JoltinJoe wrote:With whom do you think this young kid is going to sign?Chizzang wrote:
The number of free agent open market pitchers this off season is staggering
anybody willing to spend giant piles of money could build a dynasty
Hint: if I noticed the Yankees have probably noticed too
It certainly won't hurt that the Yankees will be backing up a Brink's Trunk to his doorstep.Chizzang wrote:JoltinJoe wrote:
With whom do you think this young kid is going to sign?
The press is already announcing that Cole is going to be a Yankee
Starting to feel like forever for the Yankees winning a pennant, let alone a WS. No guarantee even if they sign him that they reverse this decade long dry spell.JoltinJoe wrote:It certainly won't hurt that the Yankees will be backing up a Brink's Trunk to his doorstep.Chizzang wrote:
The press is already announcing that Cole is going to be a Yankee
So he'll sign a seven-year, $250 million deal, and then remind everyone it was always his dream since he was a little kid to be a Yankee. Today, Tomorrow. Forever.
I know. A whole decade is a long time for the Yankees. It's not like the Phils. They haven't won the WS since 2008. But since the Phils win one, at best, once every generation, 2008 is still present tense for them.GannonFan wrote:Starting to feel like forever for the Yankees winning a pennant, let alone a WS. No guarantee even if they sign him that they reverse this decade long dry spell.JoltinJoe wrote:
It certainly won't hurt that the Yankees will be backing up a Brink's Trunk to his doorstep.
So he'll sign a seven-year, $250 million deal, and then remind everyone it was always his dream since he was a little kid to be a Yankee. Today, Tomorrow. Forever.
So you think the Yankees will outbid the Angels for Cole?JoltinJoe wrote:I know. A whole decade is a long time for the Yankees. It's not like the Phils. They haven't won the WS since 2008. But since the Phils win one, at best, once every generation, 2008 is still present tense for them.GannonFan wrote:
Starting to feel like forever for the Yankees winning a pennant, let alone a WS. No guarantee even if they sign him that they reverse this decade long dry spell.
The present Yankees are like the Yankees of '94-'95. They are just one piece away from another decade of outright dominance. This time they'll add Cole instead of Jimmy Key.
Cole, Severino (healthy), German (18-game winner), Tanaka (now a No. 4 guy), and Montgomery (back from season-long injury). That's a rotation with three guys who could be said to be a No. 1 starter; and Tanaka, a No. 2, being the No. 4. (I mean, that Houston series could have turned out a lot differently if German, the idiot, made the two starts everyone was expecting from him).
I love it that the Yanks have fallen so far they are now in the same conversation as the Phillies. Mission accomplished.JoltinJoe wrote:I know. A whole decade is a long time for the Yankees. It's not like the Phils. They haven't won the WS since 2008. But since the Phils win one, at best, once every generation, 2008 is still present tense for them.GannonFan wrote:
Starting to feel like forever for the Yankees winning a pennant, let alone a WS. No guarantee even if they sign him that they reverse this decade long dry spell.
The present Yankees are like the Yankees of '94-'95. They are just one piece away from another decade of outright dominance. This time they'll add Cole instead of Jimmy Key.
Cole, Severino (healthy), German (18-game winner), Tanaka (now a No. 4 guy), and Montgomery (back from season-long injury). That's a rotation with three guys who could be said to be a No. 1 starter; and Tanaka, a No. 2, being the No. 4. (I mean, that Houston series could have turned out a lot differently if German, the idiot, made the two starts everyone was expecting from him).
JoltinJoe wrote:just one piece away
could be
could have
if
That’s good adviceChizzang wrote:The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"
but only slightly less well-known is this:
Never get into a baseball argument with a Yankees fan when next season is on the line
Statistically speaking there's about a 20% chance the Yankees will win the World Series (any given year)
Frankly it's astounding
and we should celebrate the fact that they are NOT PRESENTLY winning another one
and let sleeping dogs slumber
Chizzang wrote:The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"
but only slightly less well-known is this:
Never get into a baseball argument with a Yankees fan when next season is on the line
Statistically speaking there's about a 20% chance the Yankees will win the World Series (any given year)
Frankly it's astounding
and we should celebrate the fact that they are NOT PRESENTLY winning another one
and let sleeping dogs slumber
That's loser talk. Fuck the Yankees and their arrogant fans. They are the one fanbase that make SEC fans seem reasonable.
89hen right now with his team killin' it89Hen wrote:Chizzang wrote:The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"
but only slightly less well-known is this:
Never get into a baseball argument with a Yankees fan when next season is on the line
Statistically speaking there's about a 20% chance the Yankees will win the World Series (any given year)
Frankly it's astounding
and we should celebrate the fact that they are NOT PRESENTLY winning another one
and let sleeping dogs slumber
74% of their WS wins came before 1963. We just need to stave off a couple of years and they will return to their 1980's selves.
Chizzang wrote:89hen right now with his team killin' it
The worst fan bases in baseball are the Phillies fans89Hen wrote:Chizzang wrote:The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"
but only slightly less well-known is this:
Never get into a baseball argument with a Yankees fan when next season is on the line
Statistically speaking there's about a 20% chance the Yankees will win the World Series (any given year)
Frankly it's astounding
and we should celebrate the fact that they are NOT PRESENTLY winning another one
and let sleeping dogs slumber
74% of their WS wins came before 1963. We just need to stave off a couple of years and they will return to their 1980's selves.
If you win as the Wild Card, you can't "win it all."89Hen wrote:Chizzang wrote:89hen right now with his team killin' it
Jesus, JJ, you are one thin-skinned MoFo.JoltinJoe wrote:If you win as the Wild Card, you can't "win it all."89Hen wrote:
Right now, the Nationals are fighting for the honor of being one of the seven worst all-time worst winners of the World Series.
And I have two words for you: Home Run!Ivytalk wrote:Jesus, JJ, you are one thin-skinned MoFo.JoltinJoe wrote:
If you win as the Wild Card, you can't "win it all."
Right now, the Nationals are fighting for the honor of being one of the seven worst all-time worst winners of the World Series.
In terms of retarded fans, I have two words for you. Jeffrey Maier.
He’s probably turning tricks in the Bowery now.JoltinJoe wrote:And I have two words for you: Home Run!Ivytalk wrote: Jesus, JJ, you are one thin-skinned MoFo.
In terms of retarded fans, I have two words for you. Jeffrey Maier.
Get over Jeffrey Maier. The Os lost three straight in their home ball park. They lost that series because they were not the better team.Ivytalk wrote:He’s probably turning tricks in the Bowery now.JoltinJoe wrote:
And I have two words for you: Home Run!
Triggered. You can hold the toughest judge at bay, but a remark about a punk 12-year-old set you off.JoltinJoe wrote:Get over Jeffrey Maier. The Os lost three straight in their home ball park. They lost that series because they were not the better team.Ivytalk wrote: He’s probably turning tricks in the Bowery now.
The same thing happened to the Yankees in 2017, when an Astros' fans reached over the fence, turning a fly ball into a homer for Correa, leading to a 2-1 Astros win in Game 2 of the ALCS. Since the series went 7, it could be reasonably asserted that this play was actually significant to the outcome of the series -- unlike the Maier play.
And you know what?
Because we're winners, we didn't whine about it, endlessly. The call went against us. That's life. No one even remembers it happened, or who the kid is, because Yankee fans just accepted that this call went against us and Houston went on to win the series. We had other chances to win the series and didn't come through. We didn't blame a little kid for "costing" us the series. Yankee fans would be embarrassed to even say something like that.
Ivytalk wrote:Triggered. You can hold the toughest judge at bay, but a remark about a punk 12-year-old set you off.JoltinJoe wrote:
Get over Jeffrey Maier. The Os lost three straight in their home ball park. They lost that series because they were not the better team.
The same thing happened to the Yankees in 2017, when an Astros' fans reached over the fence, turning a fly ball into a homer for Correa, leading to a 2-1 Astros win in Game 2 of the ALCS. Since the series went 7, it could be reasonably asserted that this play was actually significant to the outcome of the series -- unlike the Maier play.
And you know what?
Because we're winners, we didn't whine about it, endlessly. The call went against us. That's life. No one even remembers it happened, or who the kid is, because Yankee fans just accepted that this call went against us and Houston went on to win the series. We had other chances to win the series and didn't come through. We didn't blame a little kid for "costing" us the series. Yankee fans would be embarrassed to even say something like that.
I expected more of you, Joe.
Two more words for you. Hector Lopez.
Jake Gibbs.
Horace Clarke.
Triggered. You're the guy talking about an incident a generation ago involving a 12-year-old kid. Who cares? The Yankees lost that series, and it had nothing to do with a kid who, being a kid, was a little too enthusiastic when a ball came his way.Mike Kekich.JoltinJoe wrote:Ivytalk wrote: Triggered. You can hold the toughest judge at bay, but a remark about a punk 12-year-old set you off.
I expected more of you, Joe.
Two more words for you. Hector Lopez.
Jake Gibbs.
Horace Clarke.
Hardly triggered. Just amused that grown men remember the name of some 12-year-old kid and blame him for the outcome of a series nearly a quarter of a century ago in which the losing team lost three straight times at home -- each defeat getting progressively worse.
My favorite "Jeffrey Maier" moment is, when Mike Mussina joined the Yankees, a reporter asked him about the "Jeffrey Maier play" in a taped intereview. Mussina looked perplexed. "What play?" I honestly think he had completely forgotten the kid's name, and I recommend that you do the same. I mean, you got an image to protect.
What was that kid's name in Houston again?
Pretty sure you have to wedge Paxton in there, no?JoltinJoe wrote:I know. A whole decade is a long time for the Yankees. It's not like the Phils. They haven't won the WS since 2008. But since the Phils win one, at best, once every generation, 2008 is still present tense for them.GannonFan wrote:
Starting to feel like forever for the Yankees winning a pennant, let alone a WS. No guarantee even if they sign him that they reverse this decade long dry spell.
The present Yankees are like the Yankees of '94-'95. They are just one piece away from another decade of outright dominance. This time they'll add Cole instead of Jimmy Key.
Cole, Severino (healthy), German (18-game winner), Tanaka (now a No. 4 guy), and Montgomery (back from season-long injury). That's a rotation with three guys who could be said to be a No. 1 starter; and Tanaka, a No. 2, being the No. 4. (I mean, that Houston series could have turned out a lot differently if German, the idiot, made the two starts everyone was expecting from him).
89Hen wrote: 74% of their WS wins came before 1963. We just need to stave off a couple of years and they will return to their 1980's selves.
Nice stat.
