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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    I knew a thread would be started like this cuz of CC's performance today. Yup, lets base the entire season on the first outing of the year LOL Let's just see how the SEASON plays out. Im having a good feeling about this year's Yanks team.
  • Get your laughs in now BoSox fans becasue in September/October it'll be us doing the laughing.


    But yeah, not a great way to kick off his career with the Yanks. He'll recover though.
  • Get your laughs in now BoSox fans becasue in September/October it'll be us doing the laughing.


    But yeah, not a great way to kick off his career with the Yanks. He'll recover though.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    it's a long season. I expect CC and the NYY will do much better. Nice to see though, that's for sure.
  • Marte !!! Marte !!! Marte !!!

    Great signing by the Yanks. God I love this guy image


    Quote by Joe Morgan.......

    "C.C. didn't look good"
    "Tex didn't look good"
    "The Yankee bullpen didn't look good"

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  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
    Not only is CC a joke in the American League, but I think today the verdict is out on the Yanks bullpen: COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE AT BEST! Just remember all you bandwagon Yankee fans. Rivera can't save a game if he can't get into it. I can't wait to see Burnett get lit up next! Oh and did I mention that Teixeira was 0 for 4? I think the $1.6 billion you've already spent this century should have been proof enough that you can't buy a championship, so stop trying and get back to the fundamentals.
  • Bottom9thBottom9th Posts: 2,695 ✭✭


    << <i>Marte !!! Marte !!! Marte !!!

    Great signing by the Yanks. God I love this guy image


    Quote by Joe Morgan.......

    "C.C. didn't look good"
    "Tex didn't look good"
    "The Yankee bullpen didn't look good"

    image >>




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    Only 1 game, but I sure enjoyed it!
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    it's just the first game. Fun to watch, nothing to be excited about.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>it's just the first game. Fun to watch, nothing to be excited about. >>




    Exactly.

    Believe me I love seeing him get lit up, definately fun for opening day barbs at our Yankee friends but thats about it.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭
    hey the o's are in 1st and they beat the yankees, cc got beat by players that cost about 25 million a year together.
    Fred

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  • MCMLVToppsMCMLVTopps Posts: 4,841 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where was CC's fastball? It looked like a mini homerun derby.

    Third base isn't lookin' so hot either.

    I did enjoy Damon's moment, deja vu the ball on the rail last year. Had he taken one more step towards the wall he wouldh've caught the ball.

  • MCMLVToppsMCMLVTopps Posts: 4,841 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BTW, how about local boy Tex going 0-4?? Musth've been the boo-birds that got to him.

    How much did the King George management team pay for CC and Tex's performance last night??
  • yeah one game makes a season.

    I'd love to have CC on my team, and Tex is a hell of a player.

    Im no Yankees fan but I think it would be hilarious if Beckett got shelled and big sloppy went 0-5. Its all part of the game.


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    Im no Yankees fan but I think it would be hilarious if Beckett got shelled and big sloppy went 0-5. Its all part of the game. >>



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    10 strikeouts
    2 hits

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    All it took was a 2 minute visit after months of not reading this forum to remember why I stopped.

    You have to be a complete MORON to the game of baseball to make comments like ones in this bush league thread. So, I will check back in 5 months from now to predictably find the same idiots being idiots.

    oh, by the way, after all the glee from the fools ...... you get to enjoy your ONE and TWO Red Sox also image

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CC was MORE then solid tonight.

    Do Yankee fans get to go overboard and predict 45 wins from him now? Or is going overboard with STUPIDITY allowed only from Sox fans?image

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>CC was MORE then solid tonight.

    Do Yankee fans get to go overboard and predict 45 wins from him now? Or is going overboard with STUPIDITY allowed only from Sox fans?image >>




    Oh god... Once again Dan cant stand a little ribbing from Sox fans and now thinks we are all stupid. image

  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>CC was MORE then solid tonight.

    Do Yankee fans get to go overboard and predict 45 wins from him now? Or is going overboard with STUPIDITY allowed only from Sox fans?image >>




    Whatever happened to the promised five month hiatus?
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i> Do Yankee fans get to go overboard and predict 45 wins from him now? Or is going overboard with STUPIDITY allowed only from Sox fans?image >>




    Oh god... Once again Dan cant stand a little ribbing from Sox fans and now thinks we are all stupid. image >>



    I can stand ribbing that does not come from brainless thoughts (THIS THREAD)
    I don't think all Sox fans are stupid.

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Whatever happened to the promised five month hiatus? >>



    I did not "PROMISE" a damn thing

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dan, nice to see you popping in for a visit! You ARE the most defensive Yankee fan I have chatted with I think, its doesnt mean anything but chatter board horseplay- dont get so upset image

    While I got your ear, I want to throw this at you ( Hopefully you get annoyed image )

    This years off season is a CLEAR example of the direction both are clubs are headed- We lock up are young STUDS- Pedroia, Lester & Youk for modest but affordable contracts and because NY has ZERO young studs they break the bank and go after CC, Tex & ( Excuse me LOL ) AJ. Burnett?

    CC is a beast we all know that so Im OK with the risk/ reward there- Tex bent you guys over the desk with the crap him & his Ahole Agent pulled ( Im glad the Sox ere smart enough to stay away ) Burnett was an awful signing ( no worse than JD Drew )

    The future looks brighter for Beantown my friend.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    If I might chime in....I could care less how much the Yankees spend as long as they put a quality team on the field.

    As well as some chances that I dont like that the Yanks took, I do like the chances they are taking with Gardner and Swisher.

    There seems to be an old familiar feel to the team this year...the kind of attitude and grind that won the world series in the late 90s. More grind and less fluff...of course until ARod returns.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Paul,

    What is overly flawed in your thinking is about how the Yanks got who they got. Does not matter that the Yanks signed very good players via free agency. What matters is the team on the field whether home grown or not. Also, you like to ignore the fact that a large part of the Yankee team are home grown. You also are ignoring that the Red Sox have been huge players in the free agent market as well. You know, the ABSURD money they threw at D-Mat for one.

    Tex will hurt the Sox. Can't wait.
    How was Burnett an awful signing? He is a Sox killer.
    You are mad at me cause I still owe you beer. Now that is absurd, I am a welcher.

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Paul,

    What is overly flawed in your thinking is about how the Yanks got who they got. Does not matter that the Yanks signed very good players via free agency. What matters is the team on the field whether home grown or not. Also, you like to ignore the fact that a large part of the Yankee team are home grown. You also are ignoring that the Red Sox have been huge players in the free agent market as well. You know, the ABSURD money they threw at D-Mat for one.

    Tex will hurt the Sox. Can't wait.
    How was Burnett an awful signing? He is a Sox killer.
    You are mad at me cause I still owe you beer. Now that is absurd, I am a welcher. >>



    Yes we are a major player in Free agency, however JD Drew & Dice DID contribute to a World Series win, we have not "Overspent" on anyone the past few years, unlike you guys continue to do and fail to be a winner.

    BTW-

    Pedroia,Youk, Lester & Papelbon are light years ahead of any recent home grown talent in NY
    Tex is a 30 HR guy at 1B = dime a dozen not worth the $$$$
    Burnett has a track record that speaks for itself = too unreliable to stay on the field without some BS injury not worth the $$$$
    The beer you said you would make good on about three times is not worth getting angry about image

    FACTS are FACTS


  • << <i>

    Pedroia,Youk, Lester & Papelbon are light years ahead of any recent home grown talent in NY
    Tex is a 30 HR guy at 1B = dime a dozen not worth the $$$$
    Burnett has a track record that speaks for itself = too unreliable to stay on the field without some BS injury not worth the $$$$
    The beer you said you would make good on about three times is not worth getting angry about image

    FACTS are FACTS >>




    Too logical. Will not be understood. I.E.. in one ear and out the other.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    Red Sox will feel "home grown" pain when Austin Jackson comes to the majors full time! Who knows, maybe even by the playoffs?

    Mark Teixeira is more than just a 30 HR guy. RBI, average, and one of the best defensive 1B in the league. Is there any better all around 1B?

    Shorty, Egg Youk, and Papsmear have definately proven themselves. I dont think Jon Lester belongs in that company yet, if ever? Only time will tell on that one.

    We'll see how Sox Nation feels about AJ when he shuts them down all season long image

    Now go enjoy the 2009 season! Paul, you just may need that beer from Dan and a lot more when you are drowning your tears from the 2009 Yankees smack down! image
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Red Sox will feel "home grown" pain when Austin Jackson comes to the majors full time! Who knows, maybe even by the playoffs?

    Mark Teixeira is more than just a 30 HR guy. RBI, average, and one of the best defensive 1B in the league. Is there any better all around 1B?

    Shorty, Egg Youk, and Papsmear have definately proven themselves. I dont think Jon Lester belongs in that company yet, if ever? Only time will tell on that one.

    We'll see how Sox Nation feels about AJ when he shuts them down all season long image

    Now go enjoy the 2009 season! Paul, you just may need that beer from Dan and a lot more when you are drowning your tears from the 2009 Yankees smack down! image >>



    Barry, Im looking forward to the fun this year!!! image
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    Tex is a 30 HR guy at 1B = dime a dozen not worth the $$$$
    FACTS are FACTS >>



    egads, a 30 HR guy at first who is among the best defensively in the majors at the position. Uhhhh, yeah, a dime a dozen.
    Check out how the Sox fair against AJ.

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    Tex is a 30 HR guy at 1B = dime a dozen not worth the $$$$
    FACTS are FACTS >>



    egads, a 30 HR guy at first who is among the best defensively in the majors at the position. Uhhhh, yeah, a dime a dozen.
    Check out how the Sox fair against AJ. >>




    Please dont even try to justify the money you spent on him- BOTTOM line he is not worth it. I have said many times the same thing about JD Drew so please dont twist it into a Yankee hater thing.

    We will see how Burnett does against us providing he isnt on the DL by then.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    Please dont even try to justify the money you spent on him- BOTTOM line he is not worth it. I have said many times the same thing about JD Drew so please dont twist it into a Yankee hater thing.

    We will see how Burnett does against us providing he isnt on the DL by then. >>



    No problem Paul! Keep gobbling up what the Boston Globe tells you. And before you carry on about that, there is no doubt you are a Globe gobbler with your thoughts on Tex.
    Burnett? Yeah you are right, lets wait and see.
    JD Drew? Why on earth are you drawing comparisons between him and Mark Teixeira? Thats funny! And why we are at it, what did you want the Yankees do? Resign Giambi? image
    Make Nick Swisher their everyday 1st baseman? No, they went ot, got, and paid a young guy in his prime who is arguably the best all around 1st basemen in the game. Boo hoo hoo.

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  • How about if that Yankee first baseman who hits 30 HR's and plays great defense
    also hit over .300 and could play third base and left field.

    Oh yeah, Boston has that type of player image
  • And, he came up through our own system and is a heck of a lot cheaper image
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How about if that Yankee first baseman who hits 30 HR's and plays great defense
    also hit over .300 and could play third base and left field.

    Oh yeah, Boston has that type of player image >>



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    Are you saying that Youkasissy is Tex?

    Oh boy, are you a blind blind mouse. Not to mention that 29 home runs as a career high does not count as having hit 30 ...... ever.

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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    Yikes! You cant be serious comparing Egg Youk to Teixeira? Egg Youk has done that only one season...the previous two he had 13 and 16 HRs. He has had one good season, did very well at defense, but YET to prove he is on the same level as a Mark Teixeira. He's got to do this a couple more years before Im convinced he didnt just have a career season last year.

    As far as cheaper, who cares? No matter how much you are paid, you still have to play the same game.

    Both have good leadership qualities and are well liked in the clubhouse. Both are equal as far as that is concerned though Egg Youk does show more fire than Tex. But thats just a different way of going about your business.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Say, talk about HORRIBLE signings.

    Julio Lugo at 10 mil this season image

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    Please dont even try to justify the money you spent on him- BOTTOM line he is not worth it. I have said many times the same thing about JD Drew so please dont twist it into a Yankee hater thing.

    We will see how Burnett does against us providing he isnt on the DL by then. >>



    No problem Paul! Keep gobbling up what the Boston Globe tells you. And before you carry on about that, there is no doubt you are a Globe gobbler with your thoughts on Tex.
    Burnett? Yeah you are right, lets wait and see.
    JD Drew? Why on earth are you drawing comparisons between him and Mark Teixeira? Thats funny! And why we are at it, what did you want the Yankees do? Resign Giambi? image
    Make Nick Swisher their everyday 1st baseman? No, they went ot, got, and paid a young guy in his prime who is arguably the best all around 1st basemen in the game. Boo hoo hoo. >>



    Dan, instead of being SOOO Defensive listen to my point- I reffered to JD Drew because Im not being a hypocrite about Boston not overspending- we have and learned from it. If you honestly believe signing Tex for that money was a good move then there is no point continuing with you on the subject. Giambi had a decent year for you guys last year so Im not sure why you would even bring him up- although he prolly would have played for you guys for a cheap price since you guys made him the second highest paid player in the majors for a few years! ( LMAO ) You can justify it all you want but the fact remains the same- you guys overpaid for him and you know it, with all this money tied up in these guys Im not sure how you can even think that things will be looking up in the Big Apple in a few years. I will take a working class scrappy Youk and the extra 60+ million any day of the week .

    And forget the Globe, Im a faithful Herald reader!
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yikes! You cant be serious comparing Egg Youk to Teixeira? Egg Youk has done that only one season...the previous two he had 13 and 16 HRs. He has had one good season, did very well at defense, but YET to prove he is on the same level as a Mark Teixeira. He's got to do this a couple more years before Im convinced he didnt just have a career season last year.

    As far as cheaper, who cares? No matter how much you are paid, you still have to play the same game.

    Both have good leadership qualities and are well liked in the clubhouse. Both are equal as far as that is concerned though Egg Youk does show more fire than Tex. But thats just a different way of going about your business. >>



    Not to mention that Tex is YOUNGER then Youkasissy

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Say, talk about HORRIBLE signings.

    Julio Lugo at 10 mil this season image >>



    He still has more World Series rings than CC, Tex, Burnett, Afraud, and any of these Young Studs the Yankees have brought up over the past few years. image
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> Dan, instead of being SOOO Defensive listen to my point- I reffered to JD Drew because Im not being a hypocrite about Boston not overspending- we have and learned from it. If you honestly believe signing Tex for that money was a good move then there is no point continuing with you on the subject. Giambi had a decent year for you guys last year so Im not sure why you would even bring him up- although he prolly would have played for you guys for a cheap price since you guys made him the second highest paid player in the majors for a few years! ( LMAO ) You can justify it all you want but the fact remains the same- you guys overpaid for him and you know it, with all this money tied up in these guys Im not sure how you can even think that things will be looking up in the Big Apple in a few years. I will take a working class scrappy Youk and the extra 60+ million any day of the week .

    And forget the Globe, Im a faithful Herald reader! >>



    paul the above post is complete bunk. And how am I being so "defensive" countering comments by Sox fans? That is ridiculous.

    Your comments about Tex not being a good signing BOTTOM LINE and THERE IS NO POINT CONTINUING is extremeley laughable. How the heck do you know what he will do for the Yankees? You don't. All you are doing is gobbling down biased crap you have read.

    I brought up Gimabi because we would still have CEMENT HEAD and CEMENT FEET at 1st base if not for signing Tex. I am laughing as I type that you comment the Yanks could have had him at a "cheap price" Why would the Yankees want a washed up roid freak at a cheap price? Are you serious?

    Also, SPARE me the crap about Youkasissy being some kind of hard working lunch pail guy. The Sox will be overpaying for the LATE BLOOMING decent 1st basemen soon enough.

    Any thoughts on Lugo?image

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Say, talk about HORRIBLE signings.

    Julio Lugo at 10 mil this season image >>



    He still has more World Series rings than CC, Tex, Burnett, Afraud, and any of these Young Studs the Yankees have brought up over the past few years. image >>



    Suddenly having rings is so important to the Sox fan!
    image

    So, whats up with that 10 mil for a deadbeat signing like Lugo?

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> Dan, instead of being SOOO Defensive listen to my point- I reffered to JD Drew because Im not being a hypocrite about Boston not overspending- we have and learned from it. If you honestly believe signing Tex for that money was a good move then there is no point continuing with you on the subject. Giambi had a decent year for you guys last year so Im not sure why you would even bring him up- although he prolly would have played for you guys for a cheap price since you guys made him the second highest paid player in the majors for a few years! ( LMAO ) You can justify it all you want but the fact remains the same- you guys overpaid for him and you know it, with all this money tied up in these guys Im not sure how you can even think that things will be looking up in the Big Apple in a few years. I will take a working class scrappy Youk and the extra 60+ million any day of the week .

    And forget the Globe, Im a faithful Herald reader! >>



    paul the above post is complete bunk. And how am I being so "defensive" countering comments by Sox fans? That is ridiculous.

    Your comments about Tex not being a good signing BOTTOM LINE and THERE IS NO POINT CONTINUING is extremeley laughable. How the heck do you know what he will do for the Yankees? You don't. All you are doing is gobbling down biased crap you have read.

    I brought up Gimabi because we would still have CEMENT HEAD and CEMENT FEET at 1st base if not for signing Tex. I am laughing as I type that you comment the Yanks could have had him at a "cheap price" Why would the Yankees want a washed up roid freak at a cheap price? Are you serious?

    Also, SPARE me the crap about Youkasissy being some kind of hard working lunch pail guy. The Sox will be overpaying for the LATE BLOOMING decent 1st basemen soon enough.

    Any thoughts on Lugo?image >>



    I cant believe you fail to grasp that I was joking about Giambi!

    I dont know what Tex will do for you guys- I assume he will do very well but that doesnt make it a "Good" signing. My main point is the Sox have locked up 3 SOLID core players- Youk, Pedroia & Lester for roughly the same money that you guys spent on Tex, - The Sox have made HUGE mistakes in signing Lugo and Drew- Dice K might not have been worth the money per say however the marketing surrounding it in Japan ect makes it a little different from a bussiness standpoint buy no worries I will not give them a free pass on it.

    This whole argument/debate is based on the fact that I believe the Red Sox will be looking better down the road because we have not "Broke the bank" like you guys did this past year. If you win the World Series then fine you got what you paid for however if you dont get a winner with these guys it will be a total waste and the reprocussions will be felt for a long time.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,661 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Say, talk about HORRIBLE signings.

    Julio Lugo at 10 mil this season image >>



    He still has more World Series rings than CC, Tex, Burnett, Afraud, and any of these Young Studs the Yankees have brought up over the past few years. image >>



    Suddenly having rings is so important to the Sox fan!
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    So, whats up with that 10 mil for a deadbeat signing like Lugo? >>




    We owed you one for Pavano.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    We owed you one for Pavano. >>



    Good one!

    Paul, in the past 85 plus years of New York Yankee baseball there is NEVER repercussions "down the road" for signings that turn to coal. Sorry, say what you want about the Yankee machine which is and always has been the wallet but these discussions about signings compared to market value mean exactly what? That you can feel good about getting more bang for the BUCK that is not yours?

    Red Sox fans need to stop acting like they are the Milwaukee Brewers and own up to the fact that the bonafide MAJOR LEAGUE Boston Red Sox don't need to worry about comparing on the field sucess with fiscal salary success. The Red Sox ooze with cash. Its like a fifth generation Kennedy being nostalgic about long dead family that were poor at one time.

    The Sox are nearing the financial level of the Yankees. When that happens it does not matter if your team is full of low paid home grown talent or high priced free agents. Welcome to the REAL major leagues

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It does seem that high payroll has less to do with guranteed success in recent years...that is a good thing for baseball, IMO..


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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy crapola man.

    All of you Sox fans are right. The Yanks suck! Well, Wang sure knows how to HANG buckets of pitches huh?
    Oh well, there is always next year!

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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    I grew up in the 80's when the Yankees sucked big time, this reminds me of those days. At least they didn't over pay Chris Chambliss in those days...or did they?

    JS
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