Recent content by The Man from Laramie

I'm pretty sure when they went to Whole Foods before the last competition, you could clearly see Hosea patting Stefan on the back as they entered the doors. This didn't conform to the idea that Hosea is obsessed with beating Stefan. I know it's no big deal, but I just don't think that men go...

1) Fabio overcooked his meat2) and what I think everyone is missing here: did you see that "salad" he put together? link. look at image 13/22. That looks like something out of a school cafeteria. The guest judge even called him out on it and that's when Fabio argued. 3) The decisions are...

Torre plays favorites, and most often those favorites are veterans. I think Joe Torre is one of the worst possible managers for a team that's rebuilding, especially if they're trying to grow from within.

I remember being incensed when Torre benched half of the starters in the World Series against the D-Backs and Randy Johnson, so that "the matchups were right." Most of those guys hadn't even faced Johnson 10 times. He was trading 100+ OPS+ guys for second rate journeymen.And don't even get me...

As a Yankees fan, the only thing more painful than watching the game was to see how clueless Torre was afterwards saying "he's a great kid, it didn't faze him a bit." What game were you watching, Joe?

Looks like you have a nice double standard going there.

I'm not one to be quick to blame the manager, but in light of how awfully he handled the Joba midge situation in Cleveland, you have to imagine that he wasn't necessarily the best guy to keep the team from completely collapsing.

Too many quality OF on the market this season. Next year it will be quite different. I've heard this as a rationale for why the Matt Holliday trade was such a good idea for Billy Beane.

Pettitte wasn't worth what he wanted. Varitek too. There was a number of OF available this year that brought down salaries in the OF, but I suppose economics have hit as well.

The Yankees suffered through the 80s for the same reasons they suffered the past 8 years: focus on signing high priced veterans past their peak, and disastrous starting pitching.The 90s dynasty Yankees were built upon the Steinbrenner suspension when Gene Michael was left to run the team.

List of Yankee World Series winning managers in the last 32 years not named Torre:Billy Martin, Bob Lemon

linkto nomaas.org :wub:

To get this thread back on track, Pettitte is an innings eater, pitching 204 innings last year with an ERA+ of 98 (where league average is 100). This is exactly what the rotation needed, given Joba's innings limit, Hughes' inconsistency, and Burnett and Wang's injury histories (not to mention...

I would hope someone would throw me under the bus by extending me a contract that would keep my salary #1 in my industry.

Injuries happen. You can mitigate them by limiting how much work a pitcher does (especially in any given game), but keeping Joba in the bullpen is essentially forgoing half the work he might be able to do in one year to lower his probability of any serious injury from a pretty small number to...