Hank, Steph and Terrialba
There are three things that I want to talk about today-
1. The Embarrassment that is Hank Steinbrenner
2. The New Knicks- by far and away the best show in town (Steph's Blowup)
3. The stupidity that would be signing Yorvit Torrealba.
But right now I am in a very weird state. I'm not sure if I didn't sleep at all last night or if I simply dreamt that I wasn't getting any sleep. It was so bizarre. I find that I am trying to force myself to be both tired and awake at the same time.
But here we go.
HANKY HANKY
You know when you are playing fantasy football and one of your buddies offers you a trade and then immediately tells you WHY it's such a great deal for you.
To me this is first and foremost, very annoying. I know what is a good deal for me. I probably have a better idea of what is a good deal for me than my opponent, seeing as I spend hour after hour mindless looking over my team.
And most importantly, who the fuck are you, Mr. Opponent man to tell me what is a good deal for the Sip?
I see this action as transparent. If this was such a great offer then my opponent wouldn't have to sell it. I would jump at the opportunity to "fleece" my opponent and improve my team.
"Hey Sip, here's $10 mil a year to write Y2k."
That's a good, market value deal, that I would take and probably jump at.
"Hey Sip, do Y2k for nothing."
That's a deal that takes convincing, but that I would ultimately accept.
On Tuesday, Hank Steinbrenner had this to say about the Three year, $45 million offer for Mariano Rivera:
"He'd be by $4 million a year the highest-paid relief pitcher... "To say that's a strong offer would be an understatement."
Really, though Hanky?
If I'm Mariano Rivera why am I not demanding a fourth year. Why does Jorge Posada get a fourth year as a 36- year-old catcher but I can't get one as a 37-old closer? And for that matter, why is my deal for less total dollars than Posada's when I am clearly more valuable. I am the anchor in the pen and the key to getting Joba Chamberlin in the rotation. I am the best pitcher of my generation and the best post-season pitcher of all time.
And didn't Billy Wagner just get four years across town just a couple of years back. His velocity was down 5mph when he got that deal. Mine is down 1mph at most.
The beauty of all of this is that all that the overspending that made us hate the Yankees is now hurting them. Their own players are driving up the prices on their moronic young ownership.
Hank Steinbrenner has proven in his short stint as Yankee owner to be nothing more than the next coming of Jimmy Dolan: a brat who inherited the family jewels and doesn't know how to make it work. The only thing he knows is that no one has ever said "no" to him in his life and now we are seeing the impact of that.
Rivera may still take this deal. It's a lot of money and I'm sure he wants to stay a Yankee. But this is not a market deal.
NEW KNICKS
I was so excited to watch the comedy that was the Suns offense playing against the Knicks defense, last night. And I was not disappointed. I was watching the game and doing some random other stuff but it seemed like the Suns scored on every single offensive possession.
And this was without our two stars/mediocre defenders, Zach Randolph and STEPHON MARBURY!
By now you've all heard about Steph.
He got in a fight on the team plane when he found out he was going to be benched and stormed back to New York City.
Let me tell you how I feel about Marbury.
This guy came to New York however many years ago as a proven loser. His only excuse for his shortcomings was his lifelong dream to win in front of the New York fans, in the city where he grew up. We've all seen where that's gotten us.
He is making $20 million dollars/per to lead the team that he wanted to lead and has helped run further into the ground. How this guy can complain about anything is beside me.
Today though, my good pal Cheddar Ben sent me an article from the Daily News (Sigh) with perhaps the greatest quote in recent New York sports history:
"Isiah has to start me," Marbury fumed, according to the source. "I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know."
Every piece of inside info I have tells me that Isiah is in fact a pretty horrible guy. That he is one man in front of the media and a completely different man when the cameras aren't rolling. But all we DEFINITELY know as fans is that he is a horrible GM. About as bad as they can get. And yet somehow, he is still around.
Could you imagine the comedy if Isiah's beans are spilled. That they weren't with his recent sexual harrasment case is a miracle(Though some more of my insiders tell me that he was, in fact, innocent there).
When this guy is not only blamed for ruining the Knicks on the court but also ruining the Knicks off the court, maybe, possibly, the Knicks will get some capable of running this team.
And that would be great.
Yorvit?
I haven't seen much in terms of offers for Mr. Torrealba, but if they are anything more than 1 yr, 800 K, it's too much.
(Doesn't that swing look like that of the 15th hitter in your little league lineup back when you were young?)
This guy can't hit and he can't throw. He threw out runners with a clip somewhere in the teens last season. And he is just a bad hitter.
The guy didn't do much in Coors Field.
Two years ago my buddy changed his team name to "You Are Terrialba," because he was so embarassed that Yorvit Torrealba was his catcher in my bottom half payroll fantasy league.
That's right, embarassed to have this guy from a pool of 15 catchers from the bottom payroll teams.
Omar Minaya's obsession with latin players sometimes gets annoying. My thought is to give Pauly a 1 year deal, give him a couple more weekends at Dorian's and then give Ramon Castro 60 starts.
Tis all.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of cnn.net, deadspin.com, mlb.com)
1. The Embarrassment that is Hank Steinbrenner
2. The New Knicks- by far and away the best show in town (Steph's Blowup)
3. The stupidity that would be signing Yorvit Torrealba.
But right now I am in a very weird state. I'm not sure if I didn't sleep at all last night or if I simply dreamt that I wasn't getting any sleep. It was so bizarre. I find that I am trying to force myself to be both tired and awake at the same time.
But here we go.
HANKY HANKY
You know when you are playing fantasy football and one of your buddies offers you a trade and then immediately tells you WHY it's such a great deal for you.
To me this is first and foremost, very annoying. I know what is a good deal for me. I probably have a better idea of what is a good deal for me than my opponent, seeing as I spend hour after hour mindless looking over my team.
And most importantly, who the fuck are you, Mr. Opponent man to tell me what is a good deal for the Sip?
I see this action as transparent. If this was such a great offer then my opponent wouldn't have to sell it. I would jump at the opportunity to "fleece" my opponent and improve my team.
"Hey Sip, here's $10 mil a year to write Y2k."
That's a good, market value deal, that I would take and probably jump at.
"Hey Sip, do Y2k for nothing."
That's a deal that takes convincing, but that I would ultimately accept.
On Tuesday, Hank Steinbrenner had this to say about the Three year, $45 million offer for Mariano Rivera:
"He'd be by $4 million a year the highest-paid relief pitcher... "To say that's a strong offer would be an understatement."
Really, though Hanky?
If I'm Mariano Rivera why am I not demanding a fourth year. Why does Jorge Posada get a fourth year as a 36- year-old catcher but I can't get one as a 37-old closer? And for that matter, why is my deal for less total dollars than Posada's when I am clearly more valuable. I am the anchor in the pen and the key to getting Joba Chamberlin in the rotation. I am the best pitcher of my generation and the best post-season pitcher of all time.And didn't Billy Wagner just get four years across town just a couple of years back. His velocity was down 5mph when he got that deal. Mine is down 1mph at most.
The beauty of all of this is that all that the overspending that made us hate the Yankees is now hurting them. Their own players are driving up the prices on their moronic young ownership.
Hank Steinbrenner has proven in his short stint as Yankee owner to be nothing more than the next coming of Jimmy Dolan: a brat who inherited the family jewels and doesn't know how to make it work. The only thing he knows is that no one has ever said "no" to him in his life and now we are seeing the impact of that.
Rivera may still take this deal. It's a lot of money and I'm sure he wants to stay a Yankee. But this is not a market deal.
NEW KNICKS
I was so excited to watch the comedy that was the Suns offense playing against the Knicks defense, last night. And I was not disappointed. I was watching the game and doing some random other stuff but it seemed like the Suns scored on every single offensive possession.
And this was without our two stars/mediocre defenders, Zach Randolph and STEPHON MARBURY!
By now you've all heard about Steph.
He got in a fight on the team plane when he found out he was going to be benched and stormed back to New York City.Let me tell you how I feel about Marbury.
This guy came to New York however many years ago as a proven loser. His only excuse for his shortcomings was his lifelong dream to win in front of the New York fans, in the city where he grew up. We've all seen where that's gotten us.
He is making $20 million dollars/per to lead the team that he wanted to lead and has helped run further into the ground. How this guy can complain about anything is beside me.
Today though, my good pal Cheddar Ben sent me an article from the Daily News (Sigh) with perhaps the greatest quote in recent New York sports history:
"Isiah has to start me," Marbury fumed, according to the source. "I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know."
Every piece of inside info I have tells me that Isiah is in fact a pretty horrible guy. That he is one man in front of the media and a completely different man when the cameras aren't rolling. But all we DEFINITELY know as fans is that he is a horrible GM. About as bad as they can get. And yet somehow, he is still around.
Could you imagine the comedy if Isiah's beans are spilled. That they weren't with his recent sexual harrasment case is a miracle(Though some more of my insiders tell me that he was, in fact, innocent there).
When this guy is not only blamed for ruining the Knicks on the court but also ruining the Knicks off the court, maybe, possibly, the Knicks will get some capable of running this team.
And that would be great.
Yorvit?
I haven't seen much in terms of offers for Mr. Torrealba, but if they are anything more than 1 yr, 800 K, it's too much.
(Doesn't that swing look like that of the 15th hitter in your little league lineup back when you were young?)This guy can't hit and he can't throw. He threw out runners with a clip somewhere in the teens last season. And he is just a bad hitter.
The guy didn't do much in Coors Field.
Two years ago my buddy changed his team name to "You Are Terrialba," because he was so embarassed that Yorvit Torrealba was his catcher in my bottom half payroll fantasy league.
That's right, embarassed to have this guy from a pool of 15 catchers from the bottom payroll teams.
Omar Minaya's obsession with latin players sometimes gets annoying. My thought is to give Pauly a 1 year deal, give him a couple more weekends at Dorian's and then give Ramon Castro 60 starts.
Tis all.
Vaya,
Sip
(Pics courtesy of cnn.net, deadspin.com, mlb.com)
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:49 PM
6 Comments:
i am sure you have seen it already...
but you gotta check out the deadspin comments for that steph quote you put up:
http://deadspin.com/sports/stephon-marbury/let-the-mardy-collins-era-begin-322537.php
and a Torrealba/Castro combo would be worlds better then anything involving LoDuca
As bad as Pauly is/was, I promise you he is a better player than Yorvit Torrealba.
Don't let anything that happened in the last month of the season fool you.
I'd rather pay anyone for cheap than give any real money/years to Torrealba.
He will be booed out of Shea by June.
-Sip
I'd rather have Piazza back than see Torrealba!
Sip is right: Yorvit is horrible.
But anytime you can get a .250 catcher who doesnt hit for power or play defense, you gotta make that move.
While i'm not totally against Torrealba (and I'm sure by now you see that he's all but signed for way too much money for way too long, not that money matters), I'm not convinced he's the answer either.
All your poitns are good ones, I hope the Mets see something else that we don't. I go back and forth worryingabout whether Omar has a Latin bias.
Lo Duca's not a terrific player. He's been injured most of his two years, and it's doubtful he'll have a great year next year. I think the Mets offense is still fine, and maybe Castro can actually play for real and ends up taking most of the time.
I do worry about their defense though.
Why is ther no catcher in the minors that can hit .265 OR throw out 25% of runners?!?! One or the other ..Sheesh.
not both just one or the freakin OTHER!!
Castro needs to catch 50% of the games this year(aka all the games he is healthy enough to play in). his power numbers are a bit lower than first tier(for catchers)
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