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At 107 pitches I'd say Shields is done don't you think?

And that game in NY is FAR from over.

There's something I like about you and it's not the "Yankee thing."

Had to step out for a bit and come back to see 3-0! Wow, after a visit to the mound as well. What did Maddon say to him I wonder?

"Watching" on the internet radio broadcast, so I'll take your word for it.

Sox are making Shields work. He looks good though. Working fast today and mixing his pitches. Lackey's given up a couple of hits but his pitch count is low. Would love to see the "bulldog" reemerge here today and give us 7-8 innings.

Here's a gem from Minnesota: http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/10/the_yankees_10.php?page=1

Johnny B steps to the plate and lines a clean single to right.

A teacher asks her students if they're Yankees fans. All of the hands go up except for one student. "Okay, Bobby. What team are you a fan of?" "The Red Sox." "Why's that?" "Well, my parents are both Red Sox fans, so I'm a Red Sox fan too." "That's not a good answer, Bobby. If your parents were both morons, would you be a moron too?" "No, that would make me a Yankees fan!"

I don't like the pitching matchup the next two nights... Lackey will go 6 plus, give up 10 hits and five runs-- a typical outing for him. We'll need the bullpen to go three plus innings the day before Dice-K pitches. If ever we needed these two "bulldogs" to step up, it is now.

No. No. No. No. No. There are so many things that bother me about your post that I'm struggling with what to address first. In no particular order: "Pregame entertainment" at a baseball game is called batting practice. The stadium you are referring to as "palatial" could also be described as a monument to greed, self-aggrandizement, and arrogance. It certainly wasn't built with the game of Baseball in mind. The "wind" you are talking about is also why the place plays small and why my five year old son could hit one out to right center if he really go a hold of one. The "history" and "tradition" of the "classy" Yankee franchise and of Old Yankee Stadium was torn down without a second thought. The spirits and the voices of the people and players who lived and played there, watched and cheered, are gone forever. No smarmy museum will ever replace the "place." I don't need to go into an air-conditioned "museum" with glass and stainless steel and lights everywhere, drinking a mint julip, telling myself how great I am being a "fan" of the most storied baseball team in history. It makes me want to puke. Give me a hot dog and a beer (or two, or three) and crowd of people who are crammed into an amazing ballpark-- all watching the game. That's why you go to the park-- to watch the game. In Fenway, every person in there is watching and reacting to every pitch-- there is a "buzz." Half of your "luxury" seats are empty b/c no one wants to pay that amount of money to watch A-Rod do something embarrassing. There are ways to improve the viewing experience at Fenway Park w/o tearing it down, this current ownership has proven that w/o sacrificing the most sacred elements Baseball-- history and tradition. Is there still work to do? Yes, of course. Tear down Fenway Park? No. Never.

Good bet.

Hey all, cleaning up here while listening to the broadcast online. Can't believe I'm "blacked out" again. Just wanted to note the strong starts from Wakefield and Lester sandwiched in between the Bullpen's work yesterday. These guys look like a "team" in the old-fashioned sense of the word.

Any day the RS win and the Yankees lose is a good day for the planet. I'm gonna go drink a beer.

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Dammit! A thoughtful response from a Yankee Fan-- another oxymoron. 228, you've thrown me an unexpected curveball. I'll have to think about this...

Oh no, that's just the appetizer. I'm just warming up. I have enough of these to last a lifetime. You see, I've been collecting them, archiving them. Where shall we continue...how about we just start with the incredibly "poor loser" tactic called the "protest." 2010- Girardi protests b/c MDC got to throw a few more warm up pitches when Beckett came out of the game and onto the DL the next day. Classy move there. Yankees lose. Protest Denied by MLB. 2009- Waits one pitch before moaning about a "double switch" he can't quite fathom against the Marlins. Yankees Lose. Protest Denied by MLB. There's the Posada interference issue is 2004. Yankees lose. Protest denied by MLB. And my all time favorite, when they asked for a "forfeit" against the Devil Rays in 2004 because the Rays missed their flight due to Hurricane Frances! Result of the "forfeit request" you ask? Denied by MLB. Still, all of this wouldn't bother me if the team, and their fans, just said, "It's all about the winning and we don't care how we do it." Just don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining; don't start in with the "Yankee Class" malarkey.

Girlfriends? As in plural? Hope you're careful

Because whenever the "captain" has passed on opportunities to show some real class by: -speaking out openly against teammates that have used PED's. -telling his third-baseman that we don't yell "I got it!" while we are running the bases, or run across the pitcher's mound after making an out because it makes our team look like bush leaguers. -ending the long standing Yankee habit of holding constant and endless defensive meetings on the mound. Passive-aggressive bull manure.