Comments on: They Live

By: randym77

randym77 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:36:47 +0000

[38] Actually, I think they changed his name when the Yanks took over. They were going to change the mascot, but in the end, decided to keep him. With a new name: “Champ.”

By: Greg G

Greg G — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:27:08 +0000

What strikes me about the 2009 Yanks is that they are similar to the dynasty teams of 96-00. It wasn’t just one guy doing it all year.

Tex for all his postseason bad swings this year had a couple of huge hits too, and without him in the regular season we wouldn’t be here.

Swish carried the team in April before Tex got going and while ARod was out. Those April wins made it possible to put the brakes on in September and get CC, AJ and Pettite a few extra days to rest their arms.

Phil Hughes has now slipped quite a bit, but if he did not solidify the bullpen from June on, we are probably not in the postseason. He was a sure thing setup guy like Rivera in 96, but has lost his way for the postseason.

AJ has been up and down but the pies in the face and an incredible performance in Game 2 and we are 1 game away from a parade.

Girardi pushed a lot of the right buttons, flipping Jeter and Damon in the batting order, and moving Hughes into the setup role.

You look at 1-25 on this roster, and every member of the team has had at least 1 signature moment, and others obviously had many (CC, Jeter, ARod, Tex, Mo), and that is why 2009 has been and will be remembered as a very special team.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:21:29 +0000

[35] Disagree about your goat ranking (and as [37] points out, the series isn’t exactly lost yet). I put Tex at the top, then Cano, then Swisher, then Melky.

By: jjmerlock

jjmerlock — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:16 +0000

[33] That’s “The Grump,” and he’s actually kind of awesome – although you don’t necessarily want to get too close because that suit – well, it isn’t washed all that regularly.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:13 +0000

[36] obviously just kidding with you, OYF. I just don’t see the point of naming goats when we’re on the verge of a championship.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:58:42 +0000

[35] meaningless scorecard. 3-2 is all that matters. everybody knows who’s getting the big hits/ who isn’t. — and why go naming goats when we’re a game from clinching the World Series, and home for the finale? you got a thing for goats we should be concerned about? baaaaaah!

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:36:41 +0000

World Series ONLY………………….. RP
Matsui::.556 .600 1.222 1.822 -4
A-Rod: .222 .364 .556 .919 —–9
Damon .381 .435 .476 .911 —–9
DJeter: .364 .391 .455 .846 —–4
Swish: .167 .333 .500 .833 —–4
Jorge:: .313 .333 .375 .708 —–6
Teix::: .105 .261 .316 .577 —–6
Cano:: .167 .158 .167 .325 —–1
Melky: .154 .154 .154 .308 —–1

All in All, the biggest goats for what was expected (in order)
1) Swisher
2) Cano
3) Teix
4) Melky

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:22 +0000

2009 PS: ab RS RBI ……………………………….. RP
A-Rod::: 50 13 18 .360 .484 .820 1.304 31
Matsui::: 39 04 07 .308 .438 .564 1.002 11
Hinske:::: 0 01 00 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 1
DJeter::: 59 12 06 .322 .420 .542 .963 18
Posada:: 47 05 08 .277 .352 .447 .799 13
Damon:: 63 09 09 .286 .328 .429 .757 18
Hairston:: 6 01 00 .333 .333 .333 .667 01
Cabrera: 48 05 04 .271 .314 .313 .626 09
Robbie:: 53 05 06 .208 .283 .302 .585 11
Teixeira: 58 09 07 .172 .269 .310 .579 16
Swish::: 44 05 02 .136 .255 .250 .505 07
Gardner:: 9 03 00 .222 .222 .222 .444

Certainly, the PS MVP is pretty obvious

By: randym77

randym77 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:22:22 +0000

[24] They do that at Scranton. Probably because they used to be the Phillies AAA club. Their mascot looks an awful lot like the Phillies mascot, except he’s blue instead of green.

By: wcyankee

wcyankee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:24 +0000

One of the very, VERY few yankee fan colleagues of mine actually hoped that the Phils would win last night because winning it in NY would be more, as he put it. “event-full.” I didn’t really know how to respond to him other than, I won’t be content until the Yanks hoist that trophy.

I knew last night was another shot at either good AJ or pathetic AJ. Game 2 was better. And I was kinda bummed to come back after my evening walk to find we were down 6-1. However, as I fired up the laptop and got logged into Banter, I felt more at ease. I was loving that the boys just didn’t lay down. They gave it a good shot down to the wire, and I was okay with it. They came back.

As with you, I’m confident that we get #27. I really do think its a given.