Besides the Slap Bet I have with Money, I don’t really care that much about this weekends series against the Mets. Just another forced rivalry to sell tickets and ad spots. I’m fine wit hit, I just don’t get too excited.
With that said, I didn’t want Money’s “Mets fans are suffering REAL fans” post as the lead item all weekend so… Let’s Go Yanks.
Today marks the first day of the first Subway Series of the 2010 series. As you may have mentioned, SLT took on a new blogger (Money)… and unfortunately he is a Mets fan. I really need to review credentials in more detail moving forward. Nonetheless, the Yankees are in a slump having just got swept in a 2 game series with the best team in the majors and a horrible splits with the SAWX. Down the 7 train, the Mets are… well… the Mets are the Mets. They suck.
With that said, I would like to propose a bet with Money. This is what I’m thinking:
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If the Yankees win I get 5 slaps anywhere/anytime for eternity and vice versa.
So what do you think Money? You in?
***UPDATE*** By “anywhere” I meant any place… not like any location for the slap. You guys are freaks.
So with the Baseball season now being over for a few days and the talk of the world is now where which free agent is going where I figured it would be time for us to take a step back from the Hot Stove talk for a bit. We will let it simmer for a little while and come back in a few months. So now will begin, in completely random intervals, Hurricane’s Hockey Talk.
I know everyone has been waiting for it since the season is 2 weeks old, but I need to get a feel for the league before I start commenting. As such I will post the 2009-2010 inagrual post at some point in the future.
But in anticipation I bring you the single greatest shot in little dudes 1 on 1 hockey.
Interesting post from Pete Abraham of the LoHud Yankees Blog where he questions whether Joe Mauer actually has the MVP locked up. Joe Mauer will win it but Pete makes a good point. If someone mentions a Yankee for MVP it has been Tex… but Jeter should 100% be in the talk. MVP is a meaningless award and I could care less if Jeter wins it or what have you, but it he should be included in the convo:
Mauer:
Jeter:
As you can see, Mauer has better numbers and should win it but Jeter needs to be included in the conversation. The fact that Jeter has lead his team (.371 Average since July 1) to the best record in the majors isn’t a bad thing either. Where are all those idiot Boston fans that say Jeter sucks and is old and shouldn’t be a starter?
FYI, here are Teixeira’s numbers:
Tex:
Nothing matters but a World Series win and with Andy Pettite almost pitching a perfect game (screw you Hairston!… not really) last night the Yankees are looking strong heading into September.
Why is it that whenever the Beckett loses Boston fans have to come up with some excuse? Beckett is a great pitcher but every pitcher loses. His last start it was because Beckett and Victor Martinez weren’t “flowing” and now last night it was because he is injured. Deal with it Boston fans.
Also, what’s the deal with all this talk lately about pitchers not throwing good games because of their catchers? First it was Beckett/Martinez then this weekend it was Posada/Burnett. How much does it actually matter who the catcher is? I am sure it can affect a pitcher, but that much? I don’t buy it. To quote El Capitan (who is playing out of his mind): “It’s up to the pitcher to throw the pitch he wants.”
The AL playoff race is FAR from over but with two months to play do the Red Sox HAVE to trade for Halladay to have a chance this year? As a Yankees fan, I would literally punch myself in the nuts if the Sox sign Halladay but I think they don’t really have any choice. Smoltz sucks (1 – 4 with 7.04 ERA) and Dice-K, as discussed on Barstool Sports yesterday, is bitching about how the Red Sox are making him train and that it the reason he is on the DL with a 1-5 record and 8.23 ERA in 2009.
I am loving the state of the two above pitchers and obviously don’t WANT the Sox to sign Halladay… but how can they not make a HUGE move for him?
Wait a minute… forget I said anything. Smoltz will be fine and Dice-K will turn it around. You hear me Theo?
I have seen way too much Boston on this site and I need to start stepping it up for our Yankee Faithful. With that said, I wanted to share a nice stat I read today. A-Rod, who has played in 61 games so far this year, has 19 homeruns… great right? Well, of those 19, 10 have either tied the game or given the Yankees the lead. BAM!
After a SPECTACULAR start by Joba the Hutt yesterday, the Yankees are ready to rock for the second half of the season. Twitering buffon John Henry better watch his team’s back.
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3 Games before the All-Star Break and the Yankees and Red Sox are tied on top of the AL East. Assuming that neither team sweeps, we will be heading to the second half of the 09 baseball season with a 1 game difference in the standings. This is when baseball gets just absolutely fantastic. We can no longer say “it’s early”… we can no longer use injuries as an excuse… we can no longer say “don’t worry about it Sully, Smoltz will turn it around and be fantastic”.
So let’s just get through the pointless All-Star game and subsequent festivities and get ready for the second half of the greatest sport in the country.
Everything is ok in the world now that the Mets are back to being the laughing stock of the MLB. I feel comfortable and warm now. When they were good and everyone respected them it just felt like Bizarro World.
Badbye.
The biggest question facing the new York Yankees right now is NOT how do we comeback from losing two straight at Fenway. The Red Sox are one of the best teams in the league with the biggest home field advantage. So a tip for every Yankees fan: STEP OFF THE EDGE. We are one game back in JUNE (remember everyone, the baseball season goes to September) and we have CC pitching tonight against Penny. Yankees win tonight and back to tied for first… as Freddie says: RELAX.
The only question that came out of last nights game (other than how did Swisher miss that catch) is where do we put our Wang? Now, this usually is an easy question (for Hurricane the answer is a bit different depending on his spotter status) but Girardi, Cashman and Eiland have some huge decisions to make.
Personally, I think Wang deserves one more start before sending him to god knows where and letting Hughes become a starter again. The thing is, you can’t have a sinker ball pitcher coming in for set-up so where do you put him if he sucks it up again?