Time To Start Relaxing?

It's a long season, but wow, what a start. Makes me wonder whether it's time to party like it's 1998.

Hoist the Flags and Pass Out the Rings

The Boys are Back in Da Bronx!

Meet teh Mutts, Greet teh Mutts...

...step right and and beat the schmucks!

"THIS is exactly the kind of start manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya did not want and did not need.

All the Mets' weaknesses have been on display the last two games. The starting pitching was terrible Wednesday night and last night the Mets' lack of offense wasted a competitive start from young Jon Niese in a desultory 3-1 loss to the Marlins at a deathly quiet Citi Field in front of 25,982 fans, the smallest crowd ever at the new park."

So much for a quick start - NYPOST.com:

It's Only Three Games...

...so I gotta say, "Meh. Do the same in the next three series and MAYBE I'll relax."

Yay Me!

baseball is back, and it is starting off right.

One of the Glories of Spring Training Games...

No Michael Kay on YES.

One Bourbon...

And just where was Joba 'Firewater' Chamberlain on the night in question?

And so it goes...

Good riddance is what I say.

And So It Begins....

Yankees report to camp ready to repeat

Pitchers & Catchers

WTF with the first construct?

Caveman? Miss?

Right now, my brain votes "Oh God, we are gonna get screwed."

For The Love of The Game DARTH BOSS GEORGE

EAT THIS, BITCHES!

The Nation’s Tears of Rage Sustain Me � LeatherPenguin

The Nation’s Tears of Rage Sustain Me - LeatherPenguin

Dear Joba,

Do not--I repeat: DO NOT!--screw this start up.

I figure C.C. and Pettite can handle the idea of what this weekend's games mean in the grand scheme of things, but you? I'm noteven sure what planet you're on when you walk out to the mound.

Kneel Before Your God!

Behold: Darth Boss George

Screaming Douche Alert

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Jim Rice's advice to Little Leaguers: Don't use today's major leaguers as role models.

Speaking to players before the start of the Little League World Series, the new baseball Hall of Famer said today's major leaguers are too focused on individual goals and getting big contracts.

"You see a Manny Ramirez, you see an A-Rod [Alex Rodriguez], you see [Derek] Jeter ... Guys that I played against and with, these guys you're talking about cannot compare," Rice said to Little Leaguers gathered in the cafeteria.

via At Little League World Series, Hall of Famer Jim Rice says major league players are not good role models for youngsters - ESPN

You insolent shit. No wonder the writers were so disinclined to vote you a plaque for all those years....

JETER? WHAT THE FUCK HAS JETER EVER DONE TO YOU, OR YOUR "SENSIBILITIES," THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO STAND IN JUDGEMENT?

You one said, when asked what was he best thing about being a major league player, "the fifteenth and thirtieth." Because that's when you got paid.

Jeter's donated more money to underprivileged kids than you ever got paid, you useless piece of shit.

I'm spitting on your bronzed douchebag face next time I hit Cooperstown.

Wille Ball

An honest Yankee fan:

Q: You're a Yankees fan. If you ever got a pitching start for the Yanks and could bean one opposing player, who would it be?

A: Does throwing at A-Rod during batting practice count?

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STOP! I can't breathe!!!

This is too damn funny!

27 Up; 27 Down!

11 Years Ago Today, Boomer throws a Perfect Game.

A-Hole's Savior Announced

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First pitch?

LET THE SOAP OPERA GO TOTALLY FUCKING NUTS.

This is gonna SUCK!

Well, it will IF my XM doesn't come in this weekend down in Redneckistan.

No TV, cable or internet. God will hate me if XM ain't workin'.

In the words of Cousin Eddie

I ain't seen a beating like that since somebody stuck a banana down my pants and turned a monkey loose.

Give That Man A Raise!

Deadspin - The Dislike For Carl Pavano Was Closed-Captioned For The Hearing Impaired

Swisher to the Bullpen!

Sweet Staggering Jeebus.

Hmm....

Notice Who was NOT There???

Now coming out the bullpen...

Well, fuck my bunny.

The swimmer is going to toss a ball out, eh?

Might as well get OJ up and loose...

Oh My, Minaya!

I can't help but fall off my chair here in the hotel every time I think of this:

Gary Sheffield, New York Metropolitan

BWAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!

Omar, you just signed up for ANOTHER choke! Signing the racist clubhouse cancer has to be one of your WORST moves!

There is a REASON the tigers just ate (choked down?) $14 MILLION dollars...

I Wonder How Long Until It Gets Ugly

New Stadium. Section 39 is now Section 203.

They're now within clobbering distance of box seat denizens....

And the Beer Ban is gone.

Special night on tap for Bleacher Creatures at new Yankee Stadium

This Is Absolute Crap

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WHAT HE SAID:

It turns out there is a limit to the cynicism that abounds inside a sports columnist. While I have on occasion judged athletes guilty until proven innocent of the most heinous illegalities, it's impossible to believe that Williams acted with any sort of intent or malice when he scratched the lip of TV host Jeanie Carrion inside a Puerto Rican nightclub.

What can I say? I believe the guy for once, not the woman or her lament. Political correctness only goes so far. Sixteen years of covering Williams is enough proof to make me think this is utter nonsense; that the woman was seriously bugging Williams, who reached for the camera out of frustration and elbowed her face by mistake. That also happens to be the second-hand account of the club owner, Bill Duggan, and it sounds about right.

Since he broke into baseball calling a disheveled bum like myself "Mr. Bondy," Williams has never been known to throw even the tiniest of tantrums, or to demonstrate anything but gracious good will to all. He is shy, we know that. He is a space cadet at times. But he is no lip-banger. Williams was in the club to play jazz, not to carouse. He wasn't asking for trouble of any fashion.

Former Yankee Bernie Williams deserves a better sendoff

That Bernie, nor Paulie, did not get a "day" before they closed down the Old House in da Bronx, is one of the irreversible stains the Steinbrenners will never be able to remove. It is goddamn criminal that we never had the chance to give Bernie and Paulie a proper sendoff in the House they helped bring back to life.

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Oh, Joy

You couldn't get this taken care of back in October or November, could you, you goddamn asshole.
Hip expert: A-Rod will need surgery

Yeah, This Season's Getting Off to a Damn Good, it's Gonna be a "Bronx Zoo Reboot" Start

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Steroids? Check!
Financial Chicanery? Check!
Wait a minute, what?

And So It Begins

Pitchers. Catchers. Roid hysteria 2.0!

Lo-Hud.

Pyscho Charlie. Now More Than Ever

LeatherPenguin: I WANT PETE ROSE IN THE HALL OF FAME, AND I WANT IT RIGHT GODDAMNED NOW.: "If the writers keep up this “you’re not worthy/holier than thou” bullshit against the steroid era players, who Charlie Hustle had nothing to do with, but they still shat all over him, they ain’t gonna be able to vote for anyone who played between 1995 and 2004 to be allowed in the Hall."

Just in Time for Pitchers and catchers...

Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in '03, sources tell SI - MLB - SI.com:

"In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated."

Pot? Meet Mr. Kettle

David Wells calls Torre a male prostitute? - Game on - USATODAY.com

Reality Kicks Pettitte in teh Nuts

LeatherPenguin: Upon Realizing There Will Never, EVAH!, be another Patently Insane Contract laid on the table for the rest of his Naturally Borne Life…

Fer God's Sake, Joe, is this the Road You Wanna Hoe?

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FINALLY!

Rice, Rickey named to the Hall.

Giam-roido Going Home?

Jason Giambi, Oakland Athletics on verge of one-year deal - ESPN

Dee Snyder Sealed the Teixeira Deal?

Okay, this is funny:

Teixeira wasn't much on the Yankees' minds, or so they say. After hop-scotching from Texas to Atlanta to the Angels, he was rumored to want to stay close to home, to perhaps sign with Baltimore or the Nationals.
Then there was Boston, forever a Yankee thorn. The Red Sox drafted Teixeira out of high school, but his father John reportedly became irked at a Boston scout and urged his son to instead attend college. Now the Red Sox were again heavy on the scene; Cashman figured he might as well play along.

So he did a bit of research, discovered Teixeira had a fondness for Twisted Sister, the iron men of '80s rock. Sometimes it really is this simple, this high-stakes recruiting game. Sure, it helped that the Yankees eventually offered $180 million over eight years, but what really wowed Teixeira was the super cool video Cashman revealed when he came to visit in the middle of December.

Shot in the new stadium, with digitalized images of what Teixeira might look like as he ran out of the dugout and onto the grass, the crowd at a froth, the New York skyline in the distance, the sound track blared "I Wanna Rock." Cashman pressed play.

"Hey, that's my song!" Cashman recalled Teixeira saying as he and I walked through the old stadium hallways. "I was like, yeah, we know that."
And at that point, with Twisted Sister on blast, Leigh, Teixeira's college sweetheart who is now his wife, said, "I want you to be a Yankee."

Boobies!

LeatherPenguin

Cash? Is this the end of the Shopping Spree?

Christmas is still two days away.

Go buy Manny for Hank's stocking and watch all of baseball's heads asplode.

ESPN - Sources: Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees agree to 8-year deal

Hank's Getting Nuts Like Daddy

so they're lusting after Manny.

Stop, you fools. While Manny would certainly bring the psychodrama potential to nose-bleed levels (seriously, Girardi would likely end up killing him after waking one morning to the NY Post running a front page of Manny and Madonna boinking in Macy's window as A-Hole lies curled in a fetal position on the Herald Square pavement with one thumb screwed in his mouth and the other screwed in his ass), you silly young spawns of Darth Boss George should just STFU and leave this kind of crap to Cashman.

And if you really, really, really need to throw even more truckloads of money at someone (good God, you've already committed a quarter billion to two freaking pitchers and one of them screams "PAVANO!") to justify your Steinbrenner-hood bona fides, do everyone a favor: make your target Teixiera.

Throw gobs and gobs of money at Teixiera, because if you don't, and Tex ends up in Fenway, while WE end up with Manny and all the insanity he carries....

well, let's just say it would be against your interests to ever dare leave Tampa Bay unless you're riding in an up-armored Humvee.

It Must Be REALLY Tough Economic Times

I mean, c'mon! All he can get from the Skanks is 7 years and $161M?? That's just barely Santana money. Oh well, at least there's still Food Stamps and WIC to help him pay the bills.

A One Sentence Reason Blyleven Belongs in the Hall

The Baseball Analysts: Another Addition to the Bert Blyleven Series

2009 Hall of Fame

Here's the list:

• Harold Baines
• Jay Bell
• Bert Blyleven
• David Cone
• Andre Dawson
• Ron Gant
• Mark Grace
• Rickey Henderson
• Tommy John
• Don Mattingly
• Mark McGwire
• Jack Morris
• Dale Murphy
• Jesse Orosco
• Dave Parker
• Dan Plesac
• Tim Raines
• Jim Rice
• Lee Smith
• Alan Trammell
• Greg Vaughn
• Mo Vaughn
• Matt Williams

For me it's the ones I have in bold.

Andre Dawson gets into 2 HOF's: Baseball and Jerri Curl

Jim Ed and The Hall

From Nick Carfado:

"Hall of Fame ballots will be in the hands of voters soon. This year, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson appear to have the best chance to get in.

Longtime Red Sox publicist Dick Bresciani has brilliantly made a statistical case the last few years for Rice, who will be on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
Last year, Rice was named on 392 ballots (72.2 percent), just 16 votes short of election. According to Bresciani, it was the 21st time a player received more than 70 percent but less than 75 percent. On all 20 previous occasions, the player eventually was elected.

There have been five such instances in the last 20 years: Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepeda, Bruce Sutter, Gary Carter, and Rich Gossage. A few more of Bresciani's points:

Rice ranked among the top five in AL MVP voting in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, and 1986. He is the only player to finish among the top five in AL voting at least five times between 1963-2005. He is one of 16 major leaguers to place among the top five in MVP voting at least six times. Of the 12 Hall of Fame-eligible players on this list, 11 are in Cooperstown, including eight who were elected on the first ballot. Rice is the only exception.

Rice is one of only 10 players to lead a league in runs, hits, home runs, and RBIs over a 14-year span. He and Rafael Palmeiro are the only players to accomplish the feat who are not in the Hall of Fame. Among the eight Hall of Famers on this list, five were elected on the first ballot.

Rice is one of 14 players to post four or more seasons of 200 hits and 100 RBIs. Among the retired players on this list, only Rice and Steve Garvey are not in the Hall of Fame.

From 1975-86, Rice was the most dominant player in the AL. During that stretch, he led the league in 12 categories and ranked among the top five in two others. He led the league over that period with 350 home runs, but unlike most sluggers of his day, he ranked fourth with a .304 batting average. He collected the most hits over that period and also ranked first with a .520 slugging percentage. He legged out 73 triples, including 15 in 1977 and 1978."

If the Goose is in then Rice should be as well

Shea Stadium; Citi Field; TAXPAYER PARK!

It's pure, delicious schadenfreude for this fan of the Yankees to see the Mutts get caught up in the Citigroup bailout mess:

The New York Mets theme song for the 2009 season is 'We built this Citi.' The question is whether the Citi will stand.

Questions about whether the humungous 20-year, $400 million naming rights deal that the bank agreed to two years ago for the new Mets stadium would stand up, began when the global financial crisis started. Then the 53,000 jobs cut at Citi, the second largest single job cuts in terms of volume in history. And last night, the government injecting $20 billion into Citigroup.

Citi's $400 Million Deal With Mets Stadium: Will It Stand? - CNBC.com

Ain't very warm in here so far

What the fuck is up with the Hot Stove this year? ESPECIALLY the Sox and Skanks!

Nick Fucking Swisher?

No-Co to the Royale's with Cheese?

C'mon, Theo and Cash! Let's make some DEALS!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the winter meetings aren't til the 8th of December but fer chrissakes get something MOVING!

Roid Rage?

Me thinks the apple falls not far from the tree here

Just wondering what his possible step-mom would have done...

The Torch is Passed

LeatherPenguin: End of an Era

Where have you gone....?

Just looking over the upcoming possible free agents and the following are the teams without a former Red Sox great that'll be available (total number of FAs):

Kansas City (2)
Minnesota (4)
NYY (9) -- I can't believe there's NOT A SOUL here who played for the Sox
Seattle (3)
Texas (5)
Colorado (6)
Florida (4)
San Diego (3)
San Francisco (2)
Washington (2)

Amazing that 19 other teams have at least ONE former Red Sox player on the FA list. Just goes to show what Curt Flood and Marvin Miller accomplished...

Joba + Firewater = County Time

I have to admit that at 23 years of age I could be seen having an adult beverage or two at a 'Gentlemen's establishment' in the Combat Zone.

However, I didn't get so riled up by a Skank fan that it could've possibly cost me my driving privileges.

Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson could not be reached for comment...

C'mon Already!

Will you Feckless Fenway Fuckwits put these bitches in the ditch and get on with it?

Manny is looking at the Phillies' pitching, and saying, "Yes. There will be blood."
(okay, Manny couldn't be caught talking that way on a good day, but you know what I mean.)

Torre is just balls bouncing off the the floor laughing at the ridiculous of this.

Who ARE these TBS guys?

I recognize one voice (the younger, black guy, who from following the chatter seems to have once been a player, but I can't place him), but for the life of me, I have no idea who these two other people talking at me actually are.

Granted, much of the time I've had the TV on mute, so if they introduced themselves, I guess I missed it.

But who are these shits? I've watched enough games that I should have picked up at least one name.

Dear Manny,

keep kicking.

Show's Over

Good Luck to the Red Sox; I think the Angel's will eat you alive.

Then, again, you guys were always a pain in their ass.

But if it happens, ... PLEASE GOD!

Give it to the Cubs.

Sigh....

All I got to look forward to is Moose getting #20... and it looks like God is gonna piss all over it.

Really, at this point I don't even wanna burn shit in the fire pit. I'd rather give it to the Salvation Army's thrift store and ask them to say a prayer for my psyche.

It’s More Than Likely I’m Gonna Be a Blubbering Idiot Before This Day is Done

I'll probably be a sobbing like an absolute fool.

Don't you DARE tell me there's no crying in baseball.

I'm telling ya...

if it wasn't for these kids I would be a hair's width away from suffering a psychotic break and going on an all-out Mutt fan killing spree.

And Pat Venditte is just too cool for school. If he pans out he is gonna drive opposing managers absolutely insane.

Also, I wouldn't have gained something like 15-20 pounds (every time I walk into the bathroom I can hear the scale (manufactured by an oufit called, I shit you not, "Borg") snigger as I act like it isn't really there), thanks to their "all you can eat" ticket scheme... which means I'm gonna have to kick my ass at the gym for the next three weeks so I won't look like a beached whale when we go down to our time share in St. Thomas in mid-October. Oh friggin' JOY!

When the Fuck does Hockey Season Start?

I need a new thing to make me miserable.

Red Sox 7, Damon 2...

the rest of those useless bastards 1.

And good ol' A-Hole once again demonstrates that, when it's crunch time, nobody can match his ability to fold like a cheap camera.

Just Shoot Me Now

Pavano?

God hates me.

What He Said

Roar of the Tigers | MVN - a Detroit Tigers blog - Pudge for The Farns; excuse me, my brain has exploded

Well deserved...

CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Cheers, Goose!

Been a long time but VERY WELL deserved.

Oh, yeah, TC. Dick Williams DID deserve the honor as well

This Just In:

Mike Lupica is out of his BDS-Addled Brain

Now Sign Bronson Arroyo and Drive Red Sox Nation Totally Insane

Yankees acquire Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte from Pirates

Here Comes the Weekend

LET’S GET IT ON!

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"These games always mean the most when the baseball is more meaningful than the drama," said Johnny Damon , who has seen the rivalry from both sides of the abyss, who was once the most loathsome of Red Sox as a hirsute pest, who is now hated enough in Boston to give both Derek Jeter Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez a run for their championship belts.
"The manufactured stuff isn't nearly as interesting."

Don't worry, Clean Shaven Caveman, this weekend is gonna be hella interesting....
NOW GO SMASH THE FECKLESS FUCKERS FROM FENWAY!

OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN says:

"Kid? Remember: you buy the ticket, you take the ride.... Where's Pudge? The dude is overdue for another kick in the nads. Feuds don't die just because one dude's dead. Go find Dent--wait, wrong era, I mean Jeter--and tell him The One True Captain Since Gehrig wants him to instigate a weekend's worth of heartache on those bastards from Beantown.

Oh, and tell Joba to just shake it off when the Nation starts screaming about killing his kid for what the Bleacher Creatures did to Papelbon during the All Star Game. But if push comes to shove, tell him bean Youk early and get that shit over with."

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1986 - The Evolution of Barry Bonds - TIME

It's pretty obvious something was going on once you pass 1997. Enter the new century and the "hitting the gym" idea pretty much crumbles.

BALCO didn't get seriously involved with athletes until 1996.

Of course, that they were located in King Roid's backyard is strictly a co-inky-dence.

Too bad TIME couldn't include "hat size" in the stats they listed.

I Don't Know Why...

but I'm developing an irrational hatred of Wilson Betemite. Just seeing him on the TV screen makes my knuckles go white. I mean, he hasn't done anything to deserve it, but when I see him, I look for something to fling at the TV screen if they don't switch cameras right goddamn now!

Hey, Hey, Oh ohh oh ho ho-ah, Hey

Happy Birthday, Dion

BANZAII! ELEVENTY!0010LOL!!!

Ichiro's speech to All-Stars revealed - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Best. All Star Game Story. EVAH.

The exact words are not available. Players are too busy laughing to remember them. Ichiro wouldn’t dare repeat them in public. So here’s the best facsimile possible.

“Bleep … bleep bleep bleep … National League … bleep … bleep … bleeeeeeeeep … National – bleep bleep bleepbleepbleep!”

Da Bronx Picks a new Bete Noir

Image via WikipediaGod, that was the most brutal treatment I've heard the Stadium deliver, easily topping "Who's your Daddy?" The frightening thing (in a funny kind of way) was it could have been worse.

There were a LOT of people in the stands wearing colors from all around the league, which means it wasn't a normal Yankee Stadium "Zoo" crew. But many, many Bleacher Creatures (and wannabes) stuck around to take that shot at Papelbon, and riled the rest of the spectators up enough to join in on their twisted brand of enthusiasm.

Still, if this was a regular Yanks/Sawx game, the vitriol would have been a physical force... as would NYPD's response to the riots that would have broken out when Nationites retaliated against Mo.

Lord, next weekend's Fenway excursion is gonna be friggin' insane. Mumbles is gonna need to call out the National Guard.

PS: It was giddily glorious watching Mutt Billy Wagner blow the save.

Yo! George!

Where's your Hitters Dot Net hat?

Boggs is dead to me

As with Joe Buck and Fox Sports everything about the introduction was WAY overdone.

However, Dave Winfield went up in my esteem for the 'dual' hat effort.

Boggs, THE FUCK, can BURN IN HELL for not at least wearing the Sawx hat.

My one wish: That Pudge was there and instead of doffing his Sawx cap, he unfurled this

Yo, Paps? It's "Enter Sandman" or it's "Police Escort Required to Exit"

Jonathan Papelbon says he should close All-Star Game instead of Mo

God is a Prick

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"Bobby Murcer was a born Yankee, a great guy, very well-liked and a true friend of mine. I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife Kay, their children and grandchildren. I will really miss the guy."

Wife is, "why are you crying?
"HE WAS SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE."



OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN says:

"Kid? Remember: you buy the ticket, you take the ride.... god dammit, Bobby, you got here too early."

God Bless Bobby

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Godspeed, Bobby

Bobby Murcer died today at age 62.

Love the fact that he's one of a select few in Yankees history to swat 4 homers in consecutive ABs.

Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

Support the 'Stache!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARTH BOSS

God bless our Overlord!

Can We Make Them "0 for July"?

Please, you jackasses are catching them when they're reeling... don't screw this up! It's bad enough that both teams are looking uphill at the Devil Rays.

(And who the fuck was the rocket scientist behind signing the fat bastard Poawnson?)

UPDATE: Well, that hope went down faster than Obama threw his Granny under the bus.

Dear Giam-stachio

With Jorge getting all this facetime at first base, how big a paycut are you willing to take to continue wearing Pinstripes?

Will Someone Please Tell Jorge

to CLEAN THAT UGLY-ASSED HELMET, NOW!

Mutts Stage Monday Midnight Massacre

Absolutely Classless Bastards

The Mets have fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto, the team announced shortly after 3 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

Bench coach Jerry Manuel has been named the team's interim manager, while Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen and Luis Aguayo will join the staff.

Omar Minaya is the biggest douchebag in NY sports. He knew he was going to fire Willie and those coaches before they ever got on the plane to LA. What the hell was the point of having these guys fly out to the West Coast and then fire them? Are you THAT afraid of the NY beat writers that you had to be 3000 miles away before you felt comfortable making this move?

Hey, Omar? Do your really think this new regime is gonna change anything? Will their presence suddenly make that idiot Billy Wagner not blow saves? Will a new pitching coach suddenly make Pedro young again? You've made an art of signing washed up Hispanic players at the tail end of their careers and now you want to blame their failure on Willie?

You're a prick, Minaya, a goddamn prick for doing it like this. Willie Randolph--a bonafide, Brooklyn born baseball hero in this town--deserved better than to be treated like this by some punk like you. You built this team, you asshole bastard. If the Wilpons had any friggin' sense it would have been your head that got chopped.

DIAF, you cocksucking punk fuck.

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A Great Dissertation on Just How Truly Screwy HOF Voting Is

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When He gets Inducted, It's gonna be goddamn Epic!

Hey, God? It's me, TC. Please, oh please please puhleeze let me stay alive long enough to witness Manny's Cooperstown speech.

Manny cements his place in history

Is it just me...

or does anyone else feel that the Muttsies' fans and the sports writers/talk jocks are all looking in the wrong direction when it comes to who should get shoved up against the wall?

Willie didn't build this team; it was all Omar Minaya's doing. And Omar seems to be getting a free pass while Willie gets raked over the coals.

Movie of the Week time...

Wow! You have to be impressed by the Kid. Beats the big Casino. Comes back to hurl the World Series clincher. Now this.

Bet your bollocks to a barn dance that one of the networks will come calling once Lance Armstrong's flick is made.

This Day in Yankee History

Fat, Drunk and PERFECT

WHAT'S THIS "WE" AND "OUR" BULLSHIT?

They are missing two big bats, playing against a team that is pitching like crazy, while their starting rotation is--I am being kind--fucking limping. Mo gives up a run for the first time so far this season... so what how does the Idiot Son respond?
HANK TO YANKEES: IT IS TIME TO EARN YOUR MONEY

"We've got to forget about all the injuries and start playing our butts off," Steinbrenner told The Post....

"The bottom line is that the team is not playing the way it is capable of playing," Steinbrenner said. "These players are being paid a lot of money and they had better decide for themselves to earn that money."

No, you dipshit, the "bottom line" is that without A-Hole and Posada in the lineup, plus Jeter's immediately previous stint on the bench because of his tweaked quad, you should consider yourself goddamn lucky the AL East is such a thick mix. Sure, they currently stand a half a game out of the five hole in the AL East, but so what? IT'S FIVE FUCKING GAMES. Last year A-Hole carried the goddamn team on his back when the pitching was crap during April and into May.
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On this day last year they were eight and a half back.

Right now, there are more than more one guy trying to make up the slack with their bats.

When will you nominate Bobby Abreu as your designated "Mr. May," SnotRag Hankie?

God Bless the Sage of St. Louis

Yoo Hoo for Everyone!

Kei Igawa - Kanz I Haz Seppuka?

Good God, you make Kennedy look like....

Okay, I take that back; you both belong in NOT the Show.

Although I AM willing to bet that the white guy figures out how to fix his shit first.

I Can Haz Bronx Zoo II?

BOOMER-ANG?

Could Boomer III be in the cards? Consider that Wells has a huge fan monitoring the situation from Tampa. Hank Steinbrenner admitted yesterday that Wells, who recently made appearances on "Best Damn Sports Show Period," has crossed his mind as a possibility for the Yankees' rotation.

"I've thought about it," Steinbrenner told The Post. "I saw him on TV, and I did think about it when I was watching."

DO IT, you crazy bastard! Show me you really are DBG's son.

Time to Start the "When Will Baby Boss Blow?" Poll

You gotta believe that Santana's success with the Team in Queens, combined with Ian ("Go get your shit together in Scranton") Kennedy, and Phil ("Is he the reincarnation of Pavano or 'Banged Around' Brown?") Hughes seriously looking like they just are not ready for prime time, Baby DBG must be getting close to the nuclear explosion threshold:
Hank voices frustration with slow start:

"'I'm very disappointed with the way the season has gone, period,' Steinbrenner told The Associated Press at the team's Spring Training complex in Tampa, Fla.....

'The injuries have been a killer, too, there's no question about that,' Steinbrenner said. 'It happens to one team every year, sometimes more than one team. And it just appears to be our year. It's something you've got to deal with in every sport.'"

If Torre was having big success out West, I'm sure Hank would be livid and threatening Cashman's wife with execution right now.

"And I Think It's Gonna Be A Long, Long Time..."

You just KNEW he had to have picked up some tips from Ol' Boggsie...

For those of you keeping score at home:

McNamee = 2
Clemens = 0

Oh, Shit.

EVERYBODY PANIC!
Posada Likely Headed for Disabled List - New York Times:

The Yankees said there would be no announcement until after the game, but Posada, who has a tear in his subscapularis muscle, is expected to visit Dr. James Andrews and will most likely be placed on the disabled list.

Posada has already shared his magnetic resonance imaging results with Andrews, and Posada has said that surgery would not be necessary. But the problem has not improved as Posada hoped, again raising the specter of an operation.

Dr. Andrews means surgery, period. You do not go see him in person unless you are scared shitless about what's going on with your arm. He's "the doctor of last resort."

They put the kid from Scranton, Chad Moeller, on assignment when they brought up arms to bolster the bullpen. So, right now, the Yankees have one, count 'em, ONE catcher.

Good God Almighty, if Jorge goes under the knife, this season is hosed. He's the single player whose absence for any length of time is an unmitigated disaster. Losing his switch-hitting bat would be bad enough; with the Kiddie Korp Twins of Kennedy and Hughes struggling as they are, the loss of his presence behind the plate will be a disaster.

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HOO-RAH!

The Only Decent Thing Ever Came Out of Queens

except, maybe, Run-DMC