The Sawx and Hal
(Note: y2k coming at you Monday-Wednesday-Friday during our offseason. Take Tuesdays and Thursdays to catch up with some lighter reading, like the Times or the Journal)
Sip here. Can't get AFOMG's eyes off of his recently purchased 60 inch plasma. Can you blame him?
Any who.
The Sox. As many of you know, the Tribe have always had a place in my heart. But when the Sox win, the Yankees lose, so I am happy. Like the rest of you I am a little sick of the whole Red Sox Nation thing and the sense of entitlement etc. that has become the city of Boston, but at the end of the day the Sox winning is good for those of us who dislike the Yankees. So I'll take it.
Even sported my Red Sox Carl Everett t-shirt jersey to pay my respects to the former Met-great. Definitely had a tooth pick in my mouth the entire time as well.
So Yankee nation is down. Not many people earning their pinstripes of late. I thought Cheddar wrote a very nice piece on Friday about the state of the Yankees. And now here comes young Hal Steinbrenner, big mouth in tote(right word?), not yet sure how exactly to act with "class," also known as the Yankee way.
For those of you who spent the weekend thinking up blog ideas or soaking in the late October sun you missed Hal Steinbrenner's torching of Joe Torre.
"Where was Joe's career in '95 when my dad hired him?" Hal said.
It's really funny. The Yankees could have handled this in so many ways. This was Joe Torre, their leader and hero. A man that will get his uniform number retired and earn a shrine in monument park. For 12 years he was a king. He could do no wrong. And we all know he was a bum before he came to the Yankees. But wasn't that all supposed to be swept under the rug. Wasn't he now considered a hall of fame manager and not the fastest man to 1,000 loses.
And yet it took 48 hours after the Yankees insulting contract offer for Jimmy Dolan's second coming to take a pretty heavy shot at the now former Yankees skip.
Not only is Joe Torre no longer the manager of the Yankees, but now he is going out on bad terms. Really? Can this be? This does not sound like the Yankee way.
The first leg has come out from under the table. Torre is out and it didn't exactly go down peacefully. Now lets see if A-Rod can sack up.
For 3 seasons A-Rod has acted with the class of a "True Yankee." Wouldn't it be a nice little bit of poetic justice if he left, and then just said fuck you to the organization that was never satisfied. A pay back for Joe Torre, the villain.
I'd love it.
Either way, all is pretty good in Y2k land. This is going to be a really awesome world series. For the first time in recent memory the two best teams are representing their respective leagues. Right now its really hard to see the Rockies losing and its really hard to see Josh Beckett losing.
Game 1 on Wednesday.
May I advise that all of you buy up Rockies tickets and put them straight up on Ebay. You should be able to make about 500% on them.
Sip does business, take 1.
Vaya,
SM
(Pics courtesy of nypost.com, foxsports.com)
Sip here. Can't get AFOMG's eyes off of his recently purchased 60 inch plasma. Can you blame him?
Any who.
The Sox. As many of you know, the Tribe have always had a place in my heart. But when the Sox win, the Yankees lose, so I am happy. Like the rest of you I am a little sick of the whole Red Sox Nation thing and the sense of entitlement etc. that has become the city of Boston, but at the end of the day the Sox winning is good for those of us who dislike the Yankees. So I'll take it.
Even sported my Red Sox Carl Everett t-shirt jersey to pay my respects to the former Met-great. Definitely had a tooth pick in my mouth the entire time as well.
So Yankee nation is down. Not many people earning their pinstripes of late. I thought Cheddar wrote a very nice piece on Friday about the state of the Yankees. And now here comes young Hal Steinbrenner, big mouth in tote(right word?), not yet sure how exactly to act with "class," also known as the Yankee way.
For those of you who spent the weekend thinking up blog ideas or soaking in the late October sun you missed Hal Steinbrenner's torching of Joe Torre.
"Where was Joe's career in '95 when my dad hired him?" Hal said.
It's really funny. The Yankees could have handled this in so many ways. This was Joe Torre, their leader and hero. A man that will get his uniform number retired and earn a shrine in monument park. For 12 years he was a king. He could do no wrong. And we all know he was a bum before he came to the Yankees. But wasn't that all supposed to be swept under the rug. Wasn't he now considered a hall of fame manager and not the fastest man to 1,000 loses.
And yet it took 48 hours after the Yankees insulting contract offer for Jimmy Dolan's second coming to take a pretty heavy shot at the now former Yankees skip.
Not only is Joe Torre no longer the manager of the Yankees, but now he is going out on bad terms. Really? Can this be? This does not sound like the Yankee way.
The first leg has come out from under the table. Torre is out and it didn't exactly go down peacefully. Now lets see if A-Rod can sack up.
For 3 seasons A-Rod has acted with the class of a "True Yankee." Wouldn't it be a nice little bit of poetic justice if he left, and then just said fuck you to the organization that was never satisfied. A pay back for Joe Torre, the villain.
I'd love it.
Either way, all is pretty good in Y2k land. This is going to be a really awesome world series. For the first time in recent memory the two best teams are representing their respective leagues. Right now its really hard to see the Rockies losing and its really hard to see Josh Beckett losing.
Game 1 on Wednesday.
May I advise that all of you buy up Rockies tickets and put them straight up on Ebay. You should be able to make about 500% on them.
Sip does business, take 1.
Vaya,
SM
(Pics courtesy of nypost.com, foxsports.com)
posted by Sippy Momo at 1:16 AM
2 Comments:
well, I've never thought the Yankees were a class organization. Hell, they even treated Babe Ruth crappy after he retired and wanted to manage/stay with the team. No wonder he's currently haunting them.
As a Sox fan, I'm having a great day. I had some spare time, and just came up with this gem of a stat:
In six seasons from 2002-2007, the Red Sox are 14-2 in 16 postseason games in which either they or their opponent face elimination. In that same span, the Yankees are 5-10 in 15 elimination postseason games.
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