Yankee4Life

Thank you very much!

They'll need more than luck.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Ian Kennedy works against the Miami Marlins during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2014, in San Diego.

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

I've hated Posada for years now. He was a terrible catcher and he was a rally killer because he always grounded into double plays at the worst possible times. And to top it off during his last year on the team when he was hitting below .200 he got dropped to ninth in the lineup and he threw a fit and refused to play. NoMaas had a very funny image of the incident.

I don't think that had anything to do with why he sucks right now. I seriously question the drive of any of these players once they get these huge, guaranteed contracts.

Nice image of the Cubs - White Sox game tonight. Ryan Kalish of the Chicago Cubs hits a triple against the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd inning at U.S. Cellular Field on May 8, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

I sure did, The guy did a good job and I hope his arm is ok.

I can see the Yankees retiring Joe Torre's number. But does everyone think that Paul O'Neill, Rich Gossage and Tino Martinez deserve plaques in Monument Park? And next year Bernie Williams will join them. I'm all for it just as long as Jorge Posada never gets a plaque.

Good question. But I'll tell you something, this guy's been releasing these quality portraits for years now and he does a hell of a job. He doesn't post that much because of the language barrier but his work speaks for itself.

Thank you! Great job!! 谢谢

For those who do not believe that the Yankees scored five runs in the first inning the YES Network will be re-broadcasting the game at 9:00 am and again at noon today. I have to see this for myself.

What the hell is up with the Phillies? I tend to notice teams that are doing worse than the Yankees right now.

Personally I do own this game but I do know you need to provide more information than this. What OS do you have? What mods have been installed? There could be other factors with the 2k game that I don't know about but giving more information about your problem is always helpful when trying to solve it.

Don't say or do anything religious. Eventually you'll want to go home.

Those two people you are talking about are modders on this website and around here that means a lot. Constructive criticism is always welcome here like suggestions or questions about the mod to the modder himself. Not every mod is for everyone. We all get that. But don't put down someone else's work because it doesn't match up to your expectations. Either try another roster or wait for an updated version of the roster or if none of those is what you want you can make your own roster.

I'm so glad I was asleep when Captain Millions grounded into that double play to end the Yankee threat.

Your best bet is to install portraits with the TiT program (Total Installer Thingy.)

Now that the Yankees are out on the west coast tonight I don't have to worry about a book. They'll put me to sleep by the 2nd inning.

Yes I did.

Christy Mathewson The dominant pitcher of his era and one of five all-time greats originally inducted into the Hall of Fame, Mathewson looked like the classic American hero: tall, blond, and blue-eyed, with a reputation for clean living and good sportsmanship that was often held up as a splendid example for the nation's youth. While those virtues were surely exaggerated, his pitching skills were not. He retired with 372 wins (fourth all-time), 78 shutouts (third), and a 2.13 ERA (fifth). The son of a gentleman farmer, Mathewson attended Bucknell University, where he was class president, an excellent field goal kicker, and, of course, star pitcher. Leaving Bucknell in 1899 to pitch for Taunton (New England League), he advanced to Norfolk (Virginia League) the following year and went 20-2. The Giants bought him for $1,500, but returned him to Norfolk when he lost his first three decisions, declaring the deal cancelled and demanding their money back. He was then drafted by the Reds for $100 and traded to the Giants for sore-armed Amos Rusie who had not pitched since 1898. Reds' owner John T. Bush was about to buy the Giants and wanted a promising pitcher when he got there. In 1901 Mathewson won 20 games with a 2.41 ERA for the Giants, but manager Horace Fogel still did not believe his young star would win consistently, and had him practice at first, shortstop, and in the outfield. John McGraw arrived in mid-1902 to quickly put a stop to such experiments, and from 1903 to 1914 Mathewson never won fewer than 22 games. Mathewson's pitching was marked by intelligence, good mechanics, and outstanding control (he walked only 1.6 batters per nine innings), but he also had a magic pitch. Today's screwball, he called it his "fadeaway," a reverse curve that broke in to righthanded batters. Thrown with an extremely unnatural twist of the arm, he rarely threw more than a dozen a game, but the threat was always there. Combined with his other outstanding pitches, it made him one of baseball's rare masters. He could breeze through a game on 75 or 80 pitches, often holding something back for what he called "pitching in a pinch" (the name of his book). Mathewson was only 14-17 in his second full season, but led the NL with eight shutouts and posted a fine 2.11 ERA. The following year he won 30 games and led the league in strikeouts, feats he would repeat in 1904 and 1905. In the 1905 World Series, Matty turned in one of baseball's best postseason performances, shutting out the Athletics in Games One, Three, and Five, allowing only 14 total hits, as the Giants took the Series 4-1. In 1906-07 Christy's brother Henry pitched three games for the Giants, going 0-1; until Gaylord and Jim Perry broke their record, Christy and Henry held the record for wins by brothers. Mathewson's finest regular season was 1908, as he led the league in wins (37), ERA (1.43), strikeouts (259), and shutouts (12), but the Giants finished a game behind the Cubs. Between 1911 and 1914 Mathewson won 98 games to young Grover Alexander's 96, but when Matty slipped to 8-14 in 1915 Alexander won 31, and the mantle of the league's best pitcher was passed. In 1916 he was traded to the Reds, where he won the one game he pitched before leading them to two fourth-place finishes as manager. When he retired, Matty had won the ERA title and the strikeout crown five times each and had led the NL in wins and shutouts four times each. Off the field, public reputation aside, some found him brusque and stand-offish, others said he had a swelled head. He was also known to break a contract, once signing with the Philadelphia Athletics before changing his mind and jumping back to the Giants. Still, he lent considerable prestige to the players' unionizing efforts in 1912, and while managing once suspended Hal Chase for "indifferent playing." He was also one of the few to publicly state he thought the White Sox were throwing the 1919 World Series. Enlisting as an Army captain in 1918, he served overseas and was gased in a training exercise, thereafter suffering from tuberculosis. He coached with the Giants in 1919-20, but spent much of his time upstate, fighting TB. He served as part-time president of the Braves in 1923, and died two years later at the age of 47.

Terry Moore A popular and classy centerfielder with speed and a strong arm, Moore was considered among the league's best. Underrated because he was overshadowed by more colorful teammates, he was captain of two Cardinal World Championship teams (1942 and 1946). As a rookie in 1935, he hit two doubles and two homers in one game, and a few weeks later went 6-for-6 in another. He was an All-Star from 1939 through 1942, a stretch during which he hit .295. Moore put together a 20-game hitting streak in 1942 and entered the military that fall. He seemed to have lost his batting eye, but not his fielding flair, when he returned in 1946. He was kept out of the lineup by an old knee injury. He had nine consecutive hits and rebounded for a .283 average in 1947. Retiring after 1948, he was a Cardinals coach in 1949-52, and again in 1956-58 after managing the Phillies for part of 1954.