Comments on: Seventh Heaven

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:50:56 +0000

Of all the scientific shows I’ve seen, the most alarming thing I believe facing us is when or if the Oceanic Current Conveyor Belt stops. The supervolcano at Yellowstone erupting is a very close second.

Those of you living in pernts north of Washington D.C. had better have a reliable supply of Gore-Tex for either event…

I know I do.

: )

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:08:57 +0000

[49] While that’s true in general, the was one omnipotent weather forcaster who was rare ly wrong:

Tonight’s weather…..
Dark!
Remaining mostly dark, but turning to widely scattered light in the morning.

Now that’s genius!

By: tommyl

tommyl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:59:27 +0000

Re: 2012, well I have trouble believing the doomsday predictions from anyone that can’t count higher than 2012. Seems like a lot of modern cosmology involves numbers bigger than that. But then again, what do I know, I’m just a string theorist .

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:36:22 +0000

[38] Uh this one too. Me too. ; )

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:05 +0000

[16] Ha, no, I was asking rhetorically, figuring it was so.

[30] [33] this is what I’m saying, why go lefty/righty when Girardi has gotten a lot out of them using whatever method he’s using? And like I say, Cabrera’s strength is still from the left side so it would be wise to still get him regular ABs vs righty pitchers, esp. at YS.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:30:18 +0000

[55] It’s too bad he’s only at AA this year. If he were at AAA, he would be the RH thumper off the bench that they are (I hope) looking for, but it would be irresponsible to call him up now, both in terms of development and 40-man-roster-wise.

Whatever the case, they are going to give him every chance to fail at C before moving him out from the behind the dish.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:28:10 +0000

[56] I figured that’s why they called it MTV, right? >;)

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:51 +0000

[54]

Well-played Chyll … well-played.

By: Bum Rush

Bum Rush — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:43 +0000

@ 51

Bite your tongue sir! Posada has never been the butcher that Piazza was. Never. And Posada has worked hard to get better with age.

Montero is looking more and more like Piazza. They’re running at will on him in the minors. But I agree that his bat very valuable behind the plate. The best course may be to bring him up and having him work with Pena every day while slowly increasing his workload behind the plate.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:18:52 +0000

[51] …I thought the Ice Age was created by a meteor striking the Earth and creating a ‘dusty atmosphere’ that blotted out sunlight?

Nope. Meteors killed the radio stars…

By: Bum Rush

Bum Rush — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:32 +0000

@ 38

He could always hit righthanders better (career .730 OPS). I don’t know why you needed to express confidence in that. It’s clearly what was true. It was the lefthanders (career .679 OPS) that made him a borderline major leaguer starter. The difference this year is that he’s hitting southpaws to the tune of .283/.358/.533. In fact, he’s not much improved against righthanders (.764 OPS).

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:15 +0000

So, could all of these Stadium HRs be the result of the staving off of an oncoming mini-age by developing global warming? And, if so, what did the Mayans have to say about this?

Continuing off topic, “Mrs. Slocombe” and Karl Malden passed away last night. I don’t think the worldwide outpouring will be too great, but both entertained me greatly.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:47 +0000

I’m out of my element here (my element being weed) but I thought the Ice Age was created by a meteor striking the Earth and creating a ‘dusty atmosphere’ that blotted out sunlight? I wasn’t aware that it was a cyclical weather phenomenon.

Girardi was a superior defensive C to Posada, but they wanted Girardi to break Po in, and get Posada experience while Girardi was there. I imagine it will be the same with Montero. But like Po, Montero’s value is as a Catcher. A .850-.900 OPS DH or 1stB is very nice, but not rare. But it is in a Catcher.

And like Posada and Piazza, unless Montero is an absolute butcher behind the plate, I believe the Yanks will have him catching as long as possible.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:08:46 +0000

[46] Maybe mankind wasn’t so “out of it” in the 70′s as we think. This was either planned all along, or as some of our more analytical brethren and midriff would say, even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut… >;)

By: Bama Yankee

Bama Yankee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:55 +0000

[45] Good point about 2012. Although, I question the Mayan’s ability to predict the end of world if they couldn’t even forsee their own demise. Along those same lines, I don’t take much stock in weather dudes who tell me what the weather is going to be like in a few hundred years when they can’t accurately tell me what the weather will be like next week…

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:01:09 +0000

[45] Of course, the same piece also suggested that Global Warming could usher in a mini ice age.

Interesting. As I said in [35]….

Besides, the world is ending in 2012 anyway, which is why baseball GMs should be backloading contracts.

Now THAT’s the kind of fresh, forward thinking we need in the Yanks’ front office!!

; )

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:13 +0000

[43] You won’t regret it. Besides, then you’ll really be an old Yanks fan…

By: Bama Yankee

Bama Yankee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:51:05 +0000

[41] Time magazine had an article back in the 70′s about how “global cooling” was a “harbinger of another ice age”
http://tinyurl.com/3xfoak

Maybe it’s a good thing we have been driving our SUV’s or we might all be living in igloos by now…

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:49:38 +0000

[43] According to the piece, mini ice ages occur relatively frequently and our Earth is due for one. Of course, the same piece also suggested that Global Warming could usher in a mini ice age. Without getting too political, I don’t think “global warming” and its effect on the Earth is fully known.

Besides, the world is ending in 2012 anyway, which is why baseball GMs should be backloading contracts.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:41:33 +0000

[42] Problem is, Po may well be a better catcher in 2011 than Jesus. Which would mean it’d be better for Montero to be the full time DH. And I’d have no problem with that, actually.