OT: Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira

[Enigma869]

Yankees just announced they have signed Teixeira to an 8 year, $180 million dollar contract. This is not good news for all the other teams in the AL East. Time for the Red Sox to wake the fuck up and find someone to sign! Somehow Adam Dunn doesn't excite me.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141

[S2M]

Yankees just announced they have signed Teixeira to an 8 year, $180 million dollar contract. This is not good news for all the other teams in the AL East. Time for the Red Sox to wake the fuck up and find someone to sign! Somehow Adam Dunn doesn't excite me.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141

There's always Milton Bradley.....

[Enigma869]

There's always Milton Bradley.....

You're kidding, right? Milton Bradley is on the DL more than Nomar Garciaparra, who is never not on it! In an 8 year career, Bradley has only played over 100 games THREE times (and one season it was barely over at 101 games)! I truly hope the Red Sox don't even entertain the idea of signing Bradley, because it would be a disaster!

[bluejeangirl76]

Screw the Yankees and the Red Sox.



LOL! Sorry.

[S2M]

Screw the Yankees and the Red Sox.



LOL! Sorry.

Enough said! NEXT!

[bluejeangirl76]

That was a seriously cheap shot, stockboy. I hope you get coal.

[lights1961]

GO TWINS.. and I am with BJG here...

Rick

[conversationpc]

Screw the Yankees!

I hope these signings of Sabathia and Texeira turn out like the last time they went on a huge spending spree with Rodriguez, Sheffield, etc.

[Don]

GO TWINS.. and I am with BJG here...

Rick

Yeah, tell the truth. You just want to spank that ass, don't you?

[Rockindeano]

JFB, Toronto is better than the Sox this year. There is no one left on the free market to court except Manny and there is no way he is going to Boston, but he may very well go to the Yankees.

[Enigma869]

JFB, Toronto is better than the Sox this year.

That's what you tried to tell me last year, Dean. How did that work out for you? I'm not sold on Toronto. Marcum took a step back last season and is WAY too inconsistent. Now that Burnett signed with the Yankees (and he'll be on the DL for most of his stay in NY), the Blue Jays only have Halladay. One arm isn't enough to win in the AL East. I suspect that Tampa Bay will be far better than Toronto and I wouldn't be stunned to see them win the division again, even though I think the Yankees will finish first this season.

except Manny and there is no way he is going to Boston, but he may very well go to the Yankees.

I can assure you that there isn't a person in Boston (fan or front office of the Red Sox) who wants any part of Manny. Manny wore out his welcome in Boston many years ago and was simply tolerated, due to his immense talent. The guy is an ass and good luck to anyone who gets stuck with him!

[Saint John]

The 3 off season signings by the Yankees are laughable. They have completely forgotten what a winning formula is. Gone are the days when they signed guys like O'Neil, Knoblauch, Girardi, Cone, Tino Martinez, Brosius, and Justice to compliment their core team of Jeter, B. Williams, Rivera, Posada, Pettite, and of course their superstar signings like Clemens. How can you expect to win when the only way you are able to sign people is by offering them the most money? I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind. Until they realize that they are now just baseball's version of an ATM I suspect they will continue to stumble in the playoffs. Good, fuck them.

[conversationpc]

I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind.

Boy, it still bugs me that Boggs went to the Yankees. That being said, he had his best years, easily, in Boston and had hit .259 the previous year.

[Saint John]

I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind.

Boy, it still bugs me that Boggs went to the Yankees. That being said, he had his best years, easily, in Boston and had hit .259 the previous year.

Boggs was my of my hitting idols as a kid. He and Gwynn were just amazing. Rod Carew was an incredible hitter as well. Is it obvious that I bat left-handed?

[conversationpc]

I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind.

Boy, it still bugs me that Boggs went to the Yankees. That being said, he had his best years, easily, in Boston and had hit .259 the previous year.

Boggs was my of my hitting idols as a kid. He and Gwynn were just amazing. Rod Carew was an incredible hitter as well. Is it obvious that I bat left-handed?

Boggs was an incredible hitter and had something like a .354 career batting average after his first seven seasons. I also loved how he always busted ass down the first base line. He was a slow runner but he had more close plays at first because of that than 90% of the other guys in the league. He also worked his ass off in the field. He sucked at third when he came up from the minors and turned himself into a near-gold glove caliber defensive third baseman.

[Saint John]

I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind.

Boy, it still bugs me that Boggs went to the Yankees. That being said, he had his best years, easily, in Boston and had hit .259 the previous year.

I think the hunger for a championship and what used to be the proud donning of a Yankees cap propelled then him to 4 straight .300 seasons. I think he could have hit .280 til he was 70.

[conversationpc]

I remember when guys took pay cuts to come to the Yankees in hopes of the elusive ring. Wade Boggs immediately comes to mind.

Boy, it still bugs me that Boggs went to the Yankees. That being said, he had his best years, easily, in Boston and had hit .259 the previous year.

I think the hunger for a championship and what used to be the proud donning of a Yankees cap propelled then him to 4 straight .300 seasons. I think he could have hit .280 til he was 70.

Instead he's doing Hair Club for Men commercials...

[Saint John]

He's got a little McNeice in him.

[Blueskies]

He's got a little McNeice in him.

That guy ate Andrew??

[Saint John]

He's got a little McNeice in him.

That guy ate Andrew??

With glasses and a little gel I think you have a 45 year old AM.

[conversationpc]

Interestingly, both Gwynn and Boggs hit over .300 in their final seasons at the age of 41.

[Saint John]

Interestingly, both Gwynn and Boggs hit over .300 in their final seasons at the age of 41.

With the pitching these days Gwynn could still hit over .300 assuming his fat ass could still make it to first base without stopping and flagging down the hot dog vendor.

[Enigma869]

Interestingly, both Gwynn and Boggs hit over .300 in their final seasons at the age of 41.

The amazing thing about guys like Boggs, Gwynn, and Carew is that only Gwynn even ranks in the top 20 all time for career averages (and he's ranked 17th). While Wade Boggs' career average is .328, it's also the career average of Todd Helton which puts things into perspective a bit.

[Enigma869]

With the pitching these days Gwynn could still hit over .300 assuming his fat ass could still make it to first base without stopping and flagging down the hot dog vendor.

That the amazing thing about Boggs and Gwynn...neither of them ever got any infield hits. Gwynn outweighed Boggs by 100lbs but Boggs was every bit as slow. Guys like Carew got a shitload of infield and bunt hits to help with that average.

[Saint John]

Interestingly, both Gwynn and Boggs hit over .300 in their final seasons at the age of 41.

The amazing thing about guys like Boggs, Gwynn, and Carew is that only Gwynn even ranks in the top 20 all time for career averages (and he's ranked 17th). While Wade Boggs' career average is .328, it's also the career average of Todd Helton which puts things into perspective a bit.

A lot of those ridiculously high averages come front the infant stages of baseball when the ball was lobbed and the fielders wore fucking oven mitts. I doubt those guys could go 70-100 years ahead in time, but I will guarantee you that the 3 aforementioned amigos could go back in time and crush line drives like they did their entire careers. And fuck Todd Helton. Since baseball cracked down on HGH and steroids his numbers have hit the floor faster than a bra-less Dolly Parton. Fucker went from 40+ homers to about 15. What does that tell you? Granted, he is now 35, but I doubt he'll sniff anything substantially over .300 again. Boggs would hit .300 next year if he wanted to give up those cool hair club commercials.

[Saint John]

With the pitching these days Gwynn could still hit over .300 assuming his fat ass could still make it to first base without stopping and flagging down the hot dog vendor.

That the amazing thing about Boggs and Gwynn...neither of them ever got any infield hits. Gwynn outweighed Boggs by 100lbs but Boggs was every bit as slow. Guys like Carew got a shitload of infield and bunt hits to help with that average.

Agreed. And you only have to jog when you hit balls in the gap. Gwynn was a burner for a few years though, John. I think he stole 40 or 50 bases in his early years.

[Enigma869]

Gwynn was a burner for a few years though, John. I think he stole 40 or 50 bases in his early years.

I think you're right Dan. Then he discovered the Oreos and it was all downhill on the base paths. Dude was still a great hitter and played the game the right way.

[conversationpc]

With the pitching these days Gwynn could still hit over .300 assuming his fat ass could still make it to first base without stopping and flagging down the hot dog vendor.

That the amazing thing about Boggs and Gwynn...neither of them ever got any infield hits. Gwynn outweighed Boggs by 100lbs but Boggs was every bit as slow. Guys like Carew got a shitload of infield and bunt hits to help with that average.

Agreed. And you only have to jog when you hit balls in the gap. Gwynn was a burner for a few years though, John. I think he stole 40 or 50 bases in his early years.

He had 56 one year and 40 another and over 20 several other times. He had 319 for his career.

[Saint John]

With the pitching these days Gwynn could still hit over .300 assuming his fat ass could still make it to first base without stopping and flagging down the hot dog vendor.

That the amazing thing about Boggs and Gwynn...neither of them ever got any infield hits. Gwynn outweighed Boggs by 100lbs but Boggs was every bit as slow. Guys like Carew got a shitload of infield and bunt hits to help with that average.

Agreed. And you only have to jog when you hit balls in the gap. Gwynn was a burner for a few years though, John. I think he stole 40 or 50 bases in his early years.

He had 56 one year and 40 another and over 20 several other times. He had 319 for his career.

Wow...56. I thought it was mid 40's tops. 319 is a very respectable career number. Boggs resembled James Caan in Misery when he was rounding the fucking bases.

[Enigma869]

He had 56 one year and 40 another and over 20 several other times. He had 319 for his career.

I guess I forgot how much speed Gwynn had early in his career. 221 of his 319 career steals were all swiped in the first 8 years of his career. He never stole 20 in a season after that. He stole fewer than 10 bases 7 of his last 11 seasons, so he definitely stopped having any success on the base paths when he went on the high carb diet.