Comments on: Phiten: Mind Over Snake Oil

By: Nettles_HoF

Nettles_HoF — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:04:14 +0000

Sorry Phiten and [9], but speaking as a physicist, that’s 100% pure, weapons-grade bolognium.

By: vockins

vockins — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:54:17 +0000

[9] what

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:19:43 +0000

[9] Hey, dem’s Phiten woids! (particularly moxibustion… >;)

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:07:56 +0000

Emma, that stuff is for real. We have been using similar products in Japan for more than 10 years, long before Phiten became popular in the West. The titanium helps the flow of negative ions through the body. For the most part, we are city dwellers and most of us wear shoes and walk on pavement all the time. Thus, we have lost our connection with the earth, from which negative ions enter our bodies.

You can can achieve similar efects through, yoga, acupuncture, hari (moxibustion) and shiatsu, but baseball players have busy schedules they don’t always have time for proper holistic healing. You can make fun of it all you want, but it will be a long, long time before Western medicine catches up with what the East has been doing for 1000s of years. That is: helping the body heal itself, without drugs or invasive measures.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:20:47 +0000

From FanGraphs:
http://tinyurl.com/38d8mzd
“That’s one of the reasons I expect that their offer [for Lee] will be significantly more than the 5 years, $105 million that the crowd estimated Lee would sign for yesterday.”

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:59:14 +0000

I don’t see Cashman adding JD as a fourth OF (actually, more like a break glass in case of emergency fifth OF the way his defense declined) / DH (when Posada looks to be slotted as the starting DH, if reports are to be believed) / PR (how many PRs does an AL team need when it carries 12 or 13 pitchers and already has Peña/Nuñez on the roster?).

And I am not sure JD will want to come back as the not-even-first-guy-off-the-bench.

So yeah, I just don’t see that happening.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:26:13 +0000

JD would be a nice 4th OFer, PR, PH type, but Cashman won’t pay $5m for a bench player. He would add depth to our team.

By: knuckles

knuckles — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:54:12 +0000

F that noise.

Better read the fine print: Your Phiten necklace may be rendered ineffective upon exposure to Lincecum.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:18:56 +0000

Seems like it should be a prosecutable offense.

Not re-hiring Damon. I mean, making those preposterous, fraudulent claims to sell necklaces.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:11:21 +0000

[2] Speaking for myself, i certainly wanted Damon back for three reasons: 1.) He was an effective lead-off batter, 2.) He would have been a better 4th outfielder than anyone the Yanks would have going into the season, and 3.) He loosened up the clubhouse considerably and likely would have continued to do so. I attribute much of his down numbers to the fact that he was being counted on for a lot more in Detroit’s lineup and had to adjust his game accordingly (and who knows if he wasn’t pining a bit in the beginning). Despite the numbers, I might have been okay if he came back here if Detroit released him, because he automatically becomes the leadoff hitter and platoons with Marcus Leftykiller at DH. It couldn’t have hurt at that point.

If I were the Yanks, I’d be sending him an invite with chocolates, but expressing that he’d be competing for the 4th OF/DH. If he wants to continue starting anywhere, well it was nice knowing you Johnny!

By: Yankster

Yankster — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:52:39 +0000

I ran around screaming at these necklaces when I first saw them. The first sign of BS: no health claim. Device related health claims are regulated by the federal government and very carefully monitored. Although I have nothing against “stable energy flow,” what I want to know is, what do I need it for? Will it enhance performance? Will it feel good? blech!

Why hasn’t anyone written a piece comparing our dear old Yankees savior J. Damon to measly Gardner? A lot of people were really into this one at the start of the season, but I don’t hear much these days. He’s available again. Any banterers interested in benching Gardner and giving Damon the outfield? He’s a lot cheaper this year than last!

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:58:13 +0000

yeah really hard not to call it all bs.