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Didn't see any posts in the Yankee thread so I mentioned it there, but yeah that was pretty good. This might sound pathetic, but it's easily one of his best Yankee moments. I'm certain there aren't many that felt much better to HIM at least.
same here
Pretty sure that was the eighth inning that it all unraveled. I was at the game. But the story is right. Pedro was congratulated by teammates in the dugout after finishing the previous inning. No one expected him to come back out for the eighth.
Once a cheat, always a cheat
In defense of Little, the Sox bullpen had been used a lot during the series and their best reliever all year (Byung-hyun Kim but still
) was injured and not on the playoffs roster.
Yankees will not pay ARod $6 million bonus for hitting 660: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2015/05/02/alex-rodriguez-bonus-brian-cashman-660th-home-run-willie-mays/26774077/
The language of the marketing agreement must be vague enough for the Yankees to think they have a chance with this action. But I don't like the idea of them trying to bury the achievement as a legal tactic. The HRs happened and I think ignoring 660 disrespects Rodriguez, baseball and Willie Mays.
LOL The homers happened because he cheated
the Yankees signed him to the ten year deal including the marketing agreement in December 2007 This was the same year that Barry Bonds broke Aaron's record and the Mitchell Report was issued. The suspicions about Arod were out there even if the proof wasn't.
As the owner of AG in a weekly leagues, Mattingly's refusal to play him is driving me nuts. He's impossible to start.
Those that don't agree are at least somewhat delusional.
I tend to think that most athletes cheat in some fashion to gain an edge
Seems like a logical thing to do when you have an opportunity to get your hands on a proven commodity like BuckDon Quixote said:
They do seem to be lacking in steals of homeAnnyong said:
Four of those games were AJ Burnett starts, who was horrible before being shut down with TJS. Willis filled in for him, which was addition by subtraction. Cabrera also debuted as a 3B/LF for them in late June, which helped. That team played better later in the year than earlier, but their run differential for the entire season was +59, for a Pythagorean record of 87 wins, 75 losses. How much of that was McKeon?
probably nothing. Managers have very little impact, IMO. I did a thing last year looking at all managers' actual wins vs. their pythagorean expectations. Showalter was number 2 among managers with more than like 200 games (and number 1 only had about that many), so maybe he has something, but it seems like there is very little difference.
Agreed, was just looking for an example. A good manager can keep clubhouse troubles from getting out of hand, put guys in positions to succeed, etc. Torre was a master of this and handling the NY media. But as far as in-game strategy, it's overblown for the most part. I DO however think that a bad manager can greatly affect a team, both mentally and in-game.
