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Comment on Scheduled by busia.mega.kot@gmail.com

busia.mega.kot@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:49:45 +0000

Good player, but Cash gave up too much in Coke Shoutbox
, Kennedy and Jackson. We were OK with Grandy and Gardner, but now look at it, after Grandy gets hurt – you’re relying on 2 players that at best are bench players.

Comment on The Funk Phenomenon by jebarkets@gmail.com

jebarkets@gmail.com — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:00:12 +0000

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. http://www.nicetick.com - Air Jordan

Comment on The 2005 American League East Champion New York Yankees by neverrainning@aol.com

neverrainning@aol.com — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:54:41 +0000

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. Do you think so? http://www.nicetick.com Jordan

Comment on Scheduled by wrrasmussen@aol.com

wrrasmussen@aol.com — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:43:07 +0000

OK, here goes. Let’s look at the Yanks: outfield: a big mess. Cash should have re-signed Damon. It was a farce, and I cannot believe it was over $$$$ unless Cash can’t deal with Hal. In any case, that non-move along with dealing Melky, left a huge hole. Thames can hit, but should NEVER play in the field. I think I could play outfield better than him. So Cash gets Winn. Winn has speed, but ya can’t steal firstbase, so what earthly good is he? (other than pinch running). CF: Grandy. Good player, but Cash gave up too much in Coke, Kennedy and Jackson. We were OK with Grandy and Gardner, but now look at it, after Grandy gets hurt – you’re relying on 2 players that at best are bench players. Oh, and add to the fact that Swish is hurt. We have a fair, at best, outfield. Signing Damon for 8 mil and NOT dealing Melky for a guy (Vasquez) who was great in the NL – Cash, do you ever look at the league you’re getting a pitcher from ? Especially a guy who served up that upper deck meatball in ’04 to JD? Stupid move. I just knew that these moves by Cash would backfire. The Rays are for real, and just proved it. We’re in trouble, guys…
Now to the rotation. CC and AJ, fine. Andy, great start, but guess what ? Lefty’s arm isn’t right. Too many miles on a guy who was taking IV’s on the trainer’s table in the WS. Should never had counted on Andy for a 3rd starter. Hughes doesn’t surprise me. A future ace. So CC, AJ and Hughes, with a ??? Andy P. Good starting 3 1/2. The Rays have 5 solid arms. They beat us. Now to the pen: Coke and Bruney (to some extent) were a big part of the pen last year. But they’re gone (thanks Cash), and Aceves has a bad back – just great for a pitcher. Marte’s OK, Park, in my mind, is a ? and Robertson is a mess (but has shown signs of improvement. The biggest problem is the lack of Hughes, but he has to start, because Vasquez can’t pitch in NY (please prove me wrong Javy !)
Joba’s OK, by can he be the ’07 Joba ALL season ? It seems he’s good for a week or so, then loses the zip on his pitches….still hurt, Joba ? Remember this is a guy with some prior minor league arm problems. Mo is Mo. The best. Boy was he pissed when the ball flew over Winn’s head the other night. Who the hell told him to practically play behind A-Rod’s back. What an joke.
Marky better start hitting, and soon. The thing is, the order is weaker this year – maybe too much pressure on him? Gotta love his glove though….
Cano – doesn’t surprise me. A future MVP, if not this year, maybe next.
Ali : what can I say. He’s a new player since last year. Finally. He finally earned his stripes.
Catchers : Gazo (Cervelli) is awesome. Love the fire he has. Better yet, the next *** that decks him in the batter’s box, well he should charge the mound, and hopefully his team will follow suit – face it, the guy has a special helmet because he’s beem beaned so much. I know I’d go after the next guy who decks him – don’t care how big he is…
Hip-Hip Jorge – a great stick, but seems to be injury-prone. Unreal that he broke his foot.
Hope the Yanks get a special rate for MRI’s. Can’t believe how snake-bit they are. Must be Red Sox fams putting needles in a Yankee doll
Well, I fell better now after venting.
Anybody else out there ????

Ras #45

Comment on Scheduled by wrrasmussen@aol.com

wrrasmussen@aol.com — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:57:28 +0000

BPS is back. Alright !! Won’t comment tonight; busy watching us lose 6-1 to the Rays. But I WILL reply tomorrow……

Let’s see if we can get some of the guys back from the ’07-08 blog. I really enjoyed the banter back and forth.

I printed out Geoff’s 2 new posts, and will repond most likely tomorrow night.

Ras #45

Go Yanks !!!! We need #28 !!!!

Comment on Scheduled by cwoy@hotmail.com

cwoy@hotmail.com — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:37:30 +0000

Bleeding Pinstripes is back! Nice to hear from you GB.

Comment on Scheduled by nycnav

nycnav — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:33:35 +0000

He’s baaaaaack! I must say, this season is a welcome change from season’s past where the Yankees are at the bottom for the first few months. I’ll take their performance on the monster road trip as a good sign of things to come.

Wow, Shake Shack over Lobels – bold my friend, bold.

Comment on The Ruminant Blog by joann11201@gmail.com

joann11201@gmail.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:41:01 +0000

and we’re glad you’re back too. Don’t make us wait too long between posts. Couldn’t agree more on Matsui. Dumb.

Comment on Right Side Up. Again. by wrasmussen7@live.com

wrasmussen7@live.com — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:55:19 +0000

Jason, don’t get me wrong – Geoff is a very talented writer, and I really enjoyed his posts. He may have had reasons for not posting – we all have personal issues that we most likely don’t want to share in a public forum. I’ve had some of my own this past year myself ;(
But I really missed seeing posts on the daily Yankee action – for me at least, it would have made a great season so much better. I know I replied a couple of times at first, but most everybody that posted in the past couple of years just dropped off when Geoff didn’t write…..this blog had become a daily part of my life, and even if I didn’t post, I read it every day.
I gotta believe others missed the BPS, too. There are many fans out there that read BPS and other blogs, but don’t necessarily post. That fact was evident when Pete Abe left the LoHud blog, alot of folks were stunned, and they were part of the “silent” readers. Blogs have bloggers and readers also….
I just wish that BPS hadn’t dropped out of sight when Geoff stopped posting, that’s all…
Oh, and about Pete Abe. He left the blog in late September – he had done a GREAT job with it, but to leave it just before the playoffs, well, I just didn’t understand that. I’d think the Globe would have let him finish up the season as a Yankee beat reporter. After all, he was my “link” into the clubhouse – and that was great – you got a real flavor for what goes on there. Yes, Chad and company are doing a great job there, but it’s just not the same. It was just lousy timing – leaving the readers kinda out on a limb….yes, he had his professional reasons, but the abruptness of his departure and when it occurred was ill-timed, IMO.

All of that being said, let’s see if anybody else is out there : think they’ll get JD back ? (I hope they do)…..how about Godzilla – I’m kinda on the fence on that one. Sure hope they get another starter, and as much as I like Andy P, how much does he really have left in the tank ? Trade Joba? Only if they think he’s a starter – he’s short relief only. Hughes is better suited as a starter, even given the fact that he’s the guy who held the pen together as Mo’s bridge…

Comments, anybody ?

Later ?

Ras #45

Comment on Right Side Up. Again. by kozmo

kozmo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:30:10 +0000

I for one don’t feel that way at all, Ras. Don’t get me wrong; it isn’t as though I didn’t miss the BPS. But in fairness to Geoff, it could well be that he also had a fair amount of things going on in his personal life in addition to a confessed sense of superstition. I know this first-hand, blogging takes up a lot of time, and to ask Geoff to do something daily which he may or may not want to do, but might be difficult to do with work and family, is asking a lot of someone else. Having read The BPS religiously since the start of the 2007 season, I have read numerous times when Geoff was writing from the road or, more often, got home in the middle of games from work. That strongly implies much else is going on. Then to sit down and write an analysis of not just a game, but game after game, is no easy task after long day after long day.

On Pete Abe, two things. One, he moved on to a better professional gig with The Globe and, despite being from that area, has not compromised his professional integrity either with the move or with his reporting at The Globe since. Two, that is still one hell of a blog at LoHud, every bit as good and, with minor league coverage with Chad Jennings, even better than it was before. The Mighty Abe did so much to create and sustain a fine, vibrant community of Yankee fans through his hard work and commitment to the blog. Yet LoHud continues to be a tremendous source of information on the Yankees, as well as a fine place to chinwag about our boys.

I honestly fail to see how the luster of a World Series title is somehow diminished because two people made professional and personal decisions to do other things. This year was special, all the more clearly reflected by Geoff’s tremendous post above. I’d say that more than atones for his unfortunate absence from a blogging community that appreciates his work.

Jason from The Heartland
http://heartlandpinstripes.wordpress.com