****Official 2010 New York Yankees Thread***

Wow, the rumor is that the GMS badge is going to be placed ABOVE the NY on the Yanks Uni (on the front, above the NY)....please tell me this isnt true??

No way THE BOSS would have wanted this....he would has said, simple armband is the only way to go. Its about TRADITION.

Please tell me not above the NY on the front. Oh the horror!

Two patches is bad enough....one on the front of the jersey above the NY is way out of place.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp..._id=12235422&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

oh my goodness...confirmed!!!!!...why, why, why???

Please stop this before a huge error in judgment is made......go with simple Arm Band for GMS....do not proceed. Horrible, Horrible decision.

 

Never aired....was cut....but here goes:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUgN4xYoc&feature=related"]YouTube- George Steinbrenner Cameo on Seinfeld (REAL!!!)[/ame]

 

Sorry, the GMS patch is exactly what I thought it would be....a mistake....should not be placed on the front of the jersey!

Put it on the sleeve...or better yet.....use the traditional black arm band!

 

Big win...Huge win....Swish came through big time in the 8th and 9th.....but the patch is still horrible!

 

Well, taking the series and ending the week and extending the leads over both TB (3.0) and Red Sox (6.5) is big news.....however, having 2 of your SP in back to back starts exit early is the bad news.

Burnett plays punch a door and cuts up both hands (should not miss a turn - but is that good news?), and now AP has left groin injury and could miss 4-5 weeks???

So now its Mitre time and most likely move some bullpen around or get new arm via Trade wire?

Will have to wait and see...but bats are heating up some...which is nice to see.

 

Very inconsistent team right now....shaky SP, problems with timely hitting....doing just enough to keep our heads/wits right now. Only good thing is when we lose so do those chasing us.....but that cant stay that way forever.

Man, watching Hughes the other night concerns me...not sure if its strickly innings (which I dont buy) its composure...the ump sucked, he was getting squeezed but he should have enough on his stuff for swing and miss but letting weak-hitting infielders Jack you out of the yard is inexcusable. Its his compusure to overcome bad or inconsistent zones...and his D lets him down with Grandy in Center.

Actually, I am getting fed up with inconsistent OFFICIAL SCORING and inconsistent STRIKE ZONES all over the league....and then watching these UMPs get short fuses when they are the ones at fault based on MISSED CALLS and inconsistent zones all year long. Its bad for the game.

Pitch FX (http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/pfx.php?) is the best tool to accurately see if its a true Ball or STRIKE and it sickens me to watch how many pitches are missed....I accept an ump that calls a BALL a STRIKE consistently cause they extend the ZONE...but any ump that misses a STRIKE in the standard ZONE and calls it a ball should be sent back for training...its horrible....its bad for the game.

 

Hughes will not be in the rotation come playoff time....they will move him to pen.....if its not CC, Burnett, AP come playoff time we have major issues (if Vazq is still with us he will be spot start 4th option).

AJ has to snap out of his funk for us come playoff time, but Hughes wont sniff a start come OCT.

 

They wont push his innings....we are talking long term value over feeling he is the answer over AJ or Vazq as 3rd/4th arm.

And thats fine.....normally a 20-30 inning increase is typical year over year toward working a starter to get to 200+....well Hughes tossed 86 last year (his MLB high....his career high by the way was 2006 rookie ball with 146 - thats it.) and they were willing to double that to 160 this year as a full time starter. Thats a lot. 160 is normal for 1st time full time starter...then year 2 would get you near 180+....then by 3rd year you have worked toward the 200 goal for full season...so that following that, year in year out you are full bore full time starter in the 200+ mold. Standard Operating Procedure for young arms (unless your name is Dusty Baker - which isnt a good name)

PH is at 106 right now.....so even if they get him to 160 as Starter (expect 6 innings/avg for 9 remaining starts - if he goes more than 6 in a given start he chips into future starts).....his innings balance will come out of the pen.

We have 10 weeks of baseball left in regular season with approx 10-12 starts remaining per SP. So Phil will see limited Sept starts let alone any Oct as I see it.

 

Yogi certainly gave us a scare with is his fall on Old Timer's Day...but the 3rd to join Shep and The Boss is....

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news..._id=12492820&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

Former Yankees manager Houk dies at 90

Skippered '61 team of Maris-Mantle fame; also Tigers, Red Sox

 

MLB TRADE RUMORS http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

The D’Backs have started exchanging names with teams about possible Dan Haren trades and the Tigers, Yankees, Phillies, Cardinals and Twins appear to have varying degrees of interest in the righty. That’s just the abbreviated version of what we heard yesterday, but there’s more. The D’Backs’ asking price? High-quality major league-ready pitching. With that in mind, here are today’s Dan Haren rumors, with more to come:

• According to Rosenthal, the Yankees appear to be the front-runners for Haren now, with the D'Backs telling clubs that they're in "advanced negotiations" with one team. Ed Price of AOL FanHouse adds (via Twitter) that the Cardinals may be out of the Haren sweepstakes.
• The Yankees are actively talking to the D’backs about Haren, according to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com. If the Yanks can acquire Haren for prospects, Stark says they are poised to accelerate talks.

 

updates.....

• In a piece for FOXSportsArizona.com, Jack Magruder notes that the Yankees aren't one of the teams that require Haren's approval. Magruder also suggests a trade with the Yanks could involve New York taking on other players that the D'Backs would like to move, such as Aaron Heilman, Chad Qualls, or Chris Snyder.
• D'Backs' CEO Derrick Hall tells Piecoro (Twitter link) that there's no clear front-runner for Haren and reiterates "nothing [is] imminent." However, most reports still indicate that the Yanks are the favorite. AOL FanHouse's Frankie Piliere (via Twitter) and Morosi both hear that Ivan Nova could be a key piece in a Haren trade with New York.
• Expanding on his earlier tweet, Price hears that nothing is imminent between the Yankees and Arizona, but that the D'Backs "seem determined" to move Haren before his next start on Tuesday.

 

additional updates....LONG SHOT

The Diamondbacks evidently want the Yankees to take on the contracts of Chad Qualls and Chris Snyder in any deal for Dan Haren. The Bronx Bombers have balked at that idea, as well as the idea of giving up Joba Chamberlain.

They are willing to part with Ivan Nova, Zach McAllister and two other prospects, according to SI's Jon Heyman, and would be willing to pay all of Haren's salary in this scenario.

Whether it's to the Yankees or someone else, it seems as if Haren is likely to be wearing a uniform other than Arizona's by July 31

 

Yup....agree.....interesting news then....The Diamondbacks traded SP Dan Haren to the Angels for SP Joe Saunders, RP Rafael Rodriguez, minor league pitcher Patrick Corbin and a player to be named later on Sunday. Haren made 21 starts for Arizona, going 7-8 with a 4.60 ERA.