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ACTUALLY, I think the trivia question is Bill Dickey on second thought.

so, the trivia question. I think it is Mickey Cochrane.

Wang with the 1-2-3 inning. Good work.

I am just saying, some people seem shocked that he is having a tough time of late. He is an innings eating, back of the rotation starter who started out of his mind.

if anyone actually thought a knuckleballer without any other formidable pitch would stay under a 2 ERA, then I have some swampland in florida for sale, real cheap. Wake is a .500 pitcher who will give you 200 innings and be in the 4-5ERA range so long as he is healthy.

Drew with a Gabe Kapler, full of guts and determination dive.

No, I just dont think you will get 2 consecutive innings again like that. BTW, that was a f***ing BOMB by Giambi.

ORS, that is pretty funny

I think Wang will settle down. You may have missed your best 2 opportunities.

I dont see the current team getting into prolonged slumps either so long as your pitchers arent missed for an extended period of time. Beckett isnt really set back. Even though he is on the DL, he can still throw and pitch at full force. If anyone gets hit with a rehabbable injury, then you will feel the brunt. At the same time, if Beckett's cut doesnt heal 100% and your 5 slot starts acting like a f***ing 5 hole, then prolonged slumps could set in. When your rotation is down to 2 reliable pitchers then things get interesting. And right now, Wake is the 3rd reliable guy along with Schilling and Matsuzaka. If Schilling continues his minislump, Beckett needs more time, and Tavarez comes back down to earth, then you may be primed for a long slump. Until then, your slumps seem to last 9 innings at a time and then you are right back off the matt.

wonderful argument. Old guys cannot be dominant. Tell that to Schilling and Maddux.

time to tear you apart. Okay, like I said before, he pitched in the NL. We already agree that that league is an easier league on pitchers. But a case could be made that Clemens, over the 119IP that he had last season, was the best pitcher in the NL. Are you saying that the best pitcher in the NL, the pitcher whose stats were better than the Oswalts, Peavys, and Zambranos of the world, would be well below average in the AL? That is dumb in and of itself. who? Not one person on this site thinks that Clemens will have a sub 3 ERA in the AL. NOBODY. Depends on which seasons you want to dissect. If you wish to look at his first season in the Bronx as more of a fluke (a 4.3 BB/9IP was WAY over his career average) then you can say that his 5 yr stretch in NY was nothing short of stellar. And, for argument's sake, you could say that Roger is pitching better than ever, mostly because he is much more accurate. His last 2 yrs in Houston, he was well below his career BB/9IP average and it showed in his ERA and his WHIP. And for adjustment's sake, if you wish to see what equivalent WHIPs in the two different leagues comes out to, you can look at his last season in pinstripes and his first season in Houston. The same WHIP, but a run less per 9IP. But the last 2 seasons, the WHIP has been 0.16 and 0.12 below his career WHIP. In any league, that is pretty damn good. Either way, he has actually gotten BETTER even though his age has increased, in the NL. His injury history is worth noting, but at the same time, the guy has made 30+ starts every single season he had played since 1995 aside from last yr simply because he was playing a shortened season. And even in his short season, he still missed only one start and pitched to a 6IP average. He will have his aches and pains, but his injury history has been vastly overblown. And your point being? Joe Torre is a pretty stupid manager. He lets his pitchers throw until 100 pitches and takes them out, but he usually waits until the end of innings or if a runner reaches. Clemens averaged 16 pitches per inning. That means he doesnt hit 100 until he is in his 7th inning, and you can be sure Torre wont pull Roger at 97 pitches to start the 7th if he is going good. And, if Clemens averaged getting to 97 pitches after 6 innings, then he will be on average a 6 inning pitcher. That wont change too much in the AL. He may throw a few more pitches, but it isnt like he will lose it all at once. Last yr he was dominant against major league players. He wont come over and suck. No matter how you try to twist it, our point wont be met. Any way you turn it, he was one of the best pitchers in the majors last yr. Deal with it. no it isnt. You have no precedent. NONE. Stop being assinine. I think the A's care more about saving a few bucks than we do. It is all about performance and if he can have 6 innings per start and keep his era around or below 4, he will be worth every penny to yankee fans. Who gives a s*** about value. another moronic quote. So having an icon like Clemens on your team when he is still effective does nothing for your team? Do you know anything about the psychology of baseball? Clemens gives your team the feeling that they can win every time out. No rookie does that because even the best rookies hit a wall here and there. Clemens also brings a swagger back, something we lost when we disassembled the rotation after the 03 debachle. Clemens is the pitcher who will command the inside part of the plate and protect his hitters. He's the kind of guy to brush back Papi and throw one high and tight to Manny. Nobody, aside from a dirtdog like Trot Nixon, got comfortable against Roger. This is something he brings and his lessons to guys like Hughes and Clippard could come very much in handy. Depends on the rookie in terms of overall performance. I would say Hughes and Clemens may win the same amount of games this season. But aside from the best pitching prospect in baseball, there is no other rookie I'd say could put up Clemens' numbers. And like I said, no rookie brings the kind of swagger that Clemens does, and he wont engender the same kind of fight that Clem would. This guy has been doing this a long time. Dont think that experience and raw talent as well as knowledge wont help this team and this pitching staff.

I actually feel pretty good about these games from my end as well. I think we can take 2 of 3 and start a mini roll. And tonight is actually the game I think we lose. We never seem to get to Wakefield and the sox like to hit against Wang. If we take tonight's game, we should sweep and get within 7.

I didnt know you could type with a heavy japanese accent. Hmmm.

I said before that you guys will have the east if you finish May with a 10+ game lead in the loss column. Let me amend that and say that if after June 3rd, you have a 10+ game lead in the loss column, then the east is yours (we finish a 3 game set in Boston on the 3rd). You are at 10 right now after playing the best baseball the sox have seen to start a season in a long while, if ever. And after the yankees have been beset by serious injuries and some very uncharacteristic offensive slumping. On June 4th, I will either concede the division or watch as we claw our way back in this thing. Until then, with 6 games against each other in front of us and a brutal stretch for the sox coming up from mid July to the beginning of Sept, I wont start giving you guys the crown yet. If you take 5 of the next 6 and widen that lead to 12 or 13 games by June 4th, then I will

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05212007/sports/yankees/rocket_close_to_making_his_major_reentry_yankees_george_king_______and_mark_hale.htm He will start next monday vs the Blue Jays.

I dont think Crunch is saying Crisp should be the CFer for the rest of the season, just that the sox are playing so well right now that you would be stupid to change anything. Everyone seems to want to tinker around with everything, but when you have a stretch where you go 30-13, you should take your fingers off the keyboard, sit back and relax.

not really true. Boras knew that he couldnt get more $$$ out of the dodgers, so he checked around to make sure he was doing what was financially good for him. Boras knows he can squeeze an extension out of Cashman if he plays the cards right. And no matter how good of a season he has, he wont make more than the 27 mil he has coming to him the next 3 seasons. I think this one is played very differently, UNLESS ORS is right and ARod just wants to get the hell out of NY. If that is the case, then he will opt out regardless.

Hey ORS, how ya been. I think the sox would certainly take a shot at him if he did opt out. They would be stupid not to, not only do you hurt your biggest rival, but you help yourself too. I just dont think Cashman would be that stupid, to let it come to that.