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Bald Vinny’s House of Tees. “Buck Sucks!”:LIMITED EDITION FOR PLAYOFFS 2012!
Posted in Yankee News, Yankees Humor, Yankees Miscellaneous, Yankees Products, Yankees: Off the field, tagged 2012 Playoffs, Bald Vinny, Baltimore Blows, Baltimore Orioles, Bleacher Creatures, Buck Showalter, Buck Sucks, New York Yankees, Postseason, Roll Call, Section 203, Vinny Milano on October 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
2011 American League East
Posted in Yankees Opinion, Yankees Outlook, Yankees Spring Training, tagged Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brett Gardner, Brian Roberts, Buck Showalter, Carl Crawford, Cito Gaston, Clay Buchholz, Curtis Granderson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, David Price, Derek Jeter, Derek Lee, Desmond Jennings, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, JD Drew, JJ Hardy, John Farrell, John Lackey, Johnny Damon, Jon Lester, Jorge Posada, Josh Beckett, Kevin Gregg, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Drabek, Kyle Farnsworth, Manny Ramirez, Marco Scutaro, Mariano Rivera, Mark Reynolds, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Phil Hughes, Rafael Soriano, Reid Brignac, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Vladimir Guerrero on March 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
There can be no doubt that the American League East is easily the best division in baseball. In fact, this year could wind up being historic in terms of division play, as my projections show 4 of the 5 teams capable of winning 90+ games this season – a feat that’s never been accomplished before. Is the talent level in the East really that much better than the rest of the AL? In a word, YES.
Both the Boston Red Sox and Yankees look to be the class of baseball this year. I project both teams to win 105 games this year and finish tied for the division crown. How evenly matched are the two juggernauts? The projections also have them splitting the season series, 9-9. Many prognosticators are giving the edge to the Red Sox this year, based on their starting rotation of Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, John Lackey, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Clay Buchholz. While the Yankees rotation is known to be unsettled, relying on a return to form by AJ Burnett, Phil Hughes avoiding regression from his 18-8 2010 season, and a collection of rookies and reclamation projects to fill the 4 & 5 spots, the Sox rotation also has question marks. Can Lackey reclaim his form? Can Beckett come back from an injury plagued season? Will Buchholz ever deliver on his promise? Can Matsuzaka come back from injuries and inconsistency? In short, both teams could have excellent rotations – or horrible ones, once you get past the aces. But offensively, both squads are loaded 1 – 9. The Yankees projected line-up of Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Brett Gardner may actually be better than the team that led the league in runs scored last season. Boston counters with Carl Crawford, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, JD Drew, Marco Scutaro, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jacoby Ellsbury. Both line-ups are capable of scoring 1,000 runs. The real differentiators between the teams are in the bullpens and on the bench. The Yanks have a slight edge in the bullpen, with the 1 – 1a tandem of Mariano Rivera and Rafael Soriano. The Sox have a slight edge on the bench.
As for the rest of the division, Tampa Bay suffered some tremendous free-agent losses. Despite that, they come into the season with their only real question being the strength of the bullpen, where the oft-traveled Kyle Farnsworth heads a makeshift relief corps. The additions of Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, along with new shortstop Reid Brignac and rookie Desmond Jennings, should actually make the offense better. And Tampa’s rotation remains one of the game’s best, led by David Price. But while good enough to win pretty much any other division in the game, this year’s Rays aren’t in the same class as either New York or Boston.
The same goes for the Orioles, although Baltimore may have the most improved team in the league. The infield was completely remade, as Mark Reynolds, Derek Lee and JJ Hardy join Brian Roberts. The O’s also brought in veteran slugger Vladimir Guerrero and closer Kevin Gregg. Add in what looks to be the league’s best young rotation and proven winner (and old friend) Buck Showalter as manager, and Baltimore is poised to shock people the same way Toronto did last year.
As for the Blue Jays, this team lost too much – and replaced those parts with questionable signings – from last year’s overachieving squad to compete this year. They’ve brought in pitching guru John Farrell to lead the team, but this team will suffer from losing Cito Gaston‘s “let-’em-fly” attitude on offense. Include a rookie catcher, changes at 1st, 3rd and all three OF spots and it will prove to be too much turnover to overcome. One bright spot for the Jays this year could be rookie starter Kyle Drabek, one of the game’s more hyped young pitchers.
Imagine playing games and your team is five degrees cooler than the other team…
Posted in Yankee News, Yankees Humor, Yankees Management, Yankees Miscellaneous, Yankees Organization, tagged Baltimore Orioles, Buck Showalter, Cotton, Don Mattingly, George Costanza, New York Yankees, Seinfeld, Tyler Chicken on August 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Since Buck Showalter has taken over the Baltimore Orioles, they have gone 9-2 over their last 11 games. Before this stretch of games, they owned the worst record in all of baseballl. One has to wonder what changed their luck? I have a feeling George Costanza was involved in this. We all know how things turned out for George while he was working for the Yankees, being traded for Tyler Chicken and all. Back in 1994, Don Mattingly split his pants taking the field, but it looks like George got it right this time around.
GEORGE: Listen, Buck, I uh…obviously I don’t need to talk to you about the importance of player morale, but uh…I’ve been talking to some of the guys, and some of them – I don’t want to mention any names – but some of them…they’re not too happy with the polyester uniforms.
SHOWALTER: How so?
GEORGE: Well, they get very hot in the polyester. You know, it’s not a natural fibre. I think they would prefer cotton.
SHOWALTER: Cotton, huh?
GEORGE: Yeah. Cotton breathes, you see, it’s much softer. Imagine playing games and your team is five degrees cooler than the other team. Don’t you think that would be an advantage? They’re cooler, they’re more comfortable…they’re happier – they’re gonna play better.
SHOWALTER: You may have something there, George.
GEORGE: Oh – I’ve got something.
SHOWALTER (considering): Hmm. Cotton uniforms.