Mr Crunchy

down the stretch we go and i see petitte and mussina pitching these guys into psuedo contention. if their bats wake for september then they'll be close.

i wonder if his penthouse playmate will follow him....to portland... jesus talk about a demotion

if not tek next year then who? i kept saying we can hide his bat but with manny gone,ortiz having an off year,lowell struggling a bit and ellsbury and crisp not having the years we'd like i see a different offense next year,an offense that will run and sacrifice more and an offense that will need the little things from pretty much the entire roster.how tek fits in with this i dont know but 10M per is not going to happen ,so how do we move on while insulting the team captain? catchers are rarer than women who dont rip your balls from the scrotum when you get home from your honeymoon...we need an upgrade or a legitimate candidate for the future,the farm hasnt produced in this area with the exception of josh bard who was run out of town cause he couldnt catch a knuckleball and even he isnt a full time catcher in sandiego or wasnt last i looked

THE most dominant sprinter ive ever seen and hes turning 22 this week carl lewis won 4 golds moses ran for about 10 years without losing a race but this guy? nobody ever dominated the sprints like this guy has and hes only begun

tuff 1 to lose but toronto is coming on like gangbusters damon dropping that ball epitomized his career since leaving boston and i dont give a fiddlers f*** what he did at the plate,he caught everything in boston but had the arm of a woman,in ny he is delegated to being a platoon fielder and a dh....i liked damon but he isnt what i would refer to as a yankee. give theo a thumbs up for letting him walk and give cashman a new 5 year deal for signing this has been

i got a jamaican friend from new haven who now lives in jaxonville about our age too.....a thief a liar and pretty quick...but now he has gray hair and yellow eyes from the booze dope and cigarettes

kevin millar??stop it,i had a 3 day party after he left town loretta wouldve been prudent 2 years ago but they annointed pedroia the gig and let loretta walk i think hed like to be somewhere else will we sign an elite pitcher like sabbathia or sheets to a long term deal with all the young arms we still have? becks lester dice buckholz bowden paps delcarmen and masterson are all under 30 becks lester dice and paps are allstars or will be allstars do we need a 125M contract wrapped around or necks for 7 years to grab one of these guys? i dont see it happening

the 200 has become the new 100 with michael johnson and his efforts a few years back making all the headlines,nobody is catching bolt in the 100 but the 200 has a different slant to it with the curve...of course watching him run last night with the other guy was frightening,hes jogging as the other guy is in full sprint,bolt looked to his left and had that ""i eat your young"" look about him...i been following the sprints for a long time and i never seen anything that dominant

he may have asked out but halliday never owned us,hes been great against us but we've managed to beat him before manny makes every single hitter on the club better by his mere presence,lets not argue about this as its a given...kevin youkilis is now their best player and as good as he is he still doesnt bring that element to the table...nobody is pitching in fenway park with that ultra confidence with manram on the roster and as good as these guys are now,you've seen what the better pitching staffs have done to us... im not arguing about moving manny,we had to unfortunetly. im just explaining the facts of life without him,the offense needs to be somewhat redesigned for life after manny and its difficult to do in august..i still think they win the east or at least make the playoffs.if they do, they still have a shot at repeating but it was horrible losing him when we did and this is despite bay playing up to and better than we expected....think jd drew misses manny?

and if this place was full of nothing but sox and pat fans the unmitigated ballwashing without interuption would indeed drive most of us civilians crazy. strange year for politics ive always been an admirer of mccain for his personal courage and he sold me on his bipartisan work,he also has no issue ripping into pork laden projects as he has an eye for corruption and the personal integrity to make people listen.... i am a democrat who is pro life @ anti death penalty anti gay marriage but pro civil union i would never deny a woman her right to kill her fetus as its none of my business unless they make me vote on the subject if i had to vote on abortion i would have to vote against it being legal and again,thats because theyre making me choose on a subject that may get me sent to hell...i dont want it illegal,i personally dont want it at all... im for a balanced foreign policy that doesnt pay our enemies to play nice,i despise our policy in the middle east and i think that we should reevlauate our positions on israel egypt and jordan starting today.. i would put the screws to pakistan and saudi arabia big time,i would insist israel leave every inch of conquered territory with the exception of The Golan Heights or they would be left to pay their own bills..I would then make Jerusalem an international city run by the U.N and I would allow Israel to have its capital in Jerusalem... and I would also allow Palestine their capitol in East Jerusalem.. is it fantasy? well if i was told 25 years ago that the semtex in belfast would be quiet and the police force would become 40% catholic with catholic members of parliament including marty mcguiness and gerry adams i wouldve claimed you nuts....this is reality today... the mid east needs to be addressed the african continent needs our help desperatly,not the kind of help we've given iraq mind you but real humanitarian help,real dollars and a new infrastructure to provide roads lites and clean water....take all these f***ing dictators,militia godfathers and these psuedo generals and hang them by the 1000s. we know who are the voices of moderation and who arent over their we been pimping these nations out and using and abusing them from day 1 of their independence,all they know about white people is rape pillage and lies,time to change this my friends.. i got ideas that are practical,sane and fair i want to know how our 2 candidates feel about the above

the toronto games,halliday to be specific,are the exact type of games where manny makes a difference. he hits all pitching consistantly and halliday has been as dominant as any pitcher ive seen since the petey days...now if they cant bop hrs they need to manufacture and in order to make this happen you need baserunners obviously... they have trouble against the best as most teams do but we've beaten halliday before,that wasnt the worst part of the weekend,yesterday was. of course when your starter spots them 6 in the 1st then you dont have much of a shot anyway.

movie discussions are about fantasy political discussions may be debating where you spend your time after high school you do understand that you're going to make yourself available to the draft board next year right? you do understand our troops are in 7 continents and are overextended and the volunteer army we currently have isnt getting what we need as far as bodies. so the draft is a live subject that will be discussed come 11/08,after the election. politics are important,all this other s*** is entertainment stay away if you like but you may want to stick around and learn a thing or 2

veritek isnt that far removed from that guy in deliverence who made sweet love to ned beatty.

bolt won at 9.69 and cruised thru the last 15 yards while waving. the record going into china was 9.72 this isnt just breaking the record,this is telling everyone who ever ran that event that there is a God and his name is Udain Bolt. then the jamaican ladies swept all 3 medals this is why you never give them the money up front when you're in negril cause you cant catch them if they run

who was that guy that used to call us nitwits carbo was it? he was entertaining

reynaldo was the fastest man in the world but was terrified of getting hit ray clayborn of the pats was a burner and could hit a little bit too,his reputation as a tuff guy took a hit when will mcdonough beat the s*** out of him in the pats locker room after being pushed by clayborne willie gault was effective but also had issues going over the middle james jett and calvin muhammed in oakland couldnt catch the ball and our own terry glenn,a 4.25 40 guy,a man who ray perkins said was the 2nd best football player hes ever seen would struggle if he felt a little twinge in his hamms or his calf. million dollar talent 10cent brain the track guys dont play unless theyre at 100% in the nfl you are never 100% after week 1

wow on paper these guys will win 120 games. mussina pitched his way into a multi year deal gentlemen,ny would be foolish to let him walk away. petitte hasnt been half bad but his heart aint in it anymore,with an option i suspect hes still a yankee in 09 or hes retired. the yanks new park carries the same dimensions right?lots of outfield to cover and with abreu damon and nady i see a lot of triples,a lot of bloopers and a lot of misery that can be avoided if you sacrifice a hitter for a legit cf..damon cant play center anymore but i dont see ny spending big on a defensive player either....this is one of their problems now. texiera will be getting offers from ny and anaheim and perhaps even the mets cause delgado is aging. thats it,there wont be a lot of teams persuing this guy as chicago has derek lee and kevin youkillis has quietly become the best player on the redsox and arguably the best 1b in the a.l,even with tex in the same league...youk handles pressure,plays gold glove defense and brings the hunger,the rage and the refuse to be beat charisma that the sox need...tex may have better power#s but youk just eats up pitchers with his patience and his obp#s are always amongs the best in the game. is cc sabbathia that enchanting to the yanks? hes pitched 1000 innings in 4 years and was an absolute pinata in the playoffs last year he makes david wells look like jessica alba and he will command more money than any other guy out there in 09..sheets on the other hand has been plagued by injuries thru out his career and has yet to perform under the bright lites and stress of a pennant race,this years stretch run could earn him a ton of dough or it could cost him....this milwaukee team could be scary if both their horses show up if and when they get to october.... lots of intrigue in this thread and as a sox fan i can say that the yankees are going to be a pain in the ass as usual next year but this year is in the shitter,of this i am certain

my brother was captain of the holy cross swim team and tells me this pool is the fastest in the world. i guess the wider and deeper the pool the less splash and waves,plus these new bathing suits make them more bouyant(sp)?? i dont know but i can appreciate dominance and athleticism my only bitch is when its thrust down my throat 24/7 as this has been pimped out to the max i do know i only watch swimming once every 4yrs. my favorite event is the 100 in track and i can watch these guys run all day long. the jamaicans have 3M people on the island and they have the 2 fastest men in the world going head to head...i dont care much for the field events like discus or javelin but the sprints are fascinating... id like to see the patriots grab up 1 of these guys just to see if we can turn a track guy into a legitimate nfl cornerback,sign him as a free agent,give him a month of nothing but man coverage in practice and maybe just maybe you can make one of these guys a football player. track guys traditionally dont make good football players which is unfortunate.

me and chris were discussing this last night and in fact mr fortin was very sincere about what a gentlemen our host,yessir,was when we initially came on board here. i think chris got nervous when there was a discussion about tera patrick and he found out he was talking to an 8th grader.. chris had a horrible week with 3 different wakes and funerals,2 of our associates bit it,both in their 40s,1girl via colon cancer at 41 the other via homicide at 46 which didnt shock anyone but dead is still dead...and then his moms boss died after a 3 yr battle with bone cancer,he was 60. get this the guy has a nervous breakdown and became violent,he spends 2.5 years in a state hospital and when he finally got his s*** together and got back home he gets the death sentence within a month. they gave him a year and the poor prick fought like rocky balboa for 3 , finally biting it on monday. and we got another wake tonight with the ex commander of the club dying,at least he was in his 70s. every day a celebration every meal a feast every night is saturday none of us are promised tomorrow sorry to drift off topic gentlemen....where were we? oh ya yankees suck the poor prick dont know whether to s*** whistle or wind his watch these days

hawkstang... wow tom,that guy was precious... that man took abuse from 25 different posters 18 hours a day and still came back for more,i swear he didnt read anything outside his own s***

rich harden has had issues but out of all his draft pix i dont consider hardens time on the dl to be anything but a blip on the screen...consider mulder hudson and zito and their success in oakland and lack there of when they were dumped...luck is a vital instrument in the success of developing pitchers..

lots of luck involved as well consider none of these young guys ever got hurt just like billy beane in oakland,his pitchers dont get hurt till they leave oakland

ya derek lowe was also the best pitcher we had in the 04 playoff run and they didnt offer him a contract,they instead leaked out info on his boozing carousing and get this,stepping out on his wife!! manny was the mvp of the 04 world series,f***ing bastahd that he is...how did we find out nomar was bipolar and suffers from mental illnesses or that he turned down a 4/60 contract??....the front office p.r. machine thats how...the guys who run this team have a habit and a very bad one at that of throwing people under the bus as they leave town..

WARNIG OLD SCHOOL POST watching certain guys on the field in certain situations gives you a feel about heart character and desire,something the stat sheets dont account for. i never played competetive ball after babe ruth because i wasnt good enuff for my high school,i did play football and my senior class lost 2 games in 3 years,as a senior i dont think i played in the 4th quarter until thanksgiving day when the coaches gave us seniors our last hurrah so to speak,we were that f***ing good i never saw much action after halftime...the point here is some guys are born with fire and a win at all costs mentality,others are brilliantly gifted and are blessed with good fortune and yet others just dont give a s*** about anything outside their personal efforts and winning isnt as important as their performance is...those who played at any level know all 3 types.... winning easily and often tends to make us soft by nature,not all of us but most of us get soft with too much success..in the nfl more than any other sport you see vets sign on for less money for a shot at the ring,they come in burning with desire and it usually rubs off on the other guys who play on the same side of the ball,the 49ers would grab up a gary plummer,the pats grabbed up corey dillon and rodney harris and perhaps this year john lynch...if last years game was rodneys 1st superbowl do you think he allows that miracle catch or would the d lineman(seymour or warren) allow eli to escape a sure sack or would hobbs or samuel drop these gift wrapped picks that my 11 yr old daughter wouldve grabbed?..sometimes new blood,not nessesarily the best at the position but a guy with a good attitude who is into the team concept is more of an asset than the superstar who cant wait to get into the lockerroom so he can bitch to his agent about his schedule conflicts and endorsement deals.. are the yanks old guys bloated and content? are our guys in the same frame of mind? i lost my very last game of football at WPI to leominster in the superbowl in 3ots cause our all state back fumbled a routine handoff....25 years later i still shake my head and wonder why and how it happened after 20 straight wins....and its amongst the most painfull memories i have and it aint going away,this is high school mind you,if it was the world series or the pennant or the super bowl i may have donnie moored myself....new blood with burnin desire to win is essential for every team to keep its fire,i dont think ny has enuff of it anymore and after 4 titles in 5 years i can see why it happened,meanwhile arod has 250m in the bank...think he really gives a f***?

what i despise is the sense of entitlement that so many of the casual yankee fans possess. ""when we get texeira sheets and sabbathia you guys will be sorry"" unreal,i understand simple economics but i dont understand the mentality that says you can have whatever you want in life because you got the money. well team sports are a funny thing and dont subscribe to the all star at every position scheme,you need role players,team players,divas and mental cases....9 divas dont make anything but trouble