Gom

You're not an Optimist, you're an idiot. Give me one reason, just one, why we should have Cashman at the helm over Stick Michael. Stick drafted Bernie, Jeter, Mo, Posada, Pettitte. Remember that when making your argument for a man that took over a World Series championship team and slowly had it erode until this season's THIRD PLACE FINISH. Only a true moron would reward an executive with an extension when his team has the highest payroll in baseball and they finish in third place in their own division. The fact that you echo the sentiment shows you are just as dumb as they are. You still waiting for Isaiah to turn it around?

Let's not forget, it was Hughes the untouchable, then Kennedy, and then Chamberlain was the project. Find me one sane baseball man who would rather have Hughes AND Kennedy over Joba. Cashman himself doesn't count. Dark, sad, terrible day for the Yankees. The best GM the Yankees ever had is IN THEIR OFFICE in Stick. He sits there, doing nothing. He has no power, and has more intelligence than the rest of the front office combined when it comes to baseball. The real Steinbrenner curse has begun. Instead of win at all costs, its now costs are worth more than wins. RIP Yankee Playoff Streak. A good 12 years, and killed by the same man who convinced us it was all a good thing. Even Doctors fell for it.

If it's true, then we will both be unhappy. The Yankees will never win another World Series under Cashman's watch. Period. His experiment with young pitching when superstar pitchers were available cost them a potential world series victory, and by the time he realizes his mistake, the window of opportunity with the players he has [Arod, Damon, etc] will be gone. He will forever be the dog that chases his tail. The Red Sox have passed them, and soon, the Rays/Red Sox rivalry will be the one to watch. With Cashman at the helm, we will be looking at the dark ages of the early 90's all over again. If this is true, this is the worst day in recent Yankee history. The question is...are you happy? Are you happy with a GM that under his watch has drafted ONE significant player in Chamberlain? That since he took over in the 90's, ten years or so ago, he has drafted ONE impact player? The same guy who picked Pavano over Pedro, Igawa over Lilly, Hawkins over Mahay? The one who didn't trade Melky and Kennedy for Santana? Look, nothing would make me happier than if Hughes, Kennedy, and Chamberlain had the Yankees in first place this year, and everyone was touting this triumvariete [sp?] as the next Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz. However, his talent evaluation in the free agent market is piss-poor. His drafting is piss-poor. He makes good deadline deals because his team can absorb salary. Any idiot can make the Abreu deal, or the Nady deal. When it comes to allocating your team's funds in the off-season, he's lost. When it comes to predicting which players will do well, and which ones will not, he's at the bottom of the list as GMs. I have no problem with young players coming up who are good. He doesn't know how to identify them, draft them, or trade them away. He can't sign free agent pitchers to save his life. So the question is...are you happy, and why?

You're the one who proposed the bet. You set the stakes. Since you're going to lose anyways, only fair to let you set the stakes.

What would be the stakes?

Yankees season over no matter what. Enjoy Olympics.

Jeter doesn't call pitches. f*** him.

1) She didn't turn me down 2) If I resented those who did, I'd hate 90% of the females I've ever met over the age of 18. I slept with the other 10%.

I was thinking the same thing. Except for the part of us winning next year. This 2008 resembles the 2006 Red Sox. Same August collapse.

Part of it is also the new swimsuits. They are supposed to cut down on drag. There is no doubt that with better conditioning, records will fall, but when given an advantage of suits as well, the records will be shattered. I don't think you'll see the records fall as much the next time around with the same frequency.

Marlon Byrd put the final nail in the coffin with the grand slam in Texas off of Marte. We're just seeing the body decompose at this point.

I'm in love.

I have never played fantasy football, and probably can't name 50 football players. If any of you lose to me, you should kill yourselves. Especially dreilly. I am willing to trade. Right now.

Shut up Dreilly.

As a Yankee fan, I have to agree with you assessment of the current Yankees.

You can't pin this one on Joe. They got four hits, 1st and 3rd no one out, and no score. At some point, you have to blame the GM for this assembly of s***.

Shut up you fat bastard.

Either one>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ian Kennedy/Cashman

I don't think so.

I didn't even watch the game. I'm boycotting this team. I wonder if the Yankees will be so shameless to ask us season ticket holders for a deposit on playoff tickets.

They died in Anaheim. Fitting. At least we have the Olympics, and Cashman's firing to look forward to.