Dressel's Yankee notes:
1. Goodbye Randy Johnson and Jaret Wright. You both suck and we don't want you.
Dressel's Yankee notes:
1. Goodbye Randy Johnson and Jaret Wright. You both suck and we don't want you.
I was especially impressed with Dressel's comment here. While I wasn't on JD when the Yanks picked up Johnson- I distinctly recall tons of typical Yankees fans bragging about how bad-ass their team was gonna be 'because we got Johnson now..'. Yet another owner big spending event resulting in failure, classic. Justifiable entertainment for me ;D!
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Like last year I think the person really getting the shaft is Jack Morris, he's one of the most dominant pitchers of the 80's and won 3 rings, yeah his stats aren't there but he'd be on everyone's short list if you ahd one game to win and had to hand the ball to someone
The real question with him is if Bonds gets in...then what?
How about Palmerio? How about Sosa? Sure they MAY have cheated but we have no proof and they are some of the best players of the 90's.
I remember in the late eighties when Canseco was one of the hottest players in the majors (at least to a bunch of 10 year olds)
???Yeah,but are they real or are they steriods? :P
sold off his MVP and World Series rings for money.
sold off his MVP and World Series rings for money.
No ****? Things must have been bad for him to have to do that...
???Yeah,but are they real or are they steriods? :P
Retail price set at $32 for New Era's new model
BUFFALO, N.Y. — One question facing baseball this season: Will cooler heads prevail?
On opening day, the sport will doff the traditional wool cap in favor of a new polyester blend model designed to wick away sweat before it can stream down a player's face.
The change is part of commissioner Bud Selig's focus on boosting player performance, a Major League Baseball official said, and follows a general trend toward moisture-managing "performance" materials in sports apparel.
"We started to think, 'How can those developments be applied to our headwear?'" said John DeWaal, vice president of brand communications at New Era Cap Co., the Buffalo-based manufacturer that holds the cap contract.
Among early supporters of the new cap is AL Rookie of the Year Justin Verlander, who got a preview while shooting a commercial for New Era during the offseason in New York.
"They look exactly the same, they breathe more and they won't shrink," Verlander said. "The best thing is, when it rains, the hats won't stink like the wool ones did."
In broaching the change, New Era was well aware of the 100 percent wool cap's long-standing place in baseball history, DeWaal said. Aside from tweaks here and there — a switch from leather sweatbands to cloth in the 1980s, for example — this is the first major overhaul of the baseball cap since the current, six-panel model was adopted in 1954, he said.
"There's a lot of tradition in baseball and we couldn't completely go against that tradition so we always had that as a parameter," DeWaal said, "but we wanted to take as open-minded a look at this as possible."
Watching Street sweat
Steve Vucinich, equipment manager of the Oakland A's, didn't think there was anything wrong with the old caps when he began testing the new ones with the team's pitchers about a year ago.
"This one is just so much better," he said after putting it through its paces atop Dan Haren, Joe Blanton, former UT star Huston Street and others.
The key is the new cap's ability to absorb sweat so that it can quickly evaporate.
"The heat is from the inside of the cap where your head is," Vucinich explained. "Before, it would just sweat to the band and it would drip kind of towards the bill but drip off there. Now the sweat goes out of the cap, even on top, and then it dries naturally."
And even though the new caps — minus the sweat rings — look and even feel just like the old ones, they are also designed to shrink less and fade less.
"If you watch a lot of baseball, you'll notice a number of different things on the players as the season progresses," said Steve Armus, vice president of consumer products at Major League Baseball. "Sweat stains, and you can't see it but they start to smell a bit, and also with certain colors they tend to bleed when the players sweat, so if you watch the Cardinals or teams that wear red caps, occasionally you'll see red bleeding into the white on logos.
"With these caps ... the water's not going to be absorbed into the headwear the way it is now," he said.
There are also some changes to the cap's underside. The piece under the visor, for example, has gone from gray to black to reduce reflection and glare from the sun and stadium lights. The sweat band, now of the new "performance" material, has gone from white to black for no other reason than it simply hides dirt better.
A batting practice cap teams are wearing for spring training also features "vapor management technology" to guard against odor, New Era said.
"By revolutionizing the cap, we're ensuring the players headwear provides the best performance while they play," New Era Chief Executive Officer Christopher Koch said.
Vucinich, for one, isn't worried about breaking with tradition.
"Uniforms have changed over the course of the years, not only just colors, but materials," he said. "They've been made more comfortable, lighter. ... As far as tradition and wool? It doesn't matter."
Nor is Detroit pitcher Joel Zumaya losing any sleep over the change.
"I didn't know about it, and I don't really care," he said. "I'd pitch without a hat."
$32 worth of comfort
Armus said the league is excited about the switch.
"We're proud to enact the commissioner's initiatives to bring performance to the field in a major way and really to make our players more comfortable," he said. "It's all about the performance initiative and this is the first major step in a lot of things that are going to be seen throughout the season which are really going to revolutionize our field."
But for the fan who might have trouble letting go, New Era will continue to produce wool models, though of the fashion variety, in non-authentic colors and styles.
The new caps will retail at about $32, up from the current $29, DeWaal said.
I have to say that this is the first I've heard of this and I am curious about how the general public will react. I have an extensive White Sox hat collection and I'm not looking forward to having to replace these with new ones...
Just wait until the end of October, after the Yankees win the World Series all of the other teams hats will be 1/2 off on clearance.
I have to say that this is the first I've heard of this and I am curious about how the general public will react. I have an extensive White Sox hat collection and I'm not looking forward to having to replace these with new ones...
Just wait until the end of October, after the Yankees win the World Series all of the other teams hats will be 1/2 off on clearance.
He and Jeter getting along? Still see snipes to that effect.
The story resurfaces every time there's nothing else to talk about in the baseball world.
;D Cincinnati Reds are 4-0 so far,but THIS IS Spring Training :-\ :P
Oh good, it's starting already (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2007/news/story?id=2787719).
I was hoping we could get at least get through 2007 before worrying about whether or not Johan will be here in 2009. ::)
I guess he's right though. The Twins are better off hoping he'll take a 4-year, $70mil extension now than waiting for him to hit the free agent market in 2009 and having to pay $20+mil a year... :-\
Am I the only one who gives a **** about these hats?
I expect they haven't made it north of the border just yet ::)
6th June, 2005 - 10:02 pm
Buster Gunning, heir to the Hostess Twinkie fortune, takes us into detail about the new Minnesota Twins/Twinkie partnership, a story that hits close to home for our surly reporter.
The Hostess Company, makers of the indestructible “Twinkie”, have sealed a deal with the Minnesota Twins to buy the stadium naming rights to the Metrodome.
The new name will be displayed as soon as Hostess can put the finishing touches on a giant 50-foot Twinkie replica that will hang above the stadiums entrance and is rumored to contain the actual filling present in all store-bought Twinkies.
Hostess representative Sam Puckett (no relation to twins star Kirby Puckett) was very excited about the partnership calling it a great revenue source for both the Twins and Hostess.
“It is widely known that many Twins fans around the area, some as far away as Minot, North Dakota, lovingly refer to the Twins as “the Twinkies.” This creates the perfect opportunity for our two businesses to create an advertising relationship. We at Hostess truly believe that the name ‘Twinkie Stadium’ is a perfect fit for our fabulous Minnesota Twins.
Details of the arrangement were not known at this time, however, as part of the contract Hostess will covert the concessions entirely to Twinkies and Twinkie related products. There is even talk of some kind of alcohol Twinkie concoction.
“I won’t go into too much detail about our new alcoholic Twinkie as I do not want to ruin the surprise,” said Puckett. “What I can tell you is that the cup will be actual Twinkie breading and the alcohol will take the place of the filling. Delicious!”
The preceeding article is a piece of satirical fiction.
Interesting. At my head shop (is that the correct term?), they only had the new hats for one team...
I never bought any hats at my head shop, only water pipes for uh, um tobacco.
My Reds look to have pitching problems-AGAIN! Milton-Trade him.Griffey will play a few games and end up once again as the muti-million bench-warmer ::) :-\
I'm gonna have to see Dice-K abuse someone other than the Royals before I board his bandwagon.
Dice-K actually gasped in horror at ARod's blast, LOL:
Pandemonium for a Yank-Hatah
Yankees swept at Boston-first since 1990 yeSSSSS!
Tooo bad all those ARod homers couldn't even help them; he's steamrolling now!
L DukAY hammered lately! yeSSSS
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No sympathy.....I tolled through my team has looked like ass for the first couple weeks.
This weekend however, they completed their second consecutive sweep at home, and they don't look so bad now, especially the pitching rotation!
Couple that with my most hated team sucking, along with their closer with the ridiculous nickname getting lit up.. I feel all :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)s
;D
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Your team doesn't even have a closer and our's has a good chance of converting the next 40 save opportunities in flawless fashion like he normally does year after year.
*you are right though my team closer has converted 4 out of 4 chances, so I guess we don't have a closer
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*you are right though my team closer has converted 4 out of 4 chances, so I guess we don't have a closer
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Not without drama my friend. He gave up 2 ER in one of his 4 saves and put 2 runners on base in each of his last 2 saves. Not exactly stellar. And please, don't even try to compare Armando Benitez to Mariano Rivera.
Is Alex Rodriguez really on pace to hit 126 HR's 18 games into the season?
Insane.
It's a world of ..what have you done for me lately, haven't you learned that yet?
Go Giants...keep going! ;D
;D ;D ;D
C'mon you really meant the Yanks with that statement right? 'Cause they smell pretty bad right now.
...and who really cares about where they might 'end up'(since no person can know that)
-- right now the Giants are doing well and the Yanks are not--like previous years I'd bet the Yanks losses to TB will hurt them later-but who really cares since that's all speculation(in the future) right?
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;D ;D ;D
C'mon you really meant the Yanks with that statement right? 'Cause they smell pretty bad right now.
...and who really cares about where they might 'end up'(since no person can know that)
-- right now the Giants are doing well and the Yanks are not--like previous years I'd bet the Yanks losses to TB will hurt them later-but who really cares since that's all speculation(in the future) right?
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The Yanks will wind up with 10 more wins than the SF Giants.
Don't let a 5 game skid in April lead you to break the cardinal rule in sports:
Thou Shalt Not Ever Bet Against The Yankees.
Go Giants Go!!!!! Go Giants Go!!!! Go GIANTS Go!!!!
....even cooler if your team won 1 game in the series?
....even cooler if your team won 1 game in the series?
I'd have thought you would have learned your lesson by now in backing off the Yankee mud slinging in April and May.
I got news for you, it doesn't matter yet! Sure as **** when October rolls around the Yanks will be one of the hottest teams, and in the playoffs, and the San Francisco Giants will be nothing as usual.
You can take it to the bank Slothus.
I'd have thought you would have learned your lesson by now in backing off the Yankee mud slinging in April and May.
I got news for you, it doesn't matter yet! Sure as **** when October rolls around the Yanks will be one of the hottest teams, and in the playoffs, and the San Francisco Giants will be nothing as usual.
You can take it to the bank Slothus.
They might be Giants??! ;D
The late May/early June shift to normalcy is already under way. The Yanks are emerging, the Giants will be fading, the laws of probability take over, and all will be right with MLB. The Yanks will continue their success.
That's right, success. They averaged 100 wins/year over the past 3 seasons.
The late May/early June shift to normalcy is already under way. The Yanks are emerging, the Giants will be fading, the laws of probability take over, and all will be right with MLB. The Yanks will continue their success.
That's right, success. They averaged 100 wins/year over the past 3 seasons.
I remember the days when "success" for the Yankees meant winning a World Series. Now it's just based on how many wins they can accumulate. My, how things have changed. . .
-good job RSox ;)-
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-good job RSox ;)-
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I agree. Dropping 2 out of 3 to the Yankees is always most welcome.
Whore (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ag14MUwGN3IgIcmJL3AeIxYRvLYF?slug=ap-hancock-lawsuit&prov=ap&type=lgns)
If you don't mind me interrupting this never-ending 2-way "Yankees Suck" "Giants Suck" banter, let me just say one word.
Whore (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ag14MUwGN3IgIcmJL3AeIxYRvLYF?slug=ap-hancock-lawsuit&prov=ap&type=lgns)
At the position they're in it certainly is welcome(they'll take anything they can get
I am not backing off my prediction that the Yankees are going to turn this around and still get into the playoffs
I am not backing off my prediction that the Yankees are going to turn this around and still get into the playoffs
No doubt, I wouldn't expect you to even if it were late August and the team were in the same position then.
6 games under .500 in May is not.
6 games under .500 in May is not.
Well, even though I am definitely not a fan of the Yankees, I am a fan of a different team who found themselves in a similar situation last year...
2006 AL Central Champion MN Twins
as of May 30th, 2006 - 23-28 (4th place, 11.5 games back)
at the end of the year - 96-66 (1st place)
So yeah, I agree that 5 or 6 games below .500 (and 10+ games out of first) in late May is no big deal... :D
Somehow I don't see the same Cinderella story with Clemens. Contact me in August for an update to see if I'm wrong about that.
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So yeah, I agree that 5 or 6 games below .500 (and 10+ games out of first) in late May is no big deal... :D
The Braves are sucking so, so bad this year.
Let's talk about the Yankees. . . Let's talk about Mariano Rivera. . . And let's talk about Abreu and Cano. . . And let's talk Clemens. . . And let's talk about the healthy pitching staff. . .
Let's talk about the Yankees 8 game winning streak. Soon to be 9 as they're winning today too. Let's talk about Mariano Rivera's 7 mph he added to his cutter pushing it to 95 this month. And let's talk about Abreu and Cano getting out of their slumps. And let's talk Clemens. And let's talk about the healthy pitching staff of Clemens-Pettitte-Mussina-Wang that has replaced DeSalvo, Wright, and Karstens. Yanks are back baby, the AL East ain't over yet. We made up 6 games in the standings in 9 days. Expect 90+ wins still, now that they're out of their slumps and their pitching staff isn't ravaged by injuries.
When did Pujols become such a bitch? He whined and cried about not winning the MVP last year, too. I don't remember him being such a whiner, but maybe I just hadn't seen it until the MVP thing.
And on the subject, am I the only person that's become increasingly bored of the All-star game? And even more so the home run derby? I didn't watch a moment of either of them this year.
John
. . .Berman's "backbackback". . .
When did Pujols become such a bitch? He whined and cried about not winning the MVP last year, too. I don't remember him being such a whiner, but maybe I just hadn't seen it until the MVP thing.
Not to mentioned he certainly hasn't lived up to the #1 pick overall in fantasy baseball. Bastard.
It's not right. Bonds breaking Aaron's record.
"I had a little kid come up to me and tell me he'd give the ball back to me," Bonds said with a laugh. "I said, 'Are you stupid? You'd have more money than your parents.'" (http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/mlb?cnn=yes)
"I had a little kid come up to me and tell me he'd give the ball back to me," Bonds said with a laugh. "I said, 'Are you stupid? You'd have more money than your parents.'" (http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/mlb?cnn=yes)
As for the pre-recorded message from Hank Aaron - class act all the way.
I can't wait until A-Rod blows the overall record away. Hopefully I won't be waiting too long, especially at his current pace.
If the Mets and Phillies both win today and the Padres lose, each team will have a 89-73 record. The Mets and Phils will be tied for 1st in the NL East and the three teams will have an identical record as far as the Wild Card is concerned. How is this handled in MLB? Will the Mets and Phils do a 1-game playoff? If so, how is the Wild Card then handled?
I have to say that this is the first I've heard of this and I am curious about how the general public will react. I have an extensive White Sox hat collection and I'm not looking forward to having to replace these with new ones...
Just wait until the end of October, after the Yankees win the World Series all of the other teams hats will be 1/2 off on clearance.
It was nice knowin' ya Joe.
:-*
No matter who the manager is, the Yankees still come into next year the favorite to win the World Series.
No matter who the manager is, the Yankees still come into next year the favorite to win the World Series.
With all the money they've spent, he does deserve to go 'unsigned.'
Big deal, they were two games off of the best record in baseball - they didn't win the World Series.
Isn't that what counts?
No matter who the manager is, the Yankees still come into next year the favorite to win the World Series.
Just like they were in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
But I'm sure next year will be different.
Oh look who's here. I knew it wouldn't be long until "He who has no favorite team" showed up. That train's never late!
In my opinion, the longer the series of games you have to examine, the less luck factors into your performance in that block of games.
You can't just fire him because his ace Wang blew his 2 starts against the Indians in a short 5 games series.
Boy, Manny Ramirez sure is a winner (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-mannytoo101707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns). ::)
"We're confident every day," said Ramirez. "It doesn't matter how things go for you. We're not going to give up. We're just going to go and play the game, like I've said, and move on. If it doesn't happen, so who cares? There's always next year. It's not like the end of the world or something. Why should we panic?"
(provided, of course, the BoSox don't pull off another miracle comeback).
Torre turns down offer to return as Yanks' skipper (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3069115)
It'll be interesting to see where he ends up.Kansas City. :P As much as I'd love to see it it's about as likely as them signing Alex Rodriguez (but I'd take Torre over A-Rod any day of the week).
As much as I loathe the Yankees, the simple truth is they made it to the playoffs damn near every year and Torre didn't deserve the way management treated him.
(provided, of course, the BoSox don't pull off another miracle comeback).
Not going to happen.
Not going to happen.
I'm going to try my luck at getting some WS tickets tomorrow. Go Rockies! :)
QuoteNot going to happen.
You sure?
:o
I'm going to try my luck at getting some WS tickets tomorrow. Go Rockies! :)
I'm going to try my luck at getting some WS tickets tomorrow. Go Rockies! :)
I'm going to try my luck at getting some WS tickets tomorrow. Go Rockies! :)
I think it's easier to get an exclusive from GG or Sideshow than get these tickets!
Now there's a message saying that the site is down. Supposedly no one has been able to get tickets from what I've heard. I think there are also people starting to line up at Coors Field.
Over 8 million hits on the Rockies site in the first hour alone... :o
Four hours online now and still no luck. On the plus side the queue page did change for me, maybe the server is getting close to working.
Hmm, looks like they just announced the tickets will go back up tomorrow at noon. I hope this works out this time around. :)
Serious question. Why did the Rockies wait until after the ALCS to put tickets up for sale? It's not like they didn't know when they were playing, just who they'd be playing. I'd think they would want to limit the chances of the other team's fans trying to get tickets, especially if it's the Red Sox, a team who's fans are known to travel well. So why wait a week? Tickets should have been for sale the day after the Rockies clinched the League Championship.
Not to mention we have to deal with all the frat-boy, bandwagon Boston fans. The Red Sox are easily my least favorite team in baseball (sorry Mikey ;) ).
Congrats to the Sox and their fans (except Mikey and the rest of his pink hats),
ps.
Did I hear right - during the broadcast, it sounded like they were saying that Boras said that A-Rod is opting out of his contract. ???
I'd love to see Mikey Lowell come back for a few more years, but you know his price tag just went through the roof with the season and post season he just had.
Yeah, the gang on Baseball Tonight ripped A-Rod pretty good for making his announcement then of all days and trying to steal some of the spotlight. Peter Gammons pointed out that it's a pretty good indicator of what you can expect from A-Rod if you sign him - A-Rod first, team second. :P
Yeah, that WS MVP trophy is a pretty good way to send yourself into free agency. I'm sure he'll have plenty of offers on the table. It would be nice to see Boston keep him, but I guess I won't be surprised to see him go and maybe end up as A-Rod's replacement at 3rd in NY. :-X
It'd be cool if the Cubs snagged him.
The dismantling of the Twins begins in earnest: bye bye Hunter (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ApGeiKmA2hO7HLnuGs_8D4qFCLcF?slug=txangelshunter&prov=st&type=lgns). I think I read that Santana turned down 19 million per season (that's what a 5 year extension amounted to) ::) Because who could raise a family on 19 million dollars a year?
Johan, baby.
It's heating up.
Johan, baby.
It's heating up.
Man, I knew Cabrera was on the market, but I didn't think they'd send Dontrell Willis with him. :o
Tigers send top prospects to Marlins for Cabrera, Willis (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3141703)
If Willis returns to form (and we trade Santana), that Tigers rotation is probably the strongest in the AL Central.
I'm going to go have my **** fit now. But before I do, I have to say, the Twins really need to just resign Santana. Seriously, if you don't want the hands-down-best pitcher in baseball, who came up with your team since day 1, then what on Earth do you have a baseball team for? Sell to someone who wants to run this thing right.
Think of it this way, if Willis' ERA and WHIP have inflated so woefully over the past 2 years in the NL, imagine how ugly he's gonna be in the AL where ERA's tend to rise 1.00 and K's/9 tend to drop 2/game?
Exactly...how do you even think about trading the best pitcher in baseball? Pay the guy and move on...I hate you Pohlad, I hate you so so much
Sure seems to be a lot of former/current Yankees on that list ::)