2007 New York Yankees post-season recap [serious posts only please]

i thought upper east siders were mandated to be '96-bandwagon yankees fans? have you checked your lease?

(xpost) will you please be quiet please? ;)

only you can make that happen

i was raised by people who grew up looking into the stadium (literally) but rooted for the dodgers, and carried that prejudice longer than they did. nor did i have any interest when the out-of-town kids i went to college with got on the '96 bandwagon.

(xxpost)

but who knows, now that i've crossed to the other side of the ues' patrick bateman line, maybe i should switch allegiances from the rainbow coalition team to the rainbow flag team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6q4n5TQnpA

Torre Turns Down Yankee Offer

The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down.

“We respect his decision. We appreciate everything he’s done. But it is now time for the New York Yankees to move forward, and we will be doing it very quickly,” team President Randy Levine said.

General Manager Brian Cashman said that Torre’s successor has not been named, nor have potential candidates been formally identified. “I can promise you that the process is going to take some time,” Cashman said. “I ask for everyone’s patience as we review the individuals and make recommendations to ownership.”

lolgirardilol

Is it possible to dislike this organization more?

Yes, always.

NEVER FORGET
http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/images/baseball/torre-joe-nym-1.jpg

I don't think Hank Steinbrenner has what it takes to be the Boss. Too soft.

“The point is, the objective of the Yankees since the ’20s has been to win a championship every year, just like the objective of Lombardi with the Packers or Belichick with the Patriots,” Hank Steinbrenner said.

“Our goal is to win it every single year, even though we know, obviously, you can’t win it every single year. But nothing less than a championship is considered really acceptable.”

And it was the 47th anniversary of Stengel's firing!

Olney suggested on ESPN that Joe could go back to the Mets. NO

this needs more media coverage.

haha

but who knows, now that i've crossed to the other side of the ues' patrick bateman line..

-- gabbneb, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:00 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

i missed this before, the bateman reference made me laugh this morning but it would have been funnier with robert chambers.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3072881

Hank Steinbrenner is a piece of shit.

haha the yanks seem like they're gonna be in good hands for a long time.

"I sincerely wanted Joe to accept that offer," said Steinbrenner.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, YOU'LL ACCEPT THIS OFFER.

Yankees to get Giardia?

“Great decisions render artificial dynamics meaningless"
Scott Boras on ... A-Rod?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3084583

:-/

mike lowell's stock just took a hit.

my Dad suggests he will be picked up by Man U

Scott Boras and Alex Rodriguez should be ashamed of themselves. The timing for this was terrible.

timing was fine with me. and it should be for you, odds of NYY missing postseason next year just grew significantly.

odds of them doing well should they make it tho...

The speculation of the SHEER UNSTOPPABILITY of a Red Sox lineup with A-Rod brought back memories of sportscaster chatter when he signed with the Yankees. Luls.

oh TT, don't buy that "losing A-Rod makes you better" jazz. If he signs with the Angels they'll likely win the WS sometime in the next 5 years.

tell that to Barry Bonds...

Of course I'm not the first to say it, but an Angels team with Bonds and ARod would be scary good. Maybe they can dump Colon and his salary on the Pirates to make room.

murderers' row --

damon
jeter
cano
matsui
posada
giambi
betemit
cabrera
duncan

of course i'm sure the yankees will land at least one heavy hitter.

yah thats a sweet line up - wait how many dh's do you get again lol?

girardi hired as mgr

good choice but im still way :-/ abt next season

i don't blame a-rod at all, esp when taking into account how meth-eyes giambi called him out last year for underperforming and not proving himself (and jeter and torre weren't really backing him up either), and no one came to his defense. compare it to jd drew, who sucked mightily most of the year but his teammate as far as i know never said anything against him. i thought this might happen, with a-rod having an awesome year, carrying the yankees much of the way, and then telling them to fuck off. i think it's kind of about the money but also kind of like, "oh now you like me? too little, too late!"

though a-rod is still a big douche, tbh.

yes, and a great player -- it'll be fun seeing him have a good postseason eventually (as Bonds did) and listen to the Stankee fans whine

stankee on my hang-low

fwiw i wish the yanks hadnt let a-rod go; he's had bad postseasons but so have most of the other hitters on the team--not to mention that if they had the kind of pitching that say cleveland (or boston) did/does, a-rods "choking" wld be less of an issue. and without him i dont know that the yanks wdve made the postseason this year.

(i mean i know im just repeating conventional wisdom for non-fans at this point but there are plenty of us yankee fans who dont write letters to the post complaining or whatever)

Yanks can still choose to swallow some pride and sign the guy anyway. ARod/Boras have been really careful in not saying that they want out of New York. The Steinbrenners are the people making it ugly by preaching about loyalty, but really, what's the difference between this and any other player who becomes a free agent and wants to test the waters?

Especially considering that they're throwing away 7-10 wins by letting ARod walk, which will probably be the difference between 1st and 3rd place in the AL East next year. It's not like there are tons of quality free agents on the market this year.

It'd be interesting though, if they traded for Santana, picked up another bat, and tried to win more through pitching/defense/speed. Ozzie Guillen would be proud!

Girardi was the best choice out there but this is about as far from the 06 Fish as you can get.

The Steinbrenners are the people making it ugly by preaching about loyalty, but really, what's the difference between this and any other player who becomes a free agent and wants to test the waters?

an additional $21.5M due from Texas that is now gone forever?

that's huge imo, basically a $8M/yr. fuck-you from Boras.

I don't have a problem with A-Rod opting out. I would have opted out. But I wouldn't have filed the paperwork during the World Series.

didn't he have some deadline that he had to file by?

10 days after ws ends i think...

I wish there was someway he could end up being the only player on one team, where his salary is all they can afford, so a-rod has to be like the starting pitcher, bat boy, hot dog vendor, etc.

lol

borass makes more money if ar0d goes somewhere else, rite?

or, as long as he signs a new deal?