Where are all the Yankee haters?

[elicoleman]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

I was hoping somebody would know what I was talking about.

Of course

[Stu]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

You know, I didn't even realize I typed Brandon until after you mentioned it....maybe when he reaches #1 status, people will get his name right!

I blame McCarver. I don't know how many times he called him Brandon during last years playoffs.

[elicoleman]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

McCarver's a ****nut, plain and simple.

As much as I enjoy Sox players names getting butchered, there comes a point where its just rediculous. Someone needs to lie McCarver in the middle of rush hour traffic.

[Stu]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

Someone needs to lie McCarver in the middle of rush hour traffic.

Now there's something we can all agree on.

[VanCitySportsGuy]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

Don't get me started on McCarver .... oops too late.

Last year McCarver said Morneau was from New Westminster. He then procedded to say Moose walk around that area.

The local newscasts jumped all over his comment and had a little fun with it.

I was expecting him to say Koskie lived in a Igloo, luckily that never happened.

[Stu]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

I was expecting him to say Koskie lived in a Igloo, luckily that never happened.

I thought all Canadians lived in Igloos

[DGetz]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

The Sox pitching staff is in no better shape than the Yanks. .

The Sox team ERA is 0.32 runs better than the Yankees...Schilling has made only 3 starts; Miller 2. IMO, the Sox are definetly in better shape.

[DGetz]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

I'm not sure about the O's. I've always argued that you need a strong starting staff to compete in the AL East, but they just keep winning. If they can keep this up through the summer I'd be surprised but not shocked. Regardless, I don't think the Yankees and Red Sox will both make the playoffs this year. If one or both struggle around .500 the O's have just as good a shot as anyone.

Baltimore's starters:

Chen 4-2, 3.38 ERA
Bedard 4-1, 2.35
Ponson 5-1, 4.93
Cabrera 3-2, 4.93
Lopez 2-1, 4.47

They've been pretty good so far this year.

[Stu]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

Baltimore's starters:

Chen 4-2, 3.38 ERA
Bedard 4-1, 2.35
Ponson 5-1, 4.93
Cabrera 3-2, 4.93
Lopez 2-1, 4.47

They've been pretty good so far this year.

They've been excellent so far but I don't know if that staff can carry you into August/September. Maybe they'll prove me wrong but I just don't see it. Teams start to figure pitchers out, arms get tired, injuries happen, etc. Ponson and Lopez are the only 2 guys on that staff that have thrown more than 150 innings in a season.

[dooch]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

The Sox team ERA is 0.32 runs better than the Yankees...Schilling has made only 3 starts; Miller 2. IMO, the Sox are definetly in better shape.

I wasn't referring to team ERA. I'm talking about injuries and what not. In that regards, they both have concerns. And the Yanks team ERA is inflated due to their horrible start. It's been coming down the past few weeks as well....

[funky_chicken]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

I am a baseball junkie and will root for pretty much any team. There are 2 teams however in which I can not and will not root for one is the Chicago White Sox and the other are those New York Yankees.

[DuffysCliff]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

Before it's all said and done the Yanks will be in the playoffs. A team like the Yanks can be exposed over a best out of 5/7 but not over a 162 game schedule.

I think your forgetting that much like the Red Sox last year, the Yankees were built for the playoffs. They just have to make the playoffs first.

[BigTim]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

Im not dissing them with this comment, but this years O's(to this point) are like last years Rangers.

Lets see what they are doing in 2 more months.

[dce1228]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

If Greinke was on either the Sox or Yanks, he'd be a guaranteed 20 game winner IMO.

Finally something I can absolutely get behind!! Zach Greinke is the shizz.

[Misfit]

Re: Where are all the Yankee haters?

On the Orioles staff,

I think Bedard is for real, for the most part. He won't finish the season with a sub 3.00 ERA but his stuff is good enough for him to win consistently at the major league level. Cabrera is a rising star with nasty stuff, but he has some maturity issues to overcome. Lopez and Ponson are crapshoots, but both have shown they can be, at times, dominant pitchers, but mostly you just hope for a quality start out of them. Chen has always been a guy who just couldn't put it all together, its possible this is the year he does it. With their offense and bullpen, the O's can compete. I wouldn't expect them to win a world series with that rotation, as it has been proven the teams who pitch the best win in October, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them make the playoffs.

You can say what you want to about the Sox starting staff, but they're producing right now when very few are producing for New York. They've more than survived without Schilling and Wells and Wells is coming back this week. Arroyo has been consistent since August now and he's a solid #2 in any rotation right now (I won't go so far as to elevate him to ace status). Clement has shown improvement in almost every start he's made and he looks like he's on track to get 15-16 wins this year. And Miller has looked really good in his two starts from a stuff standpoint. Once his stamina is where he needs it he could easily become the ace of the staff.