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="Fman99":3m9vbiz7]He looks like a big dumb galoot.[/quote:3m9vbiz7]
I was really counting on you to make the remark about Wifey that I was afraid to.
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soupcan
Jan 07 2009 08:47 AM
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Heard him on the radio yesterday.
Unfortunately he is well-spoken dude who came across very well and actually seemed like a nice guy.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 07 2009 08:49 AM
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The wife is kinda cute, but woefully misguided.
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metirish
Jan 07 2009 09:24 AM
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He calls Brian Cashman "Cash" , is that like an inside joke with that lot. I have heard some other big ticket yankees call him the same thing.
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Rockin' Doc
Jan 07 2009 11:11 AM
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soupcan - <i>" Heard him on the radio yesterday.
Unfortunately he is well-spoken dude who came across very well and actually seemed like a nice guy."</i>
A few months spent around Hank, Jeter, and A-Rod and he'll be just another obnoxious, whiny, selfish Yankee with a feeling of entitlement.
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metsguyinmichigan
Jan 07 2009 11:38 AM
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You'd think they'd wear a mock turtleneck under the jacket or something because nothing looks lamer than seeing a jersey -- especially that stupid-looking one -- with a tie and dress shirt sticking out from under it.
It's not like they don't know they're going to be posing in one for the press conference.
Notice, too, that they held the press conference in their semi-old dump and not the new Death Star.
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Edgy DC
Jan 07 2009 11:42 AM
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Not to be a jerk, but how could I notice that?
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metsguyinmichigan
Jan 07 2009 12:05 PM
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="Edgy DC":1ak6vvsf]Not to be a jerk, but how could I notice that?[/quote:1ak6vvsf]
You can't tell from that photo?
Actually, I heard that on the Hot Stove Show on MLB. I should have said that.
Good catch!
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 07 2009 12:17 PM
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="metsguyinmichigan":wc2vhpp5]You'd think they'd wear a mock turtleneck under the jacket or something because nothing looks lamer than seeing a jersey -- especially that stupid-looking one -- with a tie and dress shirt sticking out from under it.[/quote:wc2vhpp5]
I've often thought the same thing. Put the guy in full uniform! If you're going to the trouble to introduce him, do it right!
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Edgy DC
Jan 07 2009 12:22 PM
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Well, he can't just show up outfitted. There's got to be a ceremonial donning.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 07 2009 12:32 PM
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Then he should show up in his underwear and everyone can watch him get dressed.
Me, I'd skip the ceremonial donning and just have him emerge fully uniformed from behind the silly backdrop that always seems to be there.
Actually, I'd also skip the silly backdrop. He can emerge from behind a Japanese screen or something.
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MFS62
Jan 07 2009 01:11 PM
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Lots of folks here trying to fill the void left by the passing of Mr. Blackwell.
Later
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soupcan
Jan 07 2009 01:49 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm":cz0o6tyq]Then he should show up in his underwear and everyone can watch him get dressed.[/quote:cz0o6tyq]
His white underwear or his wet underwear?
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 07 2009 02:52 PM
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Both!
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Frayed Knot
Jan 07 2009 03:09 PM
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[url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01072009/sports/yankees/thank_donnie_for_teixeiras_pinstripe_pas_149078.htm]The look is pure pinstripes[/url]
And, guess what? Teixeira (say it with me people) always wanted to be a Yanqui!!!
These dog & pony shows are always silly to begin with - but nobody takes them more seriously than the Yanx.
My only surprise is that this reception didn't dwarf the one Barack's going to get in DC in a few weeks.
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Rockin' Doc
Jan 07 2009 04:25 PM
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Hell, he hasn't simply dreamed of being a Yankee his entire life, he was "born to be a Yankee". Whatever the hell that means. I guess it's somethiung like being born under a bad sign.
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G-Fafif
Jan 07 2009 06:00 PM
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Miserable little elitist jerk. I mean when he was growing up rooting for the MFYs. WTF? You're in fucking Baltimore, root for the fucking Orioles, you little bastard.
God I hate them.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 07 2009 06:46 PM
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The 'I wuv Mattingly' generation is now replacing the earlier hordes of Mantle wannabes in the 'why I always wanted to be a Yanqui' stories at these things.
And you just know it's only a matter of time until the Jeter-worshipping generation starts to invade.
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metsguyinmichigan
Jan 07 2009 07:11 PM
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="G-Fafif":32r62lyf]Miserable little elitist jerk. I mean when he was growing up rooting for the MFYs. WTF? You're in fucking Baltimore, root for the fucking Orioles, you little bastard.
God I hate them.[/quote:32r62lyf]
On. The. Nose!
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seawolf17
Jan 07 2009 08:17 PM
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| ="G-Fafif"]Miserable little elitist jerk. I mean when he was growing up rooting for the MFYs. WTF? You're in fucking Baltimore, root for the fucking Orioles, you little bastard.
God I hate them. |
Yeah, but when he grew up in the mid-80s, the Orioles didn't have any big stars that a kid could really love, especially a big future first baseman-type kid.
Oh, wait.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 07 2009 08:21 PM
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I remember The Nose!
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Rockin' Doc
Jan 07 2009 09:59 PM
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Knot -<i>"And you just know it's only a matter of time until the Jeter-worshipping generation starts to invade."</i>
Too late. The media and most Yankee fans already laud Capt. Intangibles as the greatest shortstop in baseball. He's only the third best shortstop in New York.
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G-Fafif
Jan 08 2009 01:15 AM
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More reasons to love their new guy, from [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/01/06/2009-01-06_mark_teixeiras_wife_leigh_nudged_hubby_t.html]the Snooze[/url]:
| ]Every Friday night, Mark Teixeira and his wife, Leigh, have "date night" - dinner at their country club near their home in Texas. Two weeks before Christmas, it was more than just a chance to spend time together - it was the night Leigh Teixeira nudged her husband toward the Bronx.
Throughout his free agency, Teixeira solicited his wife's opinion and she kept saying, "I just want you to be happy," Teixeira recalled. On date night, Teixeira asked, "Everything's equal, where do you want to go? She finally said, 'I want you to be a Yankee.'" |
Somehow the ghost of Don Mattingly wasn't whispering in his ear that particular date night.
Country club...geez. Anna Benson looks on in envy.
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Fman99
Jan 08 2009 06:32 AM
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="G-Fafif"]More reasons to love their new guy, from [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/01/06/2009-01-06_mark_teixeiras_wife_leigh_nudged_hubby_t.html]the Snooze[/url]:
| ]Every Friday night, Mark Teixeira and his wife, Leigh, have "date night" - dinner at their country club near their home in Texas. Two weeks before Christmas, it was more than just a chance to spend time together - it was the night Leigh Teixeira nudged her husband toward the Bronx.
Throughout his free agency, Teixeira solicited his wife's opinion and she kept saying, "I just want you to be happy," Teixeira recalled. On date night, Teixeira asked, "Everything's equal, where do you want to go? She finally said, 'I want you to be a Yankee.'" |
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I just threw up in my mouth.
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Edgy DC
Jan 08 2009 07:04 AM
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I imagine more than a few ballplayers dine regularly in country clubs.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 08 2009 07:09 AM
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Accordign to A-Rod, Thursdays are Date-Rape Night at the Teixeiras.
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metirish
Jan 08 2009 07:15 AM
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What a wanker , as WAG's go she's no Anna.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 08 2009 07:22 AM
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| ="Rockin' Doc"]Knot -<i>"And you just know it's only a matter of time until the Jeter-worshipping generation starts to invade."</i>
Too late. The media and most Yankee fans already laud Capt. Intangibles as the greatest shortstop in baseball. He's only the third best shortstop in New York. |
What I meant was until the get the next generation of FAs start inking multi-million dollar deals with the pinstripers and citing their life-long NYY fandom as the reason, one which dates back to the Jeter posters they had on their walls as young kids. I think the younger Upton brother has already fessed up to being a Jeets fan growing up.
We already know that MFY fans and the media have long been in the tank.
Personally, I think the real players don't even show up to these 'grip-n-grins' but rather they get a Stepford-like robot to substitute. Y'ever notice how they all not only say the same thing but do it in the same programmed monotone? ...
I al-ways want-ed to be a Yan-kee, ev-er since I was a lit-tle boy when my dad-dy told me stor-ies about see-ing [insert Dimag, Mantle, Muson, Mattingly - depending on age]. I wore my Yan-kee hat to school all the time even though my home-town of Bum-fuck [insert state] were all [fill in blank] fans.
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Fman99
Jan 08 2009 08:37 AM
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="Frayed Knot"]| ="Rockin' Doc"]Knot -<i>"And you just know it's only a matter of time until the Jeter-worshipping generation starts to invade."</i>
Too late. The media and most Yankee fans already laud Capt. Intangibles as the greatest shortstop in baseball. He's only the third best shortstop in New York. |
What I meant was until the get the next generation of FAs start inking multi-million dollar deals with the pinstripers and citing their life-long NYY fandom as the reason, one which dates back to the Jeter posters they had on their walls as young kids. I think the younger Upton brother has already fessed up to being a Jeets fan growing up.
We already know that MFY fans and the media have long been in the tank.
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Justin Upton is a fan of Steve J. Rogers? Wild.
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G-Fafif
Jan 08 2009 08:45 AM
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| ="Frayed Knot"]Personally, I think the real players don't even show up to these 'grip-n-grins' but rather they get a Stepford-like robot to substitute. Y'ever notice how they all not only say the same thing but do it in the same programmed monotone? ...
I al-ways want-ed to be a Yan-kee, ev-er since I was a lit-tle boy when my dad-dy told me stor-ies about see-ing [insert Dimag, Mantle, Muson, Mattingly - depending on age]. I wore my Yan-kee hat to school all the time even though my home-town of Bum-fuck [insert state] were all [fill in blank] fans. |
To be fair, the Yankees are very big in Bum-fuck.
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attgig
Jan 08 2009 08:48 AM
Re: N.M.E. Wifey Watch
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Boras told his biotch to be a MFY.
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themetfairy
Jan 08 2009 09:56 AM
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[url=http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/01/07/the-dugout-pros-and-cons/:282z9jsd]The Dugout[/url:282z9jsd] had some fun with this today.
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metirish
Jan 08 2009 10:03 AM
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="themetfairy":v1vsfgux][url=http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/01/07/the-dugout-pros-and-cons/:v1vsfgux]The Dugout[/url:v1vsfgux] had some fun with this today.[/quote:v1vsfgux]
Love it....one of the cons Tex came up with for playing in NY
TeixMeix: My uniform'll have a four-digit number on it because every player who has hit .250 for them in the last 80 years has had their number retired
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Fman99
Jan 08 2009 10:10 AM
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="themetfairy":fphmrqfk][url=http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/01/07/the-dugout-pros-and-cons/:fphmrqfk]The Dugout[/url:fphmrqfk] had some fun with this today.[/quote:fphmrqfk]
Hysterical.
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holychicken
Jan 08 2009 10:39 AM
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| ]She finally said, 'I want you to be a Yankee.'" |
I didn't realize that Scott Boras is a women AND she is married to Teixeira.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 08 2009 11:37 AM
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One thing I've only heard mentioned once so far (briefly by Gammons) is that Teixeira wasn't exactly a big ARod fan when the two were in Texas together.
IIRC, he and Blalock (and maybe a couple of the other young players) got pretty sick of Alex's all-knowing older-bother routine. Being reminded constantly to get good secondary lead, to wait for your pitch, yadda, yadda, kinda grows old real quickly.
He probably figures that Alex isn't the big dog in the NYY clubhouse these days and is more reluctant to pull that shit.
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metsguyinmichigan
Jan 08 2009 02:45 PM
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"TeixMeix: Yeah, I'll be despised by everyone who hates the Yankees. And the people that love the Yankees are those same monosyllabic extras that threw rocks at the Green Goblin to protect Spider-Man."
Awesome!!!
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Edgy DC
Jan 08 2009 02:50 PM
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I don't know. Why the hell would Yankee fans protect Spider-Man, or even hang out on the Queensboro Bridge under any circumstances?
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G-Fafif
Jan 08 2009 02:54 PM
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| ]LeighTeixGloves: Okay, pros for playing in New York.
TeixMeix: I'd make more money, and I'd finish in third next year instead of fourth. |
Now that's what I call accuracy in media.
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SteveJRogers
Jan 08 2009 03:22 PM
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| ="Frayed Knot"]One thing I've only heard mentioned once so far (briefly by Gammons) is that Teixeira wasn't exactly a big ARod fan when the two were in Texas together.
IIRC, he and Blalock (and maybe a couple of the other young players) got pretty sick of Alex's all-knowing older-bother routine. Being reminded constantly to get good secondary lead, to wait for your pitch, yadda, yadda, kinda grows old real quickly.
He probably figures that Alex isn't the big dog in the NYY clubhouse these days and is more reluctant to pull that shit. |
Funny, this was brought up by Michael Kay when he had Teixeira on, and Teixeira flat out denied that there was any heat between the two, and gave props to Rodriguez for that sort of behavior, and even said that he (Teixeira) actually sought Rodriguez out to pick his brain about the game.
Course it is the diplomatic thing to say, but there are ways of saying everything when saying nothing, i.e.
"Well, clubhouse rumors are clubhouse rumors. I have real hatred of Alex Rodriguez, but I'd rather not bring up the past at this time. All I really can say is that I look forward to being in the same lineup with such a great talent."
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Frayed Knot
Jan 11 2009 06:59 AM
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If Mark Teixeira grew up wanting to be Don Mattingly, then I grew up wanting to be Honus Wagner. -- Mike Vaccaro, NY Post
Another funny is that 'Sons of Sam Horn' is the sponsor for the Mark Teixeira page on BB-Ref.com -- tacking on the subtitle that; "Arod + Giambi + Damon + Contreras + Igawa + Sheffield + Vazquez + Abreu + Matsui + Pavano + Brown + Johnson + Mussina = 0 Yankee World Series Rings"
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Benjamin Grimm
Jan 11 2009 07:22 AM
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The Daily News published its list of five hottest Yankee wives today.
I'd like to think that it will be the Mets' turn next week, but of course that won't happen.
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Edgy DC
Jan 11 2009 11:53 AM
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And that's just fine.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 11 2009 02:32 PM
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"And that's just fine."
Yeah, that's our turf!!
"I'd like to think that it will be the Mets' turn next week, but of course that won't happen."
I usually try to avoid the charges of claiming a paper is "anti-Met", but the NYDN - with their long-time writers and their in-game sponsorship and manager-touting ads - is so in bed with the Yanx that it's not even worthy of discussion anymore.
Sunday's paper features an article touting how the new YS is NOT a drain on taxpayers but is, in fact, a terrific public policy move which will increase the city coffers.
It was written by Yanqui President Randy Levine.
And it's not even in the op-ed section but rather displayed as a regular news article that just happens to be written by a guy who would be the main focus of the topic were it to be penned by a regular reporter.
Bet Bernie Madoff would like that sort of treatment. There's a large difference in degrees of course, but it's always nice to be given the opportunity to frame the news in your own favor.
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HahnSolo
Jan 11 2009 03:32 PM
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Speaking of the NYDN, Bill Madden today called the Phillies "big winners" in the hot stove this winter. Why? Because they signed Ibanez to replace Burrell (probably a step up but nothing to go crazy over) and they picked up Chan Ho Park. Seriously.
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Rockin' Doc
Jan 11 2009 04:08 PM
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I view the Phillies adding Chan Ho Park to their rotation as a possible boost to the Mets. It's been quite a long time since Chan Ho Park has been an effective starter.
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