Bernie Williams - ditto, going downhill fast
So of the 25 active Y*nkees, 6 were developed by their system. Two aren't good enough to play MLB ball yet and one is on the DL.
The Y*nkees are just a bunch of hired guns. Fuck em.
Post #147
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