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Pettitte will blow up in this series. That should get us off to a good start.

Who are you addressing.

I wish I was feeling it. I honestly don't know how this series will go. If the Yankees continue hitting like they have been, they will be in big trouble. Hopefully, they will stay in their collective slump.

This was an easy call. CC is a true ace-- a horse. We haven't had anyone like that since Schilling and Pedro.

Hopefully, there will be some reverse lock thing working tonight.

The O's prolonged the inevitable last night. At least they will burn up CC so he can't start game 1 of the ALCS. The O's threw away game 3. That was the must game for them. I don't think they can beat CC, who always steps it up in the big spots. I really am surprised that the Yanks didn't light up Saunders.

The O's prolonged the inevitable last night. At least they will burn up CC so he can't start game 1 of the ALCS. The O's threw away game 3. That was the must game for them. I don't think they can beat CC, who always steps it up in the big spots. I really am surprised that the Yanks didn't light up Saunders.

They probably sit Davis against CC and play a RH OFer. That's a funny line about Adam Jones.

This reminds me of the playoff series that the Yankees have played the Twins in past year. The opponent keeps it close and gives us hope, but the ending is always the same-- the yankee opponents with their heads hanging in defeat. It's a wast of time for us. I wont wast anymore of my sleep watching this crap.

The player development personnel is not the same as it was when developing the players that made an impact on the 2007 team.

I meant to limit the criticism to the development of pitching. We just do not seem to develop enough pitchers.

There is sufficient data to discount the notion that the poor pitching performance while he is catching is merely a coincidence.

Wrong against, snarky. First, you tell me to give something a rest after I made just a single passing reference to a player. Now, you are claiming that I have taken a position that I have not taken. I am not lamenting the loss of Gonzalez. My lament is that our player development sucks. Gonzalez was a horror show while he was in the Sox organization. I would not have wanted to see him at the MLB level in a Sox uni, because he would have been a train wreck as I fear our other prospects will be if promoted. The Orioles quickly straightened him out and he played a big role for their 2012 team. I used Gonzalez as an example of the lousy job that the Sox do at player development. I am sure there are other guys that they are ruining. I am not lament ring the loss of Gonzalez. If you are going to be snarky, at least be a smartass and not a dumbass.

If you live by the snark,. . .. As for the metamucil comment, at least I don't have s*** for brains.

It annoys me when people give excuses to the FO regarding Yankee money. Sure they have more money but look at some of their value acquisitions for their bench. Eric Chavez $900 k Ibanez $1.1 m Ichiro 2.0 m A. Jones $2.0 m Total $ 6.0 m Look at our bench Sweeney $1.75 m DMac 506 k Byrd 400 k Nava 480 k Pods 480 k Lillibridge 500 k Punto 1.5 m Total $ 5.6 m Look at the difference in production for $500 k more. We need to stop whining about Yankee money. Our FO is not in their league.

I have been noticing him since last season. This guy was a great 3rd baseman offensively and defensively. We pick up Aviles and the Yanks got Chavez. The contrast is so stark. How anyone can think our FO has done anything other than an incompetent job just makes me shake my head.

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Give it a rest? Drop dead. It's the first time I ever posted anything about Gonzalez being in the Sox system. His numbers while in our system for 2 years were markedly the worst of his career. The Sox have also had little success in developing major league pitchers. If you would like to discuss that, fin. Otherwise, save your snark ******** for someone else.

Watching this series has made me take note of some of the roster filler/spare parts on the Yankee team. I look at Ibanez and Ichiro. These 2 guys are veterans who had been really good players in their primes. Ichiro had been great. They are at the end of their careers but they can still be very effective in certain roles. Ibanez can obviously still put a charge into a ball. Ichiro can still field, throw and run with the best of them. He produced a run at the plate where the throw beat him by 10 feet. During the season, Andruw Jones played a nice role- he shredded our lefty pitching. These guys were not expensive. Ryan Sweeney and his 0 HRs makes more than 50% more than Ibanez. For a very small payroll commitment, the Yankees have 3 good experienced professional backup outfielders. Compare that to the garbage we were rolling out there this season-- Darnell MacDonald, Ryan Sweeney, Podsednik, Nava and that bum from the Cubs who got bused for PEDs. I don't think we spent much less for this huge bag of trash than the Yanks spent on 3 solid profeSsionals. As I said last night, our back up OFers couldn't hit the ball that far if they were hitting from second base. I have to wonder if our guys are just playing video games in their offices, because the Yankee FO runs circles around our guys. The Red Sox FO is embarrassingly amateurish compared to the Yankees organization. Unless Baltimore build on this season, the Yanks should just keep running off Division Championships, because with the PawSox masquerading as major leaguers, the AL East is really no longer a strong division, and the MFYs should easily out class the field for years to come unless something drastic happens on Yawkey Way. Great job by the FO. I have to stop watching this series, because these comparisons are constantly running through my head.

It's also pretty impressive that Jeter refuses to sit when he is limping like a wounded warhorse. Their aren't too many like him in my memory. No one plays with a limp today. They just don't. He's every bit as tough as Yaz, and that is the highest possible compliment I can pay him. That being said, I hate his guts.

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I'd be shocked if he would be the best pitcher on his own team. I'd be surprised if he is the second best pitcher on his own team.

I give him credit. He's 40 and coming up with big hits, and I give the Yankees FO credit for signing a guy like this for little more than $1 million.

The Yankees are paying Ibanez a whopping $1.1 million to hit 19 HRS as a part timer and 3 late inning post season HRs up to this point. The Red Sox paid Ryan Sweeney $1.75 million for 0 HRs.

More reasons to hate the Orioles. *******s!!