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Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Nymr83 Mar 09 2016 03:44 AM

According to The Donald, he has the support of Paul O'Neil. please merge for posterity.

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2016 04:29 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Well y'know Paulie is "a warrior" (he must be cuz that seemed to be the official Yanqui description of him) so maybe Trump promised him a front row spot in the the only thing that passes as his foreign policy so far: bombing and an increased level of torture.

MFS62 Mar 09 2016 04:44 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

The terms "Yankee" and "Asshole" are kind of redundant. Can you please re-word your title to be more specific? (j/k) Anyhow, to carry on in the spirit of this thread, Derek Jeter's fiancé just showed off her engagement ring (he must have run out of gift baskets) while wearing a bikini on the cover of a magazine. (found the link, but it was to a lot of pictures.) Class all the way. Later

d'Kong76 Mar 09 2016 05:02 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

That Paul era of that Yankee run was the worst. But he battled. Nightly, daily, hourly...

MFS62 Mar 09 2016 05:04 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

d'Kong76 wrote: That Paul era of that Yankee run was the worst. But he battled. Nightly, daily, hourly... Roid rage. Later

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2016 05:58 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Nymr83 wrote: According to The Donald, he has the support of Paul O'Neil. please merge for posterity. Funny. I remember this Mets yearbook from the late '80s or early 90s. I'm 100% positive that Dave Magadan is in it and about 85% certain that Keith Hernandez was no longer a Met when that yearbook came out. Anyways, most of the Mets got a full page spread with a top to bottom color picture in that yearbook and a series of lightweight Playboy centerfold type questions to answer. Not as vapid as "What's your favorite color?", but not much meatier. Questions like what's your favorite movie ... what's your favorite food ... what's your favorite band or what kind of music do you listen to? Etc. You get the point. One of the questions that I think just about every Met got was along the lines of "Who's your favorite celebrity?" or "Who's the person you'd most wanna meet?" or some such variation on that theme. And almost every single Met that got that question ... just about every single Met ... answered --- Donald Trump.

seawolf17 Mar 09 2016 02:31 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I literally don't know how anyone is surprised by this. All my MFY fan friends are like NO NOT PAULIE THE HORROR. Are you a rich white guy? Then you're probably a Trump fan.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2016 02:32 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Indeed it was 1990, and those lightweight questions inspired this quiz. No Donald Trump content in that thread, unfortunately. But I would encourage any 1990ers working from home today to pull their yearbooks and count the DT references.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2016 02:44 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

A few years ago I was thumbing through a Mets yearbook and was surprised that the favorite TV show of many Mets was Duck Dynasty, a show I hadn't yet heard of at the time. (Maybe this should be split into the "Baseball Players are Uncultured Louts" thread.)

Vic Sage Mar 09 2016 03:02 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

seawolf17 wrote: I literally don't know how anyone is surprised by this. All my MFY fan friends are like NO NOT PAULIE THE HORROR. Are you a rich white guy? Then you're probably a Trump fan. no, if you're a rich white guy, you're probably a Republican. If you're a POOR white guy, you're a Trump fan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 31 2016 11:29 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

MFYs without suspended Chapman for the first month, may also be down Andrew Miller, who chipped a wrist bone in his non-pitching hand yesterday. bThe Lockdown Bullpen is a myth, people.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 06 2016 01:23 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

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Centerfield Apr 06 2016 01:39 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I just watched it last night. It's awesome. The Yankees. They are the Republicans of baseball. I love John Oliver as it is, but I think I have not stopped grinning since I saw that segment. Fucking brilliant.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 06 2016 05:12 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

[fimg=666:79a9hsva]https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2016-04-05/AP/Astros_Yankees_Baseball-8190b.jpg&w=800[/fimg:79a9hsva] They coulda done a lot better than NInja Turtles. I wish they came in rags and tatters and dived into a cesspool before the game so that they'd be odorifically repellent and nausea inducing. It woulda been great to see all those neighboring asshole Yankee fans vomiting into their own laps. John Oliver shoulda gotten some of those homeless persons a coupla those tickets. The homeless persons that are in the subways and you know they're there before you even get in the subway car because it's rush hour and the car should be packed full of people but instead it's totally empty and only a rube would think that he stumbled onto empty seats worth sitting in.

Centerfield Apr 06 2016 06:06 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Here is the Lonn Trost quote in all of it's assholiness: “The problem below market at a certain point is that if you buy a ticket in a very premium location and pay a substantial amount of money. It’s not that we don’t want that fan to sell it, but that fan is sitting there having paid a substantial amount of money for a ticket and [another] fan picks it up for a buck-and-a-half and sits there, and it’s frustrating to the purchaser of the full amount.” “And quite frankly,” he said, “the fan may be someone who has never sat in a premium location. So that’s a frustration to our existing fan base.” And here you can see that frustrated fan base and how they turned out for OPENING DAY.

Ashie62 Apr 06 2016 06:14 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

What a crowd.

Ceetar Apr 06 2016 06:24 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

It was a chilly Tuesday makeup game, but yeah, that's pretty bad. Can't wait to see what fans Oliver picked for today and tomorrow.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 06 2016 10:15 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Centerfield wrote: The Yankees. They are the Republicans of baseball. I disagree. The Yankees are an Evil Empire onto themselves. No reason to insult Republicans.

Zvon Apr 06 2016 11:07 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

According to The Donald, he has the support of Paul O'Neil. please merge for posterity. Funny. I remember this Mets yearbook from the late '80s or early 90s. I'm 100% positive that Dave Magadan is in it and about 85% certain that Keith Hernandez was no longer a Met when that yearbook came out. Anyways, most of the Mets got a full page spread with a top to bottom color picture in that yearbook and a series of lightweight Playboy centerfold type questions to answer. Not as vapid as "What's your favorite color?", but not much meatier. Questions like what's your favorite movie ... what's your favorite food ... what's your favorite band or what kind of music do you listen to? Etc. You get the point. One of the questions that I think just about every Met got was along the lines of "Who's your favorite celebrity?" or "Who's the person you'd most wanna meet?" or some such variation on that theme. And almost every single Met that got that question ... just about every single Met ... answered --- Donald Trump. If it is the 1990 yearbook Keith was gone and Magadan was not. Magadans favorite movie was Casablanca, his favorite musician, Elton John. It's true that not every Met got the question regarding "non-sportsman idol" (Magadan wasn't asked). There were questions like "favorite New York restaurant", "favorite New York Attraction", "favorite musician/movie", and "offseason activity". Two Mets answered Donald Trump for "non-sportsman idol". Wally Whitehurst and Phil Lombardi. So not everyone (I'll spare you how many were asked the question), but that's still notable. I could see it leaving an impression. Macky Sasser liked Nixon. Coney, Jackie Gleason. Doc, his mom :).

MFS62 Apr 06 2016 11:47 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Centerfield wrote: The Yankees. They are the Republicans of baseball. I disagree. The Yankees are an Evil Empire onto themselves. No reason to insult Republicans. I remember when it was said "rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for US Steel". And they weren't talking about the Democrat Union members loading coal into the furnaces. Later

TransMonk Apr 07 2016 01:40 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 07 2016 02:15 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I was watching parts of this game, at least until the MFYs made a different kind of joke about it, but didn't see them. I believe they were strategically cropped out of the center field camera's view on Al-Yankazeera.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2016 07:50 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

TransMonk wrote: I'm giving this stunt an "A" for idea, thought, concept etc. and a "C" for execution. This turned out to be real lame-o as far as I'm concerned. Oh, the lost possibilities.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 07 2016 08:04 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

According to The Donald, he has the support of Paul O'Neil. please merge for posterity. Funny. I remember this Mets yearbook from the late '80s or early 90s. I'm 100% positive that Dave Magadan is in it and about 85% certain that Keith Hernandez was no longer a Met when that yearbook came out. Anyways, most of the Mets got a full page spread with a top to bottom color picture in that yearbook and a series of lightweight Playboy centerfold type questions to answer. Not as vapid as "What's your favorite color?", but not much meatier. Questions like what's your favorite movie ... what's your favorite food ... what's your favorite band or what kind of music do you listen to? Etc. You get the point. One of the questions that I think just about every Met got was along the lines of "Who's your favorite celebrity?" or "Who's the person you'd most wanna meet?" or some such variation on that theme. And almost every single Met that got that question ... just about every single Met ... answered --- Donald Trump. If it is the 1990 yearbook Keith was gone and Magadan was not. Magadans favorite movie was Casablanca, his favorite musician, Elton John. It's true that not every Met got the question regarding "non-sportsman idol" (Magadan wasn't asked). There were questions like "favorite New York restaurant", "favorite New York Attraction", "favorite musician/movie", and "offseason activity". Two Mets answered Donald Trump for "non-sportsman idol". Wally Whitehurst and Phil Lombardi. So not everyone (I'll spare you how many were asked the question), but that's still notable. I could see it leaving an impression. Macky Sasser liked Nixon. Coney, Jackie Gleason. Doc, his mom :). Getouutttahere. I must be getting Alzheimer's. I was sure a heckuvvalotta Mets picked Trump. Maybe the Mets ran a similar questionnaire in another season/yearbook?

Zvon Apr 07 2016 10:13 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

According to The Donald, he has the support of Paul O'Neil. please merge for posterity. Funny. I remember this Mets yearbook from the late '80s or early 90s. I'm 100% positive that Dave Magadan is in it and about 85% certain that Keith Hernandez was no longer a Met when that yearbook came out. Anyways, most of the Mets got a full page spread with a top to bottom color picture in that yearbook and a series of lightweight Playboy centerfold type questions to answer. Not as vapid as "What's your favorite color?", but not much meatier. Questions like what's your favorite movie ... what's your favorite food ... what's your favorite band or what kind of music do you listen to? Etc. You get the point. One of the questions that I think just about every Met got was along the lines of "Who's your favorite celebrity?" or "Who's the person you'd most wanna meet?" or some such variation on that theme. And almost every single Met that got that question ... just about every single Met ... answered --- Donald Trump. If it is the 1990 yearbook Keith was gone and Magadan was not. Magadans favorite movie was Casablanca, his favorite musician, Elton John. It's true that not every Met got the question regarding "non-sportsman idol" (Magadan wasn't asked). There were questions like "favorite New York restaurant", "favorite New York Attraction", "favorite musician/movie", and "offseason activity". Two Mets answered Donald Trump for "non-sportsman idol". Wally Whitehurst and Phil Lombardi. So not everyone (I'll spare you how many were asked the question), but that's still notable. I could see it leaving an impression. Macky Sasser liked Nixon. Coney, Jackie Gleason. Doc, his mom :). Getouutttahere. I must be getting Alzheimer's. I was sure a heckuvvalotta Mets picked Trump. Maybe the Mets ran a similar questionnaire in another season/yearbook? I believe they did (maybe in more than 2 yearbooks) over the years. Mostly in those 90's YBs IIRC. I'll have to go through them. Keith Miller's favorite musician was Harry Chapin. Niiiice.

Edgy MD Apr 08 2016 03:02 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Here we go. Met Favorite Movie Favorite New York Tourist Attraction Favorite New York Restaurant Non-Sportsperson Idol Favorite Musician Off-Season Activity Blaine Beatty Field of Dreams The Quilted Giraffe Randy Travis Hunting in South Texas Mark Carreon Field of Dreams Rusty's Madonna Taking up Golf David Cone The Black Swan Zarela Jackie Cleason Jim Morrison Ron Darling 12 Angry Men Carousel Ride in Central Park La Petite Ferme Natalie Merchant & 10,000 Maniacs Hockey Games Kevin Elster Too Many to List Just One The Palm Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson Visiting Las Vegas Sid Fernandez WWF Wrestling in Madison Square Garden Tom Selleck Eddie Van Halen Surfing, Diving John Franco The Godfather All of New York Mother-in-Law Elton John Dwight Gooden No Way Out Peter Luger Seak House My Mother, Ella Patti Labelle, Freddie Jackson Keith Hughes Little Italy Il Cortile Michael Card Skiing in the Poconos Jeff Innis Amadeus Metropolitan Museum of Art The Sporting Club The Cars Gregg Jefferies The Hustler The Late Night with David Letterman Show Peter Luger Steak House Elvis Presley Howard Johnson The Outlaw Josie Wales South Street Seaport Earth, Wind, & Fire Offshore Fishing Phil Lombardi Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Quilted Giraffe Donald Trump Phil Collins Barry Lyons Sea of Love My college coach, Dave Boo Ferriss Glenn Frey Golfing Julio Machado Scarface Rincon Criollo Sylvester Stallone All Salsa Music Dave Magadan Casablanca Central Park Lusardi's Elton John Mike Marshall The Godfather Walking on Fifth Avenue Carnegie Deli David Letterman Kevin McReynolds Caddyshack Benihana Hank Williams, Jr. Hunting in My Duck Club in Arkansas Orlando Mercado Rocky Coney Island Paula Abdul Spending Time with Family in Puerto Rico Keith Miller All of Manhattan The Pines Harry Chapin Hunting Jeff Musselman An Officer and a Gentleman Museum of Modern Art Ruth's Chris Steak House The Commodores Tom O'Malley Musicals on Broadway Rusty's Bruce Springsteen Fishing in Arizona Bob Ojeda Born on the Fourth of July Subway Imperbole Boxcar Willie Rock Climbing in California Alejandro Peña Nino's Café My Wife, Tellie Lionel Richie Golf Mackey Sasser Empire State Building Richard Nixon Whitney Houston Hunting and Fishing Darryl Strawberry Harlem Nights Peter Luger Steak House Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul Tim Teufel One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest Anywhere in Little Italy Neil Diamond Hockey Games Lou Thornton Raiders of the Lost Ark Daniel's My father, Lou Thornton, Sr. The Jackson 5 Frank Viola Hoosiers Jones Beach Borelli's Chicago Wally Whitehurst Rain Man Donald Trump The Temptations Golfing

Zvon Apr 08 2016 03:30 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

That's excellent. Very kool. That's for the 1990 yearbook. Where are the others? Ha! Kidding. I didn't even look thru them yet. But they did do it other years.

Frayed Knot Apr 21 2016 02:06 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I was watching parts of this game, at least until the MFYs made a different kind of joke about it, but didn't see [the costumed folks in the front-row seats]. I believe they were strategically cropped out of the center field camera's view on Al-Yankazeera. Kind of like Don Zimmer was for a while as per Steinbrenner's orders. So what better to talk about on an off-day following a shitty four-hour-long loss but Your Last Place New York Yankees!! Sure it's too early for panic time (at least now that George is gone) and that they're merely 5-8 and just 4 games in back of 1st place Baltimore and 1/2 behind 4th place Tampa. The bigger problem is that they started 4-2 but have lost 6 of 7 since and things don't sound happy in yanqui-land right now. Ellsbury isn't hitting, ARod isn't hitting, Teixeira isn't hitting, and Headley isn't hitting; all the guys, except Teixeira, who are signed beyond this season at big buxx. Brett Gardner is hitting but to play him they'd have to sit Ellsbury because they already have six DH's. And while their new, young middle infield duo of Gregarious & Castro are doing OK, the high up-side former 1st round picks they brought in hoping to catching lightning (Dustin Ackley & Aaron Hicks) have a combined 1 single in 27 ABs. And then there's the pitching. Outside of Tanaka, the starters are all putting up ERAs well north of 5.00 while averaging barely over 5 innings/start. So while their vaunted back of the bullpen is dominating: Bettances & Miller have combined to allow no runs on 7 hits over 13 innings and struck-out 30 of the 49 hitters they've faced (with Chapman due back at the end of the month) the soft underbelly of the pen hasn't been able to get those guys leads which is, of course, the problem with building the pen at the expense of the rotation; you can't guarantee that your best guys will be put into meaningful situations.

Edgy MD Apr 21 2016 02:26 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I looove the fact that the featured showroom item with this team is a four-headed lockdown bullpen. As if shutting down the other team over the late innings two days in five is the goal of the game. Hey, Yankees, you're starting with the endgame. A dramatically good closing unit is a luxury for a good team. Know who had a really good bullpen? The 1983 Mets had a really good bullpen.

Centerfield Apr 21 2016 02:36 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I think it's a great way to build a team. Me, I don't have my dream car yet, but I have this dope set of rims and some shiny naked lady decals.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 22 2016 02:32 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Oakland completes a MFY Stadium sweep. Lost 7 of last 8.

Lefty Specialist Apr 22 2016 02:10 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

So what happens if the Yankees are bad this year? Like, out of it at the All-Star break bad? Do Hal and Hank explode? Trade for a quick fix? Shrug their shoulders and do nothing? You know what George would have done, but there hasn't been a truly bad Yanx team since he spit the mortal bit. It'll be interesting to see.

Frayed Knot May 02 2016 03:26 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

SWEPT in Fenway!!!! 8-15

Nymr83 May 02 2016 04:07 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

beautiful.

Ashie62 May 02 2016 12:30 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Without Jeter and them not winning I am willing to let them suffer in silence, likely for a long time. Think 1965-1969.

Frayed Knot May 02 2016 01:00 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

The Yanx will NEVER suffer in silence as long as I'm around. I'm STILL pissed off at those Mets fans who decided that the mid-90s Yanx were an OK team to root for; because they took George's relative silence as a sign of a reformed man (he was still an asshole, just one who was under suspension), or because the team had been down for long enough (no such thing), or out of a misplaced allegiance to Doc & Darryl. The two-run bomb off of Bettances's first pitch was the best part of Sunday's game. That, btw, was his 3rd straight outing with a HR allowed.

MFS62 May 02 2016 01:41 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: The Yanx will NEVER suffer in silence as long as I'm around. This. And a hearty AMEN! And any verbal shot at Jeter is a good one, too. Later

Edgy MD May 02 2016 04:08 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

That .423 OPS from Chase Headley makes my eyes hurt. And Didi Gregorius. Though remembering that it was some kind of tragedy when the Yankees got him instead of the Mets gives me great joy.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2016 10:38 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

6 in a row now. New No. 3 hitter Arod going in for a hammy MRI.

MFS62 May 04 2016 01:41 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 6 in a row now. New No. 3 hitter Arod going in for a hammy MRI. Too bad. I don't want them to have any excuses. I want them to lose with a healthy A-Rod in the lineup. Later

Centerfield May 04 2016 01:56 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

This is cool. But I think I'd rather have them hover around .500 and make a strong play for the second wild card slot. So that they can trade away their farm system for Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval at the trade deadline.

Frayed Knot May 04 2016 04:24 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Six game losing streaks early in the year tend to skew projections -- right now it puts them on pace to lose 108 games -- so you wouldn't figure they're going to be this bad through the entire season. But it's going to be interesting to see how they react if mid-season comes without them appearing to be even close to a race. The most 'dump-able' guys they've got are Teixeira & Beltran on account of them being only signed thru this season. Both could be useful for a team looking for help down the stretch although the Yanx would probably have to eat a bunch of the remaining money (Teix = $22.5 for the year, Beltan = $15) and, despite their rep for big spending, eating money is NOT something the Yanx do very often. Nor, unlike Beltran of four years ago, is dealing either of these guys going to land them this year's version of Zack Wheeler. Nathan Eovaldi & Aroldis Chapman are also only signed for 2016. With three closers being a luxury for even a good team, Chapman could be dangled in front of a contender (how funny is it to be talking about flipping Chapman before he even throws a pitch for them?!) and, although they're certainly intrigued by Eovaldi's talent, you wonder how long they'll wait for him to harness it particularly since they'd have to bid on him like everyone else come next off-season. And then there's C.C. who has a vesting option for next year which kicks in as long as he makes enough appearances this season without his shoulder falling off. But, even absent that obligation, he wouldn't be attractive in a deal anyway without somehow shaving off about 8 years and 60 pounds. But then they're still 'stuck' (for better or for worse) with: ARod - thru 2017 Ellsbury - 2020 + option Tanaka - 2020 McCann - 2018 + option Gardner - 2018 + option Headley (whose next XBH this year will be his first) thru 2018 Miller - 2018 Castro - 2019 so there's only so much restructuring they can do.

Mets Willets Point May 04 2016 04:30 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

MFS62 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 6 in a row now. New No. 3 hitter Arod going in for a hammy MRI. Too bad. I don't want them to have any excuses. I want them to lose with a healthy A-Rod in the lineup. Later I want to see them lose with A-Rod having an MVP-caliber season in the lineup.

Lefty Specialist May 04 2016 08:35 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I don't care how they lose, as long as they do.

Frayed Knot May 05 2016 01:27 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

A-Rod officially to the DL. In trying not to put the destruction of the Yanquis’ cart in front of the horse while enumerating our pre-hatched barnyard fowl ahead of time (or some such analogy), I went checking for other MFY slow starts over this 23-year span of no losing seasons to find if there was any spot even semi-comparable to where they are now (8-16 - though threatening to make it 9-16). Nothing quite this bad, but a couple that were sorta close. 2004: 8-11 in a season where they’d go on to win 101 games and the division meaning they went 93-50 afterward 2005: 11-19, went on to win 95 games (so 84-48 from that point on) and the division 2007: 8-13 (worst start by pct until this year), went on to win 94 games (86-55) and the WC 2008: 20-25, this was the first missed playoff year since ’93 with 89 wins (69-48) 2009: 13-15, won 103 games (90-44) and the WS Now it's easy to say that, yeah, but those were better teams than this one is and there's no way this sub-.500 crew is going to play .600+ ball from here on out like all those other squads did. Sure, but of course such things are only known to be true in hindsight.

MFS62 May 05 2016 03:17 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

They won tonight. They're still assholes. Later

Frayed Knot May 06 2016 08:23 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

See-See Cabathia, coming off his best start of the year with 7 scoreless vs Baltimore on Wednesday, lands on the DL with a groin strain. One time Yank, but started the year with Lancaster in the independent Atlantic League, Phil Coke called up to replace.

Frayed Knot May 14 2016 02:00 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Clipped from the Rox KTE thread: I'm trying to think what Reyes' ultimate destination will be. With 3-5 lousy infielders, New York pedigree, and a demonstrated tolerance for domestic abusers on the mend, the Yankees are always a potential landing spot, but I can't see them dealing for him even paying nickels on the dollar. Perhaps Colorado just releases him and the Yankees sign him on the cheap. Yeah, in the old days, snapping up Reyes would have been a move George would be all over. These days I'm not so sure. On the other hand, Didi Gregorious and his .241 OBA so far this season isn't quite the player the Yanx thought they had coming off his solid second half of 2015 so maybe they think he needs a platoon partner. Right now their only backup at SS is a 23 y/o Venezuelan waiver pick-up off the Dodger roster who oddly sounds like he's the baby Reyes had via his long-ago illicit affair with Joe Torre: Ronald Torreyes. Maybe that's what Jose and his wife were fighting about. And then there's the money. Owed about 2/3 of the $22 million for the remainder of this season, plus the full $22 for next year, plus a $4 mil buyout to keep from having to pay the same again in 2018. That's over $40 million at minimum and Colorado might have to eat at least $35 of that just to get someone to take him. In other MFY news: RHP Luis Severino walked off the mound in the 3rd inning last night and straight onto the DL with what is being described as "tricep soreness". Not that he was pitching well anyway [0-6, 7.46] but he, like Gregorious, was another guy coming off a promising 2015. But now, with the also not pitching well Ivan Nova was already bumped into the rotation to replace the also DL'd and also not pitching well CC Sabathia, this just spreads the already thin starting talent a little thinner.

MFS62 May 16 2016 02:00 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

This is disgraceful: http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/how-yankee ... al-anthem/ Later

Ceetar May 16 2016 02:59 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

MFS62 wrote: This is disgraceful: http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/how-yankee ... al-anthem/ Later oh, Mushnick, I see he's as angry, wrong and rant-y as ever. He missed an easy segue too. After talking about Rosenberg (who it sounds like is a voice of reason on the Michael Kay show?) he went over to the Mets, but surely he could've worked in Rosenberg's wife Alexa Datt in to make the transition?

Edgy MD May 16 2016 03:38 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Not that he's wrong but... Phil Mushy wrote: At a time when we’re debating which bathroom stall men, women and those somewhere in-between can use as a matter of liberty and law, could there be a greater monetized perversion of right from wrong? Give me about one second to answer that one, Phil.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2016 03:53 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Whatevs on the Yanks. Fred would sell anything if there was some $$ to be made on it.

Ceetar May 16 2016 03:54 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Whatevs on the Yanks. Fred would sell anything if there was some $$ to be made on it. And I'd be fine with it if it got the team a few extra dollars to worry about payroll that much less. The Yanks are experts at selling and marketing nothing. multiple starting lineup sponsorships, a billion 'official sponsors' products, etc. Maybe with the Mets recent success/demand they'll start doing it too.

batmagadanleadoff May 16 2016 06:27 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I couldn't give a flying fuck about this one. Personally, I'm sick to death about the Anthem and wouldn't miss a beat if they never played it again before sporting events. It's a waste of time, AFAIC, and for my money, Dwayne Wade could take all the practice shots he wants during the playing of. Same goes for those super duper douchy fans who appoint themselves as hat police, butting into business that isn't any of theirs. Oh, my, he's wearing a hat while they're playing the anthem. Now the whole world's gonna come to an end. I never heard of something so stupid.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 16 2016 06:44 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I like the anthem, and I like "God Bless America," too. I've never encountered the hat police, but I guess I haven't been looking, either. I'd be curious how much the Yanks are getting for such "sponsorship." The key here is not that a team would do such a thing, but that the Yankees, which treat themselves as if every blade of grass on the Yankee Stadium field is sacred -- and how dare you imply otherwise! Ruth! Jeter! DiMaggio! -- would do it. A team gets all high and might about its jerseys -- we don't profane our jerseys with a Majestic logo -- but sells the National Anthem is guilty of mixed messaging.

Edgy MD May 16 2016 06:51 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

It's not just the jerseys and grass they get high and mighty about. But (especially when Big Geo was calling the shots) they have a long and storied track record of enforced patriotism. So the paradox is more explicit.

Frayed Knot May 16 2016 07:03 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread? Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 16 2016 07:05 PM

Also, this is just one of Mushnick's 'themes'. I like Phil but he has about a dozen pet peeves and just pounds the hell out of them over and over again. This particular thorn in his paw is that the MFY broadcasts, both radio & TV, are sponsored to within an inch of their lives to the point where the game almost seems like a secondary concern. I mean Suzyn Waldman gets cited for being the first full-time female team broadcaster but credit for that should almost go to the next woman because, with Sterling handling ALL of the play-by-play, it falls to her to read all the ads during each inning [first pitch, 15th pitch, coming to you from the 'Your Name Here' booth; 'and that HBP is brought to you by Bronx Medical', etc.] until there's almost no time for her to actually talk baseball. So anyway, I don't think Mushnick is making the case that this is sacrilege so much as he's just pointing out yet another product connected aspect to the game that would have seemed like satire had it been proposed only a few years back.

batmagadanleadoff May 16 2016 07:03 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I like Sunshine of Your Love and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Doesn't mean I'd wanna hafta hear them played, mandatorily, at the start of every baseball game while I'm required to stand up. And then on top of that, it won't be Cream or the Beatles but someone like Mariah Carey doing the performance.

bmfc1 May 16 2016 07:15 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" before every game is brilliant! We can leave it up to the artist as to whether they do the "White Album" version or the "Anthology" version but either way, it would be exciting.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 16 2016 07:56 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I like Sunshine of Your Love and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Doesn't mean I'd wanna hafta hear them played, mandatorily, at the start of every baseball game while I'm required to stand up. And then on top of that, it won't be Cream or the Beatles but someone like Mariah Carey doing the performance. Personally, I prefer "America, the Beautiful" to the Francis Scott Key anthem, but I get that the tradition is to honor the country prior to a sporting event. I like it, but that's just me. I do object to my broadcast being constantly interrupted by ads slipped in beyond the actual ads. But I also like signing Yeonis Cespedes, so I get why they do it. The Yankees get no such slack.

Frayed Knot May 26 2016 07:07 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Yanx (22-23) lost Wednesday night to Toronto after a six-game winning streak (you suck Oakland!) had brought them back to .500 for the first time this season since being 4-4. They're still fighting it out for the AL East cellar with the Jays & Rays and this streak hasn't brought them any closer to the 1st place Sox seeing as how they're scoring just shy of 8 R/G lately (118 RS over last 15) and are as hot any anyone right now. Now ARod gets activated off the DL today and I bet they can't wait for his .194 BA to start clogging up the works again. This also pushes Beltran back to RF as he had been thriving (leads the team in HRs) while doing most of the recent DH-ing. Not that RF replacements/reclamation projects Aaron Hicks & Dustin Ackley have hit but it did give the team more speed, defense, and athleticism out there in Mr. Rod's absence.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2016 07:12 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Ceetar wrote: This is disgraceful: http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/how-yankee ... al-anthem/ Later oh, Mushnick, I see he's as angry, wrong and rant-y as ever. He missed an easy segue too. After talking about Rosenberg (who it sounds like is a voice of reason on the Michael Kay show?) he went over to the Mets, but surely he could've worked in Rosenberg's wife Alexa Datt in to make the transition? Oh btw, the Mets radio has the very same deal Mushnik describes with Mutual of America (shoulda read the link I guess). Howie announces the singer, saying "tonight's tribute to America was brought to you by Mutual of America..."

bmfc1 Jun 07 2016 04:37 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Enjoy: http://www.hardballtimes.com/damning-the-yankees/

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 07 2016 04:48 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I don't know about these MFY fans commenting on the Mets, particularly this "3 things they must do to win New York" bullshit. I do agree with the part about the MFYs being an unappealing enterprise that's almost impossible to root for and looks bad compared to the Mets, but that's pretty obvious!

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 07 2016 05:14 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Wow! Their ballpark is as unappealing as their play. The New Yankee Stadium is a corporatist knock-off of the House That Ruth Built – a sterile, supremely overpriced bandbox where stiffs in suits eat sushi in $1,200 seats. The home field of the most famous team in sports history has gone from hallowed ground to variety show laughingstock.

Ashie62 Jun 12 2016 07:05 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Ike Davis is now an MFY.

Fman99 Jun 13 2016 01:57 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I've been watching them lose at home on TV this weekend, because, of course, FIOS fucks me out of every WPIX Mets game. And watching them get knocked around is just a hoot.

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2016 03:18 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Ashie62 wrote: Ike Davis is now an MFY. First Teixeira got hurt - and then got hurt again - and was hitting .180 anyway. Greg Bird was supposed to be his replacement but got hurt before the season ever started and will miss the year. Last week, right after we grabbed Loney, they Yanx signed Chris Parmalee in keeping with their recent trend of collecting failed former 1st round picks [Ackley, Hicks, Parmalee] and hoping to strike lightning with at least one of them (not so far) but 8 ABs (and 2 HRs) into his Yanqui career Parmalee went down. So it was really only a matter of time before they got around to Ike. If he fails to work out stay by your phones ... you could be next.

MFS62 Jun 13 2016 01:57 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: If he fails to work out stay by your phones ... you could be next. I have caller ID. I wouldn't answer. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2016 11:48 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

LOLYankees. * With a 6-4 lead and the inpentretrable bullpen due in, Miller gives up a 900-foot home run to cut it to 6-5 in the 8th. * In the bottom 9th, in pouring rain, Chapman walks a guy then a 3-hour rain delay, then Kirby Yates comes in a 2:30 am: --K --HBP --HBP --2 run single --HBP --flyout --2-run single Rangers hold on and win 9-6. * Girardi cries about rain-delay call, thinks umps should have had the sense to call the game while the MFYs were still winning. * Arod benched. * Randy Levine berates media for asking whether the MFYs, who've struggled at or below .500 all year, will be sellers. Randy Levine wrote: “When we decide to become sellers, if we decide to become sellers or if we decide to become buyers, you’ll know. The difference is that most of you guys have never run anything and we have a lot of history here of knowing what we’re doing."

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 12:35 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: * Girardi cries about rain-delay call, thinks umps should have had the sense to call the game while the MFYs were still winning. Girardi, apparently worried about Chapman pitching in the slop, helped talk the umps into that top of 9th delay figuring that maybe he'd get the 'W' without actually having to play the rest of the game. But the delay wound up costing them the use of Chapman which in turn started the whole hit/HBP-athon. The Yanx have been hanging around .500 for a while now, but this four game series with Texas represents the first tough team they've faced in two weeks following a string of Colorado - Minnesota - Colorado - Minnesota where they finished 6-6 total - which, considering they lose to the Twins once every third solar eclipse, isn't all that encouraging for the pinstripe fans. The Rangers had been flying (19-6 in June) but had to DL starters Colby Lewis and Derek Holland last week alone on top of Yu Darvish who was DL'd two weeks ago. So, aside from Cole Hamels tonight, the Yanx get to face three guys with 9 starts this year combined including last night's season debut of Chi Chi Gonzalez who I think was a pro golfer in the 1960s. Nice to see him back earning a living.

MFS62 Jun 28 2016 01:04 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: So, aside from Cole Hamels tonight, the Yanx get to face three guys with 9 starts this year combined including last night's season debut of Chi Chi Gonzalez who I think was a pro golfer in the 1960s. Nice to see him back earning a living. When I saw the name I thought of this guy: http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... ch01.shtml IIRC the golfer was Chi Chi Rodriguez. Later

Ceetar Jun 28 2016 02:33 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

in other news, Yankees ink deal with Stubhub and do away with any semblance of paper (print at home) tickets it seems like. mobile only.

Ceetar Jul 06 2016 08:32 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Trespassing! [fimg=600:3iyr3amf]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2700487.1467769356!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/jeter.jpg[/fimg:3iyr3amf]

Frayed Knot Jul 15 2016 12:48 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

As the second half of the seasons starts and the Yanx hanging around .500 for most of this year, their business side and their operations side are apparently at odds over whether to fish or cut bait. Wally Matthews reports that Brian Cashman wants to deal off some of their high-priced aging talent -- maybe McCann, Ellsbury, Miller -- but the Steinbrenners and all-around asshole Randy Levine want to hang on to the idea that they remain contenders. Meanwhile, the Sox are have already nailed down their third major deal of the month.

MFS62 Jul 15 2016 11:51 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Nothing about Jeter's wedding? C'mon CPF-ers, its like hunting season. I'll start - I wonder if she gave him back his gift basket as a dowry. Later

Lefty Specialist Jul 16 2016 02:48 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Wonder when he explained to her that not all 'beards' are grown on the chin.

Frayed Knot Jul 18 2016 08:03 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

After losing 2 of 3 to the BoSox to start off the second half to revert back to their most common record of this season: one game under .500, things don't get any easier for the Yanx in the near future - four games at home starting tonight against the 1st place Orioles - they then get a visit from the 1st place SF Giants - and then they travel to now-hot Houston for three. After starting the year 7-17, the 'stros have gone 43-25 and looked more like last year's playoff quality team; they'd probably also be a 1st place team if they could only beat Texas once in a while (1-9) After that the Skanks go to Tampa but they'll also hit the trading deadline during that series so how these next three series go will go a long way towards determining how they play it at the deadline which will in turn dictate what kind of team we'll face in the Subway Series as that four-game tilt starts on August 1st after their games in Tampa. iow, they've got an interesting ten days ahead of them which may force them into the type of decision they haven't had to make in a very long time.

Centerfield Jul 18 2016 08:43 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Hopefully they'll go on enough of a run to be aggressive buyers... ...then subsequently tank. But not enough to get a protected draft pick.

MFS62 Jul 19 2016 01:06 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Some CAH* named Moore was doing the fill-in for the mid-day show on WFAN. He was speculating that the Yanks could trade two of their relievers (one of them Chapman)- one each to the Cubs and the Nats for needed talent, then re-sign Chapman as a free agent at the end of the year. So, they could screw the Mets twice. I threw up a little in my mouth, knowing that those moves are entirely possible. Later * CAH = Cretinous Ass Hole - one step on the evolutionary scale below YLDB. Other examples are Mark Malousis and everyone on ESPN radio.

Edgy MD Jul 19 2016 01:19 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I'm not particularly afraid of the Nats adding a relief pitcher, or of the Yankees resigning any that they may trade to the Nats, which would only prove the Yankees didn't learn anything this season.

Centerfield Jul 19 2016 01:36 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Let the Cubs and Nats load up. It will be that much more epic when the Mets take them down. And let them trade away their young talent. Next few years will be that much easier.

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2016 01:33 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Hopefully they'll go on enough of a run to be aggressive buyers... So far it looks as though CF is getting his Yanquis wish as the 2 of 3 they lost to the Sox looks like the outlier right now. Since then they beat Baltimore 3 of 4 and got past the Giants last night* with Bumgarner on the mound. Combine that with the 3 of 4 they won from Cleveland just prior to the ASB and that's now a 8-4 streak against 1st place (or 1st-place-ish) teams over the last two weeks where a bad stretch would have absolutely buried them. I still can't find a spot in my brain that allows me to even temporarily root for them but -- at 2 games over .500, 6.5 out in the East, 4.5 in back of the 2nd WC slot -- this recent string shirley puts a damper on those within the org who may have been in 'Full Dump' mode. * Giants played like shit last night: Bumgarner allowed 7 hits + 3 walks in 7 IP and the Giants made 4 errors including 3 by SS Brandon Crawford Tanaka wasn't much better than MadBum but the Giants were as bad as us w/RiSP (1 for 12) so that even after Bettances gave up a run in the 7th, Miller gave up 1 in the 8th, and Chapman started the 9th by serving up a leadoff double, SF Still found a way to lose the fuckin' game.

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2016 02:07 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Teixeira to retire effective the end of this season, to be announced in a presser this afternoon. Not a huge surprise, his contract is up, he'll turn 37 next opening week, and he's been breaking down physically for years now (barely 1,000 total ABs since the beginning of 2013). It's obvious that the Yanx aren't going to resign him and he'd probably be getting the ARod treatment right now had 1B-apparent Greg Bird not gotten hurt in ST.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 05 2016 02:14 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

The ARod thing surprises me, even by MYF standards. Do they not want him to get to 700 homers?

cooby Aug 05 2016 02:20 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

If they had any kind of decency they'd release him so he could go play in Seattle or Miami. I'm sure their fans would take him in. Heck if he can still hit...

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2016 02:28 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I'm sure Alex would love to go to his (sorta) native south Florida, but even with the incentive of him as a ticket seller just 4 HRs short of the 700 mark (look at how Miami is embracing Ichiro's quest for 3,000 hits even though very few of the 3K came with the Marlins) no team in the non-DH league is dumb enough to take him (at least I don't think so). I have no idea what Seattle needs on the field but I don't believe that city has a lot of affection for him, or vice-versa. At this point I can't imagine who would take him but yaneverknow. I'm sure the Yanx want to release him and know it's the right move for them but yet see the move of actually going through with it as some kind of public admission that they talked their way into a bad contract when they re-re-upped him way back when (like no one knows that already!!) and for all the talk about how the Yanx can always buy their way out of bad contracts I can't remember the last time they actually did so. It's like the MFY front office wants to avoid a public shaming of admitting a mistake like they're a modern-day version of some of those WWII-era Japanese Generals. And I'm assuming that they can't possibly think that this sitting is going to induce HIM into getting fed up with being the world's highest paid bench sitter and walk away from next year's salary but it's like that's exactly what they're trying to get him to do while they simultaneously make sure that no one else will want him either.

cooby Aug 05 2016 02:33 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

yeah, for crying out loud, what did they expect when they signed him thru age 42? I'm sure Arod wasn't expecting this inglorious treatment. Forgot Miami was NL.

seawolf17 Aug 05 2016 03:34 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

I almost actually feel bad for ARod here. There's no way the Yankees let him pass Babe Ruth on their dime.

Edgy MD Aug 05 2016 03:50 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

And yet, they won't cut him loose until his agent comes crawling to them offering to renegotiate.

d'Kong76 Aug 05 2016 04:00 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

When they showed him in the dugout last night with a steaming cup of joe talking to a teammate he looked pretty damn happy without a care in the world. Of course making ~$125,000/game must take some sting out of those splinters. I really don't see how any fan can pour their heart and soul into the Yankees. I mean, seriously, I could root for Con Ed or Verizon before the MFY's.

d'Kong76 Aug 05 2016 04:02 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Oh, and Teixeira is retiring after this season. Guess we got to him!

Frayed Knot Aug 06 2016 12:56 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

So when you compare Teixeira's 8 seasons in pinstripes and 201 (and counting) HRs to Reggie's 5 years and 144 there's really only one question left to ask: When's Teixeira's number retirement ceremony?

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 07 2016 12:53 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

MFYs calling a press conference tomorrow with ARod, Girardi, Cashman.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2016 01:02 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Holy shit they're going to name him as the next manager!!!!

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 07 2016 01:04 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: Holy shit they're going to name him as the next manager!!!! Ha! I'd be stunned if he's retiring with that much money on the table and so close to 700 homers. A release and buyout, maybe? Maybe they're just clearing the air to put an end to all the questioning.

MFS62 Aug 07 2016 01:42 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: Holy shit they're going to name him as the next manager!!!! I'd pay money to watch that press conference just so I could get pleasure from the expression on the faces of the YLDBs in my office when I needle them about it. Later

cooby Aug 07 2016 01:58 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

If this were true, and he was made manager, I hope he'd put himself in the lineup for every damn game.

Edgy MD Aug 07 2016 02:57 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Here we go. Seriously, now, who has a press conference on a Sunday?

Edgy MD Aug 07 2016 02:59 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Most exciting Yankee press conference since Torre told them to stick it.

d'Kong76 Aug 07 2016 03:01 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

At 11:00 AM! MLB Network is on the scene. Damn, I wish I had some popcorn.

Edgy MD Aug 07 2016 03:04 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

He's playing his final game on Friday!

Edgy MD Aug 07 2016 03:05 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Giving him a bullshit front office job, reporting directly to Hal F. Steinbrenner.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2016 03:16 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

- Will play his final game this Friday, at home naturally, vs Tampa Bay - will then be unconditionally released but immediately sign a contract to become ... wait for it ... a special advisor to Hal Steinbrenner. That contract will run through the end of 2017 - and, yes, there were tears. Two crying ballplayers on a stage in a three day span. That constitutes a good week in Yanqui land. - it's quite apparent that this all wasn't ARod's idea

seawolf17 Aug 07 2016 03:25 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

If I'm the Red Sox and Rays, I groove fastballs to him every chance I get and make the Yankees celebrate #700.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 07 2016 03:33 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

It's insane that he'd retire so close to 700 homers. He must have been told that no other team would take him.

d'Kong76 Aug 07 2016 03:40 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Are they retiring his number on Friday?

cooby Aug 07 2016 04:03 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: It's insane that he'd retire so close to 700 homers. He must have been told that no other team would take him. That can't be true

bmfc1 Aug 07 2016 04:04 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

He will now have plenty of time to put up his own merchandise tent outside of Citi Field.

Frayed Knot Aug 07 2016 04:05 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: It's insane that he'd retire so close to 700 homers. He must have been told that no other team would take him. Well that's essentially what the "consulting" job is about, that as long as he's under contract to the Yanquis he can't latch on with another team. As to why he didn't at least leave that door open for himself I guess he figured this is the more dignified way to go out the door than traveling the country begging for PH'ing opportunities. And besides, who better to work for than the organization you were actively suing not that long ago? This 'advisor' job doesn't even start until next spring -- IOW, play your final game on Friday, go home on Saturday -- and runs through the end of next year so it runs the same time as the existing contract did, only now they don't have to deal with him on the roster or in the dugout and he gets the same pay (I'm assuming) and a lot more free time.

cooby Aug 07 2016 04:08 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Thus proving this thread title is correct

d'Kong76 Aug 07 2016 04:33 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: And besides, who better to work for than the organization you were actively suing not that long ago? Hah! Good one.

G-Fafif Aug 07 2016 04:42 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

He won't be missed.

Lefty Specialist Aug 07 2016 10:12 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Plenty of time to pose for centaur paintings now.

Edgy MD Aug 07 2016 10:38 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: It's insane that he'd retire so close to 700 homers. He must have been told that no other team would take him. More likely, that the Yankees had no intention of releasing him and allowing another team to take him and give him that opportunity on their dime. Tell me he couldn't outplay Ty Kelly if lined up exclusively against lefties. I thought it was pretty over-the-top for the Yankees to force him to eat a plate of shit for the assembled media. What a disaster. I hope he gets his release and then says, "Oh, wait, I changed my mind," signs with the Blue Jays, and goes nuts.

Nymr83 Aug 08 2016 04:27 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

ughhh how did they blackmail him into this? the Yankees are about to have money and open positions to fill again as all their crap is off the books now (except Sabathia)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 08 2016 04:29 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Never mind money/open positions. They've got a loaded-- LOADED-- system now. They'll be, like, 80 percent homegrown in another year or two.

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2016 12:54 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Nymr83 wrote: ughhh how did they blackmail him into this? Actually, I was kind of wondering how he blackmailed them. They had obviously already made the decision not to play him -- not DH'ing him vs a LHP even after the trade of previous DH Beltran and then not PH'ing him in a late-inning/runners-on/need-HR type of situation were pretty obvious clues -- leaving release as the only logical answer for a guy who's been hitting under .200 for a full calendar year now [approx. .179/.275/.360 since Aug 1, 2015]. And of course they're still required to pay him the full amount owed (some $28 million) whether his ass polishing the bench in the Bronx or a desk chair in Florida. So the only thing Sunday's dog and pony show attempted to do was lend the slightest tinge of dignity and warmth to what is essentially forced exile and adds a ceremonial (and short term) job to 'keep him in the game' and within 'the Yanqui family' even though I have no idea why they think he earned even a bit of all that. Doing this now merely opens up a roster spot that was going to be open by Sept 1st anyway, and if he truly wants to play next year and gets a bite on a team that's willing to give him a try I don't think this either side is going to allow this no-show 'advisor' job to stand in the way. When pressed on the matter Rodriguez still can't get himself to utter the words that he's completely given up on the idea of playing. As to whether the Yanx are going to be able to combine their own prospects with the haul they got for Beltran/Miller/Chapman into a Cubs-like nucleus in a year or three remains to be seen, but all of that has zero to do with them making ARod go away now and with a press conference instead of say this coming winter via a twitter release.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 08 2016 01:02 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Do you think they'll play him this week, and give him a chance to go for the milestone?

MFS62 Aug 08 2016 01:36 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

G-Fafif wrote: He won't be missed. I'll miss him. He was the best shortstop in baseball for over 15 years, but Jeter wouldn't let his show it. Later

Centerfield Aug 08 2016 01:42 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

All of this is so strange. At the end of the day, Alex Rodriguez ends his Yankee career with 351 HR's and a .901 OPS. He is one of the best players they've had all time. (St. Jeter, by comparison, was 260 and .817). And he was critical in the 2009 championship team. And sure, he's had his steroids scandals, but this is a fan base that supports Dickhead Clemens and Cocksucker Giambi. I guess he is so unlikeable that this is his fate, but it's just strange to see a Hall of Famer (by stats anyway) see his career end in such a shitty way.

Edgy MD Aug 08 2016 01:46 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Steroids aside, he was more than a Hall of Famer. He was a top-five all-time talent if the Yankees and Jeter hadn't moved him off shortstop. He's a top twenty anyhow. But, then, that's pretending that cloud isn't hanging over him. Multiple clouds.

Centerfield Aug 08 2016 01:54 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Definitely that cloud is there, it's just that you see the MFY fans bend over backwards to justify assholes like Clemens. Who clearly only used roids during his time in Boston and Houston. Andy Pettite only used PEDs because he was a good teammate and wanted to get back on the field as fast as possible. Jason Giambi used steroids in Oakland, but ditched them, just like his beard, as soon as he came to NY. It's just strange to see the MFY (and their fans) hang ARod out to dry like that. Anyway, it's been entertaining. I'm sorry to see the AROd chapter close.

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2016 02:00 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

All of this is so strange ... I guess he is so unlikeable that this is his fate, but it's just strange to see a Hall of Famer (by stats anyway) see his career end in such a shitty way. Unlikeable ain't got nuthin' to do with it. If he were hitting he'd be playing and he'd be returning in 2017. Hell, he got 600+ PAs in 2015 -- even though that was coming right out of the year-plus long suspension and all the behind the scenes wars and threats of lawsuits, etc. -- because he was essentially the best offensive player on the team, at least he was for the first four months of the season. But while the team could put up with a non-fielding, non-running, and 'WTF is he saying now?' version of him, they understandably don't have a lot of leeway for the non-hitting variety (see the August thru August stats above). A Designated Hitter who can't hit is pretty useless don't you think? Do you think they'll play him this week, and give him a chance to go for the milestone? They said they'd play him this week as much as he wants: three games in Fenway (think the Boston fans are going to have some fun with THAT!) and then the swan song vs Tampa in da Bronx. Of course the odds of him hitting 4 HRs in that time are pretty small.

Edgy MD Aug 08 2016 02:20 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: Centerfield wrote: All of this is so strange ... I guess he is so unlikeable that this is his fate, but it's just strange to see a Hall of Famer (by stats anyway) see his career end in such a shitty way. Unlikeable ain't got nuthin' to do with it. If he were hitting he'd be playing and he'd be returning in 2017. Yeah, but, Teixeira isn't hitting a bit and he's getting regular playing time, while A-Rod, as you note, can't even get off the bench for a tailor-made pinch-hitting opportunity.

Ceetar Aug 08 2016 02:41 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Yankees didn't deserve a great player like that. Beltran either for that matter. Abusing them. Anyway, I doubt we really end up knowing the truth of the dealings behind this 'transfer' to the front office. I mean, A-Rod's an intelligent guy and a great baseball mind and if that means he wants to stay in the game, great, but is this the best avenue for him to do that? Or was there an unspoken agreement that he's the next manager, here hang out here and 'advise' while it opens up. (I'd reach out right now and offer him Terry's job, and i don't particularly dislike Terry) From a baseball standpoint the front office job doesn't really matter right? He's released, and any contract he signs with another team is basically minimum with him getting the regular pay from the Yankees? It's not like they bribed him off the team by giving him his money and letting him pretend he can sign a 2/30 contract elsewhere next year right?

HahnSolo Aug 08 2016 03:35 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Ceetar wrote: Or was there an unspoken agreement that he's the next manager, here hang out here and 'advise' while it opens up. Oh, God, please let this be true. The MFY fan base would absolutely lose their freaking minds, and I for one would love to see that happen.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 08 2016 03:51 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Only True Yankees get to be manager, and ARod was never bestowed that title. Speaking of True Yankees, did Roger Clemens get a plaque or anything in their monument area?

themetfairy Aug 08 2016 03:58 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Here's my take on the timing of A-Rod's retirement. He'll be done with all baseball activities in time for this season of Dancing with the Stars. You read it here first!

Frayed Knot Aug 08 2016 04:26 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Centerfield wrote: All of this is so strange ... I guess he is so unlikeable that this is his fate, but it's just strange to see a Hall of Famer (by stats anyway) see his career end in such a shitty way. Unlikeable ain't got nuthin' to do with it. If he were hitting he'd be playing and he'd be returning in 2017. Yeah, but, Teixeira isn't hitting a bit and he's getting regular playing time, while A-Rod, as you note, can't even get off the bench for a tailor-made pinch-hitting opportunity. But the fact that Teixeira can play a position and has just eight weeks left on his contract makes him easier to deal with than the diva who can't with eight baseball months of payments still to go. Next they just have to figure out a way to ease Brian McCann into a warm bath, although now that they brought up Gary Sanchez (the guy who was DH'ing instead of ARod) you may see McCann at 1B more often. Ellsbury they seem to be stuck with but at least he's occasionally good.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 10 2016 12:52 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

So after the big Sunday presser, you'd have thought that the classy Yankees would at least give the 2009 MVP a chance to get some at-bats on the way out, considering that he's done at the end of the week. And last night, in a meaningless game, with fans chanting for an Arod appearance, Girardi keeps him on the bench. Not even a pinch-hitting opportunity.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2016 01:12 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Yeah, I have no doubt that Rodriguez can play a position—at least well enough to fake it through eight innings for a few days on a team that has already dealt themselves out. I mean, it's not like it bothered them that Derek Jeter couldn't play a position the last two years of his career.

Frayed Knot Aug 10 2016 01:15 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

After Girardi got all caught up in the emotion of the teary press conference and said he'd play AR as often as he wanted over these last four games, he then apparently sobered up and/or changed his mind. The plan now seems to be that he'll play Thursday in Fenway then in his finale on Friday in NY. btw, with the Sox up by 3 in the 9th last night, freaking Kimbrel comes in for the save but [u:1sdzjm66]four walks[/u:1sdzjm66] and a passed ball later (plus a K and a line-out) the are bases loaded and it's a two run game with tying and go-ahead runners on. Fortunately John Farrell had the good sense to yank him at that point and replacement Matt Barnes got the final out.

cooby Aug 10 2016 07:34 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

themetfairy wrote: Here's my take on the timing of A-Rod's retirement. He'll be done with all baseball activities in time for this season of Dancing with the Stars. You read it here first! Hahahahah

MFS62 Aug 11 2016 12:46 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

One of the YLDBs in my office has tickets for this Saturday's game at YS III. They will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1996 WS winning team. I asked if the giveaways will be team autographed hypodermic needles. My comment was met with a pained glare. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 11 2016 12:59 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

MFS62 wrote: ... this Saturday's game at YS III. They will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1996 WS winning team. No wonder they wanted ARod outta town by Friday.

MFS62 Aug 11 2016 01:32 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Frayed Knot wrote: MFS62 wrote: ... this Saturday's game at YS III. They will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1996 WS winning team. No wonder they wanted ARod outta town by Friday. They'll need some sort of gate attraction. Once A-Rod leaves, none of the remaining players could draw a crowd if he were to be hit by a taxi in Times Square at high noon. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 13 2016 01:37 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Rodriguez: DH'ing and batting 3rd, 1 for 2 w/an RBI 2B

metirish Aug 13 2016 03:03 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Fittingly dirty #Arod takes MFY3 mound dirt .

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2016 10:28 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

metirish wrote: Fittingly dirty #Arod takes MFY3 mound dirt . I wonder if he actually saved it or if that was just something that he felt like he was supposed to do (or maybe even ordered to do) when leaving the revered YSIII? I'd put the odds at him dumping that stuff out of his back pocket onto the clubhouse floor the moment he was out of camera range at at least 50/50 Meanwhile, Yanqui hurler Nathan Eovaldi, who was pulled out of a game last week with elbow soreness, will require Two elbow surgeries -- traditional UCL replacement (TJ surgery) and also a flexor tendon repaired -- to repair his arm and will miss all of the 2017 season rehabbing. Kind of an odd case Eovaldi; seems like he's been around a while but still just 26 y/o, scouts rave about his 'Stuff' but that stuff hasn't always matched the results as he's still a below .500 pitcher with ERAs in the mid-4.00s most seasons. Even the Yanx, desperate for pitching most of this year, had him in and out of the rotation. I believe he'll achieve FA-status during the 2017-18 off-season so it'll be interesting how much attention he draws that winter seeing as how it'll be some 20 months between games for him by the time the '18 season starts up again.

metirish Aug 17 2016 12:50 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Good point , as I watched A-Rod drop down to the mound the thought in my head was he's doing it because he thinks this is the thing to do , like "hey guys look at me, I know what to do". Of course because if who he is it is always with a cynical eye he is viewed.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2016 03:18 AM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Yanx had a 6-0 lead tonight thru 5 Then they pulled starter Michael Pineda (no idea why ... only 68 pitches) Then a succession of relievers allowed 4 runs to the Jays in the 6th and then [u:10ldr6mv]8 more in the 8th[/u:10ldr6mv]! 12-6 Toronto is your final.

Edgy MD Aug 17 2016 01:31 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Pineda was pulled after a 44-minute rain delay.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2016 01:37 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Ahhhh, that makes more sense. They had an even longer delay out in Denver last night too causing both starting pitchers, Chad Bettis & Gio Gonzalez, to be pulled in a 2-2 tie after 3. Rox wound up getting the better bullpen work (6 IP, 4 hits) resulting in a 6-2 Colorado win and (though it means less now than a month or so ago) ... a Triple Happiness Day !!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 17 2016 02:08 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Edgy MD wrote: Pineda was pulled after a 44-minute rain delay. Man didn't rain at all in Brooklyn

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2016 12:50 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Jacoby Ellsbury reached 1st last night on catcher's interference for the 11th time this season!!. a) yes, that not only leads the league but is an extension of his own ML record. Hell, that might even be more than every other hitter in the league combined this season although I have no idea how to find such minutia b) there has to be some sort of intent to this on his part (gotta earn that $21 mil somehow and hitting .260 w/5 HRs ain't cutting it); shit like that can't just be happening by accident c) you'd think catchers would adjust by now and move back a few inches d) you'd think pitchers would get pissed off and start drilling him. 'Oh, so you want to get on 1st base that badly do ya? ... Here ya go, wear this one!' oe: a bit of quick research via the interwebs finds: - the all-time leader in reaching via CI is Pete Rose with 29 (in 14,053 ABs - or once per 484 ABs, aka: about one and change per season) - Ellsubry, whose previous season high was 4, is now second with 23 (in 4,383 ABs, once per 190 ABs, around 3 per full season) - no one else has more than 18 for his career - previous season high was Roberto Kelly with the 1992 Yanx, 8

MFS62 Aug 30 2016 01:10 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

And, in last night's MFY loss, the winning pitcher for KC was our old pal Dillon Gee. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2016 01:37 PM Re: Where is the 2016 Yankees are Assholes Thread?

Yeah, I wasn't too encouraged when I first saw the Gee vs Pineda matchup but the good thing about Pineda is that he frequently tosses in a turkey of an inning in an otherwise good outing and he did that last night by coughing up 3 runs in the 1st before retiring 16 straight after that. But by then Gee was out of the game with a 3-1 lead and KC bats then went to work of the Yanx rebuilt (read: gutted) bullpen. KC's usually good bullpen tried blowing a 8-1 lead by allowing 5 in the Yanqui 8th (an inning started by Ellsbury's leadoff Catcher's Interference call) and then allowing the tying run to get to the plate in the 9th, but ultimately survived.