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F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

MFS62 Mar 21 2022 02:18 PM

A Court has just ordered the unsealing of MLB's letter to the MFYS concerning sign stealing. It seems they might have been guilty of some of their own, while crying :foul" at Houston. https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/judge-orders-mlbs-sign-stealing-letter-to-yankees-unsealed?fbclid=IwAR3jtbqW5DQg-_MFE-rKG7vUQ4ZfFh7YiPJipEobSwWgLiAzbIlWarJdD-k This could get interesting. Later

kcmets Mar 21 2022 02:25 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Rat bastards.

MFS62 Mar 26 2022 06:23 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Now here's something you want to add to your bobblehead collection - NOT! https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/yankees/yankees-john-sterling-and-suzyn-waldman-bobblehead-night?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fwfan&utm_content=1648227253&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=WFAN-AM&fbclid=IwAR2guASLS06QN9sVy_mKoISW91IHPPhFmnQMn960PockpmBV8r5uOBE-Mwg They talk? "Jawn, look what's up on the shelf in George's box" Later

Willets Point Mar 26 2022 09:49 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Bryan Hoch really went to the dark side, huh?

kcmets Mar 26 2022 10:03 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Willets Point wrote: Bryan Hoch really went to the dark side, huh? I'm happy for him career-wise, have to admit it saddens me as well. Most (if not all) of us wouldn't know each other if not for The Hochster.

Willets Point Mar 26 2022 10:14 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Yeah. It just seem weird that he bled orange & blue and now he's excited about Yankees announcer bobbleheads. Of course, he may be doing what he needs to do for a check, which is fine.

stevejrogers Mar 26 2022 11:12 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I'm more saddened that he allowed his daughter to be seduced by The Dark Side!

Frayed Knot Mar 26 2022 12:01 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[Quote] They talk?

What would be great is if the Sterling bobble talked in blown calls!!



IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS .... caught by the second baseman



It would be far more authentic that way.

Willets Point Mar 26 2022 12:02 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

"Jawn, look what's up on the shelf in George's box" I didn't know that Suzyn was from Philadelphia.

stevejrogers Mar 26 2022 12:27 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: [Quote] They talk? What would be great is if the Sterling bobble talked in blown calls!! IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS .... caught by the second baseman It would be far more authentic that way.

Don't forget his at the ready excuses for blown calls, and when something he didn't expect happens.

“…I couldn't see as the ball went out of my view”

“…Well, you can't predict baseball!”

MFS62 Mar 26 2022 01:02 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: What would be great is if the Sterling bobble talked in blown calls!! IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS .... caught by the second baseman It would be far more authentic that way. Funny. I heard Phil Rizzuto do that on his first ever game as an MFY broadcaster. (Except he said "Way back, back ...") LOL! Later

Edgy MD Apr 08 2022 12:08 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Aaron Judge is apparently pulling a Conforto — turning down a contract extension and playing out his walk year.

seawolf17 Apr 08 2022 12:13 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Top of the first vs Gerrit Cole: walk, homer, single, double, 3-0 Sox. LOLOL

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 08 2022 01:08 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Castro in with the bases loaded, 2 out in the 6th, Boston up 4-3, facing Vasquez

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2022 06:06 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

So MFY announcer Paul O'Neill is reportedly in the no-vaxx camp and therefore was not part of the booth for their opening series vs Boston and only joined the telecast of the series vs Toronto via remote from his home in Ohio whilst Cone & Kay were in situ. Not that anyone in MFY-land is actually saying that's the reason but their excuse of "family reasons" likely doesn't explain why he's working the games in the first place if that's the only issue.

MFS62 Apr 14 2022 06:52 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I wonder when Paul is going to realize that all those steroids he took as an MFY aren't going to protect him against COCID. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 14 2022 09:33 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The gift that never, EVER stops giving. This variation of the theme is from last night's 8th inning. [YOUTUBE]jjSCUhftEEM[/YOUTUBE]

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 14 2022 10:25 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Love Pa Pinstripe

bmfc1 Apr 23 2022 07:22 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The MFY's walked it off today and then their fans celebrated by throwing garbage at the CLE OFers.

Frayed Knot Apr 23 2022 07:37 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

If only it could have been foreseen that years (decades?) of being indulged by stadium security -- and, by extension, NYY mgmt -- could lead to a sense of entitlement from the self-proclaimed 'Bleacher Creatures'.

nymr83 Apr 23 2022 09:41 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

it is disgusting. "Stadium Security" is a joke. NYPD should be out there making arrests - we have the nationally televised video of assaults being committed on Cleveland players.

nymr83 Apr 27 2022 06:07 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

A Court has just ordered the unsealing of MLB's letter to the MFYS concerning sign stealing. It seems they might have been guilty of some of their own, while crying :foul" at Houston. https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/judge-orders-mlbs-sign-stealing-letter-to-yankees-unsealed?fbclid=IwAR3jtbqW5DQg-_MFE-rKG7vUQ4ZfFh7YiPJipEobSwWgLiAzbIlWarJdD-k This could get interesting. Later The Yankees letter confirmed what we knew - the Yankees are cheating bastards. They are also tattle-tales. Manfred's letter was great, like a parent talking to a child who did something wrong and tried to blame their siblings. 'Dear Brian - you tried ratting on the Red Sox. That is between me and them. Now lets talk about what YOU did'

Edgy MD Apr 27 2022 07:29 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Interesting that SNY was the first outlet to get their hands on the letter and openly report on its contents. I guess that means the next shoe to drop will be orange and blue.

Edgy MD May 08 2022 01:11 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Texas visiting the Yankees in the Bronx, and the linescore might give you the idea that Nolan Ryan is pitching.

Edgy MD May 08 2022 01:24 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Knable tying more, to get the Mets in the ninth

vtmet7 May 09 2022 10:59 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Willets Point wrote: Yeah. It just seem weird that he bled orange & blue and now he's excited about Yankees .... one of the things that I have wondered over the years is: how many "Yankeees fans" were Mets fans that hopped on the Yankees bandwagon over the decades? not just Hoch...but... I remember as a kid getting excited over the Mets quest for the 1969 World Series through the 1973 World Series (which I think we might have had a chance to win with today's challenge rules)...and also getting excited when the Mets hype behind the prospects of Strawberry, Gooden, Hubie Brooks, Mookie Wilson, etc with the promise of snapping out of the mess that M Donald Grant created...and then Frank Cashen and Davey Johnson transforming the hype into reality...and then getting excited by offense that the 1996 Mets generated behind Hundley, Gilkey, Lance Johnson, etc...the pursuit of Leiter and Piazza, which eventually led to the 2000 World Series...and then the Jose Reyes, David Wright, Beltran, Delgado era that led up to the 2006 World Series birth... what I'm getting at...during each of those times that the Mets had a few good seasons in them, there were a lot of excited Mets fans all over...and then as the team would go back to the abyss, fans would disappear while the Yanks spent money and the Mets floundered... so where did those fans go when the Mets were out of the limelight? did they stop watching baseball, other than quietly in their house ashamed to where their Mets caps, etc? Or did they turn to the darkside?

Edgy MD May 09 2022 11:08 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

More likely, they maintained their support at a lower level. The difference between a crank going to 10 games a year vs. three games a year may seem like not much of a big deal to the fan. As far as he or she is concerned, she or he is still repping, refusing to die, supporting the boys. As far as the team is concerned, that's something like a 70% loss of stadium revenue.

Willets Point May 09 2022 11:11 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I read a book called Soccernomics and one of the things they tested was the conventional wisdom that the largest demographic of fans were the diehards who supported the same football club their entire lives. They found in reality that the vast majority of fans attending games and watching on tv changed their allegiance at least once over the course of their lifetimes. I suspect the same holds true for American sports fans. And in a multi-team city like New York there is a sizable block of people who root for all of their hometown teams.

vtmet7 May 09 2022 11:55 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Willets Point wrote: I read a book called Soccernomics and one of the things they tested was the conventional wisdom that the largest demographic of fans were the diehards who supported the same football club their entire lives. They found in reality that the vast majority of fans attending games and watching on tv changed their allegiance at least once over the course of their lifetimes. I suspect the same holds true for American sports fans. And in a multi-team city like New York there is a sizable block of people who root for all of their hometown teams. good points... in baseball, my "true" allegiance has always been with the Mets, but I've always had a secondary team...when Willie Mays was a Giant, it was the Giants with Mays/McCovey....that ended once Mays became a Met...when the Indians had a young team in the early 90's, with the speedy Kenny Lofton, I also followed the Indians until they couldn't afford to keep their players...when a Met would go somewhere other than the NL East or the Yankees/Sox, I would follow them...currently my secondary team is the Guardians since the trade of shortstops... in other sports, which nowadays, I almost never watch anything other than baseball, it has varied over the years... I was a Cowboys/Bills fan as a kid in football, losing interest after the Aikman & Emmitt Smith era, casually watching the Patriots/Packers mostly because I live in New England now and my son is a huge Green Bay fan...but can't really say that I've watched football in several years...in basketball, I was a NY Nets fan when they had Doctor J in the ABA, and then became a 76'ers fan after the ABA folded and then a Suns fan for awhile but haven't watched in years... as far as the NY thing...as much as I have followed the Mets over my lifetime, I can't imagine watching the Yankees, Jets, Giants, Knicks, etc...

MFS62 May 09 2022 12:48 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

When the Brooklyn Dodgers left town, I could not bring myself to root for the team from the Bronx. My best friend in high school rooted for the Pirates and I followed them through that sweet 1960 World Series victory over the MFYs. Then, there were rumors that the Reds were going to move to New York bringing National League baseball back here, so I rooted for them, not knowing that they would reach the World Series in 1961. But as soon as the Mets were born, I followed them, from the expansion draft to today. Later

Johnny Lunchbucket May 09 2022 01:24 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

ALERT: MFYs Nestor Cortes just lost a no-hitter with one out in the 8th. MFYs-Texas tied 0-0 in a makeup game

Edgy MD May 09 2022 01:45 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Teckis had a late-inning NH going against the Yanks over the weekend.

Fman99 May 10 2022 06:10 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Willets Point wrote: I read a book called Soccernomics and one of the things they tested was the conventional wisdom that the largest demographic of fans were the diehards who supported the same football club their entire lives. They found in reality that the vast majority of fans attending games and watching on tv changed their allegiance at least once over the course of their lifetimes. I suspect the same holds true for American sports fans. And in a multi-team city like New York there is a sizable block of people who root for all of their hometown teams. These concepts are wholly alien and inconceivable to me. Change teams? Root for more than one team? What kind of chicanery is that?

Johnny Lunchbucket May 10 2022 06:38 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I actually did an interesting story about international soccer marketing for work. The nature of the sport concentrating its best athletes in foreign superleagues with big TV deals has meant the US (with its own pro league but vastly inferior play) generally has fans who say "I'm a soccer fan" and have 4 or 5 favorite teams vs. people in the countries with the top leagues (the like the UK, where a fan is more likely to say "I'm a West Ham fan."

Frayed Knot May 10 2022 07:04 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I suspect what the book Willets cites is saying is not that the kid who grew up from a Liverpool FC onesie to season-ticket holding/red scarf wearing super-fan as an adult will suddenly change his spots and claim to be an Everton fan on a whim, only that that type of one-team-forever fan represents a smaller percentage of total fans than is generally believed. I've often thought that there are three types of NY-area baseball fans: 1/3 who root for the Mets, 1/3 for the Yanx, and the final 1/3 for whoever is winning at that particular moment. Made up numbers for sure, but I think the concept is right even though that final third is not so much jumping on and off bandwagons (at least not in their own minds) as they are drifting in and out of baseball fandom as new players and eras capture their fancy, not to mention all the headlines. So some of those who caught 'baseball fever' with the rise of mid-80s Mets stopped following the sport itself as the team skidded into their early '90s dumpster fires, but then maybe a new group of friends and/or love interest got them into the Yanx of the late '90s because now they were the stars in town and it rekindled how much fun pennant races could be. So, yeah, that concept doesn't really apply to the die-hards but not everyone spends their spare time on NYM message boards. Having said all that, I've said here on several occasions that I've never been as pissed off at Met fans as I was over the ones who declared it OK to root for those MFY teams squads of the late '90s "because of Doc & Darryl & Coney" while also somehow deciding that George had morphed into a nice guy. If I actually believed in karma I'd be blaming them for Causing the Yanx run of WS years and, btw, Fuck Doc & Darryl & Coney!

Willets Point May 10 2022 07:23 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 10 2022 08:49 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: I suspect what the book Willets cites is saying is not that the kid who grew up from a Liverpool FC onesie to season-ticket holding/red scarf wearing super-fan as an adult will suddenly change his spots and claim to be an Everton fan on a whim, only that that type of one-team-forever fan represents a smaller percentage of total fans than is generally believed. This is correct. Also the book was about English Football, which I neglected to mention.

Edgy MD May 10 2022 07:44 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

There's also the Willets model, of folks who move to a new city, and boldly keep their Mets flag flying, but then the kids come along, and they want to go see the local team and you take them, and they fall in love with the local team and you love them, and so you have to adopt the local team into your heart at least a little. That's cool, and most of my friends who've gone that way still keep the Mets in there riding shotgun alongside, and still let their kids know, "You know, there's also this other great team ... ." I do confess that it goes down a little harsher when it's a National League city that friends have moved to. My friend Kenny posts on Libro de Rostro about "our Bucs," and I shouldn't begrudge the Pirates any support they can get, but I'm all "What do you mean OUR Bucs, Kenny? I was with you the day you got that prized Gary Rajsich autograp!?" But New Yorkers moving to other cities and giving up half their hearts to join their children in chasing the Mariners or whoever is a small price to pay for seeing sections of local Mets fans in Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, or even Kansas City.

MFS62 May 10 2022 08:18 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

You're talking about moving the (metaphorical) boy away from the team. In my case the team was moved away from the boy, and I have never had any question or angst about why I chose not follow them, nor did I adopt the other local team (that members of my family rooted for) as mine. Another CPF-er who felt the same is Old Mole. We had a nice discussion about this when we met at one of his poetry readings a few years ago. Later

seawolf17 May 10 2022 08:25 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Edgy MD wrote: There's also the Willets model, of folks who move to a new city, and boldly keep their Mets flag flying, but then the kids come along, and they want to go see the local team and you take them, and they fall in love with the local team and you love them, and so you have to adopt the local team into your heart at least a little. One of my best friends from high school lives in south Jersey, and his kids are growing up Phillies fans and it kills both of us. LOL!

vtmet7 May 10 2022 09:56 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Edgy MD wrote: There's also the Willets model, of folks who move to a new city, and boldly keep their Mets flag flying, but then the kids come along, and they want to go see the local team and you take them, and they fall in love with the local team and you love them, and so you have to adopt the local team into your heart at least a little. One of my best friends from high school lives in south Jersey, and his kids are growing up Phillies fans and it kills both of us. LOL! luckily when I lived in Jersey, the Phillies sucked so most people didn't seem to know that they existed

Edgy MD May 10 2022 10:12 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Luckily, I never lived in Jersey. OHHHHHH!!!

Willets Point May 10 2022 10:18 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I left Jersey as a toddler so I have no recollection of it at all.

vtmet7 May 10 2022 11:35 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I only lived in Jersey for a short time while floundering in my first attempt at college, from January '84 thru early summer '86...after growing up 100 miles from NYC in upstate NY, it was a treat to see the Mets games free on tv, and be able to have a short drive to either Shea or Veterans Stadium (weekends when the Mets were there)...I couldn't have picked a better time to be there, it was the beginning of the Davey Johnson era of the Mets...which most likely was why I was doomed in my summer tri-mester at DeVry: hotter than hell, going to school during the day, watching the Mets at 7pm and then working graveyard shift M-F at UPS; I was too wiped out to put a lot of effort into school work

Edgy MD May 10 2022 12:24 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Willets Point wrote: I left Jersey as a toddler so I have no recollection of it at all. You must have had a lot of trouble scratching together the toll money. OHHHHHHHH!!!

Edgy MD May 10 2022 12:27 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=vtmet7 post_id=91833 time=1652204100 user_id=80] I only lived in Jersey for a short time while floundering in my first attempt at college, from January '84 thru early summer '86.

You can learn things going to college in New Jersey that you can't learn anything else. Like learning to stay the hell out of New Jersey! WHAAAATTT!!!

Fman99 May 10 2022 12:47 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

My brother got his PhD at Rutgers and every time I went to visit him in NJ I either got stuck eternally in traffic or I got a parking ticket. So, fuck New Jersey.

vtmet7 May 10 2022 01:01 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=Fman99 post_id=91846 time=1652208468 user_id=86] My brother got his PhD at Rutgers and every time I went to visit him in NJ I either got stuck eternally in traffic or I got a parking ticket. So, fuck New Jersey.

my wife went to visit her sister in Jersey one time without me...She parked in front of her sister's house and her car got towed away at around 4 am on a Sunday because she didn't know that you had to have a resident parking pass to park on the streets after midnight...she had a hell of a time getting a hold of someone for the impound yard on a Sunday, and she still had a 6 hour drive back home afterwards to get the kids back to school by Monday....the kicker is that her sister saw them hooking up the car in the middle of the night, and didn't tell my wife until after my wife noticed that her car wasn't outside after breakfast time

nymr83 May 11 2022 08:14 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=Fman99 post_id=91846 time=1652208468 user_id=86] My brother got his PhD at Rutgers and every time I went to visit him in NJ I either got stuck eternally in traffic or I got a parking ticket. So, fuck New Jersey.

This was one of my hangups with moving to the NJ, there is exactly one decent public university compared to a good selection in NY so of my kids dont get in or dont want to go there the bills will suck even harder

Lefty Specialist May 11 2022 08:45 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[Harumph.] Long time NJ resident. I laugh at your quibbles. Real Jerseyans know where to park and don't care about tolls because we have EZ-Pass. We know that the best cheesesteak sandwiches are actually in Camden, not Philly. We know that the Jets and Giants play in New Jersey despite what their helmets say. Everyone else has a beach, we have The Shore. Atlantic City is run by good old-fashioned mobsters, not people pretending to be Native Americans. Mets baseball is freely available anywhere, all the time. We have freedom to move around, unlike those trapped on Long Island with its NYC choke point. We don't live in or near Red Sox Nation. And we don't live in upstate New York where summer is two months long.[/Harumph.] Rutgers can be as good or bad as you make it, like any other state school. I'm currently taking a Rutgers Extension course and it's quite good.

Edgy MD May 11 2022 08:57 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The real dis' there wasn't for Rutgers so much as Montclair State and Stevens Tech and William Patterson. Holy smokes, Nymr totally shat all over them and tossed them into a landfill in Elizabeth!

MFS62 May 11 2022 10:21 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Lefty Specialist wrote: We know that the best cheesesteak sandwiches are actually in Camden, not Philly. "Camden makes. The world takes." Or so says the sign you see when you take the Southbound train going to Philadelphia. So, if we're going to Philly, you suggest picking up a cheesesteak to go? Later

Johnny Lunchbucket May 11 2022 10:23 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

That's Trenton actually.

metsmarathon May 11 2022 12:47 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Edgy MD wrote: The real dis' there wasn't for Rutgers so much as Montclair State and Stevens Tech and William Patterson. Holy smokes, Nymr totally shat all over them and tossed them into a landfill in Elizabeth! as a point of correction, Stevens Institute of Technology is most assuredly not a public university, and fabulously expensive. it is, however, excellent, and is frequently very much among the tops of colleges in terms of return on investment. with great tuition comes great salary expectations. i guess. i work for the government. so i don't think it quite did it exactly right. NJIT, though, is indeed an excellent public engineering college. It's in newark, which isn't nearly as awesome as hoboken. but is much better than it was 'round the turn of the century. neither, though, is quite a "university" if that's what you're angling for. i'll also give a shout out to little rowan university. one of my coworkers went there, and he's not awful. on the whole, i'd say that new jersey is massively underrated. mostly thanks to the vast swath of concrete and traffic in the middle of it. we make up for it with feisty debates over the intricacies of taylor hand and pork roll, and whether or not central jersey is a figment of the demented imaginations that wish to delude themselves into thinking they're not actually in south jersey. oh, and fuck the yankees.

MFS62 May 11 2022 12:52 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: That's Trenton actually. [CROSSOUT]Who cares? All Joisey looks the same to a New Yorker. [/CROSSOUT] Thanks. (sorry, Lefty) Later

Edgy MD May 11 2022 01:33 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Edgy MD wrote: The real dis' there wasn't for Rutgers so much as Montclair State and Stevens Tech and William Patterson. Holy smokes, Nymr totally shat all over them and tossed them into a landfill in Elizabeth! as a point of correction, ... Sorry to conflate my techs.

Lefty Specialist May 11 2022 02:30 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Only one 'T' in Paterson. Just saying. And there's no Central Jersey. North and south are defined by the original 201 and 609 area codes. In 1958, 201 was restricted to northern New Jersey, while the area from the state capital, Trenton, southward, including the southern Jersey Shore and the New Jersey side of the lower Delaware Valley, received area code 609. For the next 33 years, area code 201 served Bergen, Hudson, Ocean, Essex, Union, Morris, Passaic, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, Monmouth, Sussex and Warren counties, a region largely coextensive with the New Jersey side of the New York City area. There is no Central Jersey. You're either north or south.

Edgy MD May 11 2022 02:55 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I like this. Meaningful distinctions! Although, if there's no Central New Jersey, you might want update its Wikipedia page to note its non-existence.

Willets Point May 11 2022 04:10 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

According to Wikipedia, I was born in Central New Jersey. Who knew?!

nymr83 May 11 2022 09:03 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

There is no Central New Jersey. There is also no North New Jersey or South New Jersey. There is just 'fucking Jersey' which ain't New York.

Edgy MD May 12 2022 06:11 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

There is no Jersey. There is only Zuul.

Edgy MD May 21 2022 08:13 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Josh Donaldson will have some explainin' to do. [TWEET]https://twitter.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1528088936618377216[/TWEET] [TWEET]https://twitter.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1528119995112296448[/TWEET]

Johnny Lunchbucket May 21 2022 08:27 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

He called Tim Anderson "Jackie"

nymr83 May 21 2022 08:40 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: He called Tim Anderson "Jackie" Which, with no context, sounds racist. But Donaldson's explanation seems fine by me. Anderson not liking something doesn't make it racist.

Edgy MD May 21 2022 08:55 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Mets have nine more outs to fill up my senses.

Gwreck May 22 2022 08:47 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

It was an unquestionably an incredibly inappropriate remark and a dumb thing to say. Sure, to exactly what degree it was born of racial animus is less clear. But let us be perfectly clear that Donaldson's comment should not be “fine” by anyone.

nymr83 May 23 2022 05:38 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Donaldson was being an asshole? Sure.

Willets Point May 23 2022 10:58 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/cheapbbpodcast/status/1528146741878472711[/TWEET]

Ceetar May 23 2022 04:36 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Donaldson only gets 1-game, appealing... ..after his Covid stint.

Frayed Knot May 23 2022 05:12 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

"Only" one game for "being disrespectful". MLB apparently outlawing bench-jockeying these days.

Ceetar May 23 2022 06:11 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

well, racist bench-jockeying where you mock black guys and generalize them for being black.

Frayed Knot May 23 2022 06:39 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I don't believe for a moment that what Donaldson said, essentially teasing Anderson for a prior claim to be the "New Jackie", is "mocking black guys" and it certainly is generalizing anyone. Unless of course you have some sort of info that he calls everyone with dark skin 'Jackie' at which point I may be forced to re-evaluate my stance.

Gwreck May 23 2022 06:50 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: "Only" one game for "being disrespectful". MLB apparently outlawing bench-jockeying these days. I would characterize that as a poorly described, inaccurate, and incomplete summary. We can just go to the full statement: [BLOCKQUOTE] “MLB has completed the process of speaking to the individuals involved in this incident. There is no dispute over what was said on the field,” said Michael Hill, Major League Baseball's senior vice president for on-field operations. “Regardless of Mr. Donaldson's intent, the comment he directed toward Mr. Anderson was disrespectful and in poor judgment, particularly when viewed in the context of their prior interactions. In addition, Mr. Donaldson's remark was a contributing factor in a bench-clearing incident between the teams, and warrants discipline.[/BLOCKQUOTE] https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-donaldson-suspension-may-23-2022

Frayed Knot May 23 2022 07:13 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I would characterize that as a poorly described, inaccurate, and incomplete summary. Me: a one game suspension for being disrespectful MLB: Mr. Donaldson's ... comment he directed toward Mr. Anderson was disrespectful and in poor judgment, particularly when viewed in the context of their prior interactions. I'd call it an almost verbatim summary "In addition, Mr. Donaldson's remark was a contributing factor in a bench-clearing incident between the teams, and warrants discipline." I'd cite Anderson's reaction to the comments -- way fuckin' over the top IMO -- as the bigger instigating factor. Donaldson was pushing buttons and Anderson took the bait. BFD! Play Ball.

Gwreck May 23 2022 07:41 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Well, we just have a different understanding of the word “verbatim” I suppose. I also think it laughable to call it “outlawing bench-jockeying.” As the MLB statement referenced, Donaldson's actions last weekend when he pushed Anderson off third on a tag play were an aggravating factor, as was the role of Donaldson in the bench-clearing incident. And as we all know, of course, it was Donaldson jawing about it with Grandal (not Anderson) when benches cleared.

Frayed Knot May 23 2022 07:55 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I'd have an easier time accepting "Donaldson's role in the bench clearing" if Anderson & Grandal weren't being treated as if passive bystanders in the whole thing, as if their roles were somehow a non-factor. All of which points me to a conclusion this is punishment really about the words -- one name really -- with the rest of it being used as fodder to pretend that it isn't. Teasing with malice aforethought, oh the humanity!

Ceetar May 23 2022 08:08 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I initially was confused, but it didn't take much to realize that derisively referring to someone by a famous person of that race is hella not cool. When Tim made the Jackie Robinson comparison it was from a place where he was one of only 72 black major league players and he was being suspended for playing with passion, getting plunked for it and then using the N word. He was the only black player on the White Sox at the time as well. There was context about race to why he said it. It's pretty much exactly the same as saying "all lives matter" when black people talk about police murder. Anderson talking about racial inequality and Donaldson is basically like "okay Jackie" and rolling his eyes. It's dismissive and cruel. It's possible to act in a racist manner without actively thinking "oh fuck him, he's black". It's the very act of trivializing it and mocking it that's problematic here. He's clear that he's not saying it as a compliment. It's derisive.

Willets Point May 24 2022 08:19 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

If a Black person calls their friend the n-word in a joking way it's seen as affectionate. If a white dude, especially one who is an asshole and not friends with the Black person, says the n-word, it's an insult. This is a similar situation. Especially since Donaldson is a white supremacist asshole with a history of stirring up shit with the White Sox and not friends with Anderson in any way that would make "Jackie" an affectionate jibe. The white supremacists know this but they will never say it out loud because the gaslighting is part of how they advance their "supremacy."

Willets Point May 24 2022 08:38 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

When “Jackie Robinson” Is Used as a Racial Slur

Fman99 May 24 2022 09:28 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

What classless jackasses they grow up in dem Bronx

Centerfield May 24 2022 10:54 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I've taken some time to think through my thoughts because I had a hard time resolving the conflicting feelings I was having on this. I think I'm comfortable with my feelings on this now. I don't like that Tim Anderson compared himself to Jackie Robinson. In a way, I think this is somewhat tone deaf. Anderson, nor anyone living today, can truly appreciate what Jackie went through. And when he makes that comparison, I think he minimizes the abuse Jackie suffered, and the measures society has taken to address it. We are far from perfect now, but if you discount all of that progress and compare Tim Anderson's situation to Jackie Robinson, you undermine the motivation to get better. That being said, Donaldson is wrong. Tim Anderson is allowed to compare himself to Jackie Robinson, the man, not Jackie Robinson the player. When Tim says "I feel like the modern day Jackie Robinson", he's saying I feel the impact of modern day racism, and it's a burden he has to shoulder every day. Donaldson, a white man, mocking that statement is minimizing or making light of that struggle. His message is "Everything is fine, don't be a whiny bitch about perceived racism. No one's burning crosses anymore". And this is unequivocally wrong. And everyone chanting "Jackie" at Yankee Stadium is a piece of shit.

Marshmallowmilkshake May 25 2022 03:38 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[url]https://nypost.com/2022/05/25/yankees-fan-steals-aaron-judge-ball-out-of-little-kids-glove/ They really do have the worst, most entitled fans ever.

Willets Point May 25 2022 03:45 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I guess if a young Aaron Judge fan wants a ball he has to go to Toronto.

nymr83 May 25 2022 05:00 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[url]https://nypost.com/2022/05/25/yankees-fan-steals-aaron-judge-ball-out-of-little-kids-glove/ They really do have the worst, most entitled fans ever. That is so scummy. Yankee Stadium classic.

Gwreck May 26 2022 05:46 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/yankees/status/1529955869428965379[/TWEET]

Frayed Knot May 26 2022 07:05 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

To be clear, that's the game coverage on their Twitter account, not the TV or radio broadcasts.

nymr83 May 26 2022 07:08 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: To be clear, that's the game coverage on their Twitter account, not the TV or radio broadcasts. Oh, so this isnt the "WOW" I thought it was when I first read that, it is just YAWN.

Willets Point May 27 2022 08:05 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/yankees/status/1529955869428965379[/TWEET] This is more "Fuck Yeah! The Yankees!"

Johnny Lunchbucket May 27 2022 09:20 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Let's credit the Ray's for this!

A Boy Named Seo May 27 2022 12:25 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: I don't believe for a moment that what Donaldson said, essentially teasing Anderson for a prior claim to be the "New Jackie", is "mocking black guys" and it certainly is generalizing anyone. Unless of course you have some sort of info that he calls everyone with dark skin 'Jackie' at which point I may be forced to re-evaluate my stance. If it isn't being used to mock a Black player, then what is it? He's certainly not calling him Jackie out of reverence for Jackie Robinson and that's the problem. I realize I'm late on this, and Donaldson already issued his bullshit apology, but if he just wanted to troll TA and get in his head, he didn't need to invoke Jackie' name, even if Tim did 3 years ago.

nymr83 May 27 2022 03:27 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I don't believe for a moment that what Donaldson said, essentially teasing Anderson for a prior claim to be the "New Jackie", is "mocking black guys" and it certainly is generalizing anyone. Unless of course you have some sort of info that he calls everyone with dark skin 'Jackie' at which point I may be forced to re-evaluate my stance. If it isn't being used to mock a Black player, then what is it? He's certainly not calling him Jackie out of reverence for Jackie Robinson and that's the problem. I realize I'm late on this, and Donaldson already issued his bullshit apology, but if he just wanted to troll TA and get in his head, he didn't need to invoke Jackie' name, even if Tim did 3 years ago. Yes the apology is bullshit, because he was mocking him. But he was mocking him for comparing himself to Jackie Robinson, as in "you're no Jackie Robinson you asshat" - that makes Donaldson a jerk, not a racist.

Frayed Knot May 27 2022 03:37 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

A Boy Named Seo wrote: If it isn't being used to mock a Black player, then what is it? Just what I said, that he was using it based on the prior reference specifically to tweak Anderson. Maybe he thought he was being funny, I dunno, but I'm sure there's worse shit said on the field multiple times per game. Hell, Tim Anderson once called an opposing player (oddly, a white one) "a weak-ass fucking nigga!". Is 'Jackie' worse than 'Mutha-Fucka', something that's probably dropped ten times before the singing of the anthem? I just don't think every incidence of bench jockeying towards a black player is de facto racism, even one invoking the holy name of Jackie. I don't think what Donaldson said was clever, he's an irritant and quite possibly a complete tool. I just don't think it was suspension worthy and aren't surprised that he's fighting it.

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2022 11:45 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Matt Carpenter, the now 36 y/o ex-Cardinal picked up by the Yanx as a minor league FA recently, is 3 for 14 since joining the team. All three hits are HRs

Marshmallowmilkshake Jun 28 2022 10:33 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Things are so uninspiring in the Bronx that a kid flipping a water bottle has the bleachers cheering. Keep in mind, this happened in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning with a man on second base. [url]https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/yankees-bleacher-creatures-erupt-for-girls-water-bottle-flip/

G-Fafif Jul 10 2022 05:03 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Hello, cable company, can I have ESPN2 banned? [tweet]https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1545818898171277317[/tweet]

Gwreck Jul 10 2022 05:06 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I'd need to be paid 5 figures to listen to that broadcast.

Fman99 Jul 10 2022 05:56 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Hello, cable company, can I have ESPN2 banned? [tweet]https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1545818898171277317[/tweet] This is the "can you fill a bucket with your own vomit" dream team basically

Edgy MD Jul 10 2022 08:12 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Billy Crystal really has a lovely habit of popping up at the front-runningest times, doesn't he?

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2022 06:50 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

^ as to the point above^ So after the games of Friday July 8th and a 12-5 clubbing of the BoSox, the Yanx were just past the halfway point of their season (84 games played) and sitting on a record of 61-23 (.726) which translates to a pace of 118 wins for the season (117.6). Since that point they are 11 - 20, a .355 clip or a 57 win season. The problem is that they've still got a double digit lead as neither the 2nd or 3rd place teams back on 7/8 [TBR & BOS] have a winning record since then either [15-15, 12-20]. And while the 4th & 5th place teams then have made up 6.5 & 8.0 games (still not a lot on a stumbling team over a five week span) they started from so far back that they're not within striking distance unless this NYY collapse has staying power well into September. The Blue Jays, who seem like they're always one year away from being one year away, not only have the next best AL East record right now they're also the next best record in the AL overall. So while the NL has six teams more than ten games over .500, the AL has just the Astros and Yanx [HOU +2.5]. After those two it's a full 10-game gap until you reach the 61-52 Jays and the rest of the pack fighting it out as if in a contest for who wins the title of tallest midget in the circus.

Fman99 Aug 15 2022 07:33 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The important thing is that the MFYs have sucked for five weeks and hopefully a bunch of MFY fans are all butthurt about it.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2022 09:52 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Yeah, you just wish there were at least Some consequences for five weeks of suckitude besides the possible 3-4 home field disadvantage should they meet up with Houston in the ALCS two-plus months from now.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2022 06:23 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

So at what point does a slump become a collapse? I guess the easy answer is 'if it continues', but the team that won nearly 3/4 of their games (.726) in the first half (84 G) has now lost two of every three for over a month now (11-22) and their lead has finally slipped into single-digit range (from a high of 15.5) where not just one but one of three team needs to get hot at the right time in order to make things interesting [TBR -9.0, TOR -10.0, BAL -10.5] Immediately ahead is one more with Tampa today [TBR has won 4-0 & 3-1 the last two nights]. Then if the Blue Jays want to show they can play with the big boys now's their chance because they visit the Bronx for four starting tomorrow which leads right into two with the Mets. By this very hour next week there could be a full blown case of Pinstripe Panic in da Bronx which would be stunning for a team on pace for 118 wins just six weeks earlier.

MFS62 Aug 17 2022 06:59 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The Blue Jays are never as good as people think they are. The pessimist in me says they won't beat the MFYs. The optimist in me hopes none of them will transmit Cholera to the Mets while they're in New York. Later

Ceetar Aug 17 2022 07:13 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: So at what point does a slump become a collapse? When ESPN flexes Yankee games for another team.

Frayed Knot Aug 19 2022 05:49 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Traded by NYY (to StL) at the deadline -- Jordan Montgomery: 3 starts*, 16.2 IP, 1 ER, 12 H, 17 K, 3 BB Traded to NYY (from OAK) at the deadline -- Frankie Montas: 3 starts, 14 IP, 14 ER, 18 H, 8 K, 6 BB The two weren't traded for each other but the net effect was that they were. The deal for Montas allowed them to move Montgomery. Another problem is that the return for dealing Montgomery, Harrison Bader, remains on the IL where he's been since June with no set return date. The idea was to put Bader, a GG CF, in CF so Judge could move back to RF. But the delay of Bader, along with the injury to Matt Carpenter, has forced the return of Aaron Hicks both to the OF and to the lineup where his .217 BA w/6 HRs has made him the replacement for the deadline departed Joey Gallo as the #1 target of MFY fan ire. * including once against NYY

Frayed Knot Aug 20 2022 05:07 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Yanx lost again to Toronto today (Sat afternoon) meaning that not only is this deep slump continuing but it's finally starting to coincide with their pursuers winning at the MFY's expense and a lead which stubbornly stayed in double digits despite six slumping weeks is now suddenly down to 7 games. And if any of you are starting to get the idea that I'm obsessed with this potential Yanqui collapse it's only because I'm obsessed with this potential Yanqui collapse. I mean, first of all, it's the Yanx losing so I'm always going to roll around in that mud no matter what the specifics. But tacked onto that is this notion of ANY team winning nearly 3/4 of their games for more than half a season [.726 winning pct thru 84 G -- that's not on pace for a good season, it's an historic one] only to pivot directly into losing more than 2/3 of their games for a stretch now approaching a quarter season: .324 w pct thru 37 G (12-25). What surprised me by their early season was the pitching. You figured they would hit, they always hit. But then Taillon and Montgomery improved, Severino came back, Cortes came out of nowhere and it was off to the races. But now check out their runs scored over the last eleven games: 0, 3, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 8, 2, 0, 2. They won two of those, one of the 3's and the 8 and even that one took a miracle (10th inning walk-off GS). So it's not just 2-9 over the last week and a half but seven of those nine L's came against AL East rivals and five of them have been at home. Blue Jays try and complete the four-game sweep on Sunday in advance of our arrival in the Bronx for two with Scherzer and (maybe) deGrom. Oh man, this could be a fuckovalottafun down the stretch!

Fman99 Aug 20 2022 05:59 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Team that relies on the longball and they all went cold. Boo fuckin hoo sez I

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 20 2022 06:32 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Boonie losing his cool at the press conference. [url]https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/aaron-boone-shows-frustration-over-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays/

Frayed Knot Aug 20 2022 07:06 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

If they blow the lead they had (15.5 G) his cool isn't going to be the only thing Boone loses.

kcmets Aug 21 2022 01:24 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

CRAP! Forgot to DVR the Paul O'Neil number retirement ceremony!

bmfc1 Aug 21 2022 01:31 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=kcmets post_id=104855 time=1661109871 user_id=53] CRAP! Forgot to DVR the Paul O'Neil number retirement ceremony!

I hope that everyone read about the special arrangements the MFYs had to take to keep the unvaccinated O'Neill away from everyone else. They also could have told him that they wouldn't do it unless he got the shots.

kcmets Aug 21 2022 02:16 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

A few of my facebook Yankee fan friends really went over the top today with how he was a heart and soul battler and The Warrior! He was an all-star three or four times as a Yank, and never got close to winning an MVP. Bobby Bonilla is his #1 Sim Scrore match on bbrdotcom. Bonilla!

stevejrogers Aug 21 2022 02:36 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=kcmets post_id=104864 time=1661112975 user_id=53] A few of my facebook Yankee fan friends really went over the top today with how he was a heart and soul battler and The Warrior! He was an all-star three or four times as a Yank, and never got close to winning an MVP. Bobby Bonilla is his #1 Sim Scrore match on bbrdotcom. Bonilla!

All kidding aside, especially with his final years and infamous back payment structured contract aside, Bobby Bo had a pretty darn good career though.

kcmets Aug 21 2022 02:50 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I have nothing against Bobby Bonilla, I actually kinda like him. Paul O'Neil isn't deserving his Yankee number being retired.either way.

stevejrogers Aug 21 2022 02:59 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=kcmets post_id=104874 time=1661115007 user_id=53] I have nothing against Bobby Bonilla, I actually kinda like him. Paul O'Neil isn't deserving his Yankee number being retired.either way.

Yup. Not quite Hernandez/Koosman level.



But yeah, Skank fans do over inflate everyone's value, especially those with multiple rings.

Frayed Knot Aug 21 2022 06:57 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 22 2022 03:21 AM

Very few cliches bothered me more than O'Neill being (constantly) declared "a warrior". Leave the overly macho military cliches to the NFL if you would, huh? It's stupid there too but they specialize in stupid.

Frayed Knot Aug 21 2022 07:53 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Both Hal Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman were booed during the Paul O'Neill ceremonies.

nymr83 Aug 21 2022 10:54 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=kcmets post_id=104874 time=1661115007 user_id=53] I have nothing against Bobby Bonilla, I actually kinda like him. Paul O'Neil isn't deserving his Yankee number being retired.either way.

I wasnt old enough to remember Bonilla's first time around all that well. To me he was the clown who was playing cards in the clubhouse with Rickey during a playoff game.



Then he became another punchline in the Wilpons sad ownership

MFS62 Aug 22 2022 06:22 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: Very few cliches bothered me more than O'Neill being (constantly) declared "a warrior". His fans called it aggressive play. I called it for what it was, roid rage. Later

Fman99 Aug 22 2022 08:44 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Man, fuck Paul O'Neill.

Frayed Knot Sep 01 2022 06:51 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

So I had kind of put my MFY collapsing fantasy on hold for a bit after our two losses there followed by their journey to the weaker sisters of the AL West. But after taking the first two of the trip they then dropped four of the next five to go an uninspiring (for them, not for me) 3-4 vs OAK & LAA which left them at 10-18 for August, their worst monthly record since back in 1991 Aaaaaannnd this is all happening while Tampa (18-9 in August) has gotten hot so that 15.5 game lead in early July that was whittled down to 8.0 more recently is now down to 6.0. Missing the playoffs entirely is virtually impossible but blowing that kind of division lead would be brutal. And better yet, the Yanx are headed to Tampa for three this weekend and then, following four at home vs Minnesota (yeah, I know, but they're a decent team this even though 7-195 vs the Yanx in recent years) they get Tampa again for three in the Bronx. So that's 10 straight vs playoff contenders including six vs their closest pursuer. iow, suddenly we might just have ourselves a ballgame here! They're also only 8 G up on Toronto so iff'n the Jays ever decide to stop being mediocre (13-14 in Aug) they could throw another wrench into the works. TBR took two of three when they last met in mid-August followed immediately by the Jays taking three of four. Yanx go to Toronto in late Sept.

Frayed Knot Sep 03 2022 05:12 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

The entire AL East won last night ... with the exception of the Yanx Tampa now trails by only 5 games, Toronto by 7, Baltimore by 8.5 ... and then there's Boston at -14.5 So let's consider this for a second, the Yanx lead over the last place AL East team is now smaller than it was over the 2nd place team in early July.

Frayed Knot Sep 04 2022 04:56 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Frayed Knot wrote: The entire AL East won last night ... with the exception of the Yanx Tampa now trails by only [CROSSOUT]5[/CROSSOUT] 4 games, Toronto by [CROSSOUT]7[/CROSSOUT] 6, Baltimore by [CROSSOUT]8.5[/CROSSOUT] 7.5 ... and then there's Boston at [CROSSOUT]-14.5[/CROSSOUT] -13.5 Fixed it

Edgy MD Sep 04 2022 07:58 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

That's great. The whole pack coming after them.

Ceetar Sep 04 2022 10:00 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

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Frayed Knot Sep 04 2022 11:24 AM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Lists like that always look better when they're selectively culled of results that don't help to serve the predetermined desired outcome.

MFS62 Sep 04 2022 12:58 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

He hit #53 today. Later

Ceetar Sep 04 2022 01:03 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=MFS62 post_id=106337 time=1662317903 user_id=60] He hit #53 today. Later

19 to go, or more than 1 every day. Can he get there?

whippoorwill Sep 04 2022 04:07 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Not like i actually even pay attention to the Yankees, but he's on my fantasy team (as is Polar Bear) and this is the first year EVER that I've been in the money. I might send him a dollar.

bmfc1 Sep 22 2022 04:42 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Look at this bullshit. It doesn't affect us, why would go through the trouble of putting on Apple+ to see this game, but MFY fans are so whiny that they have to have their mediocre PBP guy forced into the booth of another announcing team so they can hear his scripted call. WHAAAAA! We're losing GKR for 2 of the 3 games of the ATL series and we'll complain but that's the way things go. https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/michael-kay-reportedly-could-join-apple-tvs-yankees-red-sox-coverage-on-friday.html

bmfc1 Sep 23 2022 01:36 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

Kay isn't going to big-foot onto the Apple+ show so good for him. Still, MFY fans are upset that the game is exclusively on Apple+ so the NY AG issued a statement telling them that there's a free way to subscribe. I would have told them to STFU.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2022 02:29 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

That AppleTV+ is available free for baseball games (for this year at least) shouldn't be news to fans, except maybe to those just jumping on now to see Judge tie/break/get-slightly-closer-to (depending on your P.O.V.) a record.

kcmets Sep 23 2022 02:56 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

I hope Judge hits three homers tonight so Michael Kay can't put his parasitic brand on the historical moment. That would amuse me!

MFS62 Sep 23 2022 03:27 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

=kcmets post_id=108394 time=1663966570 user_id=53] I hope Judge hits three homers tonight so Michael Kay can't put his parasitic brand on the historical moment. That would amuse me!

That would more than amuse me. I might even do a little dance, thinking about him missing out on an historic MFY broadcasting moment.

(I wouldn't call his radio program to remind him it is only the AL record. I DO have my standards.)

Later

Ceetar Sep 23 2022 04:07 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

AL records aren't a thing anymore. Judge hit 4 of his home runs in NL parks and 10 against NL teams. He's had literally as many times pitched to as Barry Bonds in 2001. It's just a franchise record, interesting to no one besides the Yankees.

Gwreck Sep 23 2022 04:25 PM Re: F the MFYs - 2022 Thread

“73 is the record in my book. No matter what people want to say about that era of baseball, for me, they went out there and hit 73 homers and 70 homers, and that to me is what the record is.” -A. Judge