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Baseball Season Preview: New York Yankees

Chief Wahoo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:13:55 EDT

@Chad Sexington: Yeah, it's amazing what a little hate and one hundred and fifty million dollars in payroll can achieve.

Chief Wahoo

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Chad Sexington — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:40:11 EDT

G-d I love being a Yankees fan. The hate only makes us stronger.

Chad Sexington

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Talking Baseball — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:31:20 EDT

No offense to Ms. Blair, but maybe next year, ask a Yankee blogger who will give a real preview instead of a recap of last season to write this one. That's the second year in a row of a subpar preview for the Yanks.

Talking Baseball

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BklynJace — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:12:06 EDT

As a general rule I'm a fan of all things Blair. But the second I saw the word "Yankees" the blinding hatred took over, and that was pretty much that. So, um, what did this say?

/typical Met fan

BklynJace

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UncouthSloth — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:22:57 EDT

DO NOT WANT

/can get from tWWL

UncouthSloth

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Canadian Impostor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:47:39 EDT

@Tracy Ham and Eggs: I thought that Yankees fans didn't care about the Red Sox.

Canadian Impostor

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MitchKayak — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:39:50 EDT

You punched a red sox fan, I flipped off an 8 year old yankee fan.

Classy bunch we got here.

MitchKayak

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:04 EDT

@hector villanueva's posse: That's Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens, sir.

UpstateUnderdog

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:36:36 EDT

@Jefferson DArcy: my first game
[www.baseball-reference.com]

UpstateUnderdog

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hector villanueva's posse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:34:35 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog:

Good times. I well remember walking up to the box office on opening day, 1991 and buying two good seats right behind 3rd.

The "Hensley Meulens" years were good ones to be a Red Sox fan in NY. Thanks for the reminder.

hector villanueva's posse

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Jefferson DArcy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:29:31 EDT

Not a bad preview. Shame on you for not knowing who Latroy Hawkins is though. The Yanks always roughed him up as a Twin.

Since this is the Yankees fan childhood diary.... This was my first game I remember at the stadium. The Sox scored 9 runs in the first two innings and then the Yanks responded for 11 in the 3rd. They later won in extra innings and my father caught a foul ball hit by Wade Boggs and gave it to me. I remember fans in the Upper Deck lighting the tips of paper airplanes and throwing them at the people down below.

Quite the fun day for a 6 year old.

Jefferson DArcy

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Carlton_Whitfield — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:27:01 EDT

Too many parentheses.

Carlton_Whitfield

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Uecker Seats — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:25:13 EDT

Fuck the Yankees.

Thank you, I feel much better now.

Uecker Seats

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:19:13 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: also trying to forget that.

UpstateUnderdog

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:18:46 EDT

@The Teufel Shuffle: like I said they never pitched for the Yankees, either did Melido Perez

/trying to repress Yankee memories from 1990-1993

UpstateUnderdog

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Wyshynski — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:18:05 EDT

I don't believe a word of this.

Oh, I see: Amy Blair. My mistake.

Wyshynski

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The Gizmo from Pismo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:12:39 EDT

For what the Yankees did for us here at VT yesterday, I hope they win the whole thing.

The Red Sox would have boycotted it until the ACC declared Boston College the league champs for the upcoming season.

The Gizmo from Pismo

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:12:01 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog:

I remember when George rushed Jose Rijo up to the majors in 1984 in order to match Doc Gooden with the Mets. Almost destroyed his career. Took until he got to the Reds to recover.

UkraineNotWeak

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Afino — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:11:52 EDT

Joba Chamberlain once weighed 290 pounds and looks suspiciously like he might decide to eat Latroy Hawkins

Until Farnsworth threw him over his imaginary turnbuckle.

Afino

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:11:22 EDT

Tommy Shaw and Ted Nugent approve of this post.

Except the Nuge wishes there was something about hunting in it.

Weed Against Speed

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FightTiger — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:10:55 EDT

Even when they're "down", Yankee Fan is arrogant.

Reminds me a lot of kansas Fan.

Could do without both.

FightTiger

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The Teufel Shuffle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:10:29 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog: or Domingo Jean. Sadly, Taylor & Johnson started about 40 games in the Stump Merrill era.

The Teufel Shuffle

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Secret Identity — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:09:35 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog:

What about me??
-Brien Taylor

Secret Identity

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Secret Identity — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:08:17 EDT

But even so, it is undoubtedly nice to hang our hats again on homegrown young guys

A-Rod, Damon, Giambi, Abreu, Matsui, Mussina and (yes) Pavano probably equal or surpass the total salary of half the teams in the Majors.

Secret Identity

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parker91 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:07:41 EDT

@funsy49: you should have been here last year when she described being a Yankee fan as taking the best dump one can ever have. Pitchforks and torches were brought out in response.

parker91

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:06:09 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog: or Bobby Munoz

UpstateUnderdog

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Steve Trachsel, Ace — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:04:44 EDT

One bit of good news for the Yankees faithful, we all hate Red Sox fans more now.

Steve Trachsel, Ace

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Babcocksure — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:04:03 EDT

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Babcocksure

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:02:49 EDT

Taylor and Johnson never pitched for the Yankees. I just pray those guys aren't the next Sam Militello. yankee fans from the early 1990's know who I'm talking about.

UpstateUnderdog

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UkraineNotWeak — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:01:07 EDT

Torre was actually managing all those years. I thought he just sat there and picked his nose.

Who knew?

UkraineNotWeak

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Civil Negligence — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:01:06 EDT

My parents divorced in the early 1980s

Woah, woah, woah! This is Deadspin, not your psychiatrist's couch. Let's stick to the Yanks, please. Thank you.

Civil Negligence

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:48 EDT

YANKEES SUCK! YANKEES SUCK!

BigTenObsession

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dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:57:33 EDT

Whats going on with Robinson Cano is that he hits and fields baseballs exceedingly well.

dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac

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funsy49 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:57:32 EDT

I love the Yankees, but I wish we could have had a better preview.

funsy49

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LeNoceur — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:56:40 EDT

"But seriously..."

I wasn't aware she was being funny before that.

LeNoceur

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Raskolnikov — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:56:29 EDT

I'll tickle your toes with a peacock's feather, Amy Blair.

Raskolnikov

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BigRicks — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:54:10 EDT

@The Teufel Shuffle: You just made me vomit all over my keyboard. I feel like a Mets fan when someone mentions Isringhausen, Pulsipher, Wilson. Or Alex Ochoa & Escobar.

BigRicks

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Andrew — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:53:54 EDT

Being a nutritious meal might be the most useful thing LaTroy Hawkings has ever done for a baseball team.

Andrew

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BigRicks — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:52:22 EDT

I caught a Mike McFarlane homerun sometime in the early 90's in the right field seats at the Stadium, I must've been 9 or 10. Royals 7 Yankees 0, one of the most brutal games I've ever been to.

BigRicks

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The Teufel Shuffle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:52:11 EDT

Wade Taylor + Jeff Johnson + Scott Kamenicki > Hughes + Joba + Kennedy

The Teufel Shuffle

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Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah! — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:51:03 EDT

But to which Yankee would Amy Blair give a Smoky Tornado?

Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!

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J-No — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:50:35 EDT

I enjoyed the article. Especially the part where she punched the red Sox fan. Well done.

J-No

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Wilf — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:50:01 EDT

"A large dose of uncertainty? Yes."

Yes and no. It's pretty certain that the Yankees and their fans will continue to duel Red Sawx Nation for Douche-of-the-Year honors yet again.

Wilf

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supastah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:54 EDT

aside from the first graf, was this written by bill conlin? is there a real preview in there or just a collection of cliff notes gleaned from joel sherman columns?

supastah

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gunga galunga gunga - gunga galunga — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:05 EDT

I once hit a 70 year old woman wearing an A-Rod jersey, but that's because I thought it was A-Rod. Definitely one of my finer moments.

gunga galunga gunga - gunga galunga

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BigRicks — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:02 EDT

As a Yankee fan, I find myself grasping at the "good mix of young and old" angle that resulted in the 1996 World Series Championship.

Of course, I don't have them making the playoffs, but part of that is selfishness, since I have tickets to the final regular season game against the Baltimore Angelos.

BigRicks

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The Man with No Name — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:48:52 EDT

@The Man with No Name: with = without.

asshat.

It's my birthday, cut me some slack.

The Man with No Name

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Doyle McPoyle — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:29 EDT

There are fuckin' bugs all over me! They're- they're not coming off!

Doyle McPoyle

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MeSoHornsby — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:20 EDT

Shelly is a girl's name - HA HA!

/NMuntz

MeSoHornsby

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Lunatic Fringe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:10 EDT

Is there a "Fuck Da Yankees" girl ?

Lunatic Fringe

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UpstateUnderdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:46:29 EDT

Nicely done. My first Yankee game was in 1978, Chambliss hit a walk-off HR to beat the Rangers. Added bonus, it was Yankee batting helmet day sponsored by Dellwood dairy.

UpstateUnderdog

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HebrewHammer — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:46:03 EDT

Eater? I barely know her!

HebrewHammer

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The Man with No Name — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:43:48 EDT

You're not supposed to be so willing to accept abuse, or even ask for it. We can dish it out with ya asking for it.

Screw the Yankees!

/puts on Yankee Hater hat

The Man with No Name

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Evgeni Merkin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:42:43 EDT

I was saying Boo-urns.

/HMoleman

Evgeni Merkin