Posted on 04/04/2005 10:13:03 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Francesa won't be kind tomorrow.
Boston's beating up on Tampa again.
Mount Steinbrenner rarely erupts this early in the year, but I suspect it'll happen soon.
So, even our only dependable pitching hope failed? Sheesh! This staff is brutal.
Still, bringing the kerosene-soaked Flash Gordon into tight spot is never a good thing, is it?
Lol, Francesa's critique oughta be a riot! He is mucho p*ssed enough at the Yanks' horrendous performance thus far (Is Joe's job in jeopardy?) The Boss might explode with one more loss tomorrow on national TV.
Boston's got TB's number -- that's not surprising.
Yanks get Tampa for two in the Bronx early next week. The boo-birds will be out in force.
He's now 3 - 0.
2 - 0.
6 - 0.
Answer: 0
Very soon:
BALTIMORE (AP) -- George Steinbrenner isn't paying $200 million in player salaries to watch his New York Yankees sputter along in last place.
The outspoken owner waited all of two weeks before demanding that his team start winning -- or else.
"Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed as I'm sure all Yankee fans are by the lack of performance by our team,'' Steinbrenner said in a statement issued immediately after the game.
"It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to turn this around.''
Torre, who held a brief team meeting after the game, did not take Steinbrenner's comments lightly.
"He's right. What are you going to say? I'm not going to dispute that,'' the manager said. ``If I try to defend what we've been doing, you'd have to check my sanity. This stuff out here is not pretty. We have to make it better. No question.''
"What did you expect him to say, we're playing great? Keep up the good work?'' Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. ``We haven't been playing well. It's easy to see. We just have to turn it around. That's basically it.''
"Kevin Brown's first inning of work this year: gave up a homer, two doubles, and a single.... 2 - 0."
Didn't see the early meltdown NOR the game (thankfully) but I see Brown was it again.
Can the guy get by just inning two of a game without burying the Yankees in an early 6-0 hole?
He's horsesh*t. Had he any postgame excuse this time??
"Mount Steinbrenner rarely erupts this early in the year, but I suspect it'll happen soon."
Me yesterday:
" The Boss might explode with one more loss tomorrow on national TV."
Steinbrenner today:
"Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed as I'm sure all Yankee fans are by the lack of performance by our team....
"It is unbelievable to me that the highest-paid team in baseball would start the season in such a deep funk. They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to turn this around."
Lol, do we know our Steinbrenner??
And I wonder what the vibe in the clubhouse is? This is why they shouldn't have unloaded Cairo and Lieber -- two real positive forces in the clubhouse as opposed to A-Rod and Brown's poison.
Do you think Torre will survive if the Yanks fall 10 games off the pace?
This pitching staff can't keep on giving up 7-8 runs a game. Mussina actually should have 2 wins that the pen blew for him.
No way a guy as respected as Torre gets the mid-season axe. ....no matter how far behind they are. But the players are far from safe. ....with the exception of Jeter and Matsui.
That contract would be impossible to unload.
Tino just hit a grand slam to make it 13 - 0 in the second inning, and everyone in the starting lineup already has at least one hit. ....even Posada.
15 - 8 in the 6th.
Wright's line: 5.1 in., 11 hits, 8 runs.
If they lose this game.......
You're right. Torre ain't goin' no way no how before the end of the year. And yeah, Jeter and Matsui are the ONLY untouchables.
Heh -- a 13-run rally tonight? So who cares that they bludgeoned a sickly Tampa Bay team?
Of course people will attribute Boss Steinbrenner's rant as being exactly the fire under the Yanks' @ss that they required. Tonight Susyn Waldman (calling Yankee radio games with John Sterlig) laughed at the notion.
The buzz with Mike and the Mad Dog today? They were finding the Yankee players' and Torre's arduous task of handling awkward media questions about their constant losing quite humorous....
...AND also began drawing parallels with the Yankees 1964-1965 teams that went from first to old and uncompetitive in ONE year.
Still, he got the win, and unbelievably is 2-1.
A bit before my time, but I clearly remember the Yanks losing four straight (after winning the first two) to the Dodgers in the '81 Series and then completely self-destucting the following year, going 79 - 83 and commencing a 15 year World Series appearance drought during which time Steinbrenner went Krakatoa every other minute while seaching for the right formula.
Tonight's 13-run 2nd was their biggest inning ever at Yankee Stadium, btw.
Another disaster tonight. Johnson coughing up gopher balls like he's pitching BP. Gordon comes in and both inherited runners immediately score charged to the Unit. Mo might be hurt (hand hit with come-backer).
Post-game comments by Kaat and Kay: "Shocking" performance by Johnson. "Yanks had their chances."
I just read that the fans "booed Gordon heartily."
Lol, heard it on the radio.
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