Yankees are out!!!

[Jimcs50]

Angels just won 5-3 when Matsui hits to 1st base for 3rd out, stranding the 2 tieing runs.

If my Sox are out, it feels so much better to see NY join them on the outside looking in.


Yes!!!


:elephant

[Horry For 3!]

Fuck The Yankees!

[scott]

I'm very glad to see a playoffs without East Coast representation. Now we can watch without obvious announcer homerdom.

[CubanMustGo]

A-Rod: Hit into a rally-killing DP in the top of the ninth, went .133 for the series. What a prime-time-player (NOT).

[Low End Specialist]

Very, very difficult series to watch. But my hat's off to the Angels. They have a great manager and an awesome 'pen. Yankees will be back next year in Oct with homefield advantage throughout.

[Horry For 3!]

Everyone was all high on the Yankees when they got all those pitchers. I was like fuck no, they will lose in the playoffs like every year.

[slayermin]

I like Matsui but he pretty much blew against the Angels. I wonder if the Yanks resign him.

On another note, Derek Jeter is freaking clutch.

[Sense]

Angels just won 5-3 when Matsui hits to 1st base for 3rd out, stranding the 2 tieing runs.

If my Sox are out, it feels so much better to see NY join them on the outside looking in.


Yes!!!


:elephant


it's sad to see someone post a thread about this... no one did shit for your stupid sox.

[Low End Specialist]

it's sad to see someone post a thread about this... no one did shit for your stupid sox.

That's BoSox fans for ya. They'll even chant Yankees Suck at a Patriots SuperBowl parade.

[2centsworth]

Sad day to see my yankees eliminated. Sox being eliminated does nothing for me. All I care about is my yankees. A-Rod is a freakin choke.

[dknights411]

Can we NOW say that A-Rod is a jinx?

[Horry For 3!]

Can we NOW say that A-Rod is a jinx?
Yankees were losing without a-rod.

[T Park]

A Rod makes Peyton Manning look like Robert Horry.


The Yankees choking just proved my point when all the Yankee fans here ripped me for saying what I said.


They are dysfunctionable, their pitching is mediocre, their hitting is NOT clutch, they rely on the other team giving them runs.

Yankees are overrated.

Wouldnt be suprised to see them get blown up this offseason.


Adios Joe Torre, Hideki Matsui, Bernie Williams, and Tino Martinez.

[batman2883]

Hell Fucking Yes.....the Yanks Suck Ass I Hate Those Motherfuckers.....im So Glad, They Played Like The Lakers, All That Talent Bought And They Still Cant Make It To The World Series....fuck Yes....today Is A Good Day

[Jimcs50]

it's sad to see someone post a thread about this... no one did shit for your stupid sox.

The Yankees bring hatred upon theirselves.

they spend over 230 million dollars to try to buy a championship year after year, so when they fail yr after yr, it is satisfying to most fans.

Now Boston does have the 2nd highest payroll, but that is only in RESPONSE to NY's spending, to try to stay within shouting distance of George's team, not to try to buy a championship.

[FromWayDowntown]

I think the Yankees have some pretty big problems; the only thing that will save them is that they have no real competition in their division other than the Red Sox.

The great Yankees' teams from 1996-2000 were great because they were teams, and not just collections of superstar talent. They had guys who played roles and who could be counted on to play the sort of small ball that wins in the playoffs. Guys like O'Neill, Brosius, Sojo, Leyritz, Girardi, and Tino Martinez; they had effective pitchers who filled roles, too and could shorten games to 6 innnings -- guys like Rivera setting up Wetteland, Stanton setting up Rivera, and middle relievers who just got guys out. They didn't develop all of those guys, but in signing or trading for them, they made shrewd moves that didn't hinder the long-term future of the club.

If you think about it, the Yankees of that era didn't pummel teams with long balls -- they got guys on, got them over, and got them in (interestingly enough, like the Angels and White Sox have done this year). Sure, they got clutch homers, too; but what made them so difficult to beat in the playoffs was their ability to manufacture scores even when they couldn't go deep. They'd get 2-3 runs, get to the 6th, and the game was over.

Steinbrenner went off the deep end in about 1999, going out and acquiring huge names and giving out big contracts, thinking that a collection of great players would be enough. It worked with guys like Clemens (at least initially, it did), but anymore, it seems that they're more concerned with having glamorous names in the lineup than they are with finding guys who can do what it takes to win.

I respect the hell out of Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera -- they were there when the Yankees played the game the right way; they became stars not because they put up gaudy numbers, but because they did what needed to be done when it mattered most. I think Matsui is that kind of player as well. And Cano is a star in the making. Wang has pretty good stuff and a pretty solid makeup. Their deal for Chacon was a nice one, too. But beyond, that, its all superstars with mega contracts who produce microscopic postseason numbers.

Steinbrenner's response, no doubt, will be to jettison guys like Williams in favor of more superstar names (who can come in and move the Yankees further away from their glory days). He'll demand that they sign or trade for any number of younger arms, too. But he'll do it all at the expense of that team's future. Other than Cano and Wang (and perhaps Aaron Small), they haven't produced a prospect who's doing anything for the big club since they brought up Jeter, Posada, and Rivera. They have no farm system; they have a bunch of mismatched, overpaid, aging regulars; and they have absolutely no pitching depth at all. You can only put so many fingers in a leaking dam; eventually, the dam breaks and all hell breaks loose.

I think the Yankees' dam is about to burst.

[Sportcamper]

I also respect folks I associate with the Yankees like Torre, Jeter, Williams, Posada, and Rivera....But when other teams are struggling to stay in the blue & Steinbrenner grabs up the enormous contracts of Sheffield, A-Rod & Johnson.... It’s nice to see this team out of the Big-Show... :smokin

[Horry For 3!]

That is all the Steinbrenner does, if someone does good in the playoffs, he is like I want them, get me them.

[Jimcs50]

(and perhaps Aaron Small),

They did not produce Small, he was a free agent.

[Duff McCartney]

My only satisfaction is that at least the Yankees didn't roll over like dogs and get swept like Boston did.

[Jimcs50]

My only satisfaction is that at least the Yankees didn't roll over like dogs and get swept like Boston did.

yeah, 3-1 is much better than 3-0.

:rolleyes

[2centsworth]

again, who gives a crap what Boston does. As for my yankees, they have lots of problems. These are the Top 5 things I'd like to see happen.

1. Get rid of some of their overpaid players for prospects.

2. I'd like to see them have more patience with some of their young pitchers. Contreras comes to mind.

3. I'd like to see Steinbrenner take a back seat. Yankees took off when Steinbrenner was suspended and the yanks could build a team from within (Jeter, Rivera, Bernie, Petite, Posada, Etc.) then got veteran role players to help their young stars.

4. Keep Brian Cashman.

5. I'd like to see A-Rod grow a pair.

[Horry For 3!]

yeah, 3-1 is much better than 3-0.

:rolleyes
Yankees lost 3-2 in the series.

[Horry For 3!]

again, who gives a crap what Boston does. As for my yankees, they have lots of problems. These are the Top 5 things I'd like to see happen.

1. Get rid of some of their overpaid players for prospects.

2. I'd like to see them have more patience with some of their young pitchers. Contreras comes to mind.

3. I'd like to see Steinbrenner take a back seat. Yankees took off when Steinbrenner was suspended and the yanks could build a team from within (Jeter, Rivera, Bernie, Petite, Posada, Etc.) then got veteran role players to help their young stars.

4. Keep Brian Cashman.

5. I'd like to see A-Rod grow a pair.
Steinbrenner will fire someone, i'm thinking either Cashman, Torre or both.

[2centsworth]

Steinbrenner will fire someone, i'm thinking either Cashman, Torre or both.
how bout himself?

[slayermin]

they had effective pitchers who filled roles, too and could shorten games to 6 innnings -- guys like Rivera setting up Wetteland, Stanton setting up Rivera, and middle relievers who just got guys out. They didn't develop all of those guys, but in signing or trading for them, they made shrewd moves that didn't hinder the long-term future of the club.

What ever happened to Ramiro Mendoza? He was another guy that complimented Rivera well.

[Spurminator]

I'd like to see Torre just leave. He gets treated like absolute garbage and he's too good for that. Let someone else be Steinbrenner's publicity whipping boy and go to a team that will feel a little more priviledged to have one of the greatest coaches of the modern era.

[samikeyp]

Torre needs to retire and live it up...he has earned it.

[T Park]

Torre should go manage Florida.

He would take that team to the NLCS instantaniously.

[2centsworth]

Torre should go manage Florida.

He would take that team to the NLCS instantaniously.
Best idea I have heard in a long time. Marlins are my 2nd favorite team.

[FromWayDowntown]

Steinbrenner still owes Torre $13M. I don't think he'll be fired, and if he resigns, he'll be giving up that amount unless he and Georgie can work something out.

I'd imagine, however, that Cashman is going elsewhere. We'll see just how talent he is -- I suspect he'll do well.