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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Russell Bell on October 23, 2012, 07:45:46 PM
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Zito's going against Verlander game 1. Should be interesting.
Which Zito will show up is the question.
NL playoffs, contrary to popular opinion, was pretty good, and this should be a good series.
No Yanks or Sawx is always a good thing too ;).
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go giants
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goin for the giants but if the tigers win then thats coo too 8) 8)
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go giants
how do you feel about arod being possibly traded?
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go giants
how do you feel about arod being possibly traded?
all for it!
but i bet if he goes to the NL he has a resurgence for a year or two without the NYC pressure
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go giants
how do you feel about arod being possibly traded?
all for it!
but i bet if he goes to the NL he has a resurgence for a year or two without the NYC pressure
Y'all are probably gonna have to eat a lot of that salary too, Kashman would be a genius if he found a way out of that..Anyways, I hope Detroit wins simply for the fact that Giants fans are also 9er fans. On paper Detroit has much more fire power, but people have been counting on SF all year. Regardless, I say Detroit in 6 or 7.
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Stupid move, in my opinion. Since we'd have to eat 80-100 million dollars of it, why move him? Unless you're somehow going to get someone of far better skill I don't see the point.
Say whatever you want to about the postseason, despite the fact he single handedly won us a World Series in 2009...but he's still a productive third basemen. You're obviously not getting Cabrera, Zimmerman, Beltre, etc. & sure as hell don't want to eat 90 million dollars to see Nunez fucking up at third base.
The Yankees need to resign Ichiro, look into Hamilton, maybe one of the upper-echelon free agent arms like Dempster or Greinke. Let Swisher go for sure & everything else is just fine.
If they want to move anybody, they should look into moving Granderson. Yeah, he'll hit 40 homeruns next year too, but he'll always be the type of player that unless he's on fire, he will just fail us in the postseason striking out & hitting a homerun in two random at-bats. I mean you could almost sign Hamilton & a guy like BJ Upton or Bourne & move Granderson for whatever you can get.
Yankees also need to to start looking for Jeter's replacement. Because like I said, not a fan of Nunez.
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PABLOOOOOOO
Swisher needs to be OUTTA HERE fucking bumass wigga
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PABLOOOOOOO
Swisher needs to be OUTTA HERE fucking bumass wigga
Lol, .272 with a .364 OBP and 90+ RBIS is a bum?
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Swisher isn't a bum, but I mean with the outfield free agents this year, I'd let him go & go for one of them.
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PABLOOOOOOO
Swisher needs to be OUTTA HERE fucking bumass wigga
Lol, .272 with a .364 OBP and 90+ RBIS is a bum?
1-he recently told the media that fans booing him affected his preformance
2-he was 5/30 for 0 runs in the playoffs
3-most of those RBI were early in the season, he went into a huge cold steak down the stretch
last 35 games of the regular season he hit .254 with a .415 slugging % and only 5 homers to 36 strikeouts. we almost lost the freaking division lead thanks to this bum.
he can enjoy Boston or whoever wants to overpay for him
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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/15/nick-swisher-on-yankee-stadium-booing-it-hurts-sometimes-im-a-sensitive-guy/
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The Yankees need to resign Ichiro, look into Hamilton, maybe one of the upper-echelon free agent arms like Dempster or Greinke. Let Swisher go for sure & everything else is just fine.
If they want to move anybody, they should look into moving Granderson. Yeah, he'll hit 40 homeruns next year too, but he'll always be the type of player that unless he's on fire, he will just fail us in the postseason striking out & hitting a homerun in two random at-bats. I mean you could almost sign Hamilton & a guy like BJ Upton or Bourne & move Granderson for whatever you can get.
Yankees also need to to start looking for Jeter's replacement. Because like I said, not a fan of Nunez.
Agreed on bringing back Ichiro and moving Granderson, but I don't agree about the Yankees going after Hamilton or Greinke. I can just see Hamilton falling to the pressure and become another aging player who's being overpaid and Greinke's social anxiety disorder is still a question mark.
The Yankees just need to resign Ichiro, Ibanez, Kuroda and whoever else they pick up for cheap (I wouldn't mind seeing them go after Anibal Sanchez) to short term deals and make sure their prospects are developing and going to be relatively major-league ready by 2014.
As for Jeter's replacement the Yankees do have a couple of potential prospects who could man SS when Derek Jeter decides to retire. Like Dante Bichette Jr., Cito Culver (who's from Rochester 8)) and Angelo Gumbs to name a few. Hopefully the Yankees decide to keep these guys rather than trade them away for an aging (& expensive) Tulowitzki or Reyes.
Although I wouldn't mind seeing them get traded for someone like say Felix Hernandez or David Price.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
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The Yankees need to resign Ichiro, look into Hamilton, maybe one of the upper-echelon free agent arms like Dempster or Greinke. Let Swisher go for sure & everything else is just fine.
If they want to move anybody, they should look into moving Granderson. Yeah, he'll hit 40 homeruns next year too, but he'll always be the type of player that unless he's on fire, he will just fail us in the postseason striking out & hitting a homerun in two random at-bats. I mean you could almost sign Hamilton & a guy like BJ Upton or Bourne & move Granderson for whatever you can get.
Yankees also need to to start looking for Jeter's replacement. Because like I said, not a fan of Nunez.
Agreed on bringing back Ichiro and moving Granderson, but I don't agree about the Yankees going after Hamilton or Greinke. I can just see Hamilton falling to the pressure and become another aging player who's being overpaid and Greinke's social anxiety disorder is still a question mark.
The Yankees just need to resign Ichiro, Ibanez, Kuroda and whoever else they pick up for cheap (I wouldn't mind seeing them go after Anibal Sanchez) to short term deals and make sure their prospects are developing and going to be relatively major-league ready by 2014.
As for Jeter's replacement the Yankees do have a couple of potential prospects who could man SS when Derek Jeter decides to retire. Like Dante Bichette Jr., Cito Culver (who's from Rochester 8)) and Angelo Gumbs to name a few. Hopefully the Yankees decide to keep these guys rather than trade them away for an aging (& expensive) Tulowitzki or Reyes.
Although I wouldn't mind seeing them get traded for someone like say Felix Hernandez or David Price.
Not gonna happen.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
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Pablo fucking killed it!!!!
Zito solid as fuck.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
I think he's above & beyond Granderson. & yeah, I'd rather have Justin Upton. I'd rather have Justin Upton. But at the same time, I'd rather have Mike Trout too. Some things you just can't have though.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
if he stays in Seattle he's a straight up fool 8)
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
if he stays in Seattle he's a straight up fool 8)
The only Mariners analysis I've seen you offer is "y'all had your chance in 2001". Probably not the most qualified person to speak on that ;)
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
if he stays in Seattle he's a straight up fool 8)
The only Mariners analysis I've seen you offer is "y'all had your chance in 2001". Probably not the most qualified person to speak on that ;)
1-i always admitted you guys fleeced us on the Jesus trade EVEN BEFORE we knew Pineda was damaged goods
2-the Mariners really did have their best shot in 2001, that team was crazy good and I bet they would have beat the D-backs.
3-TBH nobody ever really asks me anything about Seattle lol
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i hope the Giants win this series
i just hate the Tigers team (even though I think Miggy and Prince are great players)
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I think he's above & beyond Granderson. & yeah, I'd rather have Justin Upton. I'd rather have Justin Upton. But at the same time, I'd rather have Mike Trout too. Some things you just can't have though.
I just threw Upton's name out because there is a possibility that a trade might go down between the D-Backs & Yankees involving him.
Remember this is the Yankees we're talking about, they could make the sun revolve around earth if they wanted to.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
It's not that I think every player who's in the majors wants to join the Yankees (if you get paid a lot and suck you'll suffer the full wrath of ungrateful fans and New York media, just ask A-Rod) but the Yankees have the most powerful weapon in the entire world, money. Thanks to that and their relatively good farmsystem they have the ability to pry any player they want out of the other team's hands. There is no such thing as a player who's off limits to them (hence why the Yankees name always comes up during rumors regarding big free agents and faces for other franchises getting put on the waiver wire).
If the Yankees had ever felt they needed King Felix as much as they needed air to breathe Felix would've been out of Seattle even if it meant the Yankees had to pay millions of dollars, trade two of their big leaguers and all of their minor leaguers.
i hope the Giants win this series
i just hate the Tigers team (even though I think Miggy and Prince are great players)
Same. It's about time Hunter Pence got a WS ring.
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Hamilton in that ballpark could do some wild things.
Hamilton outside the ballpark doesn't seem worth it. It'd just be like we got another Granderson with less speed, more tats and addiction problems, I'd rather have Justin Upton.
Not gonna happen.
You're right. King Felix is obviously going to come to the Yankees as a free agent signing in 2015, not in a trade.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
if he stays in Seattle he's a straight up fool 8)
The only Mariners analysis I've seen you offer is "y'all had your chance in 2001". Probably not the most qualified person to speak on that ;)
1-i always admitted you guys fleeced us on the Jesus trade EVEN BEFORE we knew Pineda was damaged goods
2-the Mariners really did have their best shot in 2001, that team was crazy good and I bet they would have beat the D-backs.
3-TBH nobody ever really asks me anything about Seattle lol
Lol, can't really say much to that I guess.
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I think he's above & beyond Granderson. & yeah, I'd rather have Justin Upton. I'd rather have Justin Upton. But at the same time, I'd rather have Mike Trout too. Some things you just can't have though.
I just threw Upton's name out because there is a possibility that a trade might go down between the D-Backs & Yankees involving him.
Remember this is the Yankees we're talking about, they could make the sun revolve around earth if they wanted to.
I know that as a Yankees fan you think everyone wants to play for you, but it doesn't always work that way friend. We'll talk when he signs his extension here.
It's not that I think every player who's in the majors wants to join the Yankees (if you get paid a lot and suck you'll suffer the full wrath of ungrateful fans and New York media, just ask A-Rod) but the Yankees have the most powerful weapon in the entire world, money. Thanks to that and their relatively good farmsystem they have the ability to pry any player they want out of the other team's hands. There is no such thing as a player who's off limits to them (hence why the Yankees name always comes up during rumors regarding big free agents and faces for other franchises getting put on the waiver wire).
If the Yankees had ever felt they needed King Felix as much as they needed air to breathe Felix would've been out of Seattle even if it meant the Yankees had to pay millions of dollars, trade two of their big leaguers and all of their minor leaguers.
i hope the Giants win this series
i just hate the Tigers team (even though I think Miggy and Prince are great players)
Same. It's about time Hunter Pence got a WS ring.
Yeah, I mean, everyone has a price, but you would have to give up the entire farm to get Felix, Jack Z has stated over and over that he's not moving him. There's just this sentiment that he's leaving Seattle and it's been around forever. In 2009 all the pundits were saying we needed to move him cause there was NO WAY he was gonna sign here again, and then he signed an extension. 2010, same deal, says he loves Seattle and wants to stay. Last year, tells off Harold Reynolds for saying the Mariners need to move him. This year, says the same stuff about wanting to stay in Seattle. Everyone is just so convinced that he wants out and there's no way he's gonna stay here when all evidence points otherwise and it irritates the shit out of me lol
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Madison shutting niggas down. 2-0 Giants. :o
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Yeah, I mean, everyone has a price, but you would have to give up the entire farm to get Felix, Jack Z has stated over and over that he's not moving him. There's just this sentiment that he's leaving Seattle and it's been around forever. In 2009 all the pundits were saying we needed to move him cause there was NO WAY he was gonna sign here again, and then he signed an extension. 2010, same deal, says he loves Seattle and wants to stay. Last year, tells off Harold Reynolds for saying the Mariners need to move him. This year, says the same stuff about wanting to stay in Seattle. Everyone is just so convinced that he wants out and there's no way he's gonna stay here when all evidence points otherwise and it irritates the shit out of me lol
I see, well I don't think King Felix wants to leave Seattle but when you're a player who other teams would literally kill to have chances are some crazy ideas and rumors are going to be popping up everywhere for as long as you're young and putting up Cy Young caliber numbers.
I think the thing with Felix is that everyone (including me) loves guessing if he'll ever leave Seattle whether by a trade the front office makes or if he himself decides to leave. Even though they're a small budget team the Mariners could keep Felix around for his entire career if they felt like it, but because they're a small market team to them a player like Hernandez could be a key to bring in talent they could only dream of picking up (whether it's big name free agents or high ceiling prospects). Only problem is that the player is Felix Hernandez, the king, the undoubted face of the Mariners franchise. If he leaves Seattle will be a ghost of it's former self who'll have nothing left but a young, but promising, line-up that might collapse under the pressure of reviving a Felix-less Mariners team.
Basically it's "fun" little guessing game everyone in baseball is playing since it's unlike the Rays situation where trading their stars in the future is a given.
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Yeah, I mean, everyone has a price, but you would have to give up the entire farm to get Felix, Jack Z has stated over and over that he's not moving him. There's just this sentiment that he's leaving Seattle and it's been around forever. In 2009 all the pundits were saying we needed to move him cause there was NO WAY he was gonna sign here again, and then he signed an extension. 2010, same deal, says he loves Seattle and wants to stay. Last year, tells off Harold Reynolds for saying the Mariners need to move him. This year, says the same stuff about wanting to stay in Seattle. Everyone is just so convinced that he wants out and there's no way he's gonna stay here when all evidence points otherwise and it irritates the shit out of me lol
I see, well I don't think King Felix wants to leave Seattle but when you're a player who other teams would literally kill to have chances are some crazy ideas and rumors are going to be popping up everywhere for as long as you're young and putting up Cy Young caliber numbers.
I think the thing with Felix is that everyone (including me) loves guessing if he'll ever leave Seattle whether by a trade the front office makes or if he himself decides to leave. Even though they're a small budget team the Mariners could keep Felix around for his entire career if they felt like it, but because they're a small market team to them a player like Hernandez could be a key to bring in talent they could only dream of picking up (whether it's big name free agents or high ceiling prospects). Only problem is that the player is Felix Hernandez, the king, the undoubted face of the Mariners franchise. If he leaves Seattle will be a ghost of it's former self who'll have nothing left but a young, but promising, line-up that might collapse under the pressure of reviving a Felix-less Mariners team.
Basically it's "fun" little guessing game everyone in baseball is playing since it's unlike the Rays situation where trading their stars in the future is a given.
I hear you, but another misconception about the Mariners is that they're a small market team. I understand cause we've sucked for so long, but for starters the Seattle market is in the upper 50th percentile in terms of MLB teams. Also, our ownership has spent money in the past, in the mid-late 2000's our payroll was over 100m, problem was that Bevasi's dumbass signed a bunch of crappy players to huge contracts and our team sucked. Unless an ownership change happens (which has been rumored since Ichiro got traded) we're not going to be a major payroll team like y'all or the Red Sox, but we definitely have the capabaility to keep up with competitive clubs. At this point we're trying to build a young core and our payroll has decreased, but when the time comes to spend on free agents/reward our core players I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to do so again. I see what you're saying though, if I was a fan of the Yanks I'd probably be thinking the same thing, it's just that so many people here have this "woe is me" attitude about how our good players are never going to stay here, coupled with the fact that it's also a national perception, and it's something I argue about all the time in real life and the internet lol.
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i was very glad you guys beat the Patriots this year 8)
thanks
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i was very glad you guys beat the Patriots this year 8)
thanks
My pleasure ;), I'm looking forward to your Jets coming to the 206 to play us.
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yeah i was praying the Dolphins would be the other team to have to go to Seattle
btw i rep that 207