Butch Wynegar worked out well in N.Y. :eek:

Young teams will occassionally go on a good run, especially when playing in a league with no good teams. Has nothing to do with the character of the players on the team, just with how they were playing. When it came down to it though they got beat up on by the Red Sox with Manny Ramirez who has always been considered a clubhouse cancer yet has never actually adversely impacted his team.

I think the whole Red Sox clubhouse loves Manny. The media plays that up because he is a dick to them.

How can't you love someone with the most hilarious hair in baseball, and is probably the biggest smart ass with a bat, ever.....

They look a lot like that right now. Arod or Jeter gets hurt, the old guys continue to regress, one of the young pitchers doesnt make the season (which is almost a certainty)...and you are looking at third place. They will be in a better spot next year when the young pitchers have another year under their belts, I believe Giambi, Damon, Petitte and Mussina's contracts are up (maybe Matsui too) which should give them lots of capital to work with. They will need to find a left fielder, 1st baseman, catcher and some established starters and a set up guy. It is simply unreasonable to protect the young guys arms then have them throw 200 innings this year. They need bounce back years from older, regressing players which is not likely, Posada is almost a guarantee to bounce from a career year, Arod will be hard pressed to repeat his year, Melky has to improve and the bullpen has to keep from imploding. And thats without even mentioning that Rivera was not nearly as dominant last year as he had been.

1992 New York Yankees American League 76 86 .469 20.0
1991 New York Yankees American League 71 91 .438 20.0
1990 New York Yankees American League 67 95 .414 21.0
1989 New York Yankees American League 74 87 .460 14.5
1988 New York Yankees American League 85 76 .528 3.5
1987 New York Yankees American League 89 73 .549 9.0
1986 New York Yankees American League 90 72 .556 5.5
1985 New York Yankees American League 97 64 .602 2.0
1984 New York Yankees American League 87 75 .537 17.0
1983 New York Yankees American League 91 71 .562 7.0
1982 New York Yankees American League 79 83 .488 16.0

Actually, not as bad as I thought...expect that four year run into the 90's

And extreme luck. By the way they have better than slightly above average talent. Holiday is the best offensive outfielder in the game, Hawpe is a good player, Atkins is a top 5 or 6 3rd baseman, helton is still a very good player at first, Tulowitski is a very good SS, maybe one of the top 5 already...

Just because you never heard of them before the playoffs does not mean they are no good.

He didnt work out that well in MN

With that said....who is better at this point, the Mets or Yankees?

He was better there, than here.

Funny how the clubhouse is happy when winning and a mess when they are not. The key is that the happiness comes from the winning, not vice versa

And he puts up the numbers

Mets because they play in the NL. With Bonds, Mets hands down.

EASY with Tulowitski, ONE YEAR....The only guy I didn't know about was Hawpe....I have been a Helton fan for a while and Holiday always gets my attention because he is so bald already.

You could make the argument of Carlos Guillen over Tulowitzki but at worst he's the sixth best SS in baseball at this point and certainly has more room to improve than Guillen.

YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF YOUR MINDS....he had ONE YEAR. If he backs it up this year THEN he is good.

And he is already the 4rd best SS in the NL behind Rollins and Reyes and Ramirez

gullien is a 1st baseman now

And if you factor in defense Tulowitzki moves up ever further. Here are their range factors last year:

Tulowitzki - 5.33
Rollins - 4.36
Ramirez - 4.09
Reyes - 4.05
Guillen - 3.88
Jeter - 3.80

He utterly dominates the others when it comes to defense.

He was tremendous last year. He aint Angel Berroa

What makes you think he wouldn't? If nothing else his defense alone puts him in the top tier.

He is already better than any SS in the history of the Cubs with the exception of Ernie Banks (of course) and maybe Joe Tinker

That's true. I guess anytime your range factor gets almost as low as Jeter it is time for a position switch.

I guess Bill Dahlen but that was before 1900. TT will be better than Joe Tinker too.

low blow

I can't believe that two half way intelligent people are getting this nuts over Troy Tulipulitz.

Lets take it easy until this year. He produces same numbers or exceeds, then you guys can get on his horse...

Wow, he had a .987 fielding percentage with that range factor? That is absolutely sick. Ozzie Smith in 1982 is the only defensive season by a SS that even compares to what Tulowitzki did last year. And the kid is only 22.

He was born in my hometown.....well, across the river in Nelliston. He has the fourth longest hitting streak (42) behind Rose & Joe D and should be in the Hall of Fame. I got a T-206 Brooklyn Nationals card from 1909

Got a T 206 Honus Wagner?

I wish :) my pride and joy is 1953 Topps baseball complete....the condition is anywhere near mint, but I paid well over $250 for the Mantle & Mays each in fair to poor condition. The "high number" set though, is in great condition. I would rate mine set around $3,750 in it's condition.

Adding a player of Bonds' ability can never be a bad thing. The end.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03092008...ll__101072.htm

This about locks it up. When a genius writer like Joel Sherman disagrees using rhetoric and supports Endy Chavez for the role you know you are right.

They should have never got rid of Xavier Nady

At the time they had to replace the loss of Duaner Sanchez. In the long run it was a bad deal, but they obtained Roberto Hernandez at the time.