A-Rod just hit a 3 run home run, to follow up his solo shot from the top of the 4th, making his season total 12 home runs in his first 15 games. Which ties Mike Schmidt in 1976 for the most home runs in the first 15 games in MLB history.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DevinHester23 @ Apr 20 2007, 06:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>and he just almost made an error. Should have been one. Pulled the 1B off the bag</div>Lol. The hate is strong in this one.It was an infield single because the runner would have probably beat the throw regardless.Besides, bottom of the 9th, A-Rod is thrown 5 balls in a row, 2 of them are just called for strikes.
Too bad A. Rod couldn't hit a homer when they really needed him to. But I must say, A. Rod's is SMOKING HOT, and I am very impressed. Yankees couldn't of asked more from A. Rod tonight. Mo Rivera just blew the save...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 20 2007, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Too bad A. Rod couldn't hit a homer when they really needed him to. But I must say, A. Rod's is SMOKING HOT, and I am very impressed. Yankees couldn't of asked more from A. Rod tonight. Mo Rivera just blew the save...</div>Yeah, 4 RBI, 2 HR, 3 Runs scored..... it's his fault for not jacking a third HR....
i think Torre shoulda left in Luis Vizcaino. Rivera isnt nearly as effective comingi n the middle of innings with men on base. I think Torre panicked after the first run scored in that inning. Besides the pitch that Varitek hit out, PEttite had a nice night, and Schilling was terrible. He missed his pitches consistently. Sucks that we lost, but I still have confidence.
I'm willing to bet people at school will make a big deal out of Mo getting shelled.It's the same concept as to why Wakefield gets wrecked against the Yankees. They've seen the pitchers so much they know what to do.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 20 2007, 11:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 20 2007, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Too bad A. Rod couldn't hit a homer when they really needed him to. But I must say, A. Rod's is SMOKING HOT, and I am very impressed. Yankees couldn't of asked more from A. Rod tonight. Mo Rivera just blew the save...</div>Yeah, 4 RBI, 2 HR, 3 Runs scored..... it's his fault for not jacking a third HR....</div>I never said it was his fault. I said that it was just too bad that he couldn't pull it off.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TCOF @ Apr 20 2007, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm willing to bet people at school will make a big deal out of Mo getting shelled.It's the same concept as to why Wakefield gets wrecked against the Yankees. They've seen the pitchers so much they know what to do.</div>Like How Those Oakland Hitters have seen Mariano oh so much? The Most Troubling thing with Mariano is that he had no movement on his Cutter, it looked flat. He's basically made his entire career off of that one pitch. If he can't throw it like how he used to, then he's done and you midas well take him out to the pasture and shoot him. Granted, it's still early and the weather seems to be messing with most pitchers who are playing on the east coast at this point, so we'll see if he's really lost something on it or not.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 20 2007, 04:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A-Rod just hit a 3 run home run, to follow up his solo shot from the top of the 4th, making his season total 12 home runs in his first 15 games. Which ties Mike Schmidt in 1976 for the most home runs in the first 15 games in MLB history.</div>Congrats? Alex Rodriguez is on a hot streak? lolWe all know he's good. Well, except for most Yankees Fans as of one month ago.I just love how Yankee fans are the ones bragging about this hot streak as if they somehow saw it coming while they were booing Alex Rodriguez out of the stadium as recently as Opening Day. He had 35 home runs last year and that wasn't good enough for you guys, because according to you guys the regular season is meaningless, so who cares? :whistling:
oh get off it. yankee fans are mean, we expect nothing but the best. we know that he was playing great, but our expectations were high (perhaps unfairly high). Wecant appreciate his success now? I never booed him grounding out in the first inning. I will boo anyone who strikes out with the bases loaded and 2 outs, be it ARod, Jeter, Hank Aaron, etc.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nebkreb @ Apr 21 2007, 06:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>oh get off it. yankee fans are mean, we expect nothing but the best. we know that he was playing great, but our expectations were high (perhaps unfairly high). Wecant appreciate his success now? I never booed him grounding out in the first inning. I will boo anyone who strikes out with the bases loaded and 2 outs, be it ARod, Jeter, Hank Aaron, etc.</div>.290/35/121 are numbers worthy of MVP Consideration for any other player and he got Booed out of the Building for that. It wasn't just clutch situations, it was after every single time he got out and before many at-bats even began. Alex Rodriguez hit .302 with Runners in Scoring Position and .474 with Bases Loaded last year and even had a walkoff against the Braves. Even on his off year, he was one of the Top 10 players in Baseball last year. Yes, your expectations of him are unfairly high. And Jeter has never been Booed in Yankee Stadium so don't give me that Bullshit, because you know as well as I do that you are full of crap right there. Because you sure as hell didn't Boo him one of the 29 (16 with 2 Out) times he struck out with RISP last season.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Apr 21 2007, 06:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 20 2007, 04:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A-Rod just hit a 3 run home run, to follow up his solo shot from the top of the 4th, making his season total 12 home runs in his first 15 games. Which ties Mike Schmidt in 1976 for the most home runs in the first 15 games in MLB history.</div>Congrats? Alex Rodriguez is on a hot streak? lolWe all know he's good. Well, except for most Yankees Fans as of one month ago.I just love how Yankee fans are the ones bragging about this hot streak as if they somehow saw it coming while they were booing Alex Rodriguez out of the stadium as recently as Opening Day. He had 35 home runs last year and that wasn't good enough for you guys, because according to you guys the regular season is meaningless, so who cares? :whistling: </div>I've been saying he's the best player in baseball for years. Even after his postseasn failiures.He is the greatest talent in the game.
[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='90212' date='Apr 21 2007, 09:09 AM'][quote name='Nebkreb' post='90207' date='Apr 21 2007, 06:56 AM']oh get off it. yankee fans are mean, we expect nothing but the best. we know that he was playing great, but our expectations were high (perhaps unfairly high). Wecant appreciate his success now? I never booed him grounding out in the first inning. I will boo anyone who strikes out with the bases loaded and 2 outs, be it ARod, Jeter, Hank Aaron, etc.[/quote].290/35/121 are numbers worthy of MVP Consideration for any other player and he got Booed out of the Building for that. It wasn't just clutch situations, it was after every single time he got out and before many at-bats even began. Alex Rodriguez hit .302 with Runners in Scoring Position and .474 with Bases Loaded last year and even had a walkoff against the Braves. Even on his off year, he was one of the Top 10 players in Baseball last year. Yes, your expectations of him are unfairly high. And Jeter has never been Booed in Yankee Stadium so don't give me that Bullshit, because you know as well as I do that you are full of crap right there. Because you sure as hell didn't Boo him one of the 29 (16 with 2 Out) times he struck out with RISP last season.[/quote]A-Rod hit 3 game winning RBI's in a row last year, ESPN said nothing, in the 4th game he struck out in the 9th and Sportscenter spent half the show on how he's not clutch.[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='90204' date='Apr 21 2007, 06:28 AM'][quote name='TCOF' post='90187' date='Apr 20 2007, 07:43 PM']I'm willing to bet people at school will make a big deal out of Mo getting shelled.It's the same concept as to why Wakefield gets wrecked against the Yankees. They've seen the pitchers so much they know what to do.[/quote]Like How Those Oakland Hitters have seen Mariano oh so much? The Most Troubling thing with Mariano is that he had no movement on his Cutter, it looked flat. He's basically made his entire career off of that one pitch. If he can't throw it like how he used to, then he's done and you midas well take him out to the pasture and shoot him. Granted, it's still early and the weather seems to be messing with most pitchers who are playing on the east coast at this point, so we'll see if he's really lost something on it or not.[/quote]Now you see why Cashman refused the extension and told Rivera to prove it this year and he'll get his contract.We need to trade for a guy like Fuentes who is on the block if Rivera continues to struggle, someone to be a sweet setup guy and take over next year.Rivera is the Godfather, and the greatest closer of all time. But to continue to depend on him if he's not getting it done would be like us continuing to go with David Robinson, but not pickingup Tim Duncan.
dont compare fuentes to duncan. I have complete and utter trust in Rivera. And I would boo anyone, including jeter. I want at those games, but i was going nuts when jeet fucks up, just like veryone else
There's a lot more fans that boo A. Rod when he does bad than fans that boo when Jeter does bad... way more. It's hard to tell when you're at the game because the environment you're in seems like EVERY ONE is booing the same amount for every fan. I've watched almost every Yankee game this season, and trust me, that's the case here. I think Jeter's just as clutch as A. Rod is except A. Rod cashes in a lot bigger with his home runs compared to Jeter's clutch singles or doubles.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nebkreb @ Apr 21 2007, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>dont compare fuentes to duncan. I have complete and utter trust in Rivera. And I would boo anyone, including jeter. I want at those games, but i was going nuts when jeet fucks up, just like veryone else</div>I wasn't really comparing Fuentes to Duncan, just the situation to the Spurs situation. If Rivera shows he slowing down, we need to bring in the future to be his setup man. Farnsworth and Vizcaino are good, but neither is going to be a shut down closer.
