Orioles Look like Champs
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#2 Guest-Guest-*
Posted 07 September 2010 - 09:46 PM
Probably whatever their cut is from the luxury tax pool...Even the blind squirrel finds a nut. Enjoy it.
#3 Guest-mr sarcastic-*
Posted 07 September 2010 - 10:12 PM
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 09:53 AM
It's too bad. They played themselves out of the race for 1st pick in the draft. Now those Pirates will get it. lol
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 10:32 AM
the o's are playing very good ball right now. they aren't the yanks, but at a time when the yanks should be heating up, they aren't. the starting rotation for the yankees is less than impressive. hughes has a good record, but a fairly high ERA. he was getting run support, but now cano and text are the only hitters. if the yankees didn't play in a little league field, hughers record would be .500. this team relies on it's field more than any other. come playoff time, they are in deep ****.
#6
Posted 08 September 2010 - 11:34 AM
Yeah, as a Yankee fan I must agree. I don't understand why the opposing team has to hop on a bus and take all of their at-bats across town at Citi Field when it's their turn to bat. Makes for a long game, but the Yanks usually come out on top so it's all good in the end.

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
-Babe Ruth
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 12:30 PM
That shows just how great Buck Showalter is as a manager. Luckily the Yankees had him long enough to build their last dynasty from scratch. He should still be our manager to this day! But instead, he went on to build a World Series winner in Arizona, the team that beat us and stole our ring in '01.
I feel bad for him ... he's a brilliant manager, one of the greatest baseball minds living today, he built a champion in Arizona and a dynasty in NY, and he was fired by both teams. That's what happens when GMs and owners think they know better!
After the fruits of Buck's labor began to inevitably dry up some in NY, we went on a huge championship drought considering our astonishingly unmatchable high team payroll. The Stein and The CashMan blamed Torre, when they should have blamed the men in the mirror.
Why Girardi or anyone was hired instead of Buck is the biggest mystery in baseball.
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 02:08 PM
i'll slow it down for you. he gets the run support at home, where the yanks play 81 games and know the stadium better than any other team. hughes's ERA is proof of that. the other team that hops off the bus doesn't play there alot or might not be a team built for a lttle league field. maybe they are actually built to play in a real stadium. it's really pretty simple if you are not an arrogant moron. and way to address the horibble yankee pitching staff. maybe if you don't talk about it, it will go away. they have no chance in the playoffs. post another funny one, mr. genius.
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 02:31 PM
sorry. let's not forget the sizzling yankee bats. september is definitley is the time the contenders don't hit and can't pitch.
#10
Posted 08 September 2010 - 03:24 PM
They have as good a chance as any team out there because Selig just announced the Yanks will play all of their playoff games at Yankee Stadium. He said something about the Yanks having the hightest ratings or something. The opposing teams won't be taking their at bats at Citi Field though. They will have to bus it to the site of the old Ebbets field in Brooklyn.
The dimensions aren't that bad:
Left field: 419 ft.
Center field: 466 ft.
Right field: 501 ft.
Just watch out for the neighborhood gangs who are on the Yanks payroll.
#28 is on the way!

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
-Babe Ruth
#11 Guest-Yankee expert-*
Posted 08 September 2010 - 03:53 PM
That shows just how great Buck Showalter is as a manager. Luckily the Yankees had him long enough to build their last dynasty from scratch. He should still be our manager to this day! But instead, he went on to build a World Series winner in Arizona, the team that beat us and stole our ring in '01.
I feel bad for him ... he's a brilliant manager, one of the greatest baseball minds living today, he built a champion in Arizona and a dynasty in NY, and he was fired by both teams. That's what happens when GMs and owners think they know better!
After the fruits of Buck's labor began to inevitably dry up some in NY, we went on a huge championship drought considering our astonishingly unmatchable high team payroll. The Stein and The CashMan blamed Torre, when they should have blamed the men in the mirror.
Why Girardi or anyone was hired instead of Buck is the biggest mystery in baseball.
The change of the manager is not the entire story.
1. Brian Roberts is one of the best leadoff men in baseball. They had no replacement for a leadoff hitter or his great glove. he was hurt, now he is back causing damage. Roberts is huge in the Orioles chances.
2. Setup man Jim Johnson was pitching hurt at the start of the year and went on the 60 day dl. He is back bolstering the bullpen.
3. The young pitchers are now more experienced.
4. Buck has lit a fire under them.
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 04:41 PM
The dimensions aren't that bad:
Left field: 419 ft.
Center field: 466 ft.
Right field: 501 ft.
Just watch out for the neighborhood gangs who are on the Yanks payroll.
#28 is on the way!
wow, you can't even get the bat of your shoulder. at least lie like you usually do when someone hands you your arse.
#13
Posted 08 September 2010 - 06:03 PM
You want me to lie? How's this one: I used to play minor league baseball until an inoperable rotator cuff injury cut my once promising career short. Now I spend way too much time on BCVoice as a Yankee expert. That one is almost unbelievable...... isn't it?

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
-Babe Ruth
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 10:12 PM
yes, the notion that you have played any sport at any level at any part of your life is unbelievable. my career is in print for the rest of time. you???
thanks for your "i'm out of BS, i give up"post.
#15
Posted 08 September 2010 - 11:28 PM
thanks for your "i'm out of BS, i give up"post.
I'm one of 8 athletes in NYS sports history to play on both a NYS Championship Football and Basketball team in the same academic year. BHS 1985/1986. Get out the yearbook and look for the white guy. That trumps anything you've done pal.

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
-Babe Ruth
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Posted 08 September 2010 - 11:39 PM
While the Yankees do have the most people watching them on TV...they are far from tops in Ratings per market share.
The Rays might be seventh from the bottom in attendance this season, but they are seventh from the top in television ratings. According to data compiled by Sports Business Daily, the Rays rank seventh in Major League Baseball in local television ratings with an average of 5.52. That means the average viewership for a Rays game is 5.52 percent of all Tampa Bay homes with televisions. That adds up to an average of about 99,681 homes.
The 5.52 rating is a 70.9 percent increase from last season — the second-largest jump in the majors behind the Nationals, whose TV ratings have jumped 139.3 percent with the help of rookie pitching sensation Stephen Strasburg. However, the Nationals still are third from the bottom in overall ratings with a 1.34.
The Cardinals lead the majors in TV ratings with a 9.70, followed by the Twins (7.85), Phillies (7.20), Reds (6.52), Red Sox (6.25) and Tigers (6.23).
Some teams draw more viewers than the Rays because their markets have more people For example, the average number of households that watch the Yankees in New York is 328,217, most in baseball. However, because of New York's large population, the Yankees are 12th in TV ratings with a 4.38.
Meantime, interest in the Rays is just as strong on radio. The Rays also rank seventh in the majors in the radio ratings, trailing the Reds, Tigers, Cardinals, Twins, Braves and Royals.
#17 Guest-Guest-*
Posted 08 September 2010 - 11:40 PM
1. Brian Roberts is one of the best leadoff men in baseball. They had no replacement for a leadoff hitter or his great glove. he was hurt, now he is back causing damage. Roberts is huge in the Orioles chances.
2. Setup man Jim Johnson was pitching hurt at the start of the year and went on the 60 day dl. He is back bolstering the bullpen.
3. The young pitchers are now more experienced.
4. Buck has lit a fire under them.
Make Buck #4-10, then reverse your numbering!
#18 Guest-Guest-*
Posted 09 September 2010 - 11:44 AM
so you sat the the bench while king and his crew won a stae title? that's impressive. i notice you didn't mention any college. if someone did do that and actually contributed to the teams, they would certainly be offered a scholarship or be drafted into the minors. i guess they don't do that when guys ride the pine or contribute nothing towards a team. and then they brag about it years later as if they were actually meaningful to the teams. we all know why those teams won. you are pathetic. let's honor the waterboy for both teams as well. i was wrong, you are still funny. you are right, that certainly trumps what i did. i'll post your stats for those years. i haven't even seen them, but i'll post them either way.
#19 Guest-Guest-*
Posted 09 September 2010 - 11:48 AM
sorry, i was laughing too hard. the minors were not an option with the sports mentioned. i forgot, king and the crew didn't play baseball, so they couldn't carry you to a title in that sport.
#20
Posted 09 September 2010 - 12:38 PM
Again, my achievements trump yours. King and company? That was a fairly large company with many contributions from guys on the 2nd string that would have started on any other team in Section IV. Anybody who followed sports during that time knows the guys on the BHS bench were some of the best athletes in this area for both sports.
I speak for everybody on BCVoice when I say: "Show us your minor league baseball stats." I'm very familiar with anybody from this area who played at the pro level. Which one are you?
That reminds me. Congrats to Johnson City native and Auburn baseball coach, John Pawlowski. Pawlowski's base salary increased to $195,000 as part of a contract extension through 2015, pushing his guaranteed annual income up to $315,000. Nice to see a local guy doing so well. Do you know John? I'm sure you were in the minors at around the same time he was.
What if I was to say I know a surgeon who could repair your inoperable rotator cuff injury, it wouldn't cost you a penny and your arm would be better than ever and you'd be able to resume your professional baseball career. Is that something you might be interested in?????

“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.”
-Babe Ruth
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