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MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 18 2011 05:32 AM

Dodgers Blog Steve Dilbeck and The Times’ Dodgers reporters give you all the news on the boys in blue Time for Russell Martin's annual excuse for why his play with the Dodgers went south January 17, 2011 | 2:39 pm Oh, so that was the problem. Silly us. It wasn't that Russell Martin was too thin, or too heavy; it wasn't that he was trying too hard to pull the ball or go to the opposite field. The poor guy was distracted. Why didn't we realize this? Surely the signs were everywhere. Don't you just feel so stupid? Yep, our favorite ex-Dodgers catcher has his excuse 2011: He was lacking subconscious motivation because of his personal life. "I had some distractions that maybe led me not to have that same drive that I've had in the past," Martin told Canada's National Post. "Really, that's all it is, honestly. I didn't train quite as -- I trained hard, but before, nobody trained as hard as I did." That's it! It was personal issues. You know, because no one else has those. It's the explanation he gave for why he went from budding star to pure mediocrity. Mostly, anyway. He didn't exactly explain to the National Post what those distractions were. "There's some things that you keep for yourself," Martin said. "Those distractions, they're personal -- personal issues in my life that not everybody needs to know about." That's understandable, of course. If they choose, celebrities are entitled to a sense of privacy in their personal life. Just don't elect to keep it private, and then try to hide behind it. This way, of course, Martin is simply leaving those "distractions" open to speculation, which can be a tough gambit. Once there was a concern in some quarters that he was too much the Hollywood party guy. Then it was his relationship with ridiculously hot Canadian supermodel Marikym Hervieux. Whatever, it seems a tad too convenient that Martin has an annual excuse for why he went from having an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of .843 in 2007 to .680 the last two seasons. He doesn't turn 28 until next month. Wrote the National Post: "Whatever those west-coast distractions were, he insists they are behind him. 'I feel like I'm back where I need to be. Just mentally, I feel better.'" Good for him, I guess. Good for the Yankees. New York is known for its own distractions, so good luck with that. Should he struggle in the Big Apple, though, why do I suspect he'll have an excuse? -- Steve Dilbeck

metirish Jan 18 2011 05:47 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

The thread title is redundant of course. I think Martin was always a bit of a douchebag, now there is no question.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 18 2011 08:11 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Once there was a concern in some quarters that he was too much the Hollywood party guy. Then it was his relationship with ridiculously hot Canadian supermodel Marikym Hervieux. I had to google her. Just to see for myself. To fact check this article.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2011 08:18 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Wow!

Frayed Knot Jan 18 2011 08:19 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Not to mention what a great SCRABBLE name she's got.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 18 2011 08:19 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

It's good to be a major league baseball player.

metirish Jan 18 2011 08:24 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I think she qualifies as hot alright.....

metsguyinmichigan Jan 18 2011 08:31 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Wow. Well, I'M distracted now.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 18 2011 12:52 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I suspect my performance may suffer. My workplace performance.

Willets Point Jan 18 2011 01:32 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Aw shoot, I was going to start this thread this year as "Let's have a toast for the MFY-lovin' douchebags!"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 18 2011 02:20 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Willets Point wrote: Aw shoot, I was going to start this thread this year as "Let's have a toast for the MFY-lovin' douchebags!" This is a different thread than that one. This thread is about the MFY douchebags themselves (Posada, Jeter, Steinbrenner, Ruth, Berra, etc). The one you want, about douchebags who root for the MFYs, commit crimes wearing MFY gear, interfere with balls with play etc etc etc is here ( [url]http://www.cranepoolforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15312 ).

Willets Point Jan 18 2011 06:48 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Shit, missed that one too.

metirish Jan 18 2011 07:03 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is a different thread than that one. This thread is about the MFY douchebags themselves (Posada, Jeter, Steinbrenner, Ruth, Berra, etc). . Love it

Fman99 Jan 18 2011 08:50 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Once there was a concern in some quarters that he was too much the Hollywood party guy. Then it was his relationship with ridiculously hot Canadian supermodel Marikym Hervieux. I had to google her. Just to see for myself. To fact check this article. So MFY stands for Model-Fucking Yanqui? Lucky.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 19 2011 01:10 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

It's honest, sure. But isn't this just a really, really strange way to answer the questions at the guy's welcome press conference? Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he did not want to sign Rafael Soriano because he didn't feel paying closer money to the team's setup man made sense. And, in the end, Cashman said he did not participate in negotiations with Soriano's agent, Scott Boras. "I didn't recommend [the deal]," Cashman said after the team officially introduced Soriano as their eighth-inning man in front of closer Mariano Rivera. Cashman's statements were made after the formal introduction and not on the dais directly in front of Soriano.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 19 2011 01:24 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

That's incredible. I almost want to applaud Cashman because of the 4 people apparently making decisions for the MFYs, he's got to know best that this was an incredibly short-sighted move and could very easily esplode in their faces. Check out what Head Douche Randy Levine had to say: While Hal and Hank Steinbrenner were not present at the press conference, Levine emphasized that there were no problems between Cashman and ownership. "In the end, there is one thing that we all agree -- that [Cashman] said, we all said --- he makes the Yankees a lot better," Levine said. "That's what we have to do every day. "Hal and Hank, myself, everyone has a sacred obligation to our fans to make the team better in any way we can," Levine said. "The Yankee brand is important. There are fans all over the world. From George Steinbrenner on, we have to put the best product we possibly can put on the line. Cash looks at it from baseball operations, as he should. We look at it as running a $5 billion company. Really, the issue came down to, does this make the Yankees better?"

metirish Jan 19 2011 01:27 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Levine does know that George Steinbrenner is dead right? sacred obligation?.....fuck of you fucking twat

Ceetar Jan 19 2011 01:43 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Money cures so many ills. you've got prolonged negotiations and hardballing the captain of the team. a needed pitcher pulling a Brett Favre, The marquis free agent spurning their offer, players influencing signings, a GM without full autonomy and owners free to give out rediculous contracts whenever they feel like it. am I missing anything? geeze, can you imagine how much of a mess they'd look like if they hadn't made the playoffs/WS recently?

Valadius Feb 09 2011 09:51 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

A-Rod went "ballistic" after being caught on camera being fed popcorn: [url]http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Report-A-Rod-went-ballistic-after-FOX-popcorn;_ylt=AutZ1T7.1hG0xW1m0WhTXvARvLYF?urn=mlb-318617

Edgy MD Feb 09 2011 10:05 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I recently started a new career in the celebrity image control business and am about to publish a new book. EDGY DC'S GUIDE TO IMAGE CONTROL =#000080]CHAPTER ONE: Don't be a douchebag. =#000080]CHAPTER TWO: Get caught looking stupid? Blush and say, "You got me!" =#000080]CHAPTER THREE: Be up front about your expectations. =#000080]CHAPTER FIVE: Refuse to associate yourself with the Yankees. (Cliff Lee did!) =#000080]CHAPTER SIX: Really, don't be a douchebag.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2011 10:15 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

It's like he's inflicted with Likability Asperger's-- as much coaching as he gets, and as much as he wants so badly to be liked... there are things about charm and image he just can't read or see on his own.

Valadius Feb 09 2011 10:34 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

No chapter four?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2011 10:41 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

CHAPTER FOUR: Don't point out others' mistakes.

Edgy MD Feb 09 2011 10:42 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Valadius wrote: No chapter four? I can't give away the shop.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 09 2011 10:50 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Cameron Diaz is cuddling and feeding him salty buttered treats, and Alex thinks this is a bad thing? I'd want that shown on that Texas-sized Jumbotron they have at that stadium. It would be a thing if he was doing that with, say Bea Arthur or Miley Curtis. But Cameron Diaz?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2011 11:03 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Especially since Bea Arthur is dead at the present time.

Gwreck Feb 09 2011 01:28 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I've got a tip for Alex, and anyone else who doesn't like being on TV: don't go to public events in large stadia that are being televised with about 500 cameras.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2011 01:30 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

That's why I usually choose to spend my time at home, with a bowl of popcorn and the ghost of Bea Arthur.

Ashie62 Feb 09 2011 01:44 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's why I usually choose to spend my time at home, with a bowl of popcorn and the ghost of Bea Arthur. and a fistful of porn?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2011 01:59 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Ashie62 wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's why I usually choose to spend my time at home, with a bowl of popcorn and the ghost of Bea Arthur. and a fistful of porn? What, like microfeche?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2011 02:25 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

When you have the ghost of Bea Arthur with you, there's no need for porn!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2011 02:37 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Are you picturing some sort of perverted, Ghost-like scenario?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 09 2011 02:39 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I really haven't thought it out in great detail. I'll leave that to your own imagination.

G-Fafif Feb 09 2011 03:02 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Right on Maude!

metsguyinmichigan Feb 09 2011 03:21 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

You think a guy who fancies himself as a centaur would pause, even for a moment, at the idea of being fed popcorn from a ghost?

Fman99 Feb 09 2011 07:44 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Is it too immodest to think that my influence as a CPF member these last few years has led to a marked increase in the percentage of threads that reference both Bea Arthur AND pornography?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 09 2011 10:06 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Oh, Blanche, I think you know the sexy, yet manly-gripped answer to that.

Fman99 Feb 10 2011 04:14 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I met Bea Arthur once. Couldn't have been nicer. We were using adjacent urinals.

bmfc1 Feb 10 2011 05:48 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Fman99 wrote: I met Bea Arthur once. Couldn't have been nicer. We were using adjacent urinals. Thank you Jeffrey Ross.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 10 2011 06:40 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Fman99 wrote: I met Bea Arthur once. Couldn't have been nicer. We were using adjacent urinals. God will get you for that, Walter.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 16 2011 11:01 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Cashman continues to... em... enjoy a somewhat relaxed preseason... while Joba enjoys Grand Slams. Cashman on Joba: "he's heavier." How much heavier? "He's heavier." Is he out of shape? "He's heavier." #gotit =#004000]42 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by 8 people

Valadius Feb 16 2011 11:03 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I presume he's still blaming the swarm of gnats for his continued faults.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 16 2011 11:12 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

It's probably just firewater weight.

Frayed Knot Feb 16 2011 12:34 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Sabathia has reportedly lost about 30 pounds ... sounds like Joba found them.

Valadius Feb 21 2011 08:24 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Don't you just love when douchebags turn on each other? Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner thinks his team’s celebration of its 2009 World Series championship may have lasted too long. “I think, maybe, they celebrated too much last year,” Steinbrenner said Monday. “Some of the players, too busy building mansions and doing other things and not concentrating on winning. I have no problem saying that.” Of course, it was Jeter who was busy building a mansion in Tampa last year.

Edgy MD Feb 21 2011 08:29 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

That's a flame job right there. Hopefully there's a dozen reporters grilling Jeter for a response tomorrow morn.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 21 2011 09:06 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

You kidding? They'll write columns defending Jeter and ripping Steinbrenner!

Willets Point Feb 22 2011 07:29 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

metsguyinmichigan wrote: You kidding? They'll write columns defending Jeter and ripping Steinbrenner! "The fiscal collapse of 2008 saw the bottom fall out of the Florida housing market. Suddenly, no one was building new homes in the state. But this did not deter Derek Jeter. Showing the same leadership he displays on the hallowed field of Yankee Stadium, Jeter steadfastly brought hope and inspiration to the American economy by building a new house in Florida against the odds."

Edgy MD Feb 22 2011 07:41 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I think Hank will time his tirades as thirtieth anniversary tributes to his father's most famous tantrums.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 22 2011 08:24 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Willets Point wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: You kidding? They'll write columns defending Jeter and ripping Steinbrenner! "The fiscal collapse of 2008 saw the bottom fall out of the Florida housing market. Suddenly, no one was building new homes in the state. But this did not deter Derek Jeter. Showing the same leadership he displays on the hallowed field of Yankee Stadium, Jeter steadfastly brought hope and inspiration to the American economy by building a new house in Florida against the odds." Bam! Perfect.

Willets Point Apr 08 2011 08:05 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

ESPN uses the Yankees penchant towards douchebaggery as the premise of their Sunday Night Baseball ad.

Willets Point May 14 2011 12:59 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

You want to work for the Yankees because you're drawn to the mystique and aura of that proud franchise? Guess what? Your employers are douchebags and they're ripping you off!

Willets Point May 31 2011 02:48 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Overrated douchebags.

Fman99 May 31 2011 08:19 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

What I like is this linked story. That's right, Jeter is New York's all time favorite athlete. Like this poll means anything. ANYTHING. I say let's take the DeLorian back to 1927 or so and see if we can scare up some more votes for the Babe.

Frayed Knot Jun 01 2011 08:14 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

One year of Jeter-ing June 1, 2010 - May 31, '11 = 742 PAs; 657 ABs; 169 HIts; 25 2Bs; 3 3Bs; 7 HRs; 18 SBs; 6 CS; .257/.333/.336 Career averages thru 2009 = 746 PAs; 659 ABs; 209 Hits; 34 2Bs; 5 3Bs; 18 HRs; 24 SBs; 7 CS; .317/.388/.459 Oh yeah, He's back!!

Edgy MD Jun 01 2011 08:43 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Less than a score from hit 3000, so brace yourself for an orgy of Jetermania.

Ceetar Jun 01 2011 08:47 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Less than a score from hit 3000, so brace yourself for an orgy of Jetermania. I'm trying to think of the least awesome way he can get 3000. Afternoon game against the Reds, one of those squib hits that somehow finds noone to boost his .350 BABIP and doesn't score the tying run from second and the Yankees lose? Either that or a towering 450 home run..that turns out to be his last home run ever and he declines even further from that very moment to the point that in late September when the Yankees are tanking and missing the playoffs Hank Steinbrenner mouths off about how Jeter was only about 3000 and stopped trying afterwards.

metsmarathon Jun 01 2011 09:46 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

i'd like to think the best way he can get 3000 is for it to be a grossly botched safe call. or if he gets thrown out trying to leg it into a double, or taking a wide turn. something like that.

Ceetar Jun 01 2011 09:48 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

metsmarathon wrote: i'd like to think the best way he can get 3000 is for it to be a grossly botched safe call. or if he gets thrown out trying to leg it into a double, or taking a wide turn. something like that. That's a good one. I'd love the ump to call him safe when he's like halfway down the line. make the play completely about something else rather than the hit.

Frayed Knot Jun 01 2011 10:09 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Craig Biggio got thrown out at 2nd trying to stretch a single on his 3,000th hit - but I think Houston fans saw it more as a symbol of his hustling style rather than a stain on the moment. It helped that he was 5-for-5 on that day IIRC.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2011 11:41 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

I think the only appropiate way would be a playable fly to the opposite field warning track that a 10-year-old reaches out for over the glove of the waiting rightfielder and grabs.

Ceetar Jun 01 2011 12:00 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Edgy DC wrote: I think the only appropiate way would be a playable fly to the opposite field warning track that a 10-year-old reaches out for over the glove of the waiting rightfielder and grabs. How hard are they going to play this up? give him a day off here and there on the road so that he breaks it at home? Oooh, how about a meaningless squibb single in the bottom of the 9th at home in a game the Yankees are losing 13-1 and the entire crowd has left?

metirish Jun 01 2011 12:07 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

it's all very simple, when the time comes don't buy the newspapers , don't tune to any local stations. I've become great at this.

Edgy MD Jun 01 2011 12:10 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Maybe it'll not only be a weak dribbler, but it'll come in a game where he makes three errors, including the game-ender, gets in a fight with A-Rod in the dugout, whines to the umps, gets picked off after the lone single, gets caught by the mic foulmouthing a fan, and does all sorts of profoundly uncaptainly things.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 01 2011 12:23 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Or maybe he'll stumble over Alex Rodriguez and get a bone bruise, and be stuck on 2999 for months.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 01 2011 12:27 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Tease.

Ceetar Jun 01 2011 12:33 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Or maybe he'll stumble over Alex Rodriguez and get a bone bruise, and be stuck on 2999 for months. Not that I wish ill on anyone, but if he were out for the season and stuck on 2990+? Imagine the endless questions and 'distraction' he'd get in spring training next year?

MFS62 Jun 01 2011 09:25 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Here's the scenario I want. Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up. He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second. The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit. Game over. Yankees lose! Yankees Lose! And the 3,000th hit carries that stigma(that it wasn't a clean hit). Forever. Later

Ceetar Jun 01 2011 09:32 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

MFS62 wrote: Here's the scenario I want. Yanks down by a run, bottom of the ninth. Runners on first and third, two out, Jeter up. He hits a ball to the right side that hits the runner between first and second. The runner is called out, but, by rule he is credited with his 3,000th hit. Game over. Yankees lose! Yankees Lose! And the 3,000th hit carries that stigma(that it wasn't a clean hit). Forever. Later perfect.

Fman99 Jun 02 2011 07:17 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

metirish wrote: it's all very simple, when the time comes don't buy the newspapers , don't tune to any local stations. I've become great at this. This is how I roll. I've never seen footage of any second of the 2009 World Series. Not one bit.

Ceetar Jun 02 2011 07:42 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Fman99 wrote: metirish wrote: it's all very simple, when the time comes don't buy the newspapers , don't tune to any local stations. I've become great at this. This is how I roll. I've never seen footage of any second of the 2009 World Series. Not one bit. umm..there wasn't a world series that year..

Gwreck Jun 02 2011 07:42 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Same thing here. If you asked me whether that series went 5 or 6 games, I couldn't tell you with any certainty. --- On a related note, every time I see this thread at the top of the forum I think to myself that I can't think of any MFYs who aren't douchbags.

Ceetar Jun 03 2011 07:09 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Jeter still a top SS Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. The Blue Jays' Escobar wasn't a lock over Jeter among the five scouts we spoke with. With the criteria only being who would you want for this season, the scout said he would put Jeter at No. 9 on his list. Those ahead of Jeter were the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins, the Cubs' Starlin Castro, the Braves' Alex Gonzalez, the Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera, the Rangers' Elvis Andrus, the Blue Jays' Yunel Escobar and the White Sox's Alexei Ramirez. barf.

metirish Jun 03 2011 07:53 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Ceetar wrote: Jeter still a top SS Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. The Blue Jays' Escobar wasn't a lock over Jeter among the five scouts we spoke with. With the criteria only being who would you want for this season, the scout said he would put Jeter at No. 9 on his list. Those ahead of Jeter were the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins, the Cubs' Starlin Castro, the Braves' Alex Gonzalez, the Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera, the Rangers' Elvis Andrus, the Blue Jays' Yunel Escobar and the White Sox's Alexei Ramirez. barf. come the fuck on , who writes this shit, let's narrow the criteria all the way down so we can get Jeter in the top ten.

Frayed Knot Jun 03 2011 08:05 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Summary: He's aging, is clearly on the downside, is below average in BA, OBA, SLG, and costs his team runs with his defense ... but his Jeter-ness makes him still a top ten SS. Yeah, got it.

metsmarathon Jun 03 2011 08:06 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. yeah, i can kinda go along with this logic. if reyes gets hurt, you're gonna take a big hit with your replacement player. if jeter gets hurt, your team might improve.

metirish Jun 03 2011 08:08 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

metsmarathon wrote: Scouts liked Jeter over the Mets' Jose Reyes because of Jeter's durability. yeah, i can kinda go along with this logic. if reyes gets hurt, you're gonna take a big hit with your replacement player. if jeter gets hurt, your team might improve. lol

MFS62 Jun 03 2011 08:28 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

How did Reyes not even make the top 10 of players "for this year"? He's near the top in the NL in hits, triples, steals, etc. etc. 'Tis a puzzlement. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2011 04:53 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

MLB.com carries the first (actually probably not the first) of what I'm sure will be many articles declaring that: Stadium only suitable setting for Jeter's hit -- http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... b&c_id=mlb With seven hits to go but also just three games left of the Yanx' current 10-game homestand - a homestand which wouldn't surprise me if it were planted at this spot in the season so as to increase the likelihood of a DJ3K celebration - things are looking dicey. Unfortunately for central planners, Jeet's slower hit pace this season isn't cooperating. One then wonders how much "rest" he'll require on the subsequent road-trip in order to steer the joyous event back to the Bronx and thus avoid a travesty of epic proportions.

MFS62 Jun 13 2011 09:42 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Room service "rest" to the rescue. He left tonight's game with a "sore calf". I'm guessing he will return in time to get a few hits on their next road trip, then go for the record when his team returns home. I can't wait (ok , so more than a tad sarcasm there) to hear the tv and radio reporters try to say "three thousandth base hit" real fast without lisping. (try it yourself.) Later

metirish Jul 05 2011 01:41 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

What a joy awaits us this week, Andy "Mother Theresa" Pettitte will be taking the stand at some point to declare that yes Clemens did in fact tell him he took HGH... NYT paints a picture of the loyal lap dog and how difficult it will be for him in court...... An Old Best Friend May Bring Down Clemens Douchebag leaving court Tuesday Roger Clemens, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, will stand trial in federal court in Washington this week on charges of perjury, making false statements and obstructing Congress for testifying at a House hearing in 2008 that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. His potential public undoing is the latest fallout from baseball’s continuing challenges with doping; one possible outcome is a prison sentence for Clemens, a player who otherwise would be on his way to the Hall of Fame. But one thing sets Clemens’s trial apart from the other drug cases involving baseball stars that drew national attention: his former close friend and loyal teammate Andy Pettitte, a man Clemens considered his little brother, could be the witness who brings him down. Pettitte, whose wholesome boy-next-door demeanor endeared him to Yankees fans as he pitched in seven World Series for the team, admitted in 2008 that he used human growth hormone in 2002 and 2004 to treat injuries. He is expected to give powerful testimony that could help the prosecution establish that Clemens also used the drug. Among the former players on the prosecution’s witness list, he is the only one expected to testify that Clemens acknowledged using performance-enhancing substances. The trial begins Wednesday with jury selection. “I can’t imagine what he’s going through, knowing he will have to sit there and testify with his best friend right there at the defense table,” said the former Yankees slugger Jason Giambi, who testified about his own steroid use when he was a government witness in April at the federal perjury trial of the home run king Barry Bonds, who was convicted of obstruction of justice. “I was close with Barry, but my testimony was all about me and my own use,” said Giambi, who played with Clemens and Pettitte for two years with the Yankees. “So I really feel for Andy. Knowing how he is, it’s going to be very, very hard for him.” Neither Pettitte nor Clemens, who was in court Tuesday for a hearing about his trial, responded to interview requests made through their lawyers. Pettitte, who grew up in Deer Park, Tex., became a Christian when he was 11, later meeting Laura Dunn through a Baptist church where her father was the pastor. He married Dunn, his high school sweetheart, when he was 21 and she was 18. Though he never spoke much in the clubhouse about his religious convictions, Pettitte became known among the Yankees for his strait-laced life. Some of his former teammates, including catcher Jorge Posada, said Pettitte’s best quality was that he could be trusted. Pettitte, 39, was also known as more of a follower than a leader, a perfect fit as a friend for Clemens, who relished the role of alpha dog. The two pitchers were teammates for nine seasons, with the Yankees and the Houston Astros. Pettitte was an eager student of Clemens, his childhood idol, when the two began working out together as Yankees under the supervision of Clemens’s trainer, Brian McNamee. As pitchers, they were polar opposites, particularly in how they dealt with defeat. The brash Clemens would never admit to having any weaknesses, and the self-critical Pettitte often berated himself. Despite those differences, they soon grew so tight that they were seemingly attached by Velcro. “It was strange if you didn’t see them together in the clubhouse,” said John Flaherty, the former Yankees catcher who is now a YES Network commentator. “You’d see them running, lifting or throwing a football before games, then they’d play golf on off days. It was always Andy following Roger around.” Flaherty said Pettitte was “as loyal a teammate as you would want to have,” which is why Pettitte’s potential testimony against the 48-year-old Clemens will be difficult for Yankees past and present. Asked how he would feel about the situation, Flaherty shifted his weight from side to side and averted his eyes. “It’s disappointing because they got along so well,” he said. “Andy is going to be uncomfortable. I’m going to be uncomfortable. We’re all going to be uncomfortable.” Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said that even hearing tidbits of news about Pettitte’s testimony would be painful. “Andy was always prepared to handle the pressure, but in court, he is not in his comfort zone,” Girardi said. “It’s out of his realm, and it’s out of our realm, too. None of us want to see that.” In lieu of testifying in front of Congress, Pettitte submitted a sworn affidavit describing what he claimed Clemens had said to him about his drug use. So what Pettitte will say on the witness stand may not come as a surprise. Rather, it will be the fact that he is saying it in a courtroom, sitting several feet from Clemens, that will probably produce a dramatic, if not agonizing, scene. “In 1999 or 2000, I had a conversation with Roger Clemens in which Roger told me he had taken human growth hormone,” Pettitte said in the affidavit, a potentially pivotal declaration if spoken before a jury. “Everybody knows that Andy’s a goody-two-shoes that will have a big impact on the jury,” said Alan M. Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor and celebrity lawyer. “He has no motives to lie, no conceivable reason to testify against his best friend. So, if I’m a defense attorney, I would try to get him off the stand as soon as possible to minimize his impact.” Pettitte added in the sworn statement that he told his wife about the conversation. Then, during baseball’s first wave of Congressional hearings in 2005, he said, he brought up the subject with Clemens again. “I asked him what he would say if asked by reporters if he ever took performance-enhancing drugs,” the affidavit said. “When he asked me what I meant, I reminded him that he had told me he had used H.G.H.” Clemens insisted he had told Pettitte that his wife, Debbie, not Clemens himself, had used the drug. Pettitte backed down but later told his wife, Laura, about it, the statement said. In his Congressional testimony, Clemens said Pettitte “misheard” and “misremembers” what Clemens had said about growth hormone. Laura Pettitte is also on the prosecution’s witness list, but Clemens’s lawyers have asked the judge to bar her testimony because, they said, it is hearsay. Some legal experts say that motion is simply the defense’s effort to protect Clemens from possibly devastating testimony. Peter Keane, a professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, said Pettitte would be seen by the jury “as a very reluctant witness who just can’t lie under oath, even for a close friend, and that will be the biggest problem for the defense.” “So I think Clemens is in big trouble,” he added. “He probably wants to kick himself for picking the kid who was the Eagle Scout on the block to shoot off his mouth to.” It would be great if Clemens got convicted the same day Jeter gets his big hit.

Edgy MD Jul 05 2011 01:46 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

The Clemens trial deserves its own thread. Testimony from Pettitte and Knobs that MacNamee hooked them up has already been disallowed, as well as any testimony relating to MacNamee being accused of rape in the past. Sounds like Judgey McJustice wants a streamlined trial. Maybe for the best.

metirish Jul 05 2011 01:49 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Yep , nothing that Pettitte will say he hasn't already said but now he'll be doing it with his "best friend" sitting a few feet away.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 31 2011 10:24 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

"'Every time I get a base hit or a double, I clap. That's me, that's my game, and I don't try to do anything bad to another player,' Cervelli said. 'That's Cervelli.'"

Frayed Knot Aug 31 2011 11:55 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

"And then I get drilled in the back and I don't know why" That was a typically annoying Yanx/Sawx game last night. - 4 hours running time? -- Check (3:59 actually despite just 7 runs scored total) - 9 pitchers used? -- Check - Arguments, HBPs, ejections, bruised feelings, pre-emptive dugouts emptying? -- Check The Sox left about a million guys on base (16 I think was the final total). Sabathia didn't get crushed for once although he danced in trouble all night and it took him 130 pitches just to get through six innings. Ortiz blew a run by first mis-reading a single and then trotting to 3rd on a hit where Ronnie Paulino could have scored from 2nd even with his broken toe. Sox might have had a chance in the end if only Mariano had been required to get the ball within eight inches of the zone before getting a called strike.

metirish Dec 13 2011 01:32 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Stay classy Derek Derek Jeter’s Dating Rituals; Yankee Star Reportedly Sends Girlfriends Home With Autographed Memorabilia Yankee star Derek Jeter is trending after a New York Post story revealed details about the shortstop's casual romantic flings. Apparently after sneaking dates into his apartment through the backdoor of Trump World Tower to avoid paparazzi, Jeter then sends his girlfriends home the next morning with a gift basket containing signed baseball memorabilia. The pattern came to light when one of the girlfriends got the same gift basket a second time. Jeter broke up with longtime girlfriend Minka Kelly this summer and has apparently been playing the field ever since. No comment from Jeter's reps. http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/201 ... socialflow Post story http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manh ... JXpyHoMKSN

Ceetar Dec 13 2011 02:32 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

love that it's because he'd forgotten he slept with the girl already. I don't get how this is why it came to light. It seems to imply that she was pissed, but it's not like she didn't realize who he was. She could've walked out and still exposed the story, but clearly she slept with him again. Unless he's selling each girl on the "You're so special, here's some stuff" but he's not even presenting it himself!

Edgy MD Dec 13 2011 08:05 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Are we having a Christmas meetup? Because I totally want Steve to show us his basket.

Fman99 Dec 13 2011 08:17 PM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

Edgy DC wrote: Are we having a Christmas meetup? Because I totally want Steve to show us his basket. Jeez. All I got from Joe Pepitone was a swat on the ass and cab fare.

MFS62 Dec 15 2011 08:50 AM Re: MFYs Who Also Happen To Be Douchebags: 2011

If those girls had slept with a Met player, they wouldn't need an autograph to remember their night together. Later