The Yankee Years- Pinstripes and Prospects

[royals19]

As Hank Steinbrenner watched A-Rod round the bases on his walkoff dinger from the owner's suite, he stood with his arms folded as those around him celebrated an exhilarating victory. Steinbrenner eventually excused himself and walked out of the suite and lit a cigarette. As he took a long drag, he pulled his blackberry from his pocket and called Brian Cashman.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cashman

Hello?

Quote: Originally Posted by Steinbrenner

You watch the game?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cashman

Yeah... It was...

Quote: Originally Posted by Steinbrenner

Yeah, it was a ****ing disgrace. I told you to take care of that piece of work and what happens? He hits a freaking walk-off bomb! Do you have any idea what you've done!? Every newspaper and talking head is going to be talking about how A-Rod is back on track and now we're going to be left with no choice but to play his sorry ***. I thought you had this covered...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cashman

Look, Hank, I can't tell Joe how to write the lineup. I can't tell A-Rod to not hit a bomb... You're blaming me for things I can't control. Besides, this is only the first game of the year. Give it time, the regression will set in and we can bench him and play Headley then go from there.

Quote: Originally Posted by Steinbrenner

Don't disappoint me. *click*

Steinbrenner hung up the phone and took another long drag as he looked down at his phone. He paused for a moment, perhaps out of apprehension, before he made another phone call...

[royals19]

***

In a penthouse suite somewhere in New York, a former Yankee legend sat disparaged, watching the game. The more he watched, the more he longed to be back in uniform and back on the field. Yes, those were the glory days... But now, they were nothing more than a memory.

He had never been a particularly big fan of A-Rod but had never really disliked him either. He saw A-Rod as someone you should just simply shake your head at and disregard everything they had to say. As far as he was concerned, A-Rod was a joke with no credibility. But damn could he play ball...

As he watched A-Rod crank one out of the stadium, he picked up his glass of Jack and Coke and took a long sip. A sly grin appeared on his face. Somewhere, he knew that Brian Cashman was getting the *** chewing of a lifetime. He cackled slightly as he thought about Cashman being torn to ribbons by one of the Steinbrenner boys...

"Yes, the old man would be proud" he thought.

The mystery man had never been a particularly big fan of Cashman. He'd always thought him a little too big for his britches and much like A-Rod, a joke.

He grabbed the phone from beneath the end table and set it on top in anticipation of a call...

The phone began to ring. He picked up.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hank Steinbrenner

We need you.

Quote: Originally Posted by ???

When?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hank Steinbrenner

Soon.

[Stout]

Quote: Originally Posted by royals19

*** In a penthouse suite somewhere in New York, a former Yankee legend sat disparaged, watching the game. The more he watched, the more he longed to be back in uniform and back on the field. Yes, those were the glory days... But now, they were nothing more than a memory. He had never been a particularly big fan of A-Rod but had never really disliked him either. He saw A-Rod as someone you should just simply shake your head at and disregard everything they had to say. As far as he was concerned, A-Rod was a joke with no credibility. But damn could he play ball... As he watched A-Rod crank one out of the stadium, he picked up his glass of Jack and Coke and took a long sip. A sly grin appeared on his face. Somewhere, he knew that Brian Cashman was getting the *** chewing of a lifetime. He cackled slightly as he thought about Cashman being torn to ribbons by one of the Steinbrenner boys... "Yes, the old man would be proud" he thought. The mystery man had never been a particularly big fan of Cashman. He'd always thought him a little too big for his britches and much like A-Rod, a joke. He grabbed the phone from beneath the end table and set it on top in anticipation of a call... The phone began to ring. He picked up.

Former Yankee legend...Jack and Coke but not something more expensive that younger people would drink like wine...not the best fan of Cashman. Odds are it has to be Joe Torre, unless you went wayyy back and brought Stick Michael back into the equation. My money's on Mr. I Destroy Bullpens, though.

[royals19]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stout

Former Yankee legend...Jack and Coke but not something more expensive that younger people would drink like wine...not the best fan of Cashman. Odds are it has to be Joe Torre, unless you went wayyy back and brought Stick Michael back into the equation. My money's on Mr. I Destroy Bullpens, though.

With such a historic franchise, I would by lying to you if I said someone bootleg wasn't going to be returning to the story sometime over the course of the season. I suppose we'll just have to let this story line develop and see where things go.

***

The sim in between USER games was not too kind to the Yankees and the squad now sits at a less than desirable 2-4. Luckily though, our first road trip, beginning with a series in Toronto, gave us a chance to get things back on track...



Unfortunately though, we ran into a slight problem. As you can see above, Aaron Sanchez is that good. You'll notice he allowed 7 hits through 5 1/3 but only one run. The problem is that we just could not string any hits together against this guy. Our veterans couldn't keep on the fastball and if it hadn't been for some heroics from Starlin Castro and Didi Gregorious, we very likely would have been shut out.

On the other side of the ball, Michael Pineda had a really strange outing. He wound up punching out 11 but allowed 5 earned runs and 8 hits.




It also didn't help that we didn't have a gameplan to go after Donaldson and Tulo. I should've known that you'll pay the price when you try to elevate the fastball up and in to punch them out. Embarrassingly, they clearly took us to the cleaners and certainly made me look like a newcomer to the AL East.

What have I gotten myself into?

[JHedges2]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHedges2

Keep it coming...

Bump . This is fantastic.