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		<title>By: singledd</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51138</link>
		<dc:creator>singledd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 09:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;Harsh words by Sheff... but how we do love to kill the messenger. Canseco is/was considered a real ass, until the &#039;Raffy Incident&#039;. Now some consider him an important whistle-blower. Bouton was shunned for years, but we now understand that &#039;Ball Four&#039; was an epic and important book about baseball.&lt;/p&gt;
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I don&#039;t like him pointing fingers at Jetes and ARod... it;s bad taste... but in truth, they are not only oversold by the media but by Fox and ESPN broadcasters as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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Anybody married here? How you treat the wives is VERY important (ask Alex B.). It was ARod&#039;s wife who suggested the therapy that turned him around. Is what he said TRUE? Are his comments about family and chemistry TRUE? Because if they are, it is important to know and for the Yankees to address.&lt;/p&gt;
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Funny how this site literally (and sometime ignorantly) bashes Torre daily. He, one of the few men who would get the respect from this group of overpaid stars. Torre we can bash endlessly. But speak your mind about Jetes.... BLASPHEMY!&lt;/p&gt;
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Sheff&#039;s mouth IS out of control. It sounds especially poor from a man who is not well spoken... a man of color. But we should be more concerned about whether he has valid critism, then about his &#039;nerve&#039; in speaking up.&lt;/p&gt;
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I believe, and it has been said repeatedly on this site (especially early in the year), that this team lacks &#039;chemistry&#039;. That they are not &#039;coming together&#039;. That they are not &#039;cohesive&#039;. After all, how to you have SO MUCH TALENT on one team and produce the way we have?&lt;/p&gt;
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I think we should shoot Sheffield. Then we should discuss if we are respecting the wives, if maybe there is too much media with access, if we can foster some team time off the field, and question how we might get our team to play up to it&#039;s talent level.&lt;/p&gt;
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We just read Alex&#039;s excerps for &quot;Juicing&quot;, which talked about some of Bond&#039;s and Sheff&#039;s issues about being Black in baseball. I just wonder if a good looking, soft spoken white player had said the same thing, if our reactions would be just as violent.&lt;/p&gt;
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Here is a guy who is just begging for wives to be included and supported more, for more team chemistry, and for casual &#039;bullshitting around the lockers without reporters lurking around&#039;.&lt;/p&gt;
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What a bastard!&lt;/p&gt;
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To tell the truth, I have never liked Sheff.&lt;br /&gt;
But he plays hard and I believe he has done the Pinstripes proud.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="6" rel="nofollow"></a>6.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Harsh words by Sheff&#8230; but how we do love to kill the messenger. Canseco is/was considered a real ass, until the &#8216;Raffy Incident&#8217;. Now some consider him an important whistle-blower. Bouton was shunned for years, but we now understand that &#8216;Ball Four&#8217; was an epic and important book about baseball.</p>
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I don&#8217;t like him pointing fingers at Jetes and ARod&#8230; it;s bad taste&#8230; but in truth, they are not only oversold by the media but by Fox and ESPN broadcasters as well.</p>
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Anybody married here? How you treat the wives is VERY important (ask Alex B.). It was ARod&#8217;s wife who suggested the therapy that turned him around. Is what he said TRUE? Are his comments about family and chemistry TRUE? Because if they are, it is important to know and for the Yankees to address.</p>
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Funny how this site literally (and sometime ignorantly) bashes Torre daily. He, one of the few men who would get the respect from this group of overpaid stars. Torre we can bash endlessly. But speak your mind about Jetes&#8230;. BLASPHEMY!</p>
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Sheff&#8217;s mouth IS out of control. It sounds especially poor from a man who is not well spoken&#8230; a man of color. But we should be more concerned about whether he has valid critism, then about his &#8216;nerve&#8217; in speaking up.</p>
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I believe, and it has been said repeatedly on this site (especially early in the year), that this team lacks &#8216;chemistry&#8217;. That they are not &#8216;coming together&#8217;. That they are not &#8216;cohesive&#8217;. After all, how to you have SO MUCH TALENT on one team and produce the way we have?</p>
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I think we should shoot Sheffield. Then we should discuss if we are respecting the wives, if maybe there is too much media with access, if we can foster some team time off the field, and question how we might get our team to play up to it&#8217;s talent level.</p>
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We just read Alex&#8217;s excerps for &#8220;Juicing&#8221;, which talked about some of Bond&#8217;s and Sheff&#8217;s issues about being Black in baseball. I just wonder if a good looking, soft spoken white player had said the same thing, if our reactions would be just as violent.</p>
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Here is a guy who is just begging for wives to be included and supported more, for more team chemistry, and for casual &#8216;bullshitting around the lockers without reporters lurking around&#8217;.</p>
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What a bastard!</p>
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To tell the truth, I have never liked Sheff.<br />
But he plays hard and I believe he has done the Pinstripes proud.</p>
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		<title>By: Simone</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51137</link>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;I&#039;m beginning to dislike the Angels as much as the Red Sox.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="5" rel="nofollow"></a>5.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#8217;m beginning to dislike the Angels as much as the Red Sox.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul in Boston</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51136</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul in Boston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;Re: Possible Sox-Rays-Mets trade:&lt;/p&gt;
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If it goes through, the Sox get much stronger defensively (esp with nixon out), and Huff is actually an excellent hitter (this is an off year for him). It&#039;s a small drop-off for them hitting-wise, but I think it will make them better overall.&lt;/p&gt;
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Go Chacon!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="4" rel="nofollow"></a>4.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Re: Possible Sox-Rays-Mets trade:</p>
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If it goes through, the Sox get much stronger defensively (esp with nixon out), and Huff is actually an excellent hitter (this is an off year for him). It&#8217;s a small drop-off for them hitting-wise, but I think it will make them better overall.</p>
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Go Chacon!</p>
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		<title>By: sborelli</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51135</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 04:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;I&#039;m really curious to see what Shawn Chacon is going to give us Saturday. He is a decent pitcher, much better than his 1-7 record would indicate. His 4.11 ERA pitching for the Rockies in the thin air of Coors Field is a better barameter. I think he&#039;s going to give us a solid outing
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="3" rel="nofollow"></a>3.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#8217;m really curious to see what Shawn Chacon is going to give us Saturday. He is a decent pitcher, much better than his 1-7 record would indicate. His 4.11 ERA pitching for the Rockies in the thin air of Coors Field is a better barameter. I think he&#8217;s going to give us a solid outing</p>
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		<title>By: Fred Vincy</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51134</link>
		<dc:creator>Fred Vincy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;Can we PLEASE stop playing the Angels?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="2" rel="nofollow"></a>2.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Can we PLEASE stop playing the Angels?</p>
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		<title>By: Rosbif22</title>
		<link>http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2005/07/29/coming-up-short-2/#comment-51133</link>
		<dc:creator>Rosbif22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt;&#160;&#160;Oddly enough, this seemed like a pretty boring game...I mean, I enjoy matches with good pitching, so you&#039;d think this would be enjoyable. It seemed so boring, however, because even when the Yankees threatened, I had the feeling that they would just come up short (which they did)...unfortunately a pretty uninteresting game for me
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b><a name="1" rel="nofollow"></a>1.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Oddly enough, this seemed like a pretty boring game&#8230;I mean, I enjoy matches with good pitching, so you&#8217;d think this would be enjoyable. It seemed so boring, however, because even when the Yankees threatened, I had the feeling that they would just come up short (which they did)&#8230;unfortunately a pretty uninteresting game for me</p>
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