fishmike
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Joined: 7/19/2002
Member: #298 USA
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Here's my .2 from a season ticket holder. First of all I'm glad I hawked my playoff tix on EBay. I made good coin and this team sucks and isnt worth paying to see as far as I am concerned.
Right now the Sox and Angels are thanking us for laying down a blueprint of how to suceed and win titles. To bad we no longer follow it.
A couple things... Gene Michael getting the boot is off the charts dumb. This is and was the only guy that could have saved us. He's the Jerry West of baseball, only better. Possibly the best talent evaluator in the game and GS kicks him to the curb. Great.
The "braintrust" starting with Cashman sucks. Look at the last 5 years worth of offseason aquisitions. These are the guys our GM put together to compete for a title:
2005 Wright, Pavano, Womack, Randy, Felix Rodriguez, Mike Stanton, Buddy Groom 2004 Gabe White, Kevin Brown, Tom Gordon, Javier Vazquez, Paul Quantrill, Miguel Cairo, Gary Sheffield, Kenny Lofton, Tony Clark, ARod, Travis Lee 2003 Chris Hammond, Matsui, Todd Zeile, John Leiber, Jose Contreras, Bubba Trammel 2002 Robin Ventura, Steve Karsay, Giambi, Rondell White, Sterling Hitchdick 2001 Mike Mussina
When you consider the resources the Yankees have, their willingness to trade farm players and their ability to take back large salary and eat contracts these moves just suck. Plain and simple they suck. They are only compounded by the huge cost it getting these guys here.
There is also ZERO patience. These guys get MAYBE a year and if they dont get it right by then they are gone, even if it means we have to eat some of their cash.
Look at the age of these players also.
All Cashman and the braintrust has done is they have poured so much money into every player and deal that its impossible not to make the playoffs.
Do I give him/them credit for Wang, Chacon, Small and Cano? No. Our pipeline sucks. Cano is nice, love Wang and Chacon. Small is a good 4th starter. Sorry, I'm not impressed though. Not when you look at the big picture and the resources available.
On the coaching: We dont manage pitchers well. Too many come here and stink. Joe doesnt manage a bullpen well, and he's a p*ssy when it comes to dealing with veteran starters. The fact that he's ok with these guys half assing it disgusts me. I dont want to hear about Randy's back getting "tweaked" Pitch the f-ing ball.
The ship is sinking, and Jeter and Mariano arent enough to keep it magically afloat. Instead the add old overpriced and underwanted talent at every position to fill the holes and are shocked that these guys fizzle when it counts the most.
Gonna be a long off season. May AJ Burnett will come for $50mm... heck, he's about .500 right?
Go get Juan Pierre to play CF. Go get BJ Ryan to take innings from the Penn. Take a shot on Roco Baldeli to get healthy. Send TB Pavano (paying70% of his $$ OF COURSE) along with Sturtze or Gordon for Baldeli and Gomes. Inject some speed, youth and toughness into this old crusty and weak team
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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