Comments on: Don’t Get Me Started

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:06:36 +0000

[166] I never said he was overrated. But for whatever reason, he has never been my favorite Yankee, nor is the closer position one that I am particularly attached to (I just don’t get excited about relievers, even the great ones), and (again for whatever reason/s) I am just not that emotionally traumatized about this as it appears other here are. That’s all I’m saying.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:35:21 +0000

[165] Respectfully, yes. Close to a heretic (at the Banter, at least.)
Overrated? Mo in postseason: 8-1, 42svs, 0.70 ERA in 141IP. .174/.212/.227. This was vs. best comp under most pressure. (from Twitter, not fact checked.)

No one else comes even remotely close to Mo.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40:55 +0000

[164] To be honest, I can. But in truth I think that is because I have never been all that into Mo, at least compared to many devotees who frequent this site. And again, that probably has much to do with my own strong feelings (and biases) about how pitchers are used, blah blah.

I know it makes me a heretic, though…

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:50:18 +0000

[163] C’mon man..this is Mariano we’re talking about. Who can think logically about this guy, at this point? I’m crushed..

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:03:30 +0000

I know that I’m in the vast minority on this, but Rivera’s injury has not bothered me so much. To be sure it’s a blow from a baseball perspective, and also from a personal and emotional perspective (who ever wants to see such a graceful athlete, dominant at his position, whose career spans a generation of fans, end his career, especially on a sour note). That said, maybe because I believe that the closer position is vastly overrated, I am not convinced this injury will impact the team as negatively as the loss of a starter at another position. At least the team has a few viable replacements for the back end of the bullpen, unlike they do for, say, the OF or C. Plus, as someone posted here or maybe on RAB, we’ve been watching Mo on borrowed time. The guy is 42 and was going to hang them up this year or next in any case. This day was coming soon, in one form or another.

By: jjmerlock

jjmerlock — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:58:39 +0000

I just refuse to accept this is the end. I refuse.

Beyond any athlete I’ve ever rooted for, he’s surely earned it if this is it, but something as great as his career – it shouldn’t end like this.

I say Jeter convinces him to make one last run next year.

A man whose every action has been the definition of grace for almost twenty years ending his career in a twisted, awkward heap? Fuck that.

I refuse to join with the premature sackcloth wearers who insist on proclaiming this the end. At least until I hear the man himself say it. And I’m hoping he decides the other way.

By: Chris in Sydney

Chris in Sydney — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:52:58 +0000

So the world really does end this year.

By: jjmerlock

jjmerlock — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:44:19 +0000

I blame my stupid idiotic fucking self. I have a Cubs t-shirt that I avoid wearing on most days because I believe it is cursed. I wore it today. Last night’s hockey game took most of the starch out of me. The stupid fucking piece of shit cubbies t-shirt was clean. The Yanks were in Kansas City and I gave up on the Knicks the moment they had the utterly shit luck of finishing ahead of Philadelphia.

What could go wrong? EVERY FUCKING THING.

I really hope this is not the end. If there is any chance that Mo wants to go out with one good run – which was really what was keeping me worked up about this season at all (him getting the chance to do just that) – I’ve been feeling for some time now that next year looked like a better “last run” year than this one. A pitcher or two may finally be ready, maybe Cashman/someone else can construct a better squad than he did this time around – maybe Hal can realize that bad product = your equation is fucked, etc.

If this is the end, though, I guaran-fucking-tee you that this stupid piece of shit shirt is getting burned.

Please let this not be the end.

By: randym77

randym77 — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:37:56 +0000

[158] I was watching the post-game show on YES.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:35:53 +0000

[157] Is there video I am missing?

By: randym77

randym77 — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:28:20 +0000

This is awful. He’s crying, because he let the team down.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:13:45 +0000

Short of some TV movie like miracle resurgence, this could be the death blow for this year. Jeter is playing so fucking well. What a shame he has no team behind him.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:03:07 +0000

This is the worst thing to happen to the Yankees franchise in my lifetime.

By: randym77

randym77 — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:00:42 +0000

Terrible news. I just hate to see his career end this way

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:52:06 +0000

Does this suck? Of course it does, shit it’s probably the worst I’ve felt as a Yankee fan in over a decade.

But we’ve been on borrowed time with Mo for a looooong time. Would any of us. Be half as shocked if he walked off the mound clutching his elbow? It’s not that he got hurt, it’s the way it happened.

Good teams find a way, and I don’t doubt this one will too. The hurt is because we’re watching a chapter of our lives as fans end. But that doesn’t mean we’re watching a season end.

By: Simone

Simone — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:51:53 +0000

Bloody hell. A torn knee ligament. I really hope this is not how Mo’s career ended.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:49:15 +0000

This ain’t 1965, but if that’s the end of Mariano Rivera’s career, what a colossal, cosmic bummer. Then again, it’s better than watching him lose it.

Remember your cliches – this is a long season.

The Yankees are far from done, folks.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:47:48 +0000

So ends Mo’s career?

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:46:20 +0000

[145] Typical recovery time is 9 months.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:44:39 +0000

Can the Yankees catch a break when it comes to their pitching? First Chamberlain, then Pineda, and now Rivera.

Are you kidding me?