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I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2015 03:27 PM

Small consolation about last night's sloppy game is that the Yanx have lost twice since the end of our rain-delayed contest and looked at least as bad doing so. - First on Friday night, despite starting two hours before ours and despite scoring at home in each of the 9th, 16th & 18th innings, they lost to Boston in the 19th in a game which ended about 2 in the morning (just under 7 hours in the cold). OK I didn't watch much of this one (which is good because every time I did tune in the Yanx were tying the game up again). But considering they never once held a lead and tied it up three times in their potential last AB (a 9th inning/2-out HR by Headley, a 16th inn HR by Teixeira, and an 18th inning RBI 2B by Beltran) I would have hated to see them win it. 17 pitchers were used in the game and I hadn't heard of at least half of them. Lots of turnover on those two staffs over the winter. Sox 6 - Yanx 5 - and then Saturday afternoon (a start time just 11 hours after the end of Friday's game) they looked even worse in the field than we did vs Atlanta. Part of that was due to a make-shift lineup after the long game, but ARod looks lost on 1B (one error plus at least two other questionable plays) where he was making his first ever ML start, And, like us, there were only 3 official errors but a slew of other mis-plays, throws not made, and stuff hitting off gloves which went for hits, etc. Sox 8 Yanx 4 (and it was only that close thnx to a late 3R HR by Chris Young) All of which makes the Yanx 1-4 so far this season and their only win was when they rallied for 3 runs in the 8th vs Toronto, and that's supposing one can call: an infield pop-up double -- a short single -- HBP -- Wild Pitch -- IW -- HBP -- and then a 2-RBI infield single off the pitcher's glove a "rally". So other than the fact that their pitching, hitting, and defense all looking shaky, they look pretty good.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 11 2015 03:46 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The MFYs look like absolute shit, beyond getting okay bullpen performances. I watched last night till the 17th and practically threw up when Teixera hit the game-tying HR. But of course to rally late to tie twice, only to lose, at home, in 19 innings, is all the more shameful. Arod and Chris Young are their best hitters. Drew and Beltran both look finished.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 11 2015 08:39 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

It would've been even better if Arod tied up the 19 inning game three times and was making fancy plays on the diamond while the rest of the team sucked rotten eggs around him.

Ceetar Apr 12 2015 08:51 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

apparently Jon Sterling doesn't know the capacity of Yankee Stadium.(I don't know if the Yankees declared it a sellout, but neither yesterday nor Opening Day reached capacity) I was listening to some of yesterday since I made the foolish choice to time my trip to the Botanical Gardens for 1pm. oops. They don't look or sound good at all, for sure. It does surprise me a little, the drop off for McCann, Ellsbury, even Beltran, has been pretty steep. I'm sure there's a Yankee blog or two somewhere lambasting them for letting Cano go.

bmfc1 Apr 12 2015 05:53 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Here's a way to drive some viewers away from tonight's Sunday Night telecast: Karl Ravech said that the announcers would discuss the "Yankees Mount Rushmore."

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2015 07:13 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Here's a way to drive some viewers away from tonight's Sunday Night telecast: Karl Ravech said that the announcers would discuss the "Yankees Mount Rushmore." That -- Picking the Franchise's "Top Four" in history -- is actually an MLB-wide thing they're doing for all 30 teams throughout the year so ESPN is going to be flogging that every week - even on those rare occasions when the Yanx aren't on Sunday Night Baseball. And speaking of Sunday Night Baseball -- or at least the hour-long BB2N show before the game -- remember when it was the place to go for the day's highlights from all the Sunday day games that just ended (or maybe were ending on the west coast)? Now that show seems to be about 50 minutes of promos for the game coming up and/or the crew talking to each other with just a few highlights from selected games only jammed into the remaining time.

MFS62 Apr 13 2015 07:33 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I can't get WOR anywhere near my house - even in the car radio at night. After so many years of WFAN being the flagship station of the Mets, hearing Jon Sterlings's voice doing an MFY game is still like hearing an Ayatolla at a Bar Mitzvah. So I listen to music when I drive home from work. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2015 07:54 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Ya gotta just treat Sterling as entertainment. If you're going to get hung up on things like wanting score updates, or actual (and accurate) descriptions of where the hit just landed or where the runners wound up then, yeah, you're going to want to pull your hair out. But if you think of him and Suzyn as akin to the voices of slightly out of place puppets or something -- like maybe the baseball version of those two old guys on the Muppets -- then a radio game of the Yanx can be a real kick.

MFS62 Apr 13 2015 08:00 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Oh, I get THAT part. I liked him when he broadcast for the Nets, and now his broadcasts are like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates - full of surprises. But, hearing Ma and Pa Pinstripe on WFAN is still jarring, even though this is their second year there. Later

Benjamin Grimm Apr 13 2015 08:30 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

With insincere apologies to Derek Jeter, the Yankees top four has to be Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle.

dinosaur jesus Apr 13 2015 08:44 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: With insincere apologies to Derek Jeter, the Yankees top four has to be Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle. Yup. Then Yogi, then Whitey Ford. If managers count, then Casey, Joe McCarthy, Miller Huggins, Torre. Which puts Jeter about eleventh. That's pretty good, isn't it? It's his bad luck he had to play for the Yankees, because there are teams where he'd definitely be in the top four.

Lefty Specialist Apr 13 2015 09:03 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

It's guaranteed that Jeter winds up on the top four. This is doofy fan voting, not an actual analysis of who's the best.

Gwreck Apr 13 2015 05:16 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

dinosaur jesus wrote: Yup. Then Yogi, then Whitey Ford. If managers count, then Casey, Joe McCarthy, Miller Huggins, Torre. Which puts Jeter about eleventh. That's pretty good, isn't it? It's his bad luck he had to play for the Yankees, because there are teams where he'd definitely be in the top four. I'd put Rivera ahead of Jeter too.

Edgy MD Apr 13 2015 05:50 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Yeah, well, I'm casting votes hand over fist for Chris Young.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2015 06:06 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Lefty Specialist wrote: It's guaranteed that Jeter winds up on the top four. This is doofy fan voting, not an actual analysis of who's the best. I caught part of a heated argument (one I assume was sparked by the introduction of this 'competition') between some WFAN caller and Mike Francesa a few days ago where the caller was arguing for the superiority of Jeter's career over Mantle's. Problem was that the caller's entire argument was based around Jeter having the higher lifetime BA. Tough to make Francesa sound like the reasonable one in such a head-to-head but this history & perspective challenged caller managed to do just that.

Fman99 Apr 13 2015 06:51 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Now that the MFY games not on YES have moved over to WPIX, the a-holes at FIOS have no excuse other than outright favoritism to pipe in the MFY games on PIX (such as tonight's game) but not the Mets games (such as this past Saturday). But I showed those bastards. First, I ordered the MLB.TV premium channel. I have two Sony Blu Ray players capable of streaming that service direct. To evade blackout rules I also found a nifty service called Unlocator, that prevents MLB from knowing where I am viewing from and therefore allowing me to see the PIX Mets games, finally, in my own home, for the first time since I switched in 2009. So FUCK THEM in their HOLIES.

Frayed Knot Apr 30 2015 07:14 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

OK, this is annoying: Chris Young, between the tail end of last year and early this season, now has just over half as many NYY ABs as he did for the Mets, yet already has as many HRs and more XBHs And with him it's not even like you can blame this all on the Little League fence in RF CY as NYM: 8 HRs + 12 2Bs in 254 ABs -- .250/.283/.346 CY as MFY: 8 HRs + 13 2Bs in 130 ABs -- .292/.361/.577

Edgy MD Apr 30 2015 07:20 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Well, they knew he had it in him. They just couldn't give him any more time to find it.

MFS62 Apr 30 2015 07:26 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Edgy MD wrote: Well, they knew he had it in him. They just couldn't give him any more time to find it. If he was going to be that productive, maybe they should have tried vivisection. Later

Edgy MD Apr 30 2015 07:28 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That one is eluding me.

MFS62 Apr 30 2015 02:20 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

They could have found it in him:(From Merriam Webster) Full Definition of VIVISECTION 1 : the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation; broadly : animal experimentation especially if considered to cause distress to the subject His performance last year was causing distress to us. Later

Edgy MD Apr 30 2015 02:26 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I certainly know the definition of vivisection.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 30 2015 02:28 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

You said, "Well, they knew he had it in him." MFS62 suggested vivisection as a way of extracting what is "in him."

Edgy MD Apr 30 2015 02:38 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I guess so. But... Ah forget it.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 30 2015 03:57 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I know.

Frayed Knot May 01 2015 08:12 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

ARod hits #660 (at Fenway). Yanx have 15 days to pay the obligated (or not) $6 million bonus. Gentlemen, start your lawyers.

d'Kong76 May 01 2015 08:18 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Cheaper to just pay him and be done with it.

Gwreck May 02 2015 06:15 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

They "have" to fight the issue now because it would come up again if/when he hits 714; and there's still a decent chance he reaches that number. I do agree that it would be cheaper to pay now though, because I don't think the Yankees should win this dispute.

Edgy MD May 02 2015 06:27 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Six million is hardly worth the lawyers and the lousy publicity, is it? Then again, it's probably $12 million after the luxury tax kicks in. Seems to me that if the Yankees are too morally upright to honor the contract because Rodriguez held up his end under un-ethical practices, they should really reject anything they gained from his efforts, including but not limited to returning that 2009 Championship trophy. Congratulations, Phillies.

Frayed Knot May 02 2015 06:34 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I can't believe this whole thing was ever allowed in the first place. Pay-for-stats clauses are supposed to be illegal and this one was exactly that just in disguised language. Exactly how that language reads is going to be the deciding factor in the end. You understand why the Yanx don't WANT to pay him but they should have thought about that earlier when they had stars (and blinders) in their eyes thinking that ARod was going to be their knight in shining armor who was to return the magical HR record back to pinstriped glory where "it belongs". Their problem is that their only real defense essentially involves believing that the then admitted steroid user (admitted that is only after confronted with evidence following repeated denials) had used right up until the moment he joined your club but sworn off them then, logic that is akin believing that the married guy who's cheating on his wife to be with you would never stoop so low as to cheat on you with someone else. ARod, for his part, at least appears to have wised up and is saying nothing while the behind the scenes stuff goes on, although who knows how long that will last. His HR last night was a PH, 8th inning, game-winner, in Fenway. But the reason he was PH-ing is that he had cooled off after his hot start and how willing each side is to say nothing publicly derogatory about the other often depends on how well things are going on the field. If nothing else, it should be fun to watch from a distance how all this plays out.

Ceetar May 02 2015 07:03 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

well it's a "separate" marketing agreement so i assume it neither counts against the luxury tax nor is applicable to the 'no money for stat milestones' (which is such bs anyway) Which to me seems like it'd be even harder to get out of. If it's outside the normal contracts the drug testing agreement probably shouldn't even apply. of course it's all speculation because no one's seen the terms.

Frayed Knot May 02 2015 07:19 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Well the agreement apparently calls for a lump-sum payment of $6mil in the next 15 days meaning, however the arrangement reads, it's clearly NOT a one where Alex gets paid $X per commemorative HR-660 ball sold or anything like that. IOW, it's sounds, looks, and walks very much like a pay per threshold clause. The tack the Yanx are going to take is that ARod's repeated steroid use (and general asshole-ish-ness) have rendered their marketing opportunities useless - hashtag: breach of contract, yadda yadda. His counter, I assume, will be that they didn't agree to this payment (and future payments) only if their marketing efforts were successful money-makers. It was more like: he hits hit, they pay him, and if they then make $30 million back on their marketing then good for them. If, on the other hand, they can only make 84 cents off it then that's their problem, not his.

Ceetar May 02 2015 07:27 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I'm still shocked the Yankees found something they didn't want to market.

Frayed Knot May 02 2015 07:48 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Oh I don't think it's that they don't WANT to market this, they're just no longer convinced they can make enough money here to cover what they agreed to pay out so their only recourse now is to act as if they thought they were getting Prince Charming only to find out it was Walter White in disguise. Good luck with that.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 02 2015 04:34 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

A team that welcomed back Roger Clemens multiple times has no businesses bemoaning other players for using steroids and being an asshole enroute to milestones.

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2015 04:50 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

They should put their mouth where their money is. Or isn't. If the Yanks don't wanna honor that A-Rod deal, they should also have to forfeit all their past wins generated by A-Rod's tainted hits and their 2009 WS crown. And Derek Jeter, who's above it all, will give back all the runs he scored whenever A-Rod drove him in with a tainted hit.

MFS62 May 02 2015 06:58 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Heard on the radio this afternoon (WCBS?) that the Yankees have announced that they will NOT pay the bonus. Lawyers, start your engines. Later

d'Kong76 May 02 2015 07:00 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Roidiculous

Frayed Knot May 02 2015 10:11 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

According to what was aired over YES during Saturday's game (one wonders whether Michael Kay was reading this with an actual gun to his head or just a figurative one?): “It is the sole discretion of the New York Yankees to determine whether each of these milestones is commercially marketable as the home run chase. … The Yankees have the right, but not the obligation, to determine whether it’s a commercially marketable milestone.” If accurate, that wouldn't bode well for the ARod camp.

SteveJRogers May 03 2015 04:09 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

LOL, roids, red juice or not, one would think top 4 all-time and going past a NY icon, as well as, in many eyes, the current greatest living ballplayer, constitutes a "marketable milestone." But yeah, the Yankees can suddenly go full on every other sports league when it comes to milestone numbers and treat them as if they aren't worthy of anything beyond a brief mention in their media package for the game notes.

Edgy MD May 08 2015 10:46 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Rodriguez smacked number 661 last night. Yay?!? All his teammates made an incredible amount of silent noise by not storming out of the dugout and not greeting him at home plate. Only congrats he got was cursory slaps from the third base coach and on-deck hitter. How incredible that a team can be in first place and be this miserable. They might win the pennant, protected as they are from distractions like joy and meaning.

Frayed Knot May 08 2015 01:01 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

He got a reasonable reception in his own dugout plus a curtain call from the home fans. Not sure if a tainted #661 deserves a whole lot more than that. He's also on the verge of both 3K hits (needs 38) and 2K RBIs (needs 13). He'd be only the 4th ever in that latter category (3rd since 1900) and will leap NYY legend Gehrig along the way. Mmmmm, more milestones for MFY mgmt to ignore. On the player side things actually seem to be sailing along all right with him for now. His teammates don't care about the contract disputes (and would probably be on his side if they did) and now that he's keeping his mouth shut (for once) and letting the legal process play out they aren't forced to comment on it every other day like they would be if he was still traveling from talk show to talk show (and lawyer to lawyer) with a band of hired protesters in tow raising a ruckus to anyone that would listen. And might I dare surmise that maybe part of the smoother sailing is due to youknowwho no longer being in the dugout ready with a stern glare and a threatened ban forever from the cool kids' lunch table to anyone who makes the mistake of associating with little Alex?

Frayed Knot May 22 2015 08:39 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

stRangers try real hard to lose in the Bronx tonight, nearly blowing the game after having a 7-0 lead after 3 and a 10-5 lead after 7 before finally hanging on to win 10-9 7 different HRs in that joke of a park where it's gotten to the point where you almost expect lefty hitters to hit one out (and the Yanx had 8 LH or SW hitters in their lineup tonight). Tampa won tonight* maintaining their hold on 1st place in the AL East so the Yanx have fallen to the same 1-1/2 games out situation as us. * against Oakland who is a stunning 14-30 this year!!

MFS62 May 22 2015 08:55 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The MFYs have no sense of humor about A-Rod. This would have been fun. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-l ... EEc2VjA3Ny Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 23 2015 12:13 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

lololloLLOlLlllllOOlLolLlLllloooLOllOLlollolollol Texas have scored 10 against the MFYs in the 3rd inning and are still batting.

MFS62 May 23 2015 07:02 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: lololloLLOlLlllllOOlLolLlLllloooLOllOLlollolollol Texas have scored 10 against the MFYs in the 3rd inning and are still batting. They stopped at 10. But the MFYs got humiliated anyhow. Made the day just a little bit easier to bear. Later

Frayed Knot Jun 01 2015 10:25 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Really King Felix -- tonight is the night you picked to suck? And how odd is it that the Mets & Yanx are both on the west coast at the same time? And not just for a game but for an entire series. May have happened once or twice before but probably not more than that.

d'Kong76 Jun 04 2015 12:45 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Does anyone know: do they still show some kind of Thurman Munson tribute between an inning at all Yankees' games?

Frayed Knot Jun 05 2015 08:56 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Fuckin' Yanx gave up 6 to the Angels in the 9th tonight ... to eke out a 8-7 win They even got it to 8-6 with the bases loaded and still no outs - but then Kirk showed everyone why his name starts with a capital K

TransMonk Jun 10 2015 02:54 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I duped myself into watching the Yanks/Nats this afternoon. The Yanks went up 4-2 with a 4 run seventh and then blew the lead in the ninth and lost in extras. The stupid Yanquis can't even win the one time per year that I DO root for them!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 10 2015 04:08 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

If it's any consolation, Andrew Miller is going to the DL with the dreaded forearm stiffness.

Frayed Knot Jun 10 2015 04:53 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

From the 'Nobody saw THIS coming' department, one could make a good argument for ARod being their MVP so far.

d'Kong76 Jun 10 2015 06:45 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: From the 'Nobody saw THIS coming' department, one could make a good argument for ARod being their MVP so far. And Girardi for MoTY for handling the situation so well.

Fman99 Jun 10 2015 07:24 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Wrong thread... Uh, Yankees suck!

Ceetar Jun 11 2015 07:46 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: From the 'Nobody saw THIS coming' department, one could make a good argument for ARod being their MVP so far. I dunno, if I had to pick a guy before the season who'd have the best season for them, it would've been Gardner with A-Rod a close second.

Frayed Knot Jun 11 2015 10:12 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Tough to bet on a 40 y/o (next month) coming off several hip surgeries and without his favorite drugs (at least theoretically) who's logged less than 200 ABs since the end of 2012. Arguments could be made that Teixeira has been at least as valuable (he at least plays the field), same with Ellsbury until his injury, but I'm sure ARod wouldn't have been the top choice among YLDBs. He hadn't turned in OBA numbers like this since 2009, and if he notches 30 HRs that will be a first since '08

seawolf17 Jun 19 2015 07:23 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

ARod's 3000th hit tonight was a home run, just like Cap'n Intangibles. Amazingly, the ball was caught by the only person less likable than ARod in the entire park, ballhawk Zack Hample. (Who actually tweeted this afternoon about trying to catch #3000.)

d'Kong76 Jun 19 2015 07:30 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Anyone going to the parade tomorrow?

Frayed Knot Jun 19 2015 07:40 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

So it turns out that, even after missing most of two complete seasons, ARod is a much better 40 y/o player than Jeter as well. .278/.384/.505 vs .256/.304/.313

Frayed Knot Jun 19 2015 08:04 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

btw, ARod must have had a ton of friends and family in the stands tonight because I think he pointed and/or waved at everyone in the stadium during his trip around the bases.

MFS62 Jun 19 2015 08:38 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: So it turns out that, even after missing most of two complete seasons, ARod is a much better 40 y/o player than Jeter as well. .278/.384/.505 vs .256/.304/.313 And probably a better player in each and every younger year. The problem was, Jeter wouldn't let him show it. Later

Gwreck Jun 19 2015 11:13 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: btw, ARod must have had a ton of friends and family in the stands tonight because I think he pointed and/or waved at everyone in the stadium during his trip around the bases. I was there (accompanying some Tigers fans). It was awful. Yankee fans are a bunch of two-faced, hypocritical phonies.

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2015 05:53 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So it turns out that, even after missing most of two complete seasons, ARod is a much better 40 y/o player than Jeter as well. .278/.384/.505 vs .256/.304/.313 And probably a better player in each and every younger year. Well, sure, but we already knew that. The difference here is that while Yanqui fans had to endure Jeter's final season -- hell, everyone talks about how much DiDi Gregarious sucks and yet his season is very similar to Jeter/2014 -- as they focused on wallowing around in the nostalgia and tributes lest they notice that on the field he was contributing Ordonez-like power mixed with Flores-like range, one can make a case for Rodriguez as team MVP. The downside to all this for YLDBs is that ARod is still vastly overpaid and they have to hope for him to continue this level of production for the next 2-1/2 seasons. But at some point they're going to have to admit to themselves that he's has been a Yanqui longer (11 seasons now - heading for 13!) and better than most of their recent heroes such as O'Neill, Tino, Brosius, etc. iow, Time to clear a spot on 'The Wall' for #13

Frayed Knot Jun 20 2015 07:07 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Tigers obviously put 'Be Really Sucky' on their list of things to do while visiting the Bronx this weekend. Lost 7-2 on Friday and are currently getting pasted 10-0 tonight.

Edgy MD Jun 20 2015 07:12 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Tiggs have been a disappointment.

MFS62 Jun 21 2015 08:43 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Willie showed us real class yesterday: http://nypost.com/2015/06/20/stottlemyr ... s-at-mets/ Class D. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 21 2015 10:06 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

You've really got to be trying hard to be offended by that remark.

Frayed Knot Jun 21 2015 11:22 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Yeah, one of the papers stuck a headline on that "story" in an attempt to sell it as something much more than it was. Nice try but it didn't fly.

Edgy MD Jun 21 2015 11:59 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

It does speak to how needy for affirmation and desperate for another chance Randolph is, though.

Frayed Knot Jul 01 2015 07:50 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

It would have been better if, during this stretch where the Yanx have lost 7 of 10, if all the other AL East teams didn't decide to all suck at the same time too - but it's made for a nice tight race over there as there are four teams within one game of each other. BAL --- TBR --- NYY -0.5 TOR -1.0 the only laggard at the moment is Boston and even they've tightened things up a bit as they've been the ones taking out Toronto the last two nights. And, unlike the NL East, you don't foresee one team getting hot and running away with things so it's quite possible -- one could even say likely -- that 86/87 wins takes this division.

Frayed Knot Jul 03 2015 07:32 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I'm declaring this weekend's series with the Rays to be the Yanx first BIG series of the year. With Tampa & Toronto tied a game behind the also tied Yanx and Orioles this division isn't looking like a runaway for anyone, but a good showing by the Rays this weekend in the Bronx could throw the Yanx into some degree of turmoil, especially if Tanaka & Sabathia get beat again. So far in Game 1 Chris Archer is out-dueling Tanaka thru 7, both starters now out of the game. 3-0 Rays - top 8. Toronto is in Detroit this weekend. Orioles at ChiSox. BoSox hosting Houston.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2015 08:47 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Anyone happen to catch Michael Kays on air interview with the cunt who caught Arods HR could only come away wondering whether he, Kay or A rod is the bigger douche.

Edgy MD Jul 03 2015 08:57 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I'm pretty sure that guy's middle name is "Don't Get Me Started."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 03 2015 09:23 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Don't you just want to punch him? In the face?

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2015 07:12 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Would it be too much to ask for the rest of the AL East not to suck so badly? Yanx suck lately but are alone in 1st place thanks to Baltimore and Toronto each sucking in 4 of their last 5 games, and the Rays sucking for 6 straight. Boston has a few wins lately but mostly at the expense of the other AL East teams but they lost to Houston in extras last night and already had the biggest claim to the suck title. Rays blew a 3-run lead in the 8th then a 2-run lead in the 12th to win the suck prize of the night. They should have had bigger leads each time except that they decided to suck instead. And just in case the 'replay is only going to be used to correct egregiously bad calls' argument wasn't already dead and buried, Evan Longoria easily cruises into 2nd with an 11th inning double last night, but when replay shows that his foot loses contact with the top of the base ever so briefly and maybe by the length of his spikes following his pop-up slide he gets punched out following the requisite 27 minute review.

Rockin' Doc Jul 04 2015 09:27 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Don't you just want to punch him? In the face? Which one? Michael Kay, Arod or the ball catcher? I'm not generally a violent person, but I will go with yes, definitely yes, and probably.

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2015 07:24 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Anytime the teams in the AL East would like to stop sucking it would be OK with me. The Yanx are 7-9 over the last 2-1/2 weeks but have gone from 1 game out to 2-1/2 ahead because the rest of the pack has decided to take July off so far Balt: 2-8 over their last 10 games Toronto: 3-7 and TB has 3 wins in their last [u:1rn4tbnp]17 games[/u:1rn4tbnp] Only Boston, a full 10 games out on June 26, has a winning record lately (8-2) and have cut their gap in half although are still in last place. But suddenly the three game series in Fenway vs Yanx this weekend might actually be semi-relevant. Yanx got both Ellsbury and Andrew Miller back off the DL as of last night.

Edgy MD Jul 09 2015 07:31 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

My money is tentatively on Toronto. A lot of bubbles have burst in the division, but Toronto's hitting has been the only constant.

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2015 07:53 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Jays also have a serious +/- in runs scored (+84 !!!) for a team that's only a game over .500 Mainly they win a ton of blowouts so their almost Cardinal-esque 'Pythagorean' projection of 51-36 is probably unrealistic, but they're by far the best in that division from a RS/RA perspective. Yanx +18 Balt +42 TB -10 BOS -37 But the biggest Pythag oddity this year has to go to Oakland, 9 games under .500 (39-48) and in last place despite a [u:222vtww2]+49 RS/RA[/u:222vtww2] Their problem hasn't been winning blowouts as much as it's been losing virtually every one and two run game they've played. In their first 22 one or two run games of the season they went 3-19 Pythag says they should be 49-38 instead of 39-48 and that disparity is thought to be what's keeping them on the fence as the trading deadline approaches.

Edgy MD Jul 09 2015 07:06 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Jays reward my faith in their batting by going out and doing a Mets imitation, wasting a fine R.A. Dickey start in a 2–0 loss to the White Sox.

MFS62 Jul 10 2015 06:14 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: Pythag says they should be 49-38 instead of 39-48 and that disparity is thought to be what's keeping them on the fence as the trading deadline approaches. What that tells me is that they have enough hitting and may be in the market for some (relief) pitching. Sounds like they might be interested in ,say, Parnell for a hitter. Later

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2015 11:34 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Just for once I'd like to check into a Yanqui game and NOT see them up 2 or 3 to zip in the 1st inning. I swear they must score 80% of the time in the 1st inning. On edit: 4-0 and still counting. Eff-You You-baldo Jimenez

Frayed Knot Jul 25 2015 07:57 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Twins go up 5-0 vs the Yanx but cough up 8 unanswered and trail 8-5 heading to bottom 9. Most of the damage was done by [u:1ogh88oq]Three[/u:1ogh88oq] Alex Rodriguez HRs. Dude turns 40 in 2 days.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2015 10:45 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Yanx lead -- briefly as high as 7 games but currently shaved to 4.5 -- is to be tested this weekend by the surging Blue Jays, winners of 8 of their last 9. So it's an officially BIG series in the Bronx as I have little confidence in any of the other East teams mounting a challenge. Dickey vs Eovaldi tonight, then Price vs Nova tomorrow, Estrada vs Tanaka on Sunday These teams turn around and do it again next week and so play 6 of their next 9 games against each other and even then have seven more head-to-heads in September.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 07 2015 12:02 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Today, we are all Blue Jays fans.

HahnSolo Aug 07 2015 04:24 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I have very small hopes. Toronto NEVER wins in New York. And Price and Buerhle are about a combined 2-145 in their careers against the MFYs.

Edgy MD Aug 07 2015 07:59 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Mets looking to help the Yankees out tonight.

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2015 06:46 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Edgy MD wrote: Mets looking to help the Yankees out tonight. And they do, although that division, so tight just a few weeks back, is increasingly looking like a two horse race as the Rays are dropped to 8 games out and the O's lose out west to fall 6 back. The Sox did manage to win but they're all but irrelevant at this point. Not surprising to see a Yanx/Jays game decided entirely by HRs -- the surprising part was that there were only three of them as with these two teams I was expecting closer to an even dozen. Nice game by R.A. holding them over 7 innings to just a Teixeira HR, one which was initially ruled a grounds rule double due to fan interference but then changed to a HR on, from what I saw, was evidence that didn't even approach conclusive. Wasn't watching live so maybe there's some angle I didn't see but you figure the hi-light shows (and I watched several) would show the best they had and, if so, the best they had truly sucked. But I suppose that Yanquis hitting HRs off some front row dork's hand several feet shy of actually going over the fence is, like dead people in Chicago casting votes, a time-honored tradition in the Bronx so maybe the umps simply fell back on precedent in their ruling. Come to think of it, none of the three homers (Donaldson in the 1st then Bautista in the 10th for the Jays) would have been homers in a major league ballpark. Jays 3.5 out with David Price making his 2nd Toronto start this afternoon (vs Ivan Nova). Normally you'd think this would be a good thing although the last time Price faced the Yanx (as a Tiger) he got smacked around for 8 runs in 2.1 IP

Gwreck Aug 08 2015 08:16 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

7 scoreless from Price + Justin Smoak grand slam = another Blue Jays win. 2.5 back of the MFYs now.

HahnSolo Aug 09 2015 02:22 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

HahnSolo wrote: I have very small hopes. Toronto NEVER wins in New York. And Price and Buerhle are about a combined 2-145 in their careers against the MFYs. I take it back.

Lefty Specialist Aug 09 2015 02:45 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Blue Jays going all in at the trading deadline looking like a good decision right about now...

dgwphotography Aug 09 2015 03:35 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Idiot Yankees Fan Throws Back Home Run Ball, Hits Brett Gardner

MFS62 Aug 09 2015 03:49 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

dgwphotography wrote: Idiot Yankees Fan Throws Back Home Run Ball, Hits Brett Gardner If that fan had a decent arm, he'd be signed to take C.C.'s next start. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2015 07:36 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

dgwphotography wrote: Idiot Yankees Fan Throws Back Home Run Ball, Hits Brett Gardner Teixeira briefly mixed it up with a fan today too. He objected to being bumped while leaning into the stands behind 1st for a foul ball. Blue Jays going all in at the trading deadline looking like a good decision right about now... Only one loss in 12 games since the Reyes/Tulo trade. Now just 1.5 games out, were 8.0 back on July 28

metirish Aug 09 2015 08:14 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That second Wild Card really has changed the dynamic of the trade deadline ......MFY stood pat ....good

metirish Aug 09 2015 08:14 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That second Wild Card really has changed the dynamic of the trade deadline ......MFY stood pat ....good

HahnSolo Aug 10 2015 06:58 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Re: Smoak's grand slam on Saturday. Daily News per Elias says that is the first grand slam by a Blue Jay in the Bronx...ever. Which seems unbelievable.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 11 2015 09:46 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Jays win, MFYs tied 4-4 in the bottom 14th in Cleveland. Bases loaded, 2 out for Yan Gomes

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 11 2015 09:48 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Onto the 15th. MFYs went up 4-2 in the 10th but Miller blew the save.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 12 2015 04:44 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I didn't make it to the end but happy to see the MFYs lost in 16, and the Nats were shut out, another day of Triple H for us.

Edgy MD Aug 12 2015 06:15 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Lefty Specialist Aug 12 2015 07:09 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Those were two nice baskets of candy to wake up to this morning. Nats fans are eating their own these days. The Matt Williams hatred is palpable. And they're convinced that the Rockies are lying down for the Mets after getting up for the fearsome Nats. One of my faves: sportsfan882 on Yesterday at 09:35:20 PM The Rockies' bats are gutless. Harvey serves up homers like no other and the Rockies crush RHP but they looked disinterested again tonight. Harvey was featuring his B/C level stuff tonight and they didn't come close to scoring.

HahnSolo Aug 12 2015 07:19 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Harvey serves up homers like no other Fun fact for sportsfan882: Matt Harvey vs. Washington in 2015: 27 2/3 IP, 0 HR allowed.

dgwphotography Aug 12 2015 07:21 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Harvey serves up homers like no other Fun fact for sportsfan882: Matt Harvey vs. Washington in 2015: 27 2/3 IP, 0 HR allowed. Another Fun fact: Harvey's better... Clap clap clap clap clap... Harvey's better... Clap clap clap clap clap...

Edgy MD Aug 12 2015 07:33 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Better than Yankee losses, I guess, are Yankee losses that toast their bullpen.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2015 08:07 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Introducing your second place New York Yanquis Blue Jays went from 8 games out to 0.5 ahead in 15 days/14 games.

MFS62 Aug 12 2015 09:34 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

While we're talking about NOT watching MFY games, my #1 reason for not watching (even recaps) is not having to look at Sweeny Murti. How ugly can one person be? He looks like the result from a union between Bobby Jindal and E.T. And that's on his good days. It was ok when he covered the team for WFAN. But watch him? If anyone ever had the "face for radio" its good ol' Sweeny. EEESH. What a meeskeit. Later

HahnSolo Aug 14 2015 07:40 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

HahnSolo wrote: I have very small hopes. Toronto NEVER wins in New York. And Price and Buerhle are about a combined 2-145 in their careers against the MFYs. Blue Jays still haven't lost since this awesome bit of prognostication.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2015 08:13 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: Introducing your second place New York Yanquis Blue Jays went from 8 games out to 0.5 ahead in 15 days/14 games. Wait a minute... that beats losing seven games in 17 days.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 14 2015 08:19 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

True! It's just that collapses have more dramatic impact when they come at the conclusion of the season. The Yankees will have an opportunity to recover. The Mets didn't.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 14 2015 09:40 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

What would be even sweeter is if the Yankees recover, and then collapse again. MWAHAHAHAAHHA

Gwreck Aug 14 2015 09:55 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I'd just rather a prolonged slide to mediocrity. Also (and this is not "rooting" for injuries), I expect that some of their 35+ year old players are eventually going to turn into pumpkins/get hurt.

Frayed Knot Aug 14 2015 01:10 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

If the Yanx want some extra pitching maybe they could pick up Joba Chamberlain who was just dropped by the Blue Jays. They had picked him up three weeks ago after the Tigers dropped him but he never pitched for them on the big league club.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 14 2015 01:57 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Joba Rules II: Electric Boogaloo

Mets – Willets Point Aug 14 2015 01:59 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Christ, I just checked, and Chamberlain is only 29. It feels like he's been around forever.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2015 04:04 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Could you imagine the shower of shit that would pour down upon the Mets if they had a prospect whose arm they so explicitly prized — whose future they so wholly believed in and banked on — that they set up a list of highly publicized rules that applied exclusively and arbitrarily to him? Only to abandon that plan just as arbitrarily, moving him from the rotation to the bullpen to the rotation as per announcements not by the manager or pitching coach or even the GM, but the managing partner/heir? To end up damaging himself anyhow, initially with rotator cuff problems that the team first declared to be temporary but later acknowledged had a lasting effect, and then to finally go under for the Tommy John surgery? Finally? Did I say finally? After the guy wrecked his ankle on a trampoline, in the Yankees real home town of Tampa, doing recreational trampoline activity during spring training — could you just imagine? And ultimately, the guy ends up not a prized asset at all, but just another journeyman pitcher trying to find himself? Did they even get compensation when the Tigers signed him away? To be ultimately left with a Yankee career measured in holds and painful lessons learned? Could you imagine?

Gwreck Aug 14 2015 05:19 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Don't forget the DWI.

MFS62 Aug 14 2015 08:26 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Gwreck wrote: Don't forget the DWI. Many people (including major leaguers) have been cited for a DWI. In my mind, it is one of those unforgiveable offenses. But it takes a special kind of idiot for a 250 pound professional athlete to injure himself on a trampoline. And from the time he first came to the majors, we knew Joba was kind of special. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2015 02:00 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Blue Jays salvage the final game so the net result is the Yanx going from 1/2 game down to 1/2 up. Seven more games in September between the two.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2015 09:15 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Yanx starter tonight Bryan Mitchell struck in the face by a liner back to the box. "Nasal fracture" is the early word. 7-7 vs Twins in the Bronx, bottom 10.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2015 09:23 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Yanx load bases with no outs in bottom 10: double, single, IW Twins using a 5-man infield vs Chase Headley. And the shift works as Headley grounds the ball right at an infielder ... but it gets booted and Minnesota loses its 97th straight vs the Yanx

TransMonk Aug 18 2015 07:54 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Per Rubin's blog: Adam Rubin wrote: ESPN has picked up the Sept. 20 Subway Series game between the Mets and Yankees and has moved it to Sunday Night Baseball. No big surprise, but this may be the first time that I actually get excited about a Mets/Yanks series during the regular season. They should both have something to play for in this late-season match up.

Ceetar Aug 20 2015 01:43 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

too good. [url]http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/20/new-york-yankees-brian-cashman-derek-jeter-tulowitzki?xid=DerekUsedSteroids “Who would you rather have playing shortstop this year than me?” Jeter asked Cashman. “Do you really want me to answer that?” Cashman replied. “Sometimes honesty hurts,” Cashman told SI. “But if you're being paid to do the job, do the job. You have to honor the job description; if not, you're a fraud or stealing money.

Frayed Knot Aug 20 2015 01:53 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I'm sure there are Yanqui fans that are going to get their panties in a twist over this "news" but Cashman is, of course, absolutely right and anyone who claims not to prefer a 25 y/o Tulowitski over a 36 y/o Jeter is either stupid or lying. And y'know, Jetes, when you opted for the guarantee of a 10-year contract you signed when you were 26, what age did you think you were going to be when it ended? Apparently he thought he was going to be an age when he was still the best option.

MFS62 Aug 21 2015 06:53 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm sure there are Yanqui fans that are going to get their panties in a twist over this "news" but Cashman is, of course, absolutely right and anyone who claims not to prefer a 25 y/o Tulowitski over a 36 y/o Jeter is either stupid or lying. And y'know, Jetes, when you opted for the guarantee of a 10-year contract you signed when you were 26, what age did you think you were going to be when it ended? Apparently he thought he was going to be an age when he was still the best option. He wasn't even the best option when he thought he was the best option. He had the best shortstop in baseball on his team. But Jeter made him played third base. Later

Nymr83 Aug 21 2015 09:02 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Did you guys know that Saint Jeter's -236 Defensive Runs Saved is the worst all time for any player in the entire history of baseball? just checking.

d'Kong76 Aug 22 2015 03:14 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Posada's number retired today. No, really!

Frayed Knot Aug 22 2015 03:29 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Fans will then have to wait all the way until tomorrow for Pettitte's ceremony. They probably felt they needed to schedule them for the same weekend after Jeter told them he wasn't going to fly in twice.

Edgy MD Aug 22 2015 05:12 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That's probably it. I mean, not just Jeter, but Yogi and Reggie and Oscar Gamble and whoever. But man, they couldn't schedule these a year apart?

MFS62 Aug 22 2015 06:11 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Nymr83 wrote: Did you guys know that Saint Jeter's -236 Defensive Runs Saved is the worst all time for any player in the entire history of baseball? just checking. I suspected, but didn't know that. I'm going to write that down, for use at the most appropriate moment when being harassed by the YLDB at work. It would have been higher, but he gave out gift baskets to the statisticians. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 22 2015 07:50 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Doesn't matter what the facts say, we all know that Jeter's stats were great except when they weren't at which point the argument shifts to Jeter's not about stats. Besides, he made all the defensive plays when they mattered anyway.

MFS62 Aug 22 2015 08:18 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: Besides, he made all the defensive plays when they mattered anyway. Get out the barf bucket, Martha. I think I'm gonna' hurl. Later

d'Kong76 Aug 23 2015 11:22 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Andy PEDtitte! *clap clap clapclapclap* "Roger said it was cool to heal fast, god bless everyone."

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2015 02:53 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Man, even when the Indians win they suck. They got 9 hits [u:39mlv2f2]plus 10 walks[/u:39mlv2f2] from the Yanx today and managed to score all of four runs and I was sure they were going to blow it in the end. But 4-3 win (that Francisco Lindor guy at SS killed the Yanx all weekend) and, with the Jays leading early out west, it could be another flip-flop of 1st & 2nd in the AL East (although the loser of that duel has a large lead in the WC race). Sabbath left in the 2nd with some sort of knee injury. Funny how often that happens to guys tipping it at 300+

MFS62 Aug 23 2015 03:14 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I looked at that Cleveland lineup and the only guy I remember seeing is Brantley. The only other guy I ever heard of was Lindor, who was a highly rated prospect. I used to be able to name at least 20 players on every major league 25 man roster. This is depressing. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 24 2015 08:00 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Astros got "Ollie'd" tonight. Scoreless game in the 9th, they bring in Ollie Perez to face a couple of lefty's: Walk, WP, IW, BB So they bring in a reliever to try and pull out a miracle but Beltran Sac Fly'd the Yanx to a win on the 2nd pitch.

G-Fafif Aug 24 2015 10:21 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Anemic MFYs barely eke out a run while the big, bad Mets simply pound opponents into dust.

Edgy MD Aug 25 2015 05:10 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That was not lost on me as I checked the scores last night.

Nymr83 Aug 26 2015 07:38 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

the Carlos Gomez non-trade is the gift that keeps on giving for Mets fans - as he homered against the Yankees last night for Houston... The Yankees bench said something to Carlos who then told them to SHUT UP!!, Girardi did it like this. and then here's Carlos in the Post Game with the double you-suck whammy.. "I don't care what Joe Girardi says. ... If [the Yankees] feel frustrated, that's not my problem. This is part of the game, part of the nature of competition, and those who don't know how to compete, can just go home and cry."

Gwreck Aug 26 2015 08:42 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The Yankee bench was trying to start something with Gomez earlier in the game when he popped out. Home run came in his next plate appearance.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 26 2015 01:58 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Nice 8-whiff outing from Collin McHugh today as the Astros lead the MFYs 6-2 in the 8th

Frayed Knot Aug 26 2015 10:01 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

The funny thing about the Yanx is that just as the Mets have morphed recently from a total pitching/pitiful hitting team to one more balanced lately, the Yanx are doing just about the opposite. Their very shaky pitching staff early in the year is improving [Eovaldi is finally starting to harness his 'stuff', call-up Severino is doing well, and Sabathia's injury may actually HELP the staff] but their bats are suddenly starting to show their age. Both Ellsbury & Gardner are slumping at the top of the order while ARod, who had an 850+ OPS for every month this year, suddenly is turning in a 525 in August and Teixeira's in a similar boat (plus he's playing hurt). It all adds up to their near league leading runs scored for the year being near the bottom of the pile for the last month now.

G-Fafif Aug 26 2015 11:02 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Mets: 70-56, 1st Place MFYs: 69-57, 2nd Place

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2015 04:39 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Teixera: Out for the year with a broken leg. They shoot horses for that often.

Edgy MD Sep 11 2015 05:06 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I saw a Teixeira shirt in the crowd (or "crowd") on TV last night. I had completely forgotten that he was a Brave. I had to check baseball-reference. So, who's on first? A-Rod or Bird?

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2015 07:40 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Edgy MD wrote: I saw a Teixeira shirt in the crowd (or "crowd") on TV last night. I had completely forgotten that he was a Brave. I had to check baseball-reference. So, who's on first? A-Rod or Bird? Bird. He's been doing a decent job so far and, besides, I think the team took away ARod's glove and hid it. oe: ARod has played 6 games in the field this season, starting just 3 (2 at 3B, 1 at 1B) for a total of 27-1/3 innings. 2 assists, 1 error

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2015 07:45 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Nearly nine hours, 19 innings played, 19 runs allowed, and one rain delay into their rescheduled double-header, there appear to be more people on the field at YSIII than in the stands at this point (and it's not like you can blame the fans on this one). 10-4 Toronto in the 8th Game 1 was 9-5 Jays in 11 innings.

Edgy MD Sep 12 2015 08:01 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Texas and Minnesota NOT cooperating.

TransMonk Sep 15 2015 02:52 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

So...I know I'm going to get blacked out of this Saturday's game against the Yanks (I HATE FOX!!!). That's no big deal, I'll listen to Howie. But, does anyone know what's happening with Friday night's game? This link says that SNY has the broadcast, but my TV listing (DirecTV) has boxing on SNY (but does show the post-game show afterwards). The game is on MLB Network, but I'm afraid I'll either get the alternate game there (Nats game) or the YES broadcast. MY Extra Innings menu shows Yankees @ Mets twice, but both are the YES broadcast. Is SNY showing Friday's game? If not, I guess I'll listen to Howie twice in 24 hours.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2015 08:43 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Blue Jays win tonight dropping the Yanx to 3.5 back. Yanx follow the series at CF with one in Toronto. Talk about six make or break games. After that it's 4 w/the ChiSox, 3 w/the BoSox, then finish with 3 @ Baltimore No more days off. Toronto hosts Balt (3), Yanx (3) and, after a day off, TB (3) before finishing up with a trip to Balt (4) and TB (3) Blue Jays magic number = 14. NHOP = .424

Fman99 Sep 18 2015 04:25 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

TransMonk wrote: So...I know I'm going to get blacked out of this Saturday's game against the Yanks (I HATE FOX!!!). That's no big deal, I'll listen to Howie. But, does anyone know what's happening with Friday night's game? This link says that SNY has the broadcast, but my TV listing (DirecTV) has boxing on SNY (but does show the post-game show afterwards). The game is on MLB Network, but I'm afraid I'll either get the alternate game there (Nats game) or the YES broadcast. MY Extra Innings menu shows Yankees @ Mets twice, but both are the YES broadcast. Is SNY showing Friday's game? If not, I guess I'll listen to Howie twice in 24 hours. SNY's next broadcast is Monday, so, you're either getting it on MLB Network, or MLB.tv if you have it, or the radio/intertubes.

d'Kong76 Sep 18 2015 05:37 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I don't know if this helps, but tonight's game is also on WPIXtv.

Frayed Knot Sep 18 2015 06:54 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Friday's game should be MLBN's own broadcast, meaning that they're not merely picking up one of the local feeds but are doing the production themselves. Usually this involves some combo of Costas, Kaat, or Smoltz, all of whom do a pretty good job IMO so if it winds up as a choice between them and YES it's a case of no lo contendre I know the 'Extra Innings' package usually carries the home team feed although there are exceptions and the MLBN game on Friday isn't an exclusive so the EI feed should still be available to all non-NYC area folks as well. That it's a PIX game rather than SNY could mean EI would pick up the YES feed instead but there sometimes seems to be little rhyme or reason to those decisions. And while I'm sure the midwest will get the Cards/Cubs feed on Saturday via FOX's network channel, again EI shouldn't be blacked out for the alternate FOX game so you'll be able to get the game even if you wind up deciding that you prefer the radio feed. And of course on Sunday everyone's watching the same broadcast no matter where you are.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 18 2015 07:12 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Gary Cohen and today's Daily News says that the Mets are on SNY tonight, but SNY's website says otherwise. Was it a late change? I plan to watch on TiVo-delay, so maybe I'll record on two channels, Extra Innings and MLBN. If I found out that Extra Innings is a YES telecast, then I can switch to the other.

Ceetar Sep 18 2015 07:34 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Gary Cohen and today's Daily News says that the Mets are on SNY tonight, but SNY's website says otherwise. Was it a late change? I plan to watch on TiVo-delay, so maybe I'll record on two channels, Extra Innings and MLBN. If I found out that Extra Innings is a YES telecast, then I can switch to the other. the schedule on mets.com says (said?) SNY. I just assumed. The Mets are never exclusively on MLBN though. it's either PIX or SNY.

MFS62 Sep 18 2015 07:40 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Too bad the MFYs weren't on last night, so we could have listened to the anguish in Suzyn's voice as she read the out of town scores. The Jays won 6-0, adding a 1/2 game to their AL East lead. Later

TransMonk Sep 18 2015 07:48 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Thanks for all the help guys. SNY did do a graphic on Wednesday that said the Friday game will be on WPIX. Unfortunately, Extra Innings does not always carry the WPIX games and this is one of those times. I will start by trying the MLB Network broadcast tonight. If it's the Mets game, I'll watch (unless they are carrying the YES feed, but I agree with FK that this one should be their own crew). If they are showing the Nats game (technically NYC is closer to me, though), I do have MLB.TV and will watch the game on the WPIX feed there (and hang out in the pool).

Frayed Knot Sep 18 2015 11:33 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Tonight's game on MLBN will be their own production with Costas & Smoltz on the mikes. Definitely go with G, K & R if you can get them, but you could do worse than that duo if you can't.

MFS62 Sep 18 2015 08:28 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Watching the post-game show on MSG. They are replaying and rehashing what the MFYs did wrong and spending little time showing highlights of the Mets. (They are showing Terry's post game, though) They were bemoaning the fact that because the game was in a NL park, they couldn't use a DH. Its baseball the way its supposed to be played, you morons. STFU. OOPS, Terry said Clip-art experienced some discomfort in the back, and that's why he wasn't used. Not good. Later

Edgy MD Sep 18 2015 08:30 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That was reported before the game.

MFS62 Sep 18 2015 08:46 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Edgy MD wrote: That was reported before the game. I just got home from work, which is why I join these discussions late almost every night. I don't get to see many of the night games, much less the pre-game stuff. Later

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2015 08:06 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Blue Jays wind up taking two of three in this series -- lead by 3.5

Ceetar Sep 24 2015 03:55 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Frayed Knot wrote: Blue Jays wind up taking two of three in this series -- lead by 3.5 so Yankees fans, get your Wild Card game tickets! what, not interested?

G-Fafif Oct 05 2015 12:00 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

C.C. Sabathia going in for alcohol addiction treatment, out of the postseason (which we hope will be a one-game affair anyway). Best to the person inside the enormous uniform.

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 05 2015 09:09 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

G-Fafif wrote: C.C. Sabathia going in for alcohol addiction treatment, out of the postseason (which we hope will be a one-game affair anyway). Best to the person inside the enormous uniform. Agreed. Wishing him well.

MFS62 Oct 07 2015 07:49 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

How great is schadenfreude? Boys and girls, if you see a sad MFY fan today, enjoy the heck out of it. Later

Lefty Specialist Oct 07 2015 08:23 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Heard someone on the radio this morning say that the Yankees had lost, so the baseball season in New York is over. Well, no.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 07 2015 08:32 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Was that snark? Or ignorance?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2015 10:15 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Off this morning, so in between dropping YoungerPooper off at kindergarten and my morning workout at the Y, I may have stopped at my local Modell's (the one with the MFYS "frieze" on the outside, which normally stocks only a token rack or so of Met gear) to ask several staff members whether the Yankee gear was on clearance yet*. *And pick up a kid-sized Cespedes shirsey.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2015 10:20 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Well at least the Yanx have numerous large contracts coming off their payroll heading into next season. Oh wait, hey have no large contracts coming off their payroll heading into next season! Only Stephen Drew & Chris Young at $5mil each, and Young they kind of need and might re-sign at a raise.

Fman99 Oct 07 2015 10:28 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Houston players celebrated in style on the mound at MFY Stadium III. I cannot confirm the rumor that they went out to Monument Park after this and took shits on Miller Huggins' tomb, or whatever's out there.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2015 10:34 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Champagne celebration of the coin flip playoff? And here I was telling my son last night that teams only have champagne celebrations for winning the division, pennant, and World Series.

Centerfield Oct 07 2015 11:11 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Did the Mets celebrate before going to Cincinnati in 1999? I don't think so.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 07 2015 11:17 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Before going to Cincinnati? I don't think so, because they hadn't won anything yet. The season still had a 163rd game to be played.

TransMonk Oct 07 2015 11:30 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Centerfield wrote: Did the Mets celebrate before going to Cincinnati in 1999? I don't think so. No, but that Cincy game was still part of the regular season and not part of the playoffs.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2015 11:51 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Having a wild celebration for winning the one-game WC seems like a bit of overkill just days (sometimes ONE day) after having a celebration for clinching that WC spot.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 07 2015 11:55 AM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

I agree that the champagne shower is a bit much for winning the one-game series. The same can be said for winning the Division Series, I guess. I think hugs, back slaps, and high fives should suffice. Save the champagne for winning actual titles: Division Championship, League Championship, and World Championship. But, you know, whatever. If they want to spray champagne, that's fine. It's not high on my list of gripes.

TransMonk Oct 07 2015 12:01 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

After 6 months of working towards a common goal (especially on a razor-thin margin in this case), I don't have a problem with a celebration for any sort for movement to the next level. Still, this should only be the first step, so celebrate accordingly. I'm not sure why the Astros had to move the party out to the Yanqui pitching mound.

Ceetar Oct 07 2015 12:13 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

TransMonk wrote: After 6 months of working towards a common goal (especially on a razor-thin margin in this case), I don't have a problem with a celebration for any sort for movement to the next level. Still, this should only be the first step, so celebrate accordingly. I'm not sure why the Astros had to move the party out to the Yanqui pitching mound. I loved the visit to the mound personally. It's true, even if it's only one game though, that it's worth celebrating. When you clinch the WC spot, you're celebrating that you made it over 10 other teams. When you win that game, you're celebrating that you made it to the NLDS and over 11 other teams. After you win that, it's 13 teams, then 14..

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 07 2015 01:35 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Lefty Specialist Oct 07 2015 06:11 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Fman99 Oct 07 2015 07:08 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I agree that the champagne shower is a bit much for winning the one-game series. The same can be said for winning the Division Series, I guess. I think hugs, back slaps, and high fives should suffice. Save the champagne for winning actual titles: Division Championship, League Championship, and World Championship. Even winning the division series, to me, doesn't merit champagne. It's as if the NFL teams sprayed each other every week of the playoffs. To me there are three times that a champagne shower is merited. 1. Clinch a playoff spot, 2. Win the pennant, 3. Win the WS. That's it. The rest is just gratuitous.

Ceetar Oct 07 2015 07:53 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Fman99 wrote: I agree that the champagne shower is a bit much for winning the one-game series. The same can be said for winning the Division Series, I guess. I think hugs, back slaps, and high fives should suffice. Save the champagne for winning actual titles: Division Championship, League Championship, and World Championship. Even winning the division series, to me, doesn't merit champagne. It's as if the NFL teams sprayed each other every week of the playoffs. To me there are three times that a champagne shower is merited. 1. Clinch a playoff spot, 2. Win the pennant, 3. Win the WS. That's it. The rest is just gratuitous. Dude, if they could the NFL would spray champagne after every sack. They certainly celebrate more.

Edgy MD Oct 07 2015 08:37 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

That's a first down, man! FIRST AND FUCKING TEN!!! Get over here, Dude!! I love you. YOU HEAR ME?!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Nymr83 Oct 07 2015 08:38 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

kicking the MFYs out of the playoffs deserves celebration. lots of it!

MFS62 Oct 07 2015 09:36 PM Re: I watch Yanqui games so you don't have to (MFYs 2015)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Was that snark? Or ignorance? I heard it, too. The guy is a YLDB, who was trying to piss off his co-host (I think he is an ex hockey player) who roots for the Mets. But the guy was so depressed, it sounded like he felt that not only the baseball season is over, but its also the end of the world. And I enjoyed every minute of his suffering during my drive to work. Later