YFSFThe Finest In Baseball Commentary Since 2003Go Marlins! - I Mean, Yankees!: Yanks-Rangers Gamer III- July 2, 2008 Tonight, Sidney Ponson takes the mound against the team that just disowned him. Word has it that when Milton Bradley comes up to bat tonight, his and Sidney's combined IQ levels + their combined testosterone levels, will equal zero, and might even creep into the negative depending on how pivotal...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/go-marlins---i.html Jacoby Ellsbury at a Crossroads- July 2, 2008 Joe Sheehan thinks young Jacoby Ellsbury's struggles of late are revealing a weakness in his skill set (Subscription Required): The Red Sox lost 5-4 to the Rays last night, falling a game and a half behind the team with the best record in baseball. (More on them tomorrow.) The Sox...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/jacoby-ellsbury.html ARod To Skip The HRD- July 2, 2008 If you want to see ARod try to hit long balls at the All Star Game events, you'll have to watch the actual All Star Game as Alex is declining to participate in the home run derby. Keeping in mind that this is the last ASG to ever be held...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/arod-to-skip-th.html When Superstars (or Journeymen) Attack!- July 2, 2008 I am going to be a contrarian here. I think that in the aftermath of "Shove-gate", the Sox should not only cut Manny, but they should cut Cora and LFRS too, just because. That would almost make the idiocy of releasing Manny tolerable. But in the absence of Theo Epstein's...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/when-superstars.html Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio Rodriguez- July 2, 2008 How can we not post about this The most significant part of the story is that if the statements by the parties involved are true, we have a new "best Jewish ballplayer ever"!http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/greta-garbo-and.html No Touching! Rangers-Yanks Gamer II- July 1, 2008 Gob: "Yeah, like I'm going to take a whiz through this $5,000 suit. Come on." Tonight, it's Goba Joba attempting to get the Yankees back on track while the Texas sends Kevin Millwood. Joba has come pretty close to matching the high expectations of his ridiculous exposure and billing. The...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/no-touching-ran.html Antipathy:Sox-Rays Gamer XI- July 1, 2008 I like the word "antipathy." It's one of those that means exactly like it sounds. Along with having the prefix of "anti-," the second syllable almost requires one to spit to say it -- an appropriate reaction, perhaps, when one runs across a person for whom one has antipathy, or...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/antipathysox-ra.html To Manny or Not To Manny- July 1, 2008 From Ken Rosenthal's latest: It was, to a degree; Manny mostly acts like a big kid who wouldn't hurt anyone. Still, McCormick is 64, and when you come right down to it, there is little difference between Ramirez's behavior and Shawn Chacon's except that Chacon is a journeyman while...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/to-manny-or-not.html Same Question, Different Team- July 1, 2008 Regular commenter Atheose left the following question in the previous thread. I thought it deserved its own discussion: By the way, did anyone hear that Bonds is offering to play for free He said he'll donate 100% of his earnings towards buying game tickets for underprivaledged children. With Matsui down,...http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/same-question-d.html If I had known then what I know now- July 1, 2008 History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. I can't change my past. I can only learn from it. And what a past it was--filled with petty humiliations, awful decisions, regret. My biggest regret, my greatest embarrassment For about a year, I was a Counting Crows fan....http://www.yfsf.org/2008/07/if-i-had-known.html |