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Bonn1997 @ 5/7/2009 8:13 AM
Occasionally the problem will be the offense. However, the problem for this team is really pitching and not hitting. Even if the offense has struggled under certain circumstances, they've still managed to be big time run producers. The team is 3rd out of 30 mlb teams in runs scored per game. In contrast, the starting pitching is 27th and the bullpen 28th out of 30 in ERA.
VDesai @ 5/7/2009 4:10 PM
ARod is BACK tommorow!
TMS @ 5/7/2009 5:18 PM
Posted by VDesai:
ARod is BACK tommorow!
just in time for the ManRam scandal to dissipate & the focus to be put back on Selene Roberts' book! i'm sure ESPN is happy about that.
TMS @ 5/7/2009 7:32 PM
always good to give the other team a 2-run spot before we even get an AB... makes the game more interesting. 
djsunyc @ 5/7/2009 7:42 PM
tex? what seems to be the problem?
TMS @ 5/7/2009 8:51 PM
Damon's the only guy hitting consistently in the clutch this year... Teix is painful to watch at the plate.
djsunyc @ 5/7/2009 8:54 PM
did they put the shift on tex last year? isn't that insulting?
TMS @ 5/7/2009 9:20 PM
Matsui ties it up w/a HR
TMS @ 5/7/2009 9:20 PM
& Andy gives the lead right back w/yet another HR.
TMS @ 5/7/2009 10:09 PM
at least there's 1 guy on this team that isn't asleep... Johnny Damon baby! tie game!
TMS @ 5/7/2009 10:23 PM
this team is nothing but a huge c**ktease!!! now Mo's giving up back to back jacks in the 9th... ugh.
VDesai @ 5/7/2009 10:28 PM
Wow, these guys just can't get it together. Need a big 9th.
TMS @ 5/7/2009 11:00 PM
5 game losing streak... the way this team has been playing is a disgrace... let's hope ARod coming back will help straighten out this sputtering offense... Mark Teixeira must be glad to be getting outta NY right now... what a trainwreck he's been so far... he better get it together soon.
Finestrg @ 5/8/2009 1:22 AM
Unbelievable. Man what the hell can you say. Every loss just gets worse and worse. I still say that when they get everyone back (or close to it) this team should be pretty good. Problem is they have very little depth on this team right now. Guys went down right off the bat at key positions and they just don't have adequate replacements -- A-Rod, Posada, Nady, Bruney, Marte... Now Jose Molina goes down tonight... Not to make excuses but that's 1/3 of our starting lineup - including one the premier players in baseball in A-Rod - and two very important guys at the back end of the bullpen. Not many teams can sustain losses like that and still compete against top teams. Still, show some fight and some grit for Christ's sake. One thing's for sure - I don't blame Brian Cashman. The guy has continually made a lot of sound moves on paper IMO and quite a few of them haven't worked out for whatever reason. But I'm fine with the job he's done. In fact, I've questioned very few of his moves AT THE TIME THEY WERE MADE (that's the key - either be critical at the time or hold your peace). Huge discussion with my buddy about Cashman today. He hates him with a passion while I don't think he's been that bad for us. Blaming Cash is the easy way out here and I really think it's unwarranted. Look closely at some of his moves and tell me with a straight face they were terrible moves at the time:
- I liked his trade for Jeff Weaver at the time. Weaver had a lot of talent when he was with the Tigers. Weaver flopped and Cash flips him for Kevin Brown who I FUCKING HATED!!! Still, Brown was coming off a nice 14-9/2.39 ERA season with the Dodgers. We needed a legit starter to replace Pettitte who wasn't retained at the time.
- I liked the D'Angelo Jimenez for Jay Witasick move at the time as well. How do you get on Cash for this? Witasick just didn't produce. At the time, I thought it was a nice move to bulster the bullpen. And they guessed right on their infield prospects and held onto the right guy - Soriano turned out to be better than Jimenez.
- He signed Jose Contreras away from the Red Sox. Brash and bold, no one had a problem with this at the time. In fact every Yankee fan loved hearing about Theo Epstein throwing his office furniture around after he lost Contreras to the Yanks. Would've liked Cash to have gotten more for Contreras than Esteban Loaiza when he moved him but whatever, Contreras just never lived up to the hype and his value pretty much bottomed out at that point.
- Trading for Roger Clemens was a good trade. No matter how much you liked Boomer, Clemens was an upgrade over Wells at the time.
- Mike Mussina was a good signing overall despite a couple of down years.
- The Giambi signing wasn't terrible. He had productive seasons for us.
- The Matsui signing was a solid signing.
- I liked the idea of getting Alan Embree at the time for a lefty in the pen.
- Sheffield was a decent move but that was more George than Cashman. And when he dealt Sheff off to the Tigers he got 3 nice pitching prospects in return. I still think Humberto Sanchez can be a decent ML pitcher. Glad they got him back recently.
- I'm not a huge Damon guy, but he hasn't been a terrible Yankee and he was yet another player Cash stole away from his biggest rival.
- Traded for A-Rod. He goes out and steals the best player in baseball at the time away from Boston despite being over a barrel with the Aaron Boone injury. And he even gets Texas to pick up part of the contract to boot. Is it Cash's fault that A-Rod never produced in the post-season? We don't get to the post-season w/o A-Rod.
- Pavano turned out to be terrible but did you really hate the signing at the time? This dude had just won a WS ring and 18 games.
- The Jaret Wright signing was equally terrible but again, at the time, it looked pretty sound. He proved he was healthy with Atlanta the year prior hitting 95 MPH on the gun. I didn't have a huge problem with it at the time to be honest with you.
- The Randy Johnson trade was a wash but it was a trade I thought was worth making at the time. After pitching well initially, Javier Vasquez wasn't any good here plus there was no way we could've kept him around after the Red Sox meltdown. (Javier Vasquez was a good pickup for us when we first got him btw). We didn't give up anything special to get Randy anyway and we eventually traded him for Luis Vizcaino who was servicable and 3 minor leaguers (we used Olhendorf in the Pittsburg trade and Steven Jackson's been up this year briefly). Full circle - we hardly got burned here.
- Kei Igawa's been awful but yet again, did anyone know he was gonna be this terrible? Probably a little bit of an expensive, knee-jerk reaction to the Sox landing a top Japanese pitcher in Dice-K but here was a lefty that I think led whatever Japanese league he pitched in in Ks the year before we got him. Today it looks like a colossal failure. At the time though it appeared the Yanks upgraded their pitching staff.
- He held onto Hughes, Kennedy and Cano and didn't trade them to the Twins for Santana. I could've went either way on this at the time but I'll admit, part of me thought that was a lot to give up for a pitcher with a lot of miles on his arm. Cano's a very good player & proven at the ML level and Hughes and Kennedy pitched very well in the minors - who knew they'd have their problems in the majors. Hughes was thought of as the best pitching prospect in baseball at the time.
- I liked the Pudge pickup for Farnsworth last year. Farnsworth was God-awful and Cash was able to pick up a hall-of-fame catcher, albeit in the twilight of his career, for garbage when Posada went down last year and they desperately needed a catcher. Not Cash's fault Pudge didn't do anything while in pinstripes.
- I like his recent push to obtain and develop young pitchers in the minors. He understands pitching is where it's at. He's managed to restock the minor leagues with some quality arms - which has been tough because we've been fairly successful recently and haven't had top picks to use.
- I liked the trade for Demaso Marte and Nady. We didn't give up too much and got two quality players. Who would've known Marte would've been this bad and both would've gotten hurt early on this year. On paper last year, that was a trade you make. I would've loved to have gotten Jason Bay or Nate McLouth but they were never seriously discussed in that deal. Another well-thought out trade that backfired on the poor guy.
- Cashman had a tremendous off-season getting CC, AJ, Teixeira and Nick Swisher. I know it's the Steinbrenner's money that did most of the talking but Cash put in a lot of hard work getting those deals done.
Anyway, lets get A-Rod back here and see what happens. Hopefully we can put something together and start playing better because I can't take any more of this. It's been a complete horror show so far man...
[Edited by - finestrg on 05-08-2009 01:27 AM]
- I liked his trade for Jeff Weaver at the time. Weaver had a lot of talent when he was with the Tigers. Weaver flopped and Cash flips him for Kevin Brown who I FUCKING HATED!!! Still, Brown was coming off a nice 14-9/2.39 ERA season with the Dodgers. We needed a legit starter to replace Pettitte who wasn't retained at the time.
- I liked the D'Angelo Jimenez for Jay Witasick move at the time as well. How do you get on Cash for this? Witasick just didn't produce. At the time, I thought it was a nice move to bulster the bullpen. And they guessed right on their infield prospects and held onto the right guy - Soriano turned out to be better than Jimenez.
- He signed Jose Contreras away from the Red Sox. Brash and bold, no one had a problem with this at the time. In fact every Yankee fan loved hearing about Theo Epstein throwing his office furniture around after he lost Contreras to the Yanks. Would've liked Cash to have gotten more for Contreras than Esteban Loaiza when he moved him but whatever, Contreras just never lived up to the hype and his value pretty much bottomed out at that point.
- Trading for Roger Clemens was a good trade. No matter how much you liked Boomer, Clemens was an upgrade over Wells at the time.
- Mike Mussina was a good signing overall despite a couple of down years.
- The Giambi signing wasn't terrible. He had productive seasons for us.
- The Matsui signing was a solid signing.
- I liked the idea of getting Alan Embree at the time for a lefty in the pen.
- Sheffield was a decent move but that was more George than Cashman. And when he dealt Sheff off to the Tigers he got 3 nice pitching prospects in return. I still think Humberto Sanchez can be a decent ML pitcher. Glad they got him back recently.
- I'm not a huge Damon guy, but he hasn't been a terrible Yankee and he was yet another player Cash stole away from his biggest rival.
- Traded for A-Rod. He goes out and steals the best player in baseball at the time away from Boston despite being over a barrel with the Aaron Boone injury. And he even gets Texas to pick up part of the contract to boot. Is it Cash's fault that A-Rod never produced in the post-season? We don't get to the post-season w/o A-Rod.
- Pavano turned out to be terrible but did you really hate the signing at the time? This dude had just won a WS ring and 18 games.
- The Jaret Wright signing was equally terrible but again, at the time, it looked pretty sound. He proved he was healthy with Atlanta the year prior hitting 95 MPH on the gun. I didn't have a huge problem with it at the time to be honest with you.
- The Randy Johnson trade was a wash but it was a trade I thought was worth making at the time. After pitching well initially, Javier Vasquez wasn't any good here plus there was no way we could've kept him around after the Red Sox meltdown. (Javier Vasquez was a good pickup for us when we first got him btw). We didn't give up anything special to get Randy anyway and we eventually traded him for Luis Vizcaino who was servicable and 3 minor leaguers (we used Olhendorf in the Pittsburg trade and Steven Jackson's been up this year briefly). Full circle - we hardly got burned here.
- Kei Igawa's been awful but yet again, did anyone know he was gonna be this terrible? Probably a little bit of an expensive, knee-jerk reaction to the Sox landing a top Japanese pitcher in Dice-K but here was a lefty that I think led whatever Japanese league he pitched in in Ks the year before we got him. Today it looks like a colossal failure. At the time though it appeared the Yanks upgraded their pitching staff.
- He held onto Hughes, Kennedy and Cano and didn't trade them to the Twins for Santana. I could've went either way on this at the time but I'll admit, part of me thought that was a lot to give up for a pitcher with a lot of miles on his arm. Cano's a very good player & proven at the ML level and Hughes and Kennedy pitched very well in the minors - who knew they'd have their problems in the majors. Hughes was thought of as the best pitching prospect in baseball at the time.
- I liked the Pudge pickup for Farnsworth last year. Farnsworth was God-awful and Cash was able to pick up a hall-of-fame catcher, albeit in the twilight of his career, for garbage when Posada went down last year and they desperately needed a catcher. Not Cash's fault Pudge didn't do anything while in pinstripes.
- I like his recent push to obtain and develop young pitchers in the minors. He understands pitching is where it's at. He's managed to restock the minor leagues with some quality arms - which has been tough because we've been fairly successful recently and haven't had top picks to use.
- I liked the trade for Demaso Marte and Nady. We didn't give up too much and got two quality players. Who would've known Marte would've been this bad and both would've gotten hurt early on this year. On paper last year, that was a trade you make. I would've loved to have gotten Jason Bay or Nate McLouth but they were never seriously discussed in that deal. Another well-thought out trade that backfired on the poor guy.
- Cashman had a tremendous off-season getting CC, AJ, Teixeira and Nick Swisher. I know it's the Steinbrenner's money that did most of the talking but Cash put in a lot of hard work getting those deals done.
Anyway, lets get A-Rod back here and see what happens. Hopefully we can put something together and start playing better because I can't take any more of this. It's been a complete horror show so far man...
[Edited by - finestrg on 05-08-2009 01:27 AM]
TMS @ 5/8/2009 3:45 AM
for 1 last time & just to clear up once & for all:
CASHMAN'S NOTABLE MOVES AS YANKEES' GM '98-'08:
Trades:
2/6/1998 traded Brian Buchanan, Christian Guzman, Eric Milton, Danny Mota and cash for Chuck Knoblauch - GOOD TRADE
2/1/1999 traded Mike Lowell for Mark Johnson, Todd Noel and Ed Yarnall - BAD TRADE
2/18/1999 traded Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd and David Wells for Roger Clemens - EXCELLENT TRADE
12/22/1999 traded Hideki Irabu for Jake Westbrook and 2 PTBNL: Ted Lilly and Christian Parker - EXCELLENT TRADE
6/20/2000 traded Jim Leyritz for Jose Vizcaino and cash - GOOD TRADE
6/29/2000 traded Ricky Ledee, Jake Westbrook, and Zach Day for David Justice - EXCELLENT TRADE
7/12/2000 traded Ed Yarnall, Drew Henson, Jackson Melian and Brian Reith for Mike Frank and Denny Neagle - WASH
7/21/2000 traded Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena for Glenallen Hill - GOOD TRADE
8/7/2000 traded Chris Spurling for Luis Sojo - GOOD TRADE
3/21/2001 traded Wily Mo Pena for Drew Henson and Michael Coleman - BAD TRADE
3/30/2001 traded Craig Dingman for PTBNL: Jorge de Paula - GOOD TRADE
6/13/2001 traded Damaso Marte for Enrique Wilson - BAD TRADE
6/23/2001 traded D'Angelo Jimenez for Jay Witasick - BAD TRADE
7/1/2001 traded Ricardo Aramboles for Mark Wohlers - WASH
7/4/2001 traded Brian Boehringer for Bobby Estalella and Joe Smith - GOOD TRADE
7/30/2001 traded Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely for Sterling Hitchcock - GOOD TRADE
8/31/2001 traded 2 PTBNL: Rosman Garcia and Randy Flores for Randy Velarde - WASH
12/7/2001 traded David Justice for Robin Ventura - GOOD TRADE
12/13/2001 traded Jay Witasick for John Vander Wal - WASH
7/1/2002 traded Scott Wiggins for Raul Mondesi - GOOD TRADE
7/5/2002 traded Ted Lilly, Jason Arnold and John Ford Griffin for Jeff Weaver - BAD TRADE
1/15/2003 traded Orlando Hernandez for Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua - BAD TRADE
3/19/2003 traded Rondell White for Bubba Trammell, Mark Phillips and cash - WASH
6/6/2003 traded Marcus Thames for Ruben Sierra - GOOD TRADE
6/25/2003 traded Cash for Karim Garcia - GOOD TRADE
6/25/2003 traded PTBNL for Dan Miceli - GOOD TRADE
7/16/2003 traded Jason Anderson, Ryan Bicondoa and Anderson Garcia for Armando Benitez - BAD TRADE
7/22/2003 traded PTBNL for Jesse Orosco - GOOD TRADE
7/29/2003 traded Raul Mondesi and cash for David Dellucci, Bret Prinz and John Prowl - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded PTBNL for Gabe White - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded Brandon Claussen, Charlie Manning and cash for Aaron Boone - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded Robin Ventura for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor - GOOD TRADE
8/6/2003 traded Armando Benitez for Jeff Nelson - GOOD TRADE
8/22/2003 traded Sterling Hitchcock for Justin Pope and Ben Julianel - BAD TRADE
8/31/2003 traded Jesse Orosco for PTBNL: Juan Padilla - WASH
12/13/2003 traded Jeff Weaver, Brandon Weeden, Yhency Brazoban and cash for Kevin Brown - WASH
12/16/2003 traded Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera and Randy Choate for Javier Vazquez - BAD TRADE
12/18/2003 traded Chris Hammond and cash for Eduardo Sierra and J.T. Stotts - BAD TRADE
2/5/2004 traded Jose Garcia for Mike Lamb - GOOD TRADE
2/16/2004 traded Alfonso Soriano and a PTBNL: Joaquin Arias for Alex Rodriguez and cash - EXCELLENT TRADE
3/25/2004 traded Mike Lamb for Juan DeLeon - BAD TRADE
5/15/2004 traded Brian Myrow for Tanyon Sturtze - GOOD TRADE
6/18/2004 traded Gabe White for Charlie Manning and cash - WASH
7/31/2004 traded Jose Contreras and cash for Esteban Loaiza - BAD TRADE
12/3/2004 traded Felix Heredia for Mike Stanton - GOOD TRADE
12/3/2004 traded Kenny Lofton for Felix Rodriguez - WASH
1/11/2005 traded Javier Vazquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro and cash for Randy Johnson - GOOD TRADE
3/29/2005 traded Bret Prinz for Wil Nieves - WASH
7/2/2005 traded Paul Quantrill for Darrell May, Tim Redding and cash - WASH
7/16/2005 traded PTBNL for Al Leiter - GOOD TRADE
7/28/2005 traded Ramon Ramirez and Eduardo Sierra for Shawn Chacon - GOOD TRADE
8/27/2005 traded Justin Berg for Matt Lawton - WASH
11/16/2005 traded Ben Julianel for Ron Villone - GOOD TRADE
12/8/2005 traded Tony Womack and cash for Kevin Howard and Benjamin Himes - WASH
5/24/2006 traded Cash for Nick Green - WASH
7/26/2006 traded Hector Made for Sal Fasano - GOOD TRADE
7/30/2006 traded C.J. Henry, Matt Smith, Jesus Sanchez and Carlos Monastrios for Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle - EXCELLENT TRADE
7/31/2006 traded Shawn Chacon for Craig Wilson - WASH
11/10/2006 traded Gary Sheffield for Anthony Claggett, Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan - GOOD TRADE
11/12/2006 traded Jaret Wright and cash for Chris Britton - BAD TRADE
1/9/2007 traded Randy Johnson and cash for Luis Vizcaino, Ross Ohlendorf, Alberto Gonzalez and Steven Jackson - WASH
7/21/2007 traded Jeff Kenard for Jose Molina - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2007 traded Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit - WASH
12/4/2007 traded Tyler Clippard for Jonathan Albaladejo - GOOD TRADE
FA Signings:
3/23/1998 signed Orlando Hernandez for 4 years/ $6.6M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
9/29/1998 signed Alfonso Soriano for 5 years/ $3.15M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
11/29/1999 signed Mike Stanton for 4 years/ $9.4M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/6/1999 signed David Cone for 1 year/ $9.5M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
1/28/2000 signed Andy Pettitte (extension) to 3 years/ $25.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
5/5/2000 signed Chien-Ming Wang to $1.9M Signing Bonus (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
8/3/2000 signed Roger Clemens (extension) to 2 years/ $30.9M (GOOD SIGNING)
8/7/2000 signed Jose Canseco off Waivers (WASH)
11/30/2000 signed Mike Mussina for 6 years/$88.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/5/2001 signed Robinson Cano as an Amateur Free Agent (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
2/11/2001 signed Mariano Rivera (extension) to 4 years/ $39.99M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
2/10/2001 signed Derek Jeter (extension) to 10 years/ $189M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
11/13/2001 signed Melky Cabrera as an Amateur Free Agent (GOOD SIGNING)
12/7/2001 signed Steve Karsay for 4 years/ $22.25M (BAD SIGNING)
12/13/2001 signed Jason Giambi for 7 years/ $120M (WASH)
12/17/2001 signed Rondell White for 2 years/ $10M (BAD SIGNING)
12/18/2001 signed Sterling Hitchcock for 2 years/ $11M (WASH)
1/17/2002 signed David Wells for 2 years/ $5.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/20/2002 signed Jorge Posada (extension) to 4 years/ $52.4M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/6/2002 signed Robin Ventura for 2 years/ $13.5M (WASH)
12/19/2002 signed Hideki Matsui for 3 years/ $21M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
12/30/2002 signed Roger Clemens (Re-signed) to 1 year/ $10.1M (GOOD SIGNING)
2/4/2003 signed Jon Lieber for 2 years/ $3.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
2/6/2003 signed Jose Contreras for 4 years/ $32M (BAD SIGNING)
12/16/2003 signed Tom Gordon for 2 years/ $7.25M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/19/2003 signed Gary Sheffield for 3 years/ $39M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/6/2004 signed Kenny Lofton for 2 years/ $6.2M (WASH)
3/12/2004 signed Orlando Hernandez for 1 year/ $500K (GOOD SIGNING)
12/20/2004 signed Carl Pavano for 4 years/ $39.95 (BAD SIGNING)
12/20/2004 signed Tony Womack for 1 year/ $2M (WASH)
12/28/2004 signed Jaret Wright for 3 years/ $20M (BAD SIGNING)
12/5/2005 signed Kyle Farnsworth for 3 years/ $17M (BAD SIGNING)
1/3/2006 signed Johnny Damon for 4 years/ $52M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/4/2006 signed Octavio Dotel for 1 year/ $2M (WASH)
2/10/2006 signed Darrell Rasner off Waivers (GOOD SIGNING)
5/?/2006 signed Brian Bruney off Waivers (GOOD SIGNING)
11/27/2006 signed Mike Mussina (Re-signed) to 2 years/ $23M (WASH)
12/8/2006 signed Andy Pettitte for 1 year/ $16M (WASH)
12/19/2006 signed Kei Igawa for 5 years/ $20M (BAD SIGNING)
1/8/2007 signed Doug Mientkiewicz for 1 year/ $1.5M (WASH)
5/6/2007 signed Roger Clemens for 1 year/Pro-rated from 6/9/07 for $17.4M (BAD SIGNING)
11/13/2007 signed Jorge Posada (Re-signed) to 4 years/ $52.4M (?)
11/19/2007 signed Mariano Rivera (Re-signed) to 3 years/ $45M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/12/2007 signed Andy Pettitte (Re-signed) to 1 year/ $16M (WASH)
12/13/2007 signed Alex Rodriguez (Re-signed) to 10 years/ $275M (?)
2/7/2008 signed Robinson Cano (extension) to 4 years/ $30M (GOOD SIGNING)
Draft Picks:
1998 drafted Mark Prior 1st rd. supplemental (did not sign)
1998 drafted Randy Keisler 2nd rd.
1998 drafted Drew Henson 3rd rd.
1998 drafted Nook Logan 40th rd.
2001 drafted Shelley Duncan 2nd rd.
2001 drafted Chase Wright 3rd rd.
2001 drafted Philip Humber (Did not sign) 29th rd.
2003 drafted Tyler Clippard 9th rd.
2003 drafted Jeff Karstens 19th rd.
2004 drafted Philip Hughes 23rd rd. Compensatory (Andy Pettitte)
2005 drafted Austin Jackson 8th rd.
2006 drafted Ian Kennedy 1st rd. Compensatory (Tom Gordon)
2006 drafted Joba Chamberlain 1st rd. Supplemental (Tom Gordon)
You guys already know the moves he made this past offseason in acquiring Swisher, CC, AJB, Pettitte, Berroa & Ramiro Pena looks to be a nice young SS prospect for us to groom for the future.
As you can see, he's made his fair share of good moves & bad moves, & other moves that were a comparable wash, but for the most part the good moves outweigh the bad, & there's absolutely no denying the results achieved in terms of championships & division titles & overall games won during his tenure, which is unmatched by any other GM in baseball... the only young players he's traded away that have amounted to much in the majors that he didn't get good value in return for has been Mike Lowell & Ted Lilly... there have been other young players he's traded away like Juan Rivera, Nick Johnson, Dioner Navarro, Marcus Thames & Christian Guzman who have become quality players in the majors, but he got back good players in every 1 of those deals that helped this team... he's also signed a good amount of quality young talent for our minor leagues like Soriano, Wang & Cano, as well as drafted some very good young talent like Hughes, Kennedy, Joba & Austin Jackson while completely rebuilding the farm system from 1 of the worst in baseball to 1 of the best.
so yeah, take ur digs at Cashman, call him a bad GM or below average GM or whatever else u wanna call him, but there's really no arguing w/the facts here, & i still have yet to hear anyone tell me who would have done such a better job than he has over the time he's been here.
CASHMAN'S NOTABLE MOVES AS YANKEES' GM '98-'08:
Trades:
2/6/1998 traded Brian Buchanan, Christian Guzman, Eric Milton, Danny Mota and cash for Chuck Knoblauch - GOOD TRADE
2/1/1999 traded Mike Lowell for Mark Johnson, Todd Noel and Ed Yarnall - BAD TRADE
2/18/1999 traded Homer Bush, Graeme Lloyd and David Wells for Roger Clemens - EXCELLENT TRADE
12/22/1999 traded Hideki Irabu for Jake Westbrook and 2 PTBNL: Ted Lilly and Christian Parker - EXCELLENT TRADE
6/20/2000 traded Jim Leyritz for Jose Vizcaino and cash - GOOD TRADE
6/29/2000 traded Ricky Ledee, Jake Westbrook, and Zach Day for David Justice - EXCELLENT TRADE
7/12/2000 traded Ed Yarnall, Drew Henson, Jackson Melian and Brian Reith for Mike Frank and Denny Neagle - WASH
7/21/2000 traded Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena for Glenallen Hill - GOOD TRADE
8/7/2000 traded Chris Spurling for Luis Sojo - GOOD TRADE
3/21/2001 traded Wily Mo Pena for Drew Henson and Michael Coleman - BAD TRADE
3/30/2001 traded Craig Dingman for PTBNL: Jorge de Paula - GOOD TRADE
6/13/2001 traded Damaso Marte for Enrique Wilson - BAD TRADE
6/23/2001 traded D'Angelo Jimenez for Jay Witasick - BAD TRADE
7/1/2001 traded Ricardo Aramboles for Mark Wohlers - WASH
7/4/2001 traded Brian Boehringer for Bobby Estalella and Joe Smith - GOOD TRADE
7/30/2001 traded Brett Jodie and Darren Blakely for Sterling Hitchcock - GOOD TRADE
8/31/2001 traded 2 PTBNL: Rosman Garcia and Randy Flores for Randy Velarde - WASH
12/7/2001 traded David Justice for Robin Ventura - GOOD TRADE
12/13/2001 traded Jay Witasick for John Vander Wal - WASH
7/1/2002 traded Scott Wiggins for Raul Mondesi - GOOD TRADE
7/5/2002 traded Ted Lilly, Jason Arnold and John Ford Griffin for Jeff Weaver - BAD TRADE
1/15/2003 traded Orlando Hernandez for Antonio Osuna and Delvis Lantigua - BAD TRADE
3/19/2003 traded Rondell White for Bubba Trammell, Mark Phillips and cash - WASH
6/6/2003 traded Marcus Thames for Ruben Sierra - GOOD TRADE
6/25/2003 traded Cash for Karim Garcia - GOOD TRADE
6/25/2003 traded PTBNL for Dan Miceli - GOOD TRADE
7/16/2003 traded Jason Anderson, Ryan Bicondoa and Anderson Garcia for Armando Benitez - BAD TRADE
7/22/2003 traded PTBNL for Jesse Orosco - GOOD TRADE
7/29/2003 traded Raul Mondesi and cash for David Dellucci, Bret Prinz and John Prowl - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded PTBNL for Gabe White - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded Brandon Claussen, Charlie Manning and cash for Aaron Boone - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2003 traded Robin Ventura for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor - GOOD TRADE
8/6/2003 traded Armando Benitez for Jeff Nelson - GOOD TRADE
8/22/2003 traded Sterling Hitchcock for Justin Pope and Ben Julianel - BAD TRADE
8/31/2003 traded Jesse Orosco for PTBNL: Juan Padilla - WASH
12/13/2003 traded Jeff Weaver, Brandon Weeden, Yhency Brazoban and cash for Kevin Brown - WASH
12/16/2003 traded Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera and Randy Choate for Javier Vazquez - BAD TRADE
12/18/2003 traded Chris Hammond and cash for Eduardo Sierra and J.T. Stotts - BAD TRADE
2/5/2004 traded Jose Garcia for Mike Lamb - GOOD TRADE
2/16/2004 traded Alfonso Soriano and a PTBNL: Joaquin Arias for Alex Rodriguez and cash - EXCELLENT TRADE
3/25/2004 traded Mike Lamb for Juan DeLeon - BAD TRADE
5/15/2004 traded Brian Myrow for Tanyon Sturtze - GOOD TRADE
6/18/2004 traded Gabe White for Charlie Manning and cash - WASH
7/31/2004 traded Jose Contreras and cash for Esteban Loaiza - BAD TRADE
12/3/2004 traded Felix Heredia for Mike Stanton - GOOD TRADE
12/3/2004 traded Kenny Lofton for Felix Rodriguez - WASH
1/11/2005 traded Javier Vazquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro and cash for Randy Johnson - GOOD TRADE
3/29/2005 traded Bret Prinz for Wil Nieves - WASH
7/2/2005 traded Paul Quantrill for Darrell May, Tim Redding and cash - WASH
7/16/2005 traded PTBNL for Al Leiter - GOOD TRADE
7/28/2005 traded Ramon Ramirez and Eduardo Sierra for Shawn Chacon - GOOD TRADE
8/27/2005 traded Justin Berg for Matt Lawton - WASH
11/16/2005 traded Ben Julianel for Ron Villone - GOOD TRADE
12/8/2005 traded Tony Womack and cash for Kevin Howard and Benjamin Himes - WASH
5/24/2006 traded Cash for Nick Green - WASH
7/26/2006 traded Hector Made for Sal Fasano - GOOD TRADE
7/30/2006 traded C.J. Henry, Matt Smith, Jesus Sanchez and Carlos Monastrios for Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle - EXCELLENT TRADE
7/31/2006 traded Shawn Chacon for Craig Wilson - WASH
11/10/2006 traded Gary Sheffield for Anthony Claggett, Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan - GOOD TRADE
11/12/2006 traded Jaret Wright and cash for Chris Britton - BAD TRADE
1/9/2007 traded Randy Johnson and cash for Luis Vizcaino, Ross Ohlendorf, Alberto Gonzalez and Steven Jackson - WASH
7/21/2007 traded Jeff Kenard for Jose Molina - GOOD TRADE
7/31/2007 traded Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit - WASH
12/4/2007 traded Tyler Clippard for Jonathan Albaladejo - GOOD TRADE
FA Signings:
3/23/1998 signed Orlando Hernandez for 4 years/ $6.6M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
9/29/1998 signed Alfonso Soriano for 5 years/ $3.15M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
11/29/1999 signed Mike Stanton for 4 years/ $9.4M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/6/1999 signed David Cone for 1 year/ $9.5M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
1/28/2000 signed Andy Pettitte (extension) to 3 years/ $25.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
5/5/2000 signed Chien-Ming Wang to $1.9M Signing Bonus (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
8/3/2000 signed Roger Clemens (extension) to 2 years/ $30.9M (GOOD SIGNING)
8/7/2000 signed Jose Canseco off Waivers (WASH)
11/30/2000 signed Mike Mussina for 6 years/$88.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/5/2001 signed Robinson Cano as an Amateur Free Agent (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
2/11/2001 signed Mariano Rivera (extension) to 4 years/ $39.99M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
2/10/2001 signed Derek Jeter (extension) to 10 years/ $189M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
11/13/2001 signed Melky Cabrera as an Amateur Free Agent (GOOD SIGNING)
12/7/2001 signed Steve Karsay for 4 years/ $22.25M (BAD SIGNING)
12/13/2001 signed Jason Giambi for 7 years/ $120M (WASH)
12/17/2001 signed Rondell White for 2 years/ $10M (BAD SIGNING)
12/18/2001 signed Sterling Hitchcock for 2 years/ $11M (WASH)
1/17/2002 signed David Wells for 2 years/ $5.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/20/2002 signed Jorge Posada (extension) to 4 years/ $52.4M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/6/2002 signed Robin Ventura for 2 years/ $13.5M (WASH)
12/19/2002 signed Hideki Matsui for 3 years/ $21M (EXCELLENT SIGNING)
12/30/2002 signed Roger Clemens (Re-signed) to 1 year/ $10.1M (GOOD SIGNING)
2/4/2003 signed Jon Lieber for 2 years/ $3.5M (GOOD SIGNING)
2/6/2003 signed Jose Contreras for 4 years/ $32M (BAD SIGNING)
12/16/2003 signed Tom Gordon for 2 years/ $7.25M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/19/2003 signed Gary Sheffield for 3 years/ $39M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/6/2004 signed Kenny Lofton for 2 years/ $6.2M (WASH)
3/12/2004 signed Orlando Hernandez for 1 year/ $500K (GOOD SIGNING)
12/20/2004 signed Carl Pavano for 4 years/ $39.95 (BAD SIGNING)
12/20/2004 signed Tony Womack for 1 year/ $2M (WASH)
12/28/2004 signed Jaret Wright for 3 years/ $20M (BAD SIGNING)
12/5/2005 signed Kyle Farnsworth for 3 years/ $17M (BAD SIGNING)
1/3/2006 signed Johnny Damon for 4 years/ $52M (GOOD SIGNING)
1/4/2006 signed Octavio Dotel for 1 year/ $2M (WASH)
2/10/2006 signed Darrell Rasner off Waivers (GOOD SIGNING)
5/?/2006 signed Brian Bruney off Waivers (GOOD SIGNING)
11/27/2006 signed Mike Mussina (Re-signed) to 2 years/ $23M (WASH)
12/8/2006 signed Andy Pettitte for 1 year/ $16M (WASH)
12/19/2006 signed Kei Igawa for 5 years/ $20M (BAD SIGNING)
1/8/2007 signed Doug Mientkiewicz for 1 year/ $1.5M (WASH)
5/6/2007 signed Roger Clemens for 1 year/Pro-rated from 6/9/07 for $17.4M (BAD SIGNING)
11/13/2007 signed Jorge Posada (Re-signed) to 4 years/ $52.4M (?)
11/19/2007 signed Mariano Rivera (Re-signed) to 3 years/ $45M (GOOD SIGNING)
12/12/2007 signed Andy Pettitte (Re-signed) to 1 year/ $16M (WASH)
12/13/2007 signed Alex Rodriguez (Re-signed) to 10 years/ $275M (?)
2/7/2008 signed Robinson Cano (extension) to 4 years/ $30M (GOOD SIGNING)
Draft Picks:
1998 drafted Mark Prior 1st rd. supplemental (did not sign)
1998 drafted Randy Keisler 2nd rd.
1998 drafted Drew Henson 3rd rd.
1998 drafted Nook Logan 40th rd.
2001 drafted Shelley Duncan 2nd rd.
2001 drafted Chase Wright 3rd rd.
2001 drafted Philip Humber (Did not sign) 29th rd.
2003 drafted Tyler Clippard 9th rd.
2003 drafted Jeff Karstens 19th rd.
2004 drafted Philip Hughes 23rd rd. Compensatory (Andy Pettitte)
2005 drafted Austin Jackson 8th rd.
2006 drafted Ian Kennedy 1st rd. Compensatory (Tom Gordon)
2006 drafted Joba Chamberlain 1st rd. Supplemental (Tom Gordon)
You guys already know the moves he made this past offseason in acquiring Swisher, CC, AJB, Pettitte, Berroa & Ramiro Pena looks to be a nice young SS prospect for us to groom for the future.
As you can see, he's made his fair share of good moves & bad moves, & other moves that were a comparable wash, but for the most part the good moves outweigh the bad, & there's absolutely no denying the results achieved in terms of championships & division titles & overall games won during his tenure, which is unmatched by any other GM in baseball... the only young players he's traded away that have amounted to much in the majors that he didn't get good value in return for has been Mike Lowell & Ted Lilly... there have been other young players he's traded away like Juan Rivera, Nick Johnson, Dioner Navarro, Marcus Thames & Christian Guzman who have become quality players in the majors, but he got back good players in every 1 of those deals that helped this team... he's also signed a good amount of quality young talent for our minor leagues like Soriano, Wang & Cano, as well as drafted some very good young talent like Hughes, Kennedy, Joba & Austin Jackson while completely rebuilding the farm system from 1 of the worst in baseball to 1 of the best.
so yeah, take ur digs at Cashman, call him a bad GM or below average GM or whatever else u wanna call him, but there's really no arguing w/the facts here, & i still have yet to hear anyone tell me who would have done such a better job than he has over the time he's been here.
Bonn1997 @ 5/8/2009 8:40 AM
This article is a bit harsh but it does bring up some worrisome points.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseba...
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseba...
Mariano Rivera's touch long gone: Homers add to Yankees' deep trouble
Even on a night like this, with an ill wind blowing everything but the Legends seats out of the Stadium, you don't expect Mariano Rivera to throw fat boomerangs toward the plate.
But Rivera didn't just lose this game to Tampa, 8-6. He lost it scary. In the ninth inning, he gave up back-to-back homers for the first time in his career and was pulled with two outs by a concerned Joe Girardi, who had the audacity to question the pitcher's velocity and health.
"It's shocking," Girardi said of the performance. "It's not something we'd ever seen."
Rivera's right shoulder is still a work in progress, still recovering from surgery in October. The speed is missing from the cutter, while the Yankees' season plummets downward. Several precedents were set Thursday night, none of them hopeful:
Andy Pettitte gave up four homers, something he'd never, ever done in a long, distinguished career. "That ball was jumping tonight," Pettitte said. Then with the score tied, Rivera gave up a fifth and sixth, including a home run to the distinctly unpowerful Carl Crawford.
The Yanks dropped their fifth straight for the first time under Joe Girardi, all to contenders. The game ended with 23-year-old Francisco Cervelli at catcher, suddenly perched atop the team's shallow depth chart.
Even with all that, it was Rivera's collapse that should worry everyone the most, make them forget about Alex Rodriguez's imminent arrival in Baltimore. Without a strong Rivera, Yankee World stops spinning as we know it. Joba Chamberlain would get called back into the bullpen, surely, while Brian Cashman starts making frantic phone calls.
To be fair, Rivera has never been great in tie-game situations like this one. Last season, he was just 6-5 in 15 such appearances, with a 3.44 ERA.
Even before this unraveling Thursday night, however, Girardi fretted about his closer, nurturing Rivera carefully. He rested him longer between games and didn't allow Rivera to throw a second inning on Wednesday night, with the game on the line.
His ERA is now 3.97, and Rivera no longer appears completely immune from the jeering of impatient Yankee fans with extremely short memories.
"It's hard, really hard giving up home runs and that's why this hurts," Rivera said. "The team gave me the opportunity to get in the game, here I come in and don't do my job. It doesn't feel great. It's been a tough home stand, definitely has.
"I've been giving my best," he said. "I haven't been 100% yet, but that's no excuse, I won't say that was the reason I lost the game today. I felt great. The strength it will be there, that's not my concern at all. I am not gonna put this on the shoulder. I am not gonna put this on the Stadium."
Bonn1997 @ 5/8/2009 8:48 AM
Posted by Finestrg:
Unbelievable. Man what the hell can you say. Every loss just gets worse and worse. I still say that when they get everyone back (or close to it) this team should be pretty good. Problem is they have very little depth on this team right now. Guys went down right off the bat at key positions and they just don't have adequate replacements -- A-Rod, Posada, Nady, Bruney, Marte... Now Jose Molina goes down tonight... Not to make excuses but that's 1/3 of our starting lineup - including one the premier players in baseball in A-Rod - and two very important guys at the back end of the bullpen. Not many teams can sustain losses like that and still compete against top teams. Still, show some fight and some grit for Christ's sake. One thing's for sure - I don't blame Brian Cashman. The guy has continually made a lot of sound moves on paper IMO and quite a few of them haven't worked out for whatever reason. But I'm fine with the job he's done. In fact, I've questioned very few of his moves AT THE TIME THEY WERE MADE (that's the key - either be critical at the time or hold your peace). Huge discussion with my buddy about Cashman today. He hates him with a passion while I don't think he's been that bad for us. Blaming Cash is the easy way out here and I really think it's unwarranted. Look closely at some of his moves and tell me with a straight face they were terrible moves at the time:
- I liked his trade for Jeff Weaver at the time. Weaver had a lot of talent when he was with the Tigers. Weaver flopped and Cash flips him for Kevin Brown who I FUCKING HATED!!! Still, Brown was coming off a nice 14-9/2.39 ERA season with the Dodgers. We needed a legit starter to replace Pettitte who wasn't retained at the time.
- I liked the D'Angelo Jimenez for Jay Witasick move at the time as well. How do you get on Cash for this? Witasick just didn't produce. At the time, I thought it was a nice move to bulster the bullpen. And they guessed right on their infield prospects and held onto the right guy - Soriano turned out to be better than Jimenez.
- He signed Jose Contreras away from the Red Sox. Brash and bold, no one had a problem with this at the time. In fact every Yankee fan loved hearing about Theo Epstein throwing his office furniture around after he lost Contreras to the Yanks. Would've liked Cash to have gotten more for Contreras than Esteban Loaiza when he moved him but whatever, Contreras just never lived up to the hype and his value pretty much bottomed out at that point.
- Trading for Roger Clemens was a good trade. No matter how much you liked Boomer, Clemens was an upgrade over Wells at the time.
- Mike Mussina was a good signing overall despite a couple of down years.
- The Giambi signing wasn't terrible. He had productive seasons for us.
- The Matsui signing was a solid signing.
- I liked the idea of getting Alan Embree at the time for a lefty in the pen.
- Sheffield was a decent move but that was more George than Cashman. And when he dealt Sheff off to the Tigers he got 3 nice pitching prospects in return. I still think Humberto Sanchez can be a decent ML pitcher. Glad they got him back recently.
- I'm not a huge Damon guy, but he hasn't been a terrible Yankee and he was yet another player Cash stole away from his biggest rival.
- Traded for A-Rod. He goes out and steals the best player in baseball at the time away from Boston despite being over a barrel with the Aaron Boone injury. And he even gets Texas to pick up part of the contract to boot. Is it Cash's fault that A-Rod never produced in the post-season? We don't get to the post-season w/o A-Rod.
- Pavano turned out to be terrible but did you really hate the signing at the time? This dude had just won a WS ring and 18 games.
- The Jaret Wright signing was equally terrible but again, at the time, it looked pretty sound. He proved he was healthy with Atlanta the year prior hitting 95 MPH on the gun. I didn't have a huge problem with it at the time to be honest with you.
- The Randy Johnson trade was a wash but it was a trade I thought was worth making at the time. After pitching well initially, Javier Vasquez wasn't any good here plus there was no way we could've kept him around after the Red Sox meltdown. (Javier Vasquez was a good pickup for us when we first got him btw). We didn't give up anything special to get Randy anyway and we eventually traded him for Luis Vizcaino who was servicable and 3 minor leaguers (we used Olhendorf in the Pittsburg trade and Steven Jackson's been up this year briefly). Full circle - we hardly got burned here.
- Kei Igawa's been awful but yet again, did anyone know he was gonna be this terrible? Probably a little bit of an expensive, knee-jerk reaction to the Sox landing a top Japanese pitcher in Dice-K but here was a lefty that I think led whatever Japanese league he pitched in in Ks the year before we got him. Today it looks like a colossal failure. At the time though it appeared the Yanks upgraded their pitching staff.
- He held onto Hughes, Kennedy and Cano and didn't trade them to the Twins for Santana. I could've went either way on this at the time but I'll admit, part of me thought that was a lot to give up for a pitcher with a lot of miles on his arm. Cano's a very good player & proven at the ML level and Hughes and Kennedy pitched very well in the minors - who knew they'd have their problems in the majors. Hughes was thought of as the best pitching prospect in baseball at the time.
- I liked the Pudge pickup for Farnsworth last year. Farnsworth was God-awful and Cash was able to pick up a hall-of-fame catcher, albeit in the twilight of his career, for garbage when Posada went down last year and they desperately needed a catcher. Not Cash's fault Pudge didn't do anything while in pinstripes.
- I like his recent push to obtain and develop young pitchers in the minors. He understands pitching is where it's at. He's managed to restock the minor leagues with some quality arms - which has been tough because we've been fairly successful recently and haven't had top picks to use.
- I liked the trade for Demaso Marte and Nady. We didn't give up too much and got two quality players. Who would've known Marte would've been this bad and both would've gotten hurt early on this year. On paper last year, that was a trade you make. I would've loved to have gotten Jason Bay or Nate McLouth but they were never seriously discussed in that deal. Another well-thought out trade that backfired on the poor guy.
- Cashman had a tremendous off-season getting CC, AJ, Teixeira and Nick Swisher. I know it's the Steinbrenner's money that did most of the talking but Cash put in a lot of hard work getting those deals done.
Anyway, lets get A-Rod back here and see what happens. Hopefully we can put something together and start playing better because I can't take any more of this. It's been a complete horror show so far man...
[Edited by - finestrg on 05-08-2009 01:27 AM]
The problem is you're not listing the moves he DIDN'T make. Passing on Johan I still believe will be the worst decision by a Yankees GM at least of this decade. Going into the season with a $200 mil team that had no bench or bullpen except a closer coming off surgery made no sense either. Putting together a $200 mil team last year that would have 40% of its games started by questionable rookie pitchers and having no backup plan made no sense either. And the net result has been a brutal 190 game stretch.
nyk4ever @ 5/8/2009 10:46 AM
Well I was at the game last night, sat in the RF bleachers and it was my first game at the new stadium.
My impressions:
- The stadium is absolutely gorgeous, everything is made with comfort in mind which is amazing.
- The fact that you can see the game from anywhere is pretty damn neat, you never miss a pitch
- the food was awesome, the garlic fries are amazing.
In the end I believe this place gives fans absolutely no reason to sit in their seat, which to me is a big problem because theres no juice ever. There is absolutely no home-field advantage with this place because people are just walking around or standing and watching the game. Maybe in a few years that will wear off, but I'm not sure, theres really so much more to do than just watch a baseball game at this place, which is a problem to me.
My impressions:
- The stadium is absolutely gorgeous, everything is made with comfort in mind which is amazing.
- The fact that you can see the game from anywhere is pretty damn neat, you never miss a pitch
- the food was awesome, the garlic fries are amazing.
In the end I believe this place gives fans absolutely no reason to sit in their seat, which to me is a big problem because theres no juice ever. There is absolutely no home-field advantage with this place because people are just walking around or standing and watching the game. Maybe in a few years that will wear off, but I'm not sure, theres really so much more to do than just watch a baseball game at this place, which is a problem to me.
djsunyc @ 5/8/2009 11:03 AM
it hurts watching that happen to mariano...but the guy is old and just came off shoulder surgery. when the pitch doesn't bite, it gets crushed.
with that said, i firmly believe that LUCK has as much to play as skill and assessing talent. there is no way of telling who can perform in ny. you look at the #'s and then you acquire the player. how that player then performs under the scrutiny of media, fans, and pressure of contract...well that's just something you can't measure.
who knew brosius would come to ny and hit .300 with 100 rbi's? who knew o'neill would become a .300+ hitter in ny? we got lucky in the 90's. baltimore had a world of talent too but couldn't get it done. and now, our luck is on a down cycle. mariano failed starter - but greatest closer ever? come on...
the redsox now have the luck. did anyone predict jason bay to replace manny so easily? how about old mike lowell still getting big hits?
that's why i can't get on cashman. he is put in a unique place in sports...a city where it's the most difficult to build a team to live up to the fans expectations. and sometimes, a decision made, which seems great at the time, just doesn't work out and you are stuck with it for a while. giambi was an mvp guy before getting here...then all of the sudden he can't crack .250. that's not on cashman.
and that's why i don't get upset when the yankees lose. aj + cc + tex were great signings. trading for marte + nady were great moves. nady hurt. marte hurt. cc not playing to his past success. and tex is hitting worse than ramiro pena. who's fault is that?
[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-08-2009 11:05 AM]
with that said, i firmly believe that LUCK has as much to play as skill and assessing talent. there is no way of telling who can perform in ny. you look at the #'s and then you acquire the player. how that player then performs under the scrutiny of media, fans, and pressure of contract...well that's just something you can't measure.
who knew brosius would come to ny and hit .300 with 100 rbi's? who knew o'neill would become a .300+ hitter in ny? we got lucky in the 90's. baltimore had a world of talent too but couldn't get it done. and now, our luck is on a down cycle. mariano failed starter - but greatest closer ever? come on...
the redsox now have the luck. did anyone predict jason bay to replace manny so easily? how about old mike lowell still getting big hits?
that's why i can't get on cashman. he is put in a unique place in sports...a city where it's the most difficult to build a team to live up to the fans expectations. and sometimes, a decision made, which seems great at the time, just doesn't work out and you are stuck with it for a while. giambi was an mvp guy before getting here...then all of the sudden he can't crack .250. that's not on cashman.
and that's why i don't get upset when the yankees lose. aj + cc + tex were great signings. trading for marte + nady were great moves. nady hurt. marte hurt. cc not playing to his past success. and tex is hitting worse than ramiro pena. who's fault is that?
[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-08-2009 11:05 AM]
djsunyc @ 5/8/2009 11:07 AM
and the yanks are playing with heart. they are constantly playing from behind and are mounting late inning rallies - much different to last year. we are coming back and tying games after the 7th inning.
djsunyc @ 5/8/2009 11:08 AM
Posted by nyk4ever:
Well I was at the game last night, sat in the RF bleachers and it was my first game at the new stadium.
My impressions:
- The stadium is absolutely gorgeous, everything is made with comfort in mind which is amazing.
- The fact that you can see the game from anywhere is pretty damn neat, you never miss a pitch
- the food was awesome, the garlic fries are amazing.
In the end I believe this place gives fans absolutely no reason to sit in their seat, which to me is a big problem because theres no juice ever. There is absolutely no home-field advantage with this place because people are just walking around or standing and watching the game. Maybe in a few years that will wear off, but I'm not sure, theres really so much more to do than just watch a baseball game at this place, which is a problem to me.
stadium is great. you're right, you never have to sit down. i've been there 3 times so far and have yet to sit in my paid seat. buy the cheapest ticket you can and just get in the building.
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