Comments on: Money Earnin’

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:20:56 +0000

By the way… is it physically possible for a ball to reach the seats any faster than ARods shot?

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:15:10 +0000

Wow…. we are on a 15-4 run!

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0000

Bryce Harper, Rookie, at 19: 150 AB, .307, .390, .553, .943, 7 HRs.
This kid is the closest thing to Mickey Mantle we have ever seen.
He has got it all.

The Baseball Cube rates on a scale of 100:
Speed: 71
Contact: 50
Patience: 95
Batting: 96
Power: 91

Those are sick numbers, and probably LOW on the POWER rating.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:18:33 +0000

Kenny’s line while A-Rod was batting in the eighth:
“I think it’s interesting that the Atlanta fans would use the tomahawk chop as a defensive weapon.”

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:57:12 +0000

“He volunteered the game ball back, that’s pretty generous,’’ Rodriguez said of the Kearns, a Yankees fan who made the five-hour drive to see his first Yankees game…

Jeez ARod… throw the kid 10 Grand…..

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:55:58 +0000

OK… we’re a tad more than 1/3rd through the season.
But you haven’t been following… have no idea of the standings.
Here’s what I tell you.

Pineda has been out the entire season.
Joba has been out the entire season.
Mo has been out, all but 8 IP.
DRob has been out, all but 14 IP.
Gritner has been out, all but 9 GP, replaced by Dewayne Wise.

The highest OPS on the team is Cano, at .885
ARod has not looked good… his OPS right at the .800 mark.
Teix has struggled… his OPS below the .800 mark.
Swisher has struggled… his OPS below the .800 mark.
Derek was SUPERMAN in April, with a 1.012 OPS!!!!!!!!!!…
but followed with a .692 OPS in May, and a .589 OPS so far in June.

The ERAs of CC, Nova and Hughes: 3.80, 4.64 and 4.76 (AL average: 4.04)
Freddy has been totally useless, and is the BP mop-up man.
Our best Pitcher is 40 yr. old Andy Pettitte.

As a team, we have been hitting historically bad with RISP.
Ibanez is our primary LFer.
And….
Melkdud Cabrera has the 2nd best BA is baseball and a .935 OPS.

OK…. that’s the reality.
So…. where are we in the standings?
Is there any hope????

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:47:15 +0000

2) yep, kid snatched it in his lid. Here’s an update from the NY Post:

Waiting outside the Yankees clubhouse for Rodriguez was Randy Kearns, a 15-year-old from North Carolina who caught the laser in his Yankee hat.
Kearns turned the ball over to Rodriguez, who gave Kearns and his friend, Hunter Whitcher autographed balls, a Yankee jersey and a bat.
“He volunteered the game ball back, that’s pretty generous,’’ Rodriguez said of the Kearns, a Yankees fan who made the five-hour drive to see his first Yankees game

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:59:06 +0000

Ramapo is a town in Rockland Countyon the left side of the Hudson and bordering Bergen County in New Jersey; the Ramapo Valley is very forest-like and hilly. Very rural-middle class from what I’ve seen. Their high school sometimes played mine, which is a lot of territory to cover. They had good baseball from what I remember. I can easily see how you can get Ramapo from Rapada, in fact it’s rather butch (I also think of Rambo when I see the signs; not all that far-fetched if you’ve been through there since some areas are reminiscent of the setting of First Blood.

By: phil_bonanno

phil_bonanno — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:52:03 +0000

great win, nights like this are worth 2 wins I reckon. Next stop – 20 wins over .500.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:50:24 +0000

Atlanta is filled with mostly northern transplants, like me. TONS of yankee fans in this city! : )

By: Chris in Sydney

Chris in Sydney — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:42:32 +0000

I had no idea there were so many Yankee fans in Atlanta. Sure didn’t feel that way when I lived in the South. Of course, that was mostly during the Great Drought.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:38:34 +0000

extra special for me with my yankees winning in my adopted city! looking forward to watching the last coupla innings on the dvr.

man, i wish i could go to the game tomorrow… and, yes, us yankee fans were LOUD last night and standing up quite a bit! : )

anybody here know if they’re going to the Yanks-Braves game next Monday at The Stadium (6/18)? i’ll be there!

By: Yankee Mama

Yankee Mama — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:50:13 +0000

Ramapo, of course! Love it! Ramapo even came up in dinner conversation this evening. Kismet! Oh, and the game went well too.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:48:20 +0000

Great win! Yankees are good but not perfect; Rays, O’s, Jays, and Sox look not so good. As a fan, we sometimes forget the long length of the season and how being just a little bit better means success at the end. The starting pitching has been great the last two weeks, and while CC was not dominant tonight, he certainly fought all game one batter at a time to keep the Yankees in it. Congratulations to Arod in tying Gehrig’s GS record. Bittersweet for me, as those long standing records are pillars of baseball IMO.

And while Arod’s shot might have had the trajectory of a pee stream. He hit a pea.

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:46:56 +0000

Good stuff. Some young kid caught Alex’s salami in his hat, though. It was neat catch. Glad Soriano is throwing well, that’s for damn sure.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:29:36 +0000

Rays lose