"What the hell is goin' on here, Joe ? Am I gonna have to get George Costanza down here to manage this team ?"
Posted on 04/17/2005 2:37:29 PM PDT by bikepacker67
BALTIMORE Apr 17, 2005 — George Steinbrenner is tired of waiting for his New York Yankees to get going. Now he's angry. Miguel Tejada hit his eighth career grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles roughed up Kevin Brown and completed a three-game sweep of New York with an 8-4 victory Sunday. The last-place Yankees (4-8) have dropped four straight and eight of 10 overall.
"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."
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Melvin Mora also homered for the Orioles, who took a 6-0 lead in the second inning and coasted to their sixth win in seven games. Baltimore improved to 5-1 against New York this season after their first sweep of the Yankees since 2000.
Tejada went 3-for-4 with two doubles, raising his batting average to .375 and his AL-leading RBI total to 18. He went 6-for-12 with eight RBIs in the series.
Daniel Cabrera (1-1) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings, and streaking Brian Roberts went 2-for-4 with a walk and scored a run. Roberts, who has a hit in all 12 games this season, is batting .449.
Ruben Sierra and Alex Rodriguez homered for the Yankees, whose four-game losing streak matches their longest skid of 2004. New York, which went 14-5 against Baltimore a year ago, has been outscored by the Orioles 47-26 this season.
Making his 2005 debut after spending the first two weeks on the disabled list with a strained back, Brown (0-1) allowed six runs and nine hits in six innings. The right-hander walked two and struck out three.
Brown retired the first two batters in the first inning before Mora hit his second homer. Tejada then doubled and scored on a single by Sammy Sosa, who went to third on a double by Rafael Palmeiro before Brown retired Gibbons on a fly ball.
That $100,000,000 pitching can't hold a lead!
What a baby, it's not even May yet. Go Red Sox!!!
Go Cubbbies
"What the hell is goin' on here, Joe ? Am I gonna have to get George Costanza down here to manage this team ?"
Uh, George .... YOU are the guy who assembled a 175 year old starting rotation.
Break out the roids. Pronto.
Hah!
So did Kevin Brown punch any walls after the game?
200,000,000 payroll.
He's wrecking the franchise, again. It slow,like rust on a car. He's give away too many good young farm players. Its a joy to see.
The big unit has been getting hit. 'Tis early in the season, but does my heart good to see the Yanks 4 games behind the leader.
You knew this was coming.
David Wells said on the Sox post game show that maybe Kevin Brown would break his other hand after his performance today.
But if you take away their 1-5 record versus the Orioles they yankees are 3-3. LOL!
Aw, c'mon George. You know you can't turn a super oil tanker on a dime. They've been on the wrong course for the last six months. After all, your yanks are coming off the biggest choke in playoff history against the mighty Red Sox from last October.
Psssssst George, every day your pitching staff is getting pounded. Heehee...
While I am a long-time Red Sox fan, I must say that the Red Sox win last year lost some lustre on account of the behavior of the Sox top brass during the election last year (the endorsement of Kerry) and also all the show-boating that went on after the victory. I'm talking about the tell-all books, the "Queer Eye" show and all the other distractions that the Red Sox allowed during the pre-season this year.
Bill Belichick wouldn't have stood for that nonsense for a New York minute. He would have kept the focus on the field. That's why Belichick and the Patriots have won three World Championships and are in good position to get even more.
Did you catch Brady on SNL last night?
Luckily for them they have to face Tampa Bay next. If they lose to them then the Boss is really going to go off the deep end.
ALL THE FREEPERS COLLECTIVELY SLAP O.M.I.W. IN THE FACE TO SHUT HIM UP.
Sorry...I deserved that...I started rooting for the Bosox in 1978...it's like a dream now...
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