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Official 2007 MLB Season Thread
- Thread starter Teh Don Ditty
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I know Francona likes to stick with guys until they get it right,he can't on this one...EEI is gonna be on fire tomorrow..Esp the Big Show 
I know Francona likes to stick with guys until they get it right,he can't on this one...EEI is gonna be on fire tomorrow..Esp the Big Show
Yeah.. this who situation is pissing me off.
Gagne just comes in and takes over Oki's 8th inning. That's such crap. It's almost like Grady Little is managing again.
Gagne should have had to prove he was better than Oki in order to get the 8th inning.
I'm still waiting for MacNut's "4 games
" post. Surprised it's taken him this long.
I'm still waiting for MacNut's "4 games
I posted that on the previous page.
Tough loss for you guys. Big win for the Yanks though. A nice season series sweep.
EDIT: Forgot to mention this....
Bobby Jenks (CWS) broke David Wells record and tied the MLB record (Jim Barr) for retiring the most consecutive batters. (41 straight)
Yankee Legend Phil Rizzuto died.
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field, nevertheless his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=2147920&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field, nevertheless his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=2147920&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
We'll take him off your hands.
do you like saltalamacchia? we're loving teixeira.
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field, nevertheless his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=2147920&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
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I grew up listening to "The Scooter" and Bill White do Yankee games.
Those Holy Cows are a part of my childhood I will never forget.
God Speed, Scooter.
You should have seen his homecoming game. He already has more fans than the whole team... apart from Marlon Byrd.
On Mark Teixeira:
Jon Daniels: worst G.M. in sports.
Former big leaguer Offerman arrested for melee
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman was charged with two counts of second-degree assault after hitting the pitcher and catcher with his bat during an independent minor league game.
Offerman posted $10,000 bond and is due in Bridgeport Superior Court on Aug. 23, court officials said Wednesday.
Offerman, playing for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League, homered in the first inning. The next inning, he was hit by a pitch from Bridgeport's Matt Beech and charged the mound with his bat.
"I called [Atlantic League executive director] Joe Klein immediately after the incident and told him what had occurred on the field," Bluefish CEO Mary-Jane Foster told the Connecticut Post. "And I have asked that the Atlantic League suspend Jose Offerman from the league for life."
On Wednesday, the league suspended Offerman indefinitely.
According to the Post, Beech was hit on the hands as he attempted to defend himself, while catcher John Nathans was hit in the back of the head on Offerman's backswing. Police said Beech, a left-hander, sustained a broken right middle finger, and Nathans later suffered from nausea, the newspaper reported. Bridgeport manager Tommy John told ESPN2's "First Take" that Nathans suffered a concussion.
Both players were treated at a hospital and released.
"[Beech] hit him with a cut fastball in the left calf," John said, according to the Post. "And the next thing you know, Offerman's going to the mound with his bat over his head taking swings at Beech. He took at least two, maybe even three [swings]."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2975386
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman was charged with two counts of second-degree assault after hitting the pitcher and catcher with his bat during an independent minor league game.
Offerman posted $10,000 bond and is due in Bridgeport Superior Court on Aug. 23, court officials said Wednesday.
Offerman, playing for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League, homered in the first inning. The next inning, he was hit by a pitch from Bridgeport's Matt Beech and charged the mound with his bat.
"I called [Atlantic League executive director] Joe Klein immediately after the incident and told him what had occurred on the field," Bluefish CEO Mary-Jane Foster told the Connecticut Post. "And I have asked that the Atlantic League suspend Jose Offerman from the league for life."
On Wednesday, the league suspended Offerman indefinitely.
According to the Post, Beech was hit on the hands as he attempted to defend himself, while catcher John Nathans was hit in the back of the head on Offerman's backswing. Police said Beech, a left-hander, sustained a broken right middle finger, and Nathans later suffered from nausea, the newspaper reported. Bridgeport manager Tommy John told ESPN2's "First Take" that Nathans suffered a concussion.
Both players were treated at a hospital and released.
"[Beech] hit him with a cut fastball in the left calf," John said, according to the Post. "And the next thing you know, Offerman's going to the mound with his bat over his head taking swings at Beech. He took at least two, maybe even three [swings]."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2975386
You don't want to talk about todays game.Nice walk-off win last night by the Sox.
Lester pitched real well in is return to Fenway.
bet the yanks will be glad to see the O's leave town...
Bedard: 7.0 ip, 0 ER, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 H, 8 K.
Is there a better pitcher in the majors?
Bedard: 7.0 ip, 0 ER, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 H, 8 K.
Is there a better pitcher in the majors?
Jason Giambi escaped punishment from commissioner Bud Selig on Thursday because of the Yankee slugger's charitable work and cooperation with baseball's steroids investigator.
Selig, speaking on the second and final day of an owners meeting, called this an "appropriate decision."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2977294
Selig, speaking on the second and final day of an owners meeting, called this an "appropriate decision."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2977294
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto, who overcame his diminutive size to become a key contributor to numerous New York Yankees championships and followed his playing career with a lengthy and entertaining stint in the team's broadcast booth, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Rizzuto's playing and broadcasting careers were in contrast with each other. As a player, Rizzuto had the reputation for being an alert, heads-up competitor with keen baseball instincts that eventually earned him a place in the Hall of Fame. Behind the microphone, he was at times oblivious to the events on the field, nevertheless his lack of polish as an announcer was ignored by generations of Yankees fans who accepted his eccentricities the way family members do an amusing relative.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...t_id=2147920&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
In my opinion, his longevity in the booth probably warranted the HOF in the broadcasting wing, but in no way did he earn it as a player. Being the weakest hitter on a dynasty shouldn't get you in, and neither should an undeserved MVP award.
I'm not trying to pile on here. By all accounts he was a fine guy and touched a lot of people. Most people wish they could have led such a full life.
in the past, people actually cared about things like defense and leadership.
btw:
Bedard, who has now pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings against the Yankees, lowered his ERA to 2.98. After the All-Star break, Bedard is 5-0 with a 1.90 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 58:16 K:BB ratio in 47.1 innings.
btw:
Bedard, who has now pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings against the Yankees, lowered his ERA to 2.98. After the All-Star break, Bedard is 5-0 with a 1.90 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 58:16 K:BB ratio in 47.1 innings.