We are so bored of excellence we are now only concerned with the marital travails of our GM - The 2012 Yankees thred

RIPineda

@Ken_Rosenthal
Scouts yesterday had #Yankees' Pineda at 88-91 - "and there was some effort to get to 91," one said. Pineda averaged 94.7 last year. #MLB

@Ken_Rosenthal
Re: Previous tweet on Pineda. Yes it's early. But scouts were taken aback, asking each other if readings were accurate. #Yankees #MLB

If it's March 6 and you have to put forth the slightest bit of effort to hit 91 (when your average is 95), you are obviously toast.

If the ball isn't just shooting out of his hand by the end of the week, they better send him to Dr. Andrews.

controversial mod edit

no, no, no

can someone get that shit off this thread please

thank you

Don't do that again, please, it's not funny.

what it was

I didn't do it

was it goatse?

PM me for the link

pettitte is back wtf.. I wonder if they sold him on possibly winning another championship.. pettitte is probably a little bit better than garcia, but this sucks for phil hughes fans.

weird

idiotic

guess he just felt like the yankees wanted him more than his family did

hope it is a disaster

(ie he's more right wing than Romney)

guess he just felt like the yankees wanted him more than his family did

― mookieproof, Friday, March 16, 2012 5:38 PM (Yesterday)

yeah this was so funny, he's like i just felt like i needed to be with my family, but my family just wanted me to play, so here i am

just looking to pad those hall of fame stats i reckon~~!

Maybe his family realized that he's annoying around the house and wanted him back in baseball.

Garcia does not care either way (sorta):

“I don’t really care,” Garcia said, when asked about Pettitte’s return. “That’s their decision. I’m here to pitch and that’s what I want to do.”

When asked if Pettitte’s addition was good for the team, Garcia threw his hands up, seemingly exasperated by the turn of events.

“I don’t know man,” said Garcia, who like Hughes a day before, gave a lukewarm reaction. “Ask the people. I don’t know. I guess …You play with the Yankees, nothing surprises you.”

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2012/03/freddy_garcia_you_play_with_th.html

Bobby V: "Is he going to start, or just pick guys off?"

Joba out for the season because he got a compound ankle fracture playing on a trampoline with his kid. Dang.

jobacide

ahhhhhahahahahaha, whadda maroon.

Chamberlain had surgery on Thursday night at St. Joseph's Hospital, and is expected to remain in the hospital for several days for the injury, which resulted in an open flesh wound around the ankle. Manager Joe Girardi was at the hospital early Friday morning.

Is this a "broken bone sticking through the skin" situation? AAAAAAAAHHHAAAhahahahahaha

players' kids should be locked away until retirement

I think million dollar meatheads just need better minders/handlers.

'dislocated ankle' gives me unpleasant chills. i'm not even sure how one does that. (don't describe)

open flesh wound around the ankle

sorry; flag post

sounds so remarkably painful

i feel like this is one of those injuries that somehow only happens to an athlete during the off season

Brandon Inge once had to move a pillow behind his co-sleeping son's head and has not been the same since then.

i imagine it's more akin to joel zumaya reaching to flush the toilet

there's ron artest tripping over his children's christmas presents; no off-time is safe.

he... fell off a trampoline? and apparently lost a "life-threatening amount of blood"?

the funny thing is he wasnt doing it surreptitiously in his backyard, its was at a trampoline facility for kids
then he threw a no look pass to aaron boone

Could see him and his son having a, uh, complicated relationship going forward.

Yanks need to look on the bright side: it's only Joba Chamberlain.

the_fly_arm_wrestling.avi

minor-league deal for Cust!

Michael Pineda (P) NY-A 3/29/2012
Manager Joe Girardi hasn’t made an official announcement, but it appears that Freddy Garcia may make the Yankees’ rotation to start the season, which could leave Pineda looking at a trip to the minors, the New York Post reports. “When you look at a guy who doesn’t have a lot of time [in the majors], you are trying to consider the upside of what you can possibly give because they don’t have the same track record as Freddy,” Girardi said. The last slot in the rotation appears to come down to Pineda or Ivan Nova, and even that slot is at risk if Andy Pettitte returns in May. If this news decreases what it costs to get Pineda for a keeper league, he becomes a great investment, as he still has #1 starter upside, though his short-term value may not be as high as anticipated.

lol yankees

this is really going to through a wrench into Cashman's hopes to win his $500 entry AL-only keeper league.

Pineda's trip is to DL w/ shoulder tendinitis

ivan nova roughed up by the metsies today

"Today was the worst day of my life," Nova said.

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/animalsbeingdicks/abd-236.gif

the truth emerges

Jeter had a nice oppo field home run earlier. Angels getting pistol whipped.

jeter's off to a nice start huh?

man pujols looks weird not in a cards jersey

at least it's still red, i tell myself

hoo, ibanez just put one into the third deck off of jason isringhausen. in 2012

Homerless Pujols just K'd by Boone Logan.

wtf is goin on itg

that was ugly fielding

my mom was at this game and left after the top of the 13th

phil hughes, always clutch

effin' Jays

2/4 = parade worthy up here these days!

rip banny manuelos

Pedroia off to the races

nice time to get picked off, Gardner!

LONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

2nd deck

andy bailey throws the ball p straight huh

fuckfuckfuck

this feels exactly like the Aaron Boone game, when it's just a question of when.

gree hee hee

http://i.imgur.com/cpu4E.jpg

cano is unbelievable right now

mvp

xtra pts for "making it look easy"

>arod having champagne poured on him & yelling 'taste it taste it'<

http://blogimages.thescore.com/mlb/files/2012/10/Wu7mM.jpg

TOKYO -- Ichiro Suzuki is looking forward to starting the 2013 baseball season the way he ended last season: as a member of the New York Yankees.

The Yankees and Suzuki finalized a $13 million, two-year contract in December that kept the 10-time All-Star in the Bronx after he was obtained in a trade with Seattle last July.

"Signing with the Yankees has given me a new sense of determination," the 39-year-old outfielder said Tuesday after a workout in Kobe. "This is a unique team. A team that can have a player like Alex Rodriguez as a pinch hitter is special, and to be part of that is exciting."

VOID IT

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8894904/alex-rodriguez-contract-attempting-voided-new-york-yankees-according-sources

nevah gonna

god damn

the Yankees will try to find an escape hatch from their remaining five-year, $114 million obligation to the three-time American League MVP.

there is no escape (hatch)

The Yankees will be saved by Derek Jeter: 'the transcendent one'

stab me with knives