Baseball - October 2006

Is anybody sick of people asking question's about the New York Yankee's? They lost, get over it. It's not the end of the world.

2006-10-09 13:59:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was at the game Saturday and it was crazy, who is excited that the Yankees got their butt's kicked by Detroit?

2006-10-09 13:43:40 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-09 13:40:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-09 13:39:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

250 million bucks for 1 hit!

2006-10-09 13:37:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-09 13:20:28 · 6 answers · asked by tg315 5

Yes, I'm a Yankee fan. Yes It sucks we lost.....
Yes, right now the Yankees suck.........
Why don't we talk about some good baseball questions, like, "What do you think about the pitching match-up in the ALCS ?".........
Can you all please give it a rest.........?

2006-10-09 13:18:42 · 16 answers · asked by tg315 5

2006-10-09 13:06:15 · 14 answers · asked by wenhan333 2

2006-10-09 13:05:48 · 5 answers · asked by wenhan333 2

2006-10-09 12:59:53 · 9 answers · asked by wenhan333 2

I'm try to lose wait alot of wait. Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-09 12:43:08 · 10 answers · asked by zara 1

Go Tigers!

2006-10-09 12:39:27 · 23 answers · asked by Twisted&Demented 1

I hate to say it because Helton is my favorite player, but what about Helton and maybe someone like a Many Corpes (young reliever who doesn't walk many people, with a havy sinker) for A-Rod? I know the Yankee fans hate him now but they would get a gold glove first baseman who has the highest on-base percentage of any active player. They could then trade Giambi for a thirdbaseman. Maybe Morgan Ensberg from Houston? Then the Rocks could move Atkins to first. He played there at UCLA.

2006-10-09 12:36:56 · 6 answers · asked by Too Cool For Me 4

2006-10-09 12:36:29 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need 25 people to answer
it is homewoork
just an opinion and why please

2006-10-09 12:33:46 · 13 answers · asked by R ♥ I ♥ P ♥ Casey Calvert 3

I hate to say it because Helton is my favorite player, but what about Helton and maybe someone like a Many Corpes (young reliever who doesn't walk many people, with a havy sinker) for A-Rod? I know the Yankee fans hate him now but they would get a gold glove first baseman who has the highest on-base percentage of any active player. They could then trade Giambi for a thirdbaseman. Maybe Morgan Ensberg from Houston? Then the Rocks could move Atkins to first. He played there at UCLA.

2006-10-09 12:12:01 · 4 answers · asked by Too Cool For Me 4

What changes do you think the Giants should make in order to do anything profitable next season.
I think that the most important has been done: getting rid of Felipe Alou!

Who do you think the new manager should be?
Should they resign Bonds?
Should they get a new closer, better starters, and relievers?
I think they should get a whole new slew of pitchers. Most of the ones they had last year didn't do very good.

What do you think??????

2006-10-09 12:02:14 · 6 answers · asked by Giants Fan! 4

Which team out of the National League will earn the right to be spanked by the A's or Yankees, OOPS big mistake, I meant the TIgers?

Hey man I'm not trying to be cruel just having a little fun. It's deserved after that question you asked last week.

2006-10-09 11:57:20 · 4 answers · asked by Brent 5

2006-10-09 11:49:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm enjoying the heck out of it!

and why cant yankee fans stop crying?
For the love of Pete, I could sail across the world with all those tears!

2006-10-09 11:37:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

After Alex Rodriguez only got 1 hit in the 4 game series of the playoffs should he be traded?

2006-10-09 11:15:59 · 19 answers · asked by ... 4

2006-10-09 11:10:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-09 10:44:02 · 13 answers · asked by sexy man 1

2006-10-09 10:31:26 · 8 answers · asked by zara 1

I was horrified! I just read in an architectural magazine that they are building a new one and [gasp!] demolishing the current one!! I'm no Yankee fan, but as a true baseball fan, that place is like Mecca. It reeks of history and legend. It says they're making it similar, just updating it for modern times. They'll move the statues and all, but Yikes!! Any thoughts??

2006-10-09 10:28:27 · 15 answers · asked by BaseballGrrl 6

Here's what I have:

Division Series:
A's over the Tigers in 7
Cardinals over the Mets in 6

World Series:
Cardinals over the A's in 7

2006-10-09 10:18:47 · 10 answers · asked by marcelluswallace 2

Who thinks that it'll be the A's vs. the Mets in the World Series?
Who will win??

I'd like A's to win in 7 games

2006-10-09 10:18:11 · 15 answers · asked by Giants Fan! 4

Firing Torre Shouldn't Crack Top 10 of Boss' to-do List
Oct 9, 4:31 PM (ET) Email this Story

By JIM LITKE
Dear George:

Nobody tells a guy who spent $200 million on the hired help what he can or cannot do. So go ahead, fire Joe Torre if it makes you feel better. Just ask yourself something first. What would Lou Piniella or any other manager have done differently?

Scream more? Hit and run less? Use the hook on one pitcher a little earlier or another a little later? Because even if Torre - or Piniella, or the ghost of Connie Mack, for that matter - had done any or all of those things, the result would have been the same.

If you're compiling a list of the people who let you down the past half-dozen seasons, his name doesn't even make the top 10.

This doesn't mean you have to stand pat. Just the opposite. The best thing about your stewardship is that the Yankees' glass never looks half full. If you're not happy, then nobody else in the organization is going to be, either. Sure, it's a miserable, nerve-racking way to run one of the greatest franchises in sports. But no one is ever going to utter your name and the word "complacent" in the same sentence.



So get general manager Brian Cashman on the phone, tell him to pull out a copy of the roster and a red pen. Start by having him draw a line through the third baseman's name, because everybody in New York already has.

Adding Alex Rodriguez was wonderful in theory, but, like communism, not so wonderful in practice. He's tried adapting, agreeing to move from shortstop, where he's a first-ballot Hall of Famer, to the far side of the diamond to give Derek Jeter plenty of space.

He tried being cocky, because A-Rod thought that's what the town wanted, then humbled himself when pity seemed like the quickest way back into its heart. He's always the first ballplayer to show up for extra practice, and often the last to leave. That might have endeared him to the coaching staff, but A-Rod will forever be dragging his price tag behind him like a ball and chain. Cut him loose, cut your losses while you still can, and ship him to the Angels, Dodgers or Cubs for one of those young arms that have been so effective against your lineup the last few postseasons.

And while we're on the subject of pitchers, it's time to stop thinking of your staff as a way station for AARP millionaires. Grabbing Roger Clemens a few years ago was a stroke of genius, but he was the exception and not the rule. Remember Kevin Brown, whose name rhymes with "broken down"? Well, Randy Johnson is already 43 and Mike Mussina turns 38 in December and they're eating up $35 million annually.

The good news is that Mussina is in his option year, the better news is that Gary Sheffield is, too. Cut them loose and use the money for another young arm. It seems like ancient history now, especially because a lineup card glittering with All-Stars is hard to see past, but the bedrock of those four World Series titles in five years at the start of Torre's tenure was strength up the middle and pitching.

Take out the contributions of Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada, who both hit .500 against Detroit, and the rest of the batting order went 18-for-104. That's a .173 average. Everybody else in baseball understands your hitters were geeked once they fell behind early and responded by trying to hit every ball out of the park. That's because they figured it was only a matter of time before the other team started doing the same to the Yankee pitchers.

Torre, on the other hand, has been consistent, maybe the best thing that ever happened to you. He was the buffer all these years between expectations and reality, and every year he got your team close enough to win it all.

He kept everybody happy when dividing playing time among a bunch of midlevel talents like Tino Martinez and Paul O'Neill was touchy, and he kept the spare parts like Jose Vizcaino and Luis Sojo sharp. He made room and time for budding superstars like Alfonso Soriano and Robinson Cano to develop and he usually had all the issues sorted out when the playoffs rolled around.

Now he's got a roster full of guys who - at least on paper - should be penciled in every day, and less flexibility than ever to make decisions. He treated them like the professionals they're supposed to be, moving pieces around to account for age and injury, and tried to stay out of their way.

Remember how well that worked for the 2000 team, the one that Torre insisted prepared so well on its own that managing was almost too easy? "I'd have meetings sometime," he said then, "for my own sake." Well, this is not that kind of team.

No, this is team that could use a big, swift kick in the pants, and Torre isn't so timid that he wouldn't apply the occasional thwack. But ballplayers will forget the sting soon enough unless they know the manager will be around long enough to do it again.

Torre has shown more patience than the job merited, sought less credit than he deserved, won as often as he should have and never once complained.

If that adds up to a pink slip now, you'd better have a pad of pink slips handy. You won't find anybody that good at covering your back for twice the price.

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Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org

2006-10-09 10:07:44 · 10 answers · asked by Tommy D 5

Brian Cashman
Joe Torre
Derek Jeter
Alex Rodriguez
Jason Giambi
Randy Johnson
or sombody else to blame

2006-10-09 10:03:03 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who is the best at getting out of difficult situations?

2006-10-09 09:52:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous