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and away we go.....

more fun history: The real fun didn’t start until the second game, as left-handers Woodie Fryman and Larry Gura (in perhaps his lone highlight as a member of the Yankees; boy, Billy Martin hated him) engaged in a compelling pitchers’ duel. With the game scoreless in the bottom of the second, Nettles stepped to the plate against Fryman, who was usually brutal against left-handed hitters. On this occasion, Nettles found his way against Fryman, connecting on a home run. Once again, the bat did not break, and the Tigers expressed no suspicion that Nettles had done anything to alter or doctor the bat. Well, those suspicions finally began to bubble during Nettles’ next at-bat, which came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Nettles took a swing and nicked one of Fryman's pitches with the end of his bat, blooping a single into the outfield. While Nettles stood at first, thinking he had picked up his second hit of the game, he also realized that something was wrong. At the moment of contact with the ball, the top of his bat had come flying off the barrel, which was an unusual way for a bat to break into two pieces. Bill Freehan, the Tigers’ longtime catcher, also noticed something out of place, specifically with the larger piece of discarded wood that lay near home plate. Freehan recognized that the inside of the stained brown bat contained a foreign substance, a fact to which he alerted home plate umpire Lou DiMuro. After inspecting the bat, DiMuro called Nettles out for using an illegal bat. Curiously, some of the newspaper reports of the day (including one in the New York Times) claimed that Freehan and DiMuro had found cork in the bat, but it was actually small pieces of rubber Super Balls that had been inserted into the center of the bat, which had been hollowed out with a drill. (There's an urban legend that entire balls came bouncing out of the bat, but that is sadly untrue.) Although cork has always been the illegal substance of choice when it comes to filling a bat, any substance other than wood qualifies as illegal, making Nettles a clear-cut "criminal" in this case.

you just quoted and relied on testimony from a proven murderer. not a strong case....

the "Yankees Way" Jeter was awarded the base in the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay when plate umpire Lance Barksdale ruled he was hit on the left arm by reliever Chad Qualls‘ pitch. Turns out Jeter bluffed his way on base, admitting after the game that the pitch actually hit his bat.

another great example of that yankees "style": Clearly, Alex Rodriguez was willing to stoop to any means necessary to win a game; even if that meant bush league tactics like yelling “mine” behind an infielder.

is that the list of Red Sox players who were suspended for PED use?

For comparison sake here is a list of Boston Red Sox players that were suspended by MLB:

For comparison sake here is a list of Boston Red Sox players:

ooops. almost forgot these yankees as well: Fernando Martínez Sergio Mitre Ryan Baker Moises Cedeno

The list was from a 2008 article. we can now also add: Alex Rodriguez Francisco Cervelli

well...like i said. hopefully he can pitch a perfect game everytime out......

so you think Relief Pitching is/was a weakness for us after the moves DD made this offseason?

btw - right now you are arguing with me because i pointed out that stating "Buchholz has been horrible all year" is an inaccurate statement. is that illogical?

show me where i'm on record saying he hasnt had bad starts? or that his season numbers are good? (or even acceptable)? but i dont put my head in the sand when he has a good start.

good list. did it matter who we got back? or who replaced his spot in this years rotation? i would have been fine getting prospects (even low level) for him right up until E-Rod got injured in Spring Training. at that second Clay became much more valuable to us. especially as evidenced by a guy named Sean OSullivan having to make a start or two. and Owens actually walking more people than clay.....

im fine with getting technical. there was a thread where he and sk (pretty sure it was sk) were saying the same thing. they wanted to pickup the option and trade Clay.

of course he's right. but then again "all year". i guess we should ignore these other 2 starts then? 6.2 IP / 0 ER 7 IP / 2 ER although he probably walked a couple people in those starts and BABIP.

Bro i was just responding to this statement by you a couple posts ago: It's not like Buchholz complaints are coming when he's pitching well. btw - you are on record stating that you agreed with picking up his option but you wanted to trade him. then you are on record saying the Mariners didnt want him in the trade they took Miley. so who are you suggesting we should have traded Clay to before the season began after picking up his option?

i beg to differ. Complaints came after his last start. which was considered a Quality Start by MLB. 6IP / 3 ER. Hence my post #61 of this thread. btw...his ERA is under 6.

my bad. hopefully he can pitch a perfect game everytime out.

Hopefully he doesnt give up 3 ER in 6 IP. apparently that is a unacceptable start.

i agree with Potato on the Hanley with 0 errors stat. and did you see his interactions with Hernandez during the top of the 8th? awesome. i swear this team is so loose and "fun" because of HanRam. IMO.

hey Lefty. we are obviously not talking about any of our young MLB talent. maybe a hernandez and light? time to let marrero go?

I don't remember trying to assimilate and act like native Americans. Do you?