Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Yankees. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

R. I. P.....Yogi Berra!!!

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra....passed away yesterday.  He was 90 years old.  We remember him

for his "Yogi-isms".   They made us laugh.  But Mr. Berra was more than a "funny man".  He was a great baseball player.

Enjoy this collection of our favorite Yogi quotes:

 
1. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
2. You can observe a lot by just watching.
3. It ain’t over till it’s over.
4. It’s like déjà vu all over again.
5. No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.
6. Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.
7. A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.
8. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
9. We made too many wrong mistakes.
10. Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
11. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.
12. You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.
13. I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
14. Never answer an anonymous letter.
15. Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.
16. How can you think and hit at the same time?
17. The future ain’t what it used to be.
18. I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.
19. It gets late early out here.
20. If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.
21. We have deep depth.
22. Pair up in threes.
23. Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.
24. You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.
25. All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

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26. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
27. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.
28. He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.
29. It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
30. I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.
31. I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.
32. I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
33. I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
34. In baseball, you don’t know nothing.
35. I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
36. I never said most of the things I said.
37. It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.
38. If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.
39. I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.
40. So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.
41. Take it with a grin of salt.
42. (On the 1973 Mets) We were overwhelming underdogs.
43. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
44. Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
45. Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren’t allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
46. You don’t have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it’ll go.
47. I’m lucky. Usually you’re dead to get your own museum, but I’m still alive to see mine.
48. If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work.
49. If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
50. A lot of guys go, ‘Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.’ I tell ’em, ‘I don’t know any.’ They want me to make one up. I don’t make ’em up. I don’t even know when I say it. They’re the truth. And it is the truth. I don’t know.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Beasts....Of the East

The New York Yankees were supposed to have an off year.   Too old...too many injuries.  Too tough a division.

Well somebody forgot to tell it to  the "pinstripes".   When all is said and done...these are still the Yankees.

That mystique....that history....that pride. 

The team we love to hate...is playing some damn good baseball.

From the New York Daily News:


Monday, October 15, 2012

Things We Learned From the Week-end

Don't know about you....but man are we smarter...this Monday morning!

Here's a few things we learned:



New York...is a terrible  sports town!

Apathy, Malaise And Empty Seats Fill Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium




Seattle is a tough place to win on the road....Just ask New England:
 

Patriots Stunned

Seahawks Patriots

Are Seahawks For Real?

 

 Derek Jeter ....is not "super human" after all: 

DOWN AND OUT

Derek Jeter Injury

Derek Jeter Breaks Ankle, To Miss Rest Of Postseason

 

 

Five things.....I think I know....we learned:

1.   The Atlanta Falcons are 6-0......but.....

2.  Damn it's hard to win back to back games in the SEC...Carolina?

3.  The NHL is on strike or in  a lock-out again....Does America really care?

4.  The NBA has started pre-season......again....Does America care?  Really?  See you in April.

5.  Michael Vick has a new dog.    And some people think it's wrong.   They are wrong.

 

Smarter? 

Thought so!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

A July 4th Moment

A very touching moment ....not only for baseball ...but for an entire nation.

On the 4th of July no less.

From the Huffington Post:

 

'THE LUCKIEST MAN'

Gehrig's Speech Among Memorable July 4th Moments In MLB History

Friday, October 7, 2011

Damn........Yankees!

So much for the regular season meaning a whole lot in the MLB......

MOTOR CITY MADMEN

Tigers Defeat Yankees To Advance To ALCS 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Another Reason......to Hate New York

Is it their ....excessive entitlement issues?

Is it their ....arrogance?

Is it their...."We're better than you" attitude?

Is it......all of the above?

So the Yankees didn't get their man.....free agent Cliff Lee.

So they act like spoiled brats.

And this is why we hate.....New York:



 

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Hard to Kill

Getting rid of the .....New York Yankees.....is no easy task.

Just ask the Texas Rangers.   With a 3-1 lead in the best of seven......Needed one more win to send these "pinstripers"  packing.......

The Yankees......rise up......and win a game.

Go figure.

From the "Daily News".......from New York:

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Two Cities.........Two Views

Give them their due........

The New York Yankees won a world series.......for .......the 27th time. 27!!!

First.......a view from the Philly papers:





















Now.......let's hear it for those Famous NY tabloids:



Monday, October 26, 2009

Why we Hate New York

A few more reasons.....why we hate New York.....and their arrogant ways ....displayed once again by these tasteless tabloid headlines:






Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Things ....From the Week-end....Learned & More

Rain.....rain.......and more rain.......

In
this southern college town.....the rain has been constantly ......sporadic....... Rain, sun, rain....This has been going on for the past seven days. The garden is loving it........the lawn is almost all green now. And the drought we've suffered the past couple of years........seems a distant memory.


Memorial Day, 2009........


Did you pause.......at 3:00 pm? And remember all the men and women of the armed forces who paid the ultimate price ......with their lives?


NBA Play-offs........

Neither Cleveland nor Los Angeles appear to be a sure thing for the finals.....Denver and Orlando are making their own cases. Cleveland.......except for that miracle shot by LeBron....should be down 0-3...........And the Lakers? They looked slow and un-physical last night. Kobe and LeBron...........could use some help. Can you hear me .......now?


Braves sweep Toronto.......

Yes..........the Atlanta Braves swept the Toronto Blue Jays ..........3 games to none....Hitting.......scoring runs.......great pitching.......These Braves are only a game and a half out of first place..........Who would of "thunk" it!


Here come the Yankees........

Given up for dead a week ago........the Yanks reeled off 7 in a row........with A-Rod back.....and are now within a game of Boston for the lead in the AL East. Still.......the best team .......money can buy.


Which was better? The Indy 500......or the Coca-cola 600?

The Indy race........with 300,000 fans.......looked good on TV..........but still no drama.......At Charlotte, the Coca-cola 600 had the misfortune of "mother natures' " rain.......Both failed me. Just wasn't interested.......Also ........at the Coca-cola 600 ......on Sunday.......The "fly by" by the Navy's f-14's.......was a bit premature.......They flew by .......in the middle of the "National Anthem".......as opposed to flying by ..........at the end........which is what was planned.


All in all?

A great week-end..........even though the sports world......was a bit.....sub par. But I guess thats what friends and families are for.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

A 22-4......beat-down...........

Yesterday.......

In Major League Baseball.......the Atlanta Braves were beaten, 10-0.............Meanwhile the L A Angels got blasted, 9-2........and while all this was going on........Cincinnati was getting clobbered, 7-0.

These three teams suffered beat-downs ........but it was mild compared to our guys in pinstripes.


Final
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Cleveland 0 14 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 22 25 1




NY Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1


WP: F. Carmona (1-2)
LP: C. Wang (0-3)



Yes........it's true.......No, your eyes are not deceiving you.

The best team money can buy.......laid an egg........and we couldn't be happier!

Of course.....those New York tabloids aren't..........






Thursday, December 25, 2008

Santa Claus.......Mike Teixeira.....& the N Y Yankees



'Tis the season...........


'Twas the night before Christmas.......when all through the house.....

not a creature was stirring.....not even a mouse.....


Except ..........those ass-holes in the front office of the New York Yankees!


Mark Teixiera........here is an early Christmas gift. $180 million for 8 years! Yes, we are the Yankees..........we don't "haggle" over a couple of millions........Everyone else's offer to the former Anaheim Angel first baseman was between $140 million and $160 million. Let's get ....serious. Let's not bull-shit around. Let's blow everybody completely out of the water!

And in essence ......this is exactly what the Yankees did. $180 million
..........

So Santa.......wears pinstripes.

The baseball world is up in arms.........."This is so unfair", they rail..........But is it?

Again.......we ask, "How much is a player worth?"..............and again we reply, "You're worth....exactly what someone will pay you".

So .......don't hate on the Yankees..........or Teixeira...........or sports..........or MLB........

Mark Teixeira happens to be able to do something .......only a precious few in the 2 billion plus populated earth.....can do......... Hit and catch a little round ball.

Merry Christmas Mr. Teixeira............and Merry Christmas to you too.......New York Yankees.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Meet C. C. (Cash Cow) Sabathia

When is.......enough.......enough?

When is.......too much....too much? When is ...."the sky's the limit".......the limit? When will the old saying, "Nobody's worth that kind of money" really apply? My thoughts? Never.......



C. C. Sabathia........from here on to be known as "Cash Cow"..........has agreed to a contract with the New York Yankees that will make him the highest paid pitcher in league history.

$161 million for 7 years........Simple math? Try $23 million per year.......

And the Yankees? They had offered $140 million for six years.......Sabathia waited......a month later? 7 years and $161 million. Do I blame him? Heck no........get it when you can it.....

But..........

Be prepared for everything.......and I mean ........everything .......New York has to offer.

This will not be Cleveland....or Milwaukee.......This is ..........New York City!

Sabathia, is only 28 years old.......and .......he is an American, born and raised in southern California. He lettered in three high school sports ( Football, baseball, and basketball) and had a scholarship offer to attend USC as a tight -end ..........

His major league career record as a starting pitcher is 117-73, with an earned run average of 3.66. A left-hander who stands 6' 7" and weighs 250 pounds.

But............

The post-season? Play-offs? Check this out:

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
2001 ALDS CLE SEA L 1 1 3.00 1 0 0 0 6 6 2 5 5
2007 ALDS CLE NYY W 1 1 5.40 1 0 0 0 5 4 3 6 5
ALCS CLE BOS L 2 2 10.45 0 2 0 0 10.1 17 12 7 9
2008 NLDS MIL PHI L 1 1 12.27 0 1 0 0 3.2 6 5 4 5
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
3 Lg Div Series 1-2 3 3 6.14 2 1 0 0 14.2 16 10 15 15
4 Postseason Ser 1-3 5 5 7.92 2 3 0 0 25 33 22 22 24

Yes.......1-3 ...with an era of 7.92

Let us be the first to say this..........C. C. will never be able to live up to this contract......Never!

Can't win in the post season? You're a bum.......The N Y tabloids will be all over the "Cash Cow".

C. C. .......enjoy your new found wealth.......make sound investments....... for in a year or two....you will wish you were as far away from New York.......as you were the day you were born......SoCal...........

Don't ever say.....you were not warned........

And one more thing..........Damn the Yankees.......for still thinking they can just go out and buy a championship!







Friday, October 3, 2008

MLB Regular Season Roundup


It's over.......after 162 games.....6 months.....the Major League Baseball regular season is finally, mercifully over.


And, after 162 games........there was only one team to win 100.....(California Angels, 100-62). Two teams managed to lose over 100 games....(Washington Nationals, 59-102 and Seattle Mariners, 61-101). Only one team lost as many as they won, the Cleveland Indians, 81-81.


The six division winners were, in the NL, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles.....in the AL, Tampa Bay, Chicago, and Los Angeles.......with the wild cards going to Boston and Milwaukee.


The New York Mets did their annual choke job.......Minnesota was oh so close.......


The New York Yankees missed the post-season.......for the first time....in a long time.


Chipper Jones of the Braves won the batting title...........John Smoltz is a hit on TBS ........Barry Bonds still is without a team...........Manny is still Manny....and MLB lives on .....


Bring on the play-offs.



Friday, July 25, 2008

Don't Look Now......But the Yankees....Are Coming!


The best team money can buy..........

Is mounting a surge. You remember them. That team which dons the famous "pin stripes".

The New York Yankees........Winners of an unprecedented 26 World Championships and 39 American League Pennants. No other team comes close.


The New York Yankees.......With a league leading payroll of over $200 million, with two players, Alex Rodriquez ( $28 million) .....and Jason Giambi ($23.4 million) making more this year than the entire Florida Marlin team ( $22.7 million).

The New York Yankees.......The team we love to hate........That team, in 1996, who erased a 0-2 deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2.



The New York Yankees.........Who featured "The Babe"...... Yankee Stadium........the house that Ruth built......Joe DiMaggio......Lou Gehrig........Yogi Berra........Mickey
Mantle..........Roger Maris.......Reggie Jackson.......to name a few.



Well........don't look now........but them Yankees........are a coming......

Friday, October 19, 2007

The 5 Million Dollar Insult

Every body's jumping in on the Joe Torre thing. It was like a funeral today on WFAN's afternoon drive of "Mike & the Mad dog. The two-some -- along with their callers were crucifying the Yankees for running Joe out of town. ......Huh????? Am I missing something here? Torre, already the highest paid manager in all of baseball, was offered a one year contract -- with bonus incentives -- that had a base salary of 5 million -- with the potential to earn 8 million -- if the Yankees got to the World Series. Of course......feeling totally dissed ....and unappreciated, Mr. Torre turned down the offer. Helloooo!!!! Joe.....remember when you were just an also-ran manager of the New York Mets, the Atlanta Braves, and the Saint Louis Cardinals??? Your record with those teams was an unimpressive 894 wins and 1103 losses.
You then parlayed a successful broadcasting stint into becoming the manager of the best team money can buy. Money!!!! Torre always started the season a leg up on the competition -- the Yankees always has.....and always will have the highest payroll in baseball. How arrogant of Joe to think the 12 straight post season appearances was all his doing.........I applaud the Yankees for calling his bluff. And .....Yanks.....feel free to "insult" me ....any time.

Check out Torre's career Managerial record .

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Damned Yankees


And then there were none.....As in no New York teams left in Baseball's post season. While New Yorkers grieve, the rest of the country is letting out a huge sigh of relief and thanking the baseball Gods for answering our season long prayers of excluding the Big Apple from yet another Fall Classic. I could swear that last night on TBS's telecast, Skip Carey was sporting pompoms with Yankee pin stripes, the way he was rooting for them to make a come back. They would have sold their soul for a game 5. The Only person I feel bad for is .....Joe Torre. Torre is the consummate professional, who has managed the Yankees to 4 World Series Championships in this 12 year reign. Ted Turner, upon firing Torre, once said, "I would hire him again if I hadn't just fired him." Here's a look at the history of all Yankee managers...............http://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml