NomarFachix Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 And of course, it goes without saying that the 4 mainstays of this current generation of Yankees (Jeter, Rivera, Posada, and Pettitte) all came up through the Yankees system. Thanks for the defense Jeter, MO, Posada, and Pettitte just visited the White House to meet their third president after winning a championship. Clinton, Bush, Obama. Pretty special. Just from our active roster, Alfredo Aceves, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, David Robertson, Francisco Cervelli, Jorge Posada, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Ramiro Pena, Brett Gardner, Marcus Thames, and Nick Johnson all came from our farm system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Thanks for the defense Jeter, MO, Posada, and Pettitte just visited the White House to meet their third president after winning a championship. Clinton, Bush, Obama. Pretty special. Just from our active roster, Alfredo Aceves, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, David Robertson, Francisco Cervelli, Jorge Posada, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Ramiro Pena, Brett Gardner, Marcus Thames, and Nick Johnson all came from our farm system. that is not many starters compared to other teams though. and those 4 may have been there for a while, but they arent close to the main reason why they won. they had a big part but all those other guys that they signed are the reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I know, those 14 players are nothing compared to the Phillies and their 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I know, those 14 players are nothing compared to the Phillies and their 9. 8 actually. Only 6 right now with Rollins and Happ on the DL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 8 actually. Only 6 right now with Rollins and Happ on the DL. Your 100% right, I had Blanton still on the list for whatever unknown reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Your 100% right, I had Blanton still on the list for whatever unknown reason. It will actually be 5 for a little bit, assuming Kendrick gets sent down when Blanton gets activated on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I know, those 14 players are nothing compared to the Phillies and their 9. i'm talking about starters, i dont care if the entire yankees bench is guys from their farm system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 i'm talking about starters, i dont care if the entire yankees bench is guys from their farm system Only starters? Alright. C Jorge Posada2B Robinson CanoSS Derek JeterLF Brett GardnerDH Nick Johnson SP Phil HughesSP Andy Pettitte RP Alfredo AcevesRP Joba ChamberlainRP David RobertsonCL Mariano Rivera That only leaves Francisco Cervelli, who has started 1/3 of the games at catcher while sporting a .935 OPS, Marcus Thames, who starts in left field against lefties and sports a 1.591 OPS, and Ramiro Pena who, by all accounts, is a true bench player. Still 11-8. If we play the "relievers don't count as starters" game, it's still 7-6 Yanks. What theory is next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 The Yankees still deserve a lot of credit. Lots of these big names that they sign are Type-A free agents, which means the Yankees are giving up a lot of high draft picks to sign these guys. Yet despite all of that, their farm system has produced some pretty good players the past 10 years or so. That is good scouting. Also, they had to have a pretty good farm to be able to pull off some of the trades they've done (A-Rod and Granderson are two examples). And of course, it goes without saying that the 4 mainstays of this current generation of Yankees (Jeter, Rivera, Posada, and Pettitte) all came up through the Yankees system.More like despite all the guys they sign good guys still fall to them because of their lack of sign-ability for small market teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 More like despite all the guys they sign good guys still fall to them because of their lack of sign-ability for small market teams. That is a baseball-wide problem that many teams other than the Yankees take advantage of. Hard to hold that against the Yankees. How did the Tigers get Rick Porcello again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) That is a baseball-wide problem that many teams other than the Yankees take advantage of. Hard to hold that against the Yankees. How did the Tigers get Rick Porcello again?Haha I don't blame the Yankees just saying they didn't just build a farm off great scouting alone. Edited April 30, 2010 by Fish7718 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ryan Madson is on the DL with a broken toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 no need for a bullpen when roy halladay is pitching. 3 hitter complete game shutout. wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 That was a fun game, save for seeing the Flyers final score flash up on the scoreboard, and nearly getting tossed from the stadium in the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 That was a fun game, save for seeing the Flyers final score flash up on the scoreboard, and nearly getting tossed from the stadium in the 2nd. wild guess, because of diesel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 (edited) wild guess, because of diesel? No actually. He was behaving himself. He just said something to a guy in a Jason Bay jersey. I think he said "go home Bay!" or something of that sort. No cursing, nothing threatening about it, nothing. The guy even laughed. But the [expletive] usher paged security and they came over to "warn" us. My favorite part was they told us not to be loud, as if there's a rule against being loud at a Phillies-Mets game. They then had security guys staked out about 20 feet behind us watching us for the next few innings (we had standing room tickets and were standing right above the section behind the plate). And the problem is you can't say a word to the security guys. If you ask what you did wrong, you get a "shut up or you're leaving". I guess they don't really care about customer service, since they already have our money at that point. The best part was that a couple guys showed up next to us that were very drunk and very loud. They are cursing and obnoxious. I thought they were really funny, but the security dudes didn't say a word to them. So they clearly were enforcing their BS rules. Edited May 2, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 No actually. He was behaving himself. He just said something to a guy in a Jason Bay jersey. I think he said "go home Bay!" or something of that sort. No cursing, nothing threatening about it, nothing. The guy even laughed. But the [expletive] usher paged security and they came over to "warn" us. My favorite part was they told us not to be loud, as if there's a rule against being loud at a Phillies-Mets game. They then had security guys staked out about 20 feet behind us watching us for the next few innings (we had standing room tickets and were standing right above the section behind the plate). And the problem is you can't say a word to the security guys. If you ask what you did wrong, you get a "shut up or you're leaving". I guess they don't really care about customer service, since they already have our money at that point. The best part was that a couple guys showed up next to us that were very drunk and very loud. They are cursing and obnoxious. I thought they were really funny, but the security dudes didn't say a word to them. So they clearly were enforcing their BS rules.You think they are stepping up their polices after the whole vomit issue? Or has it always been like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 (edited) You think they are stepping up their polices after the whole vomit issue? Or has it always been like that? I usually don't hang out down in that area so I'm not sure if things are different there. Usually when I go to a game, it's either in my season ticket seats (which are in the middle level), or with friends (we usually get really cheap seats up top). So it's possible that they handle things differently downstairs, although as I was saying, it got very loud and wild towards the middle innings and the security guys just let it go. However, one of the guys near us said that when Joe Biden was at the game a couple weeks ago (he was apparently sitting in the section that I was standing behind yesterday), one guy dropped an F-bomb and everyone within a 20 foot radius was kicked out. Edited May 2, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 You think they are stepping up their polices after the whole vomit issue? Or has it always been like that? i highly doubt it has anything to do with that. worse things have happened before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 i highly doubt it has anything to do with that. worse things have happened before It might, actually. The CBP security guys were torn apart by the local media after that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Wow. Deja vu from the '08 NLDS. Fantastic pitcher walks a poor hitting Phillies pitcher, then Shane Victorino hits a grand slam (substitute Jamie Moyer for Brett Myers, and Johan Santana for CC Sabathia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) decent inning for the phillies. 9 runs isnt too bad Edited May 3, 2010 by fly3rs18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 quoted from a facebook status i just saw, "Roy Halladay 0 ER over 9 innings, yesterday. Johan Santana 10 ER over 4 innings. Who's the best pitcher in the NL East?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 That inning was insane. Crazy 2-out rally. Jayson Werth made the 2nd out, then 10 batters later Raul Ibanez finally made the 3rd out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Matchups for Phillies-Cardinals series: Tomorrow: Jaime Garcia vs. Joe BlantonTuesday: Adam Wainwright vs. Cole HamelsWednesday: Brad Penny vs. Kyle KendrickThursday: Kyle Lohse vs. Roy Halladay Big Joe's 2010 debut tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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