OT: Yankees with three consecutive walk-off wins

[tbob]

Todd:
Tori Hunter- Twins got nothing, let him walk.
Johann Santana- Twins got Gomez and his . 178 BA who now plays defensively in the 9th inning, Mulvey and Humber, both pitchers in the minors and both very mediocre AAA players
Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza- Garza is one of the rising stars among young pitchers and was the MVP of the AL championship series, Bartlett was the Rays MVP last year, is hitting over .350 and is the glue in the Rays defense. We got Delmon Young who is a defensive liability, has little or no power and Brendan Harris who Gardenhire hates and will not play.
Mike Lamb, Adam Everett, Senor No-Smoke Guardado, Craig Monroe, Livan Hernandez, all busts and out of the organization after 1 year.
"Arm pit" Ayala, a free agent acquistion from the Nats who was the worst pitcher on the worst team in the majors last year and has stunk it up.
Now, please tell me how in 2 years GM Bill Smith still has a job. He is a joke and the worst GM in baseball. I truly expect him to use Joe Maurer through the 2010 season and then trade him as free agency nears for another bag of rocks. Look for Maurer in pinstripes in 2011. I despise Smith as do most Twins fans for doing absolutely nothing to help the Twins win a very winnable AL Central.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by tbob

Todd:
Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza- Garza is one of the rising stars among young pitchers and was the MVP of the AL championship series, Bartlett was the Rays MVP last year, is hitting over .350 and is the glue in the Rays defense.

Bartlett is actually hitting .384 and while he was Tampa Bay's MVP last season he's playing much better this season. And Garza is only one of the top pitchers in baseball and was, as you pointed out, the MVP of the ALCS last year.

But wait until the All-star break: surely they'll be back in the minors -- with Carlos Gomez and Phil Humber.

[Kehfee]

So with the Yanks sweeping the Twins. How many games did they pick up on the Jays?

[Orioles1954]

I think the Blue Jays have officially joined the AL Central without telling anybody. Once they play some AL East teams, they will fall off a bit.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Who knew the highlight of the Yankees season and new stadium would be an exciting sweep of the Twins. The worst was Aroid hitting the walkoff, if it was Jeter it would be much easier to cope with. We lost every game but it sure was exciting to watch and pulled the Yanks out the mud, for the moment.....

[chris6net]

As a diehard NY baseball fan it is sad what the Yankees have been doing. Fans have seen their season tickets for decent seats gone up at least 5 times from last years prices(many being season ticket holders for 20+ years) and charging $32 for parking. This is not to mention the $2600 per game ticket fiasco. The Yankees have become very arrogant to the average fan not letting down to the field level without a proper ticket during batting practice(this might change slightly because of public outcry). The latest disgrace as reported in todays Daily News is that Monday after the Twins game they refused to let John Gordon the longtime Twins anouncer on the team bus even though he had the proper credentials and he was escorted away by security and had to wait an hour to get on the bus. This is just one of the horror stories coming out of the new Yankee Stadium. Attendance is down almost 7 thousand a game. As nice as the new stadium is the refurbished original was just fine as the fans were right on top of the action and they drew over 4 million every season since Alex Rodriguez joined the Yankees. It is sad but it seems like the new ballpark was built to such ecess to cater to the wealthy at a cost of 1.3 Billion dollars. In this economy the Yankees excesses are backfiring. Arrogance will cost the Yankees in the long run as they drive the average fan away.

[ChiefBenderForever]

George Will just wrote a great article on how Greed in a free market society eventually comes back to bite the Greedy, the whole time reading it I was thinking about the new Yankee stadium and BIN Ebay sellers. I really think the Red Sox are watching this and thinking very seriously about never tearing down Fenway. I still can't believe they tore down the house that Ruth built, that would be like Rome taking down the Colosseum it is just plain wrong. And for the new prices, it is shameful and a slap in the face to the average Yankee fan, and all baseball fans.