jacksonianmarch

If the yankees win the division, then we can punch a return to the ALCS against you guys. We get Cleveland who we absolutely own and you guys would get ANA who you absolutely own. A rematch is what i want.

Kennedy looks solid today. Great location, good stuff. He looks like he could really be something.

No, 6 man rotation is a very poor option for a team trailing in a race. Wang and Pettitte need to pitch every 5th day.

I think the point is that the pats didnt know every single play. But that their taping may have helped them with one play or two plays in one game, and who knows, they may have been huge.

If Delmon Young could play RF that is an out. f***!!!

Mussina pitched well. We shall see who leaves the rotation now.

uh oh, Lester is hurt

Buchholz wont be making any starts now that he has been transitioned to the pen.

Okay, into more depth I go!!! Rotation wise, 4 deep in a series.... Boston 1. Beckett- ace, likely CY winner, solid 2. Schilling- no longer an ace, a finesse pitcher who relies on deteriorating stuff with almost no power 3. Matsuzaka- japanese phenom completely out of gas 4. Wakefield- injured knuckleballer who looks about as bad as he as ever looked Yankees. 1. Wang: CY candidate, not lights out, but consistently solid, a good counter to the #1 2. Pettitte: Solid pitcher peaking at the right time, a very nice #2. 3. Clemens: Tick tock tick tock, doesnt have to do much to match DMats of late, but can he do anything? 4. Hughes: 2 consecutive good performances and showing some life. Below average 4th starter right now for a playoff series IMO, but better than what wake is bringing.

Of the four projected playoff teams, the sox are the coldest and the ones with the biggest questions throughout. With Manny and Ortiz hurting and JD Drew sucking, can the sox score enough to win? With Okajima struggling and Gagne being a total non-factor, can they have enough of a bridge to get the ball to Paps? Aside from Beckett, is there any pitcher that can be counted on in the clutch? Those questions are pertinent and attack each level of the team. For the yankees, with Joba handing the ball right to Mo, the pen looks good enough in a short series to hold so long as no long relief is needed. The rotation has an equalizer to Beckett with Wang and adds Pettitte who has been solid and the offense rocks. All teams have questions, but the sox questions are getting louder as the end approaches, whereas the questions for the yankees, tribe, and angels seem to be getting more pointed or disappearing altogether.

And the point is, stealing signs is a part of any league. But it is meant to be done on the fly, out in the open. Using high tech to steal signs has always been frowned upon, and the pats got caught red handed. And to be honest, football may be the only game where knowing the signs ABSOLUTELY affects play on the field. In baseball, if Joba is on the hill and you know the heat is coming, you still aint hitting it most likely. In basketball, if you know that Jordan is coming off the pick and roll to take the game winning shot, you likely wont stop him without leaving a guy open. But knowing the coverage schemes or knowing where the blitzers are coming is huge. And even if the benefit is one play during a game, who knows if that is the play that decides it all or if that play swings the momentum. This is bad, bad form from an organization I once respected as a formidable and superior opponent. no matter what they do from here on out, it is hard to consider them a top notch team when they resort to espionage of this degree.

Wade Wislon was suspended for 5 games for PEDs when he isnt even playing, he's a frickin coach. This is active cheating as a coach and should be dealt with more severely than what Wilson got. Either a boatload of draft picks and a monstrous fine or Belichek should get a half season suspension. This should not be treated lighter than a coach taking roids since a coaches physique does nothing toward game outcome.

The DRays jump on Lester early, but the kid hangs on to have a representative performance. Edwin Jackson dominates early, then gets worn down in the 6th when the DRays pen comes to the rescue and throws 3 innings of pristine relief bwahahahahaha. couldnt keep a straight face. Prediction: Game is still in doubt in the 6th when the sox pull away against the worst set of pitchers put together since the late 80s yankee pitching staff.

so since he is having a good half month against some of the worst pitching money can buy he cannot be considered a bust? Overall, fire_theo's claim is ridiculous in wanting Trot over Drew based solely on performance. Nixon can barely move without tearing a ligament or breaking a bone. The guy played hard and is paying the price for it. He is not a regular starter in the bigs, hell if it wasnt for his distant past, he wouldnt be a major leaguer at all. Nixon is done. At the same time, Drew has been awful. He's being paid to be a middle of the order force and he is producing worse than a gimpy Johnny Damon. If he wanted to use the argument that the contract is ridiculous, he would have a great point. If he wanted to use the point that Drew's contract and position demands will put a strain on development/performance, you have another point. But to say that right now Trot Nixon is better than JD Drew is stupid, pure and simple. As a yankee fan, I get to sit back and watch this bear of a contract unfold for 4 more seasons and say, hey I called it. Signing a 32 yr old player with a history of being unable to play through pain to a 5 yr 70 mil contract while KNOWING he had a MAJOR defect in his shoulder is bad business and should be a black mark on Theo's otherwise pristine record. Drew is not fast enough or good enough a fielder to play CF, so he is clogging up a position that requires middle of the order production. And assuming that he regresses as he ages like most players, he may not get much better. Going around the league, there are few teams with a worse RFer. He's the worst RF in the AL East and aside from Texas who has no set RFer, no other team has a worse set RFer. He will be a bear, and with his contract being so fresh and his production being so poor, he is not tradeable or waivable and the sox will not want to eat such a large amount of money for nothing. So this guy plays for at least the next 2-3 yrs until the amount of sunk cost drops precipitously enough to cut him. Either way, looks good from our end.

Clemens said he has ligament damage and has some hemorrhage in his forearm. If that is true, then the cortisone shot is simply there to dull the pain and his elbow is a ticking time bomb. This will be his last season in the majors, because he needs TJ.

I am done with med school

wow is all I have to say. How bad are the Rays?

Guidry said something to him. Now he is challenging the hitters and looks damn good. Note to Guidry, say whatever you said prior to the start of the game, okay?

That is all Hughes needs to do. He has good enough stuff to come right after the hitters and not get hurt. Instead, he digs himself in a hole by nibbling, then inexplicably goes to his third pitch when he doesnt need to. He has the stuff and the control when he wants to, he just needs to pitch to contact a little more.

Pena DRILLED that one.

Snyder = human white flag

seriously, Jorge Posada calls a game like a retarded monkey.

3-0 Yankees. Hughes has the lead, keep it kid.

4-0 and the rays still batting