Exciting and Scary Weekend
Lot of things in the baseball world to get a good Mets fan/Yankee hater shaking.
-The Phils lost No. 10,000. That's a lot of losses. Thank god for their cheese steaks.
-Did "Entourage" really go the medical marijuana route? Two weeks ago, it's "cougar chasing" -- last week it's chicks with dicks, this week it's docs weed and E beating someone up. (Really? Isn't he like 5'2, 125 lbs?)
Starting to get a little concerned, that's all I will say.
- As long as we are on the subject of crappy TV (Ed's note: When are we not?), Sunday featured sports' two most useless televised events: The ESPY's and the WNBA All-Star Game.
I've never been a fan of the ESPYs. I just think it's a dumb show. And the WNBA. Someone needs to pull the plug on this one. This isn't sexist and if it is, so be it. I'd rather see TNBC re-runs on NBC than a WNBA game, even when the stars are shining. Sorry, mom.
-The Braves are starting to look like the Braves of old. Buddy Carlyle is throwing gems like he was Greg Maddux and the Braves shot out from the break and made the useless Pirates look a lot like the Pirates have looked for the last 20 years. Bad.
-Young Lastings arrived. Happy Will has been creaming at the thought of Lastings coming back and dropping the old "F" bomb to all of his doubters. Well the kid had a huge weekend. TOLD YA SO!!!
No, but with Endy and Alou out it would be really nice if Milledge was serviceable. A very strong part of me would like to see what this kid could do in the #2 hole. But, I would imagine that "By the book" Willie will avoid that.
"I just went with my gut. Lastings is my guy."
Yeah, we get it Willie.
Oh, and a little bummed that Lastings ditched the giant wooden cross. That thing has as colorful as anything we have seen since Derek Bell's sleeves in '00.
- Gary Sheffield went on another tirade. He called Joe Torre out, something I always find enjoyable. And while Sheffield's most recent rant was a little off the deep end, I really do respect the guy. Few people in baseball have the balls to knock Jeter and Torre. They reached the status where it is just plain wrong to say something bad about them. So good for Garry Sheffield. The guy plays by his rules and he has carved a pretty handsome career out of it.
-And finally, my favorite. Joe Torre, eloquent as always, called the 2007 season, " his toughest ever."
Is it the losing or that you don't have Alex Rodriguez to hide behind? My question remains and I have been saying this for years: Why doesn't Torre ever get blamed for the Yankees post-season failures?
He almost singlehandedly broke the team in last year's post-season. But nothing.
Why is this guy such a hero?
He hasn't won anything in 7 years. I can't think of any manager other than Bobby Cox who has been with his team for that entire period. And isn't it the case that Steinbrenner expects a World Series every single year?
So why can't someone say that Joe Torre has done a bad job managing this team for this entire millennium?
Had to keep it snappy, today. Best of luck to my Y2k brother A.F.O.M.G. on his new job. That kid is alright.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of yimg.com, nydailynews.com, msn.com)
-The Phils lost No. 10,000. That's a lot of losses. Thank god for their cheese steaks.
-Did "Entourage" really go the medical marijuana route? Two weeks ago, it's "cougar chasing" -- last week it's chicks with dicks, this week it's docs weed and E beating someone up. (Really? Isn't he like 5'2, 125 lbs?)
Starting to get a little concerned, that's all I will say.
- As long as we are on the subject of crappy TV (Ed's note: When are we not?), Sunday featured sports' two most useless televised events: The ESPY's and the WNBA All-Star Game.
I've never been a fan of the ESPYs. I just think it's a dumb show. And the WNBA. Someone needs to pull the plug on this one. This isn't sexist and if it is, so be it. I'd rather see TNBC re-runs on NBC than a WNBA game, even when the stars are shining. Sorry, mom.
-The Braves are starting to look like the Braves of old. Buddy Carlyle is throwing gems like he was Greg Maddux and the Braves shot out from the break and made the useless Pirates look a lot like the Pirates have looked for the last 20 years. Bad.
-Young Lastings arrived. Happy Will has been creaming at the thought of Lastings coming back and dropping the old "F" bomb to all of his doubters. Well the kid had a huge weekend. TOLD YA SO!!!
No, but with Endy and Alou out it would be really nice if Milledge was serviceable. A very strong part of me would like to see what this kid could do in the #2 hole. But, I would imagine that "By the book" Willie will avoid that.
"I just went with my gut. Lastings is my guy."
Yeah, we get it Willie.
Oh, and a little bummed that Lastings ditched the giant wooden cross. That thing has as colorful as anything we have seen since Derek Bell's sleeves in '00.
- Gary Sheffield went on another tirade. He called Joe Torre out, something I always find enjoyable. And while Sheffield's most recent rant was a little off the deep end, I really do respect the guy. Few people in baseball have the balls to knock Jeter and Torre. They reached the status where it is just plain wrong to say something bad about them. So good for Garry Sheffield. The guy plays by his rules and he has carved a pretty handsome career out of it.
-And finally, my favorite. Joe Torre, eloquent as always, called the 2007 season, " his toughest ever."
Is it the losing or that you don't have Alex Rodriguez to hide behind? My question remains and I have been saying this for years: Why doesn't Torre ever get blamed for the Yankees post-season failures?
He almost singlehandedly broke the team in last year's post-season. But nothing.
Why is this guy such a hero?
He hasn't won anything in 7 years. I can't think of any manager other than Bobby Cox who has been with his team for that entire period. And isn't it the case that Steinbrenner expects a World Series every single year?
So why can't someone say that Joe Torre has done a bad job managing this team for this entire millennium?
Had to keep it snappy, today. Best of luck to my Y2k brother A.F.O.M.G. on his new job. That kid is alright.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of yimg.com, nydailynews.com, msn.com)
posted by Sippy Momo at 1:00 AM
7 Comments:
Dare I say Lastings will be the second half MVP?
I dare say it!
Lasto for Life!
I wouldn't go that far, but it's nice having someone else in this lineup who is hitting. Beltran's gotta find his swing. I don't know where he left it, but check under the bed.
Beltran's swing is in the trunk of his purple Camaro.
The Reds looked like a team of Jay Payton clones - a plethora of mental mistakes.
Sheffield on the field - one of the scariest bats of the last 20 years.
Sheffield on the mike - knows how to stir the pot.
Sheffield in the past - admits to purposefully tanking so that he could escape Milwaukee, feins a lack of knowledge regarding what chemicals he's using on his body.
Sheffield the bottom line - great player, otherwise questionable credibility.
I want Thrilledge in Flushing, but I'm not so sure he's going to be around...
Regarding the ESPY's and WNBA All-Star game - Sip the Sniper!
I would like for someone to get more details on this Sheffield interview(in regards to Torre). I always found it strange that the Yanks always had such a tiny amount of black players.I am pretty sure you can name no more than 5,6 (position players)since Mel Hall...
Lofton & Sheffield not included
Hopefully Lastings can get hot now so he can increase his value and make the Mets not depend on the return or lackthereof of Moises. I still think Endy will not be ready until a week after Pedro is. I really think his hammy is a huge deal.
I agree about the ESPY's. It's painful to watch Sportcenter now because if it's not a promo for the ESPY's it's the Who's Now contest and both of those things are dumb, annoying and are nothing more than big promos/commercials for ESPN. Enough!
I'm not ready to cast any Yankee race conspiricy yet. We all know that the percentage of black ballplayers have plummetted over the years and there's only and average of 3-4 per ballclub right now.
Black atheletes are playing B-ball and football right now. There may be a little extra money in baseball, but there's an immediate payday in the other two sports. No toiling in the minors for 2-5 years.
maybe it's not Joe Torre's fault, maybe it's
Babe Ruth's fault.
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