MLB 2011 season

I didn't watch it, but I looked at the stats. Yikes. Talk about a lucky outing. 

Last place in the AL East, and Bautista is out for the series vs. the Rays. 

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Wtf best hitter in the league injured :(

 

For Scott,  the whole feeling bad for Sheen thing made me think

...a lot Yankee fans don't like the style they've adopted over the last decade, but realize "what are you gunna do?"
I mean always a big money team sure, but the Yanks of the 90's were not this star studded lineup of freakish players, they just worked as an amazing team.

That's the sad irony....ticket prices make it impossible for a normal family like mine to go anymore and what has been the result? The WS was great but 1 over 10 years? For having the payroll of a small country? Doesn't seem worth it. Hell, that WS only came after years of the team finally gelling anyway.

Sometimes management makes great moves, picking up utility players, getting steals, and moving up from lower leagues. It's just they go and negate it with the $120+ million contracts and insistence on getting at least one big name free agent. It's trickled down to the fans: after not landing Cliff Lee there was legit outrage, and so many callers said they expect and want the team to buy buy buy. Even if it wasn't an ideal fit (unnecessary) they just needed someone to be bought.

I'd rather see them build a top farm system, continue smart moves and reduce buying the mega agents to drop that payroll. Smaller teams can make the playoffs every year, I think the Yanks can manage the same without equaling the national debt

But as a fan, I also am happy that until the offense falls apart and  pitching start consistently blowing it, they lead the division



Edited by JJLehto - May 04 2011 at 13:58

You know, it is a Catch-22.   I am all for players being able to get paid what the market bears, and if a team is stoopid enough to spend $50 million a year for a guy to run around in pajamas chasing a white ball around and succeeding less than 40% of the time while at the plate, then more power to them.  But there is also something terribly wrong when one team has players who make more individual then the entire payroll of some other teams.  As Yankee fans are quick to point out, Jeter, Posada, Rivera, and Pettite all came through the Yankee's farm system.  Since then, I think Cano is the only other player that can make that claim.  I guess him and a couple of pitchers like Joba and Hughes (I assume that they were drafts and not trades, but not going to check the facts on that).  Watching the game last night, and seeing Andruw Jones is their bench outfielder is somewhat ridiculous; granted he is at the tale end of his career, but most teams have scrubs filling that position.  And perennial injured all-star Chavez is their backup third baseman.  Seriously, unless ARoid gets hurt, why do they need an all-star backup at 3rd base.  Not to mention picking up former Cy Young winner Colon off of the scrap heap as their number 5 starter (to which I actually give them a bit of credit for getting lucky so far with that pickup). 

Yeah Scott, that was mainly my point 
Look at what good the Yanks have accomplished over the last decade.

People gripe "w/e they make the playoffs every year" but you don't need a trillion dollars to do that!

Also it really does drive up fan expectation. Some are just crazy b*****ds...but I know I hold ridiculously high expectations because seeing a horrid game for the Yanks is like watching a billion dollars being burned on the field! Of course a line up is better than the sum of its parts, but A-Rod really is the most sickening.

When he was an all around player....well what can you argue with? Average, Power, Speed, Fielding.
He's a decent fielder but has only power remaining...which means it's either HR or caught right before the fence. And it sucks to know what he makes for those results.

I'm all for the cap. IMO it wouldn't hurt the Yanks at all, maybe help.


Edited by JJLehto - May 04 2011 at 14:29

rushfan4 wrote: Did you guys see me on TV Monday?  Apparently, ESPN was showing a girl standing next to Harwell's name on the wall, and when they panned out, I was shown on TV.  The cameraman was sitting acrossed the aisle from me.  My 1 second of fame.

So the elusive Scott remains elusive.

I like what I've seen of this Worely kid.

Greinke got banged up today.