Yankee4Life

They're gone. Jimmy10 and thebambino4ever were the same person on a duplicate account. Both are now suspended. The next time can someone please send me a PM about this because I don't read in this thread a lot. If I would have received a PM about this clown, he'd have been gone a few days ago. Sorry for his disruption in here.

Updated to 10-5 ...Believe me, I experienced no joy or sadness over watching the Cubs get swept in the divisional playoffs last night at Dodger Stadium. All I know is that from looking at the Cubs this year they had a very good team, were dominant throughout the course of the year and won a lot of games. Which was unlike a certain New York American League team that I will not mention right now. ...I do confess though that the only times I did openly root against the Cubs was when Alfonso Soriano was at the plate. And bless him, he didn't let me down. 1 for 14 in the series and he still looks like the same undiciplined and impatient hitter that I remember from five years ago in New York. ...I'll throw this out here for Cubs fans to answer. Do you think your team would be better without Soriano on it? ...One scary thought here. Can you imagine Soriano and A-Rod on the same team during an October playoff series? They'd combine to go 2 for 40. ...So Bobby Abreu wants a three year deal to stay in New York? I just hope the Yankees don't cave in and give it to him. Send him on his way along with Giambi. ...I still believe that the right way to bring the Yankees back to the top where they belong is to bring up their young players and not grab the seemingly good-looking free agents that will be out there next month. ...Tina Fey's got it all. She's beautiful and funny. ...For the first time since he's learned how to type, Bill Simmons finally wrote an interesting article about Manny Ramirez. ...I think the real truth behind the firing of Lane Kiffin this week in Oakland lies somewhere in the middle. ...Nothing that a nice winning streak won't cure for Oakland. God knows they are overdue.

This is NOT the correct forum to talk about stuff like that.

Updated to 9-28 ...Today's my 12th wedding anniversary. Time flies! Because it really does seem like yesterday that I got married. ...To celebrate, she got to pick what movie we went to see, so she picked Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere. Fair warning to everyone in here: it's a woman's movie. It was boring. Avoid this at all costs unless you want to impress someone. The best part about this movie was when the ending credits came up. ...Today's going to be one interesting final day in baseball. The White Sox (who have done nothing but choke) and the Twins fight for the Central title while the Mets and Brewers fight for the NL Wildcard. Doesn't matter to me who wins. ..It's still tough to accept that this is the final day that the Yankees will be playing. I just hope these Yankees take this thought into the off season and really think about it. That's if they really care at all. ...All I am really hoping for today is that the Yankee game can be played in Boston and that Mike Mussina can get his 20th win. And if he doesn't it will just fit in well with how this season has gone for the Yankees. ...Cheers to the Phillies for winning the east in the National League. Anyone but the Mets. And by the way, maybe they can win a game in the post season this year? ...Just thinking outloud for a second, but how many threads are going to be made in here this week for the divisional playoffs? :| ...I don't think anyone beats out Ryan Howard for MVP. ...It's nice to see Swingin' Soriano back around here and posting in this thread. ...It was sad to find out about Paul Newman. In fact, I didn't even know he had cancer. He was one good actor, the kind that Hollywood doesn't seem to have a lot of anymore. He was someone you could look up to on screen an off.

Updated to 9-21 ...It really is hard to believe that this is the last game at Yankee Stadium tonight. Time to get those DVR's going. ...Although it would be ironic that this also could be the day that the Yankees are mathematically eliminated from the wildcard race. ...If that's the case -and we all know it will- then I go to root for Tampa Bay in the playoffs or whoever wins the AL Central. There's no way I support Boston or the Angels. ...I am especially interested in where the Yankee deadwood will end up next season. Will Giambi go back to Oakland? Will Pettitte retire? How about Abreu? Is he back or what? Ah well, much too early to think about this now. ...I also get a chance to watch the Raiders today as they go to Buffalo to face the Bills. I'd love to have Oakland win this one just to shut up the Bills fans around here, who after a good start to this season, are thinking AFC Championship game already. ...For what it's worth for anyone following the Raiders, I think Lane Kiffin is doing a great job for them. ...Has anyone ever tried Media Monkey as an Mp3 player/organizer? It seems to be pretty good and I am starting to get into it, but I got a lot more to learn about it. ...Went into a department store last week and I saw Christmas trees up and on display. What the hell? ...Any movie with Kate Hudson starring in it is a movie I won't go to. ...The two movies I am waiting to see is The Express (the Ernie Davis story) and The Miracle at St. Anna. Even though I am no fan of Spike Lee, the previews to this look great. ...On a personal note not having nothing to do with this website, I'd just like to let my grandmother know I am thinking of her once again. She left us twenty-one years ago today and it seems like yesterday.

Updated to 9-14 (actually 9-15) ...I was out of town for the weekend and I came home yesterday around 12:30 pm or so but I could not find the strength to log on here all day because I have this bad cold and cough that I caught a few days ago. Not the right time to get it. I hope everyone had a good weekend. ...I spent the weekend -or I should say mostly Saturday- at the Silver Lake Fire Department in Brackney, PA. They had some kind of a raffle there where you can win some money so my mother-in-law invites my wife and I down there to accompany her. Usually this would have been a good idea. Everything there was free, food and drinks, you name it. But I was so sick I couldn't eat a thing. Just my :soap: :soap: luck. ...Even the beer was free. For me, I don't care about that because I don't drink, but I couldn't help but thinking of one of my fellow staff members here, a certain DJEagles, who likes to sample the suds every so often. :wink: This event last for five hours DJ and the beer was free for all that time. If DJ was at this thing, he'd move to Pennsylvania. ...From what I saw of it, Pennsylvania is a nice looking state. ...The people there on the other hand is another story all together. I never saw so many missing teeth on men and women ever in my life. They must serve chewing tobacco for breakfast down there or something. ...I missed a lot in sports. Oakland won against Kansas City for the first time in a long time and I couldn't be happier. Next week they go to Buffalo and I will be able to see the Raiders on TV. ...Don't get me wrong, I'm happy the Yankees won yesterday 8-4, but the big thing I got out of this game was the benching of Robinson Cano because of his season long laziness. It's about time Joe Girardi, that's all you really can say. I hope Cano is benched for the rest of the year. In fact, send the jackass home. ...Oh, by the way, high praises to you Derek Jeter for tying Lou Gehrig for the most hits at Yankee Stadium. You would have tied him over a month ago if you avoided hitting into so many double plays. Yeah, part of this year's classic flop falls right on you. So take your little milestone, wave to the crowd and go home. ...And look who else gets hot now? A certain multizillionaire Yankee third baseman. When the pressure's off, A-Rod can really hit that ball, can't he? ...What the hell, at least I don't have to stay up late for the playoffs next month.....but I really wanted to. :(

Updated to 9-7 ...First NFL Sunday, and that means a lot for many people across the country. I'm an NFL fan, Raiders by choice, but I can't watch my team until next week because they play tomorrow, at 10:15 pm, two and one half hours past my bedtime. Just my luck. ...Here's hoping the Patriots get beat up and beat up plenty this year. Belicheat deserves to be taken down a few pegs. ...Count me in among the plenty of people that have never heard of Sarah Palin. But then again, this is coming from someone that still thought George Pataki was governor of New York six months ago. Only the names change my friends, and nothing else. ...What a wasted week last week was. I did nothing but work and work overtime and that left me no time to come home and enjoy myself online or doing anything else. W-O-R-K is one of the worst four letter words in the English language. ...On to more important things in life. I think the Dodgers have seen all they need to see of Manny Ramirez and would be very unwise to let him leave after this year is out. This guy's done nothing but hit for them. ...Alfonso Soriano hit three home runs last night? Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes. And two of them were hit off of Johnny Cueto, who started the year out so well and then swan dived just like the rest of his Reds teammates once again. ...Speaking of swan dived, how did you like the Yankees performance on Friday night against a pitcher making his first major league start? They could not get a hit until the eighth inning and they still want to make everyone believe they are playoff caliber? ...With or without your moustache Jason, you still can't hit anymore. Thanks for your seven years in New York. Now get going. ...Take Rasner and Abreu with you. Among many others. ...Rocco Baldelli sucks. Just thought I'd share that with everyone.

Obviously you have not seen him play this year.

I don't really like to be negative on people's work around here no matter what they make. I'm talking about everything, a sig, a mod or the wallpapers in here. The concept of the wallpaper you made was fine, but to call Yankee Stadium the "House that A-Rod" built is just plain wrong. The Yankees are all about winning. I don't know what that guy's about. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give this wallpaper a 1 just because of the text you put in.

I did not get the chance because work got in the way. But I hope you were able to go.

I agree man. And you should see some of the stuff that has been said to me over the years. I should have saved them.

Good for you. Best of luck with this. Just watch, next month in the stores the *&(*&) trees will be up.

Updated to 8-31 ...Where did this summer go? Every time the calendar turns into the month of September it's like saying goodbye to an old friend once again. ...Here I am, just getting comfortable with the 1951 mod and these guys throw the 1969 season at me! All I can say about that is thank you !!!! You classics guys rule. ...Count me in as someone who does not welcome Instant Replay into Major League Baseball. ...Then again, I am still not sold on pitch counts, Interleague play or the DH yet. ...On a serious note, I am hoping for the best for the people down in the New Orleans area because of this storm approaching that section of the country. ...Watching the Tampa Bay Rays play baseball this year reminded me of how the Yankees used to play not that many years ago. ...Who has been worse for the Yankees this year, Alex Rodriguez or Robinson Cano? I really can't decide. I read today that A-Rod only has ONE RBI in the ninth inning this year (you read that right). That's it. And Cano has been playing like he's been in a coma since opening day. ...I've been following the Yankees a long time. I lived through the 1980's where they didn't win a thing. In 1990, just 18 years ago, they finished in last place. I got through that fine. But watching this year's collection of overpaid quitters go through the motions has been the worst year for me being a Yankee fan. ...I don't give a shit who they get rid of next year just as long as it isn't Joe Girardi. This is not his fault. ...Jeffery Donovan (Burn Notice) has really become one of my favorite actors. I love that show.

Updated to 8-24 ...I'm really happy for Carl Pavano and how he pitched yesterday. He's taken a lot of undeserved heat for his injuries, but he came back and pitched five good innings last night in Baltimore and won the game. Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy are still looking for their first win. ...This month, or I should say this year, has been a total whitewash for the Yankees. The highlight for August was Pavano's return last night. Before that, the Yankees have done nothing this month worth cheering for. ...Ok, enough talk about the Yankees. It's going to be a beautiful day around here and I want to enjoy it and that means I have no time to think about overpaid multimillionaires who can't get base hits when it counts. ...This is rare for me. I've got a political comment. I've never heard of this running mate for Obama, Senator Joe Biden. But for someone like me, that's not that hard to understand. It wasn't until last last year that I heard about Obama from people on this website and at that time, I thought Obama was his first name. ...No, I am not kidding. I am more interested in the happiness of the Boston sports fan than I am of following politics. ...The way I see it, if the Raiders finish at 8-8 this year it will be an accomplishment. That team has had nothing to boast about since their Super Bowl appearance a few years back. ...Every time I see a Cardinal (I'm talking about the actual bird here) flying around in my backyard, I always think of Stan Musial. ...I just stumbled onto this website here that shows full episodes of classic TV shows. Shows like Family Ties, Love Boat, Twilight Zone and Hawaii Five-O (among others.) I own the first four seasons of Five-O, but I've always liked watching the Twilight Zone. ...Do yourself a favor and try that new Ebbets Field mod that Paulw, Hyman and Rolie just released. Words can't describe how beautiful this ballpark is. Thank you for this. ...R.I.P. Gene Upshaw, a great Oakland Raider.

Thank you for that Olympic information! And, one of my favorite groups (the Doors) is from the 60's.

Updated to 8-17 ...The Olympics are always interesting. But I just hope that when the next one is played in 2012 it is in a time zone closer to the U.S. because I kind of like to watch the events live. ...How good is it to be Michael Phelps after the Olympics are finished? The guy's won eight gold medals and he's going to have the TV and advertising world eating out of the palm of his hand. ...Been wondering to know how everyone feels about the new Madden 09 game and if it was worth it buying this year? Or is it the same old thing with a new cover? ...I saw gas for $3.73 the other day. I should have taken a picture of it for proof. ...There's other people I know on this website that are more into music than I am and they know a lot more about it, but one thing I am very confident in saying is that the music from the 1970's is the worst I've ever heard -and this is coming from someone who lived in the 70's. I think the only people who like 70's music are the ones lucky enough not to remember it. ...And the 60's are not that close behind either. 8O ...Thank you to my wife for playing this music almost non-stop this weekend that gave me reason to cry-I mean write- about it. :| ...So the Yankees won in 13 innings yesterday against a Royals team that they are making look as good as the '27 Yankees. Big *&*(^&* deal. The Yankees were 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position. They squandered two bases-loaded chances and left 13 runners on base. Right there is their problem this year. ...Giambi's not the only problem, but he's part of it. He can take his moustache and pack his bags and go back to Oakland as soon as this year is done. He's 0 for 7 in this KC series and he's only stranded ten runners on base in these two games. He's doing great. ...Melky Cabrera got sent down recently for basically not doing anything at the plate but the real reason why he was sent down was because of his salary. People like Jeter, A-Rod, Giambi and that lazy son of a *&&%$ Cano make a lot more money than Melky and are doing just as bad at the plate. ...Truthfully, I don't give a damn who the Yankees get rid of at this point. This team rolls over and plays dead when they are behind.

Updated to 8-10 ...I went to my first baseball game of the year last night and it turned out to be the wrong night to go. It rained during the game and it got kind of cool after it finished raining. I saw the AAA team of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Indianapolis Indians play. ...We were almost late for the game because on the way to the game I missed the exit for the ballpark because that was the same time the Yankees were once again giving the game away to the Angels in the bottom of the eighth. ...The San Diego Chicken was at the ballpark last night. Amazing to me that this guy has been doing this since the late 70's. ...Scranton's coming to town in a few weeks. I might try to catch them before the season is done. I figure I may as well see one successful Yankee team this year. ...I know that by just looking at the standings that the Yankees still have a chance to win their division or the wildcard. But my gut feeling just tells me otherwise. ...It just seems to me that when the Yankees play the Angels they are just waiting to lose. You would think it would get these guys mad because of the way they are manhandled by that overrated team, but nothing is ever said. ...My God, I thought I hated Kevin Youkilis, but this guy right here has taken it to a higher level than even I could have. The funniest line for me was his comment about watching Youkilis play, "this guy must smell like an unwashed trucker after a 3 day cross-country trip." Read on, it's a funny piece. Youkilis supporters, you have been warned. And don't give me any flack about this. I didn't write it. Although I agree with it. ...Manny Ramirez is treating National League pitchers as if they are little league pitchers since the trade last week and the Dodgers have already sold over $125,000 worth of Manny jerseys since he's been on the team. I'm quite sure not one penny of that is from the New England area. ...I love the USA Network. The four shows I watch all the time are on it. Monk, Psych, In Plain Sight and Burn Notice. Give that Burn Notice show a chance. It will reel you in. ...I haven't watched the Olympics yet and probably won't. ...R.I.P. Bernie Mac. I was sorry to read about this yesterday when I logged on here. ...I have no interest at all in how Brett Farve is going to do with the Jets this year because I have enough problems hoping that the Raiders win a few games.

Ok, you got a point! How about if I say they are overrated?

Updated to 8-3 ...I'll be honest with you. I am still kind of shocked that Manny Ramirez is a Dodger now. It seemed like there were always rumblings about him being traded but it never happened. ...Manny's antics were not funny to me. I don't like the way he plays the game. But when he slapped Kevin Youkilis in the head earlier this season, even I had to laugh. ...Yours truly here hardly ever has anything nice to say about the Red Sox team and organization, but I have to make a huge exception in this case. Ramirez quit on the team and the Red Sox refused to play his games anymore. Good for them. ...Any week that Kyle Farnsworth is traded off of your favorite team automatically has to be a very good week. ...Now watch him be lights out for Detroit. ...And if you think I am sold that the Yankees are going to make the playoffs, think again. People look at me like I am nuts when I say this is a bad hitting team, but I believe it. They get shut down too easy too many times for my liking. ...Mvp 08 gets released this week and it becomes a huge hit right away. It does not surprise me at all. They did a great job. ...Before this mod was released there was a lot of complaining about it. People wanted it right away. But now that it is out, I don't see a lot of the complainers taking five seconds out of their day just to thank the modders for what they did. And that just isn't right. ...99.9% of the people that are on this site and on Eamods are pretty decent people who just want to grab their mods, talk some baseball and have a good time. Most of us are members of both websites. But it takes idiots like the couple we had in here creating multiple accounts and causing trouble to make one or the other site look bad. There's no room for people like that on either site. ...Funny story about seeing a rabbit the other day. If any of you have ever had the chance to see a rabbit, when they see you, they take off and hop away. Well, not this little guy when he saw me coming. I could almost read his mind. When he saw me approaching him and the way I was walking, he just sat there and it was like he was thinking "I got nothing to worry about with this guy, he'll never get near me." ...I wish I could be offered 2 million a year by someone to not come to work like Brett Farve. Of course, I'd say. Where do I sign?

Good luck with game three rookie_rick. Maybe Jeter can ground into a key double play for you to help you out. He's good at that.

I love the graphics in this presentation!

You know, I kind of glance over everyone's dynasties but I never saw this one. This looks great. Have fun man!

Mark, it's not that far of a drive. But the trouble is the timing of it. I get out of work at 4:30 (if I finish on time) and by the time I get home and shower up, it will be past 5 pm. By the time the wife gets home, it will be close to 6 pm. And there is always a long line for popular players like this. Hell, the line for Jim Kaat was unbearable. Gates open at 6 and they only sign for an hour or so. I'd have to be there around five just to stand in line.

Updated to 7-27 ...Ok Yankees, you got your two guys. Now let's not make any other trades. Up until July 31st, I am going to be very worried. ...The thing I am concerned about with the trade the Yankees made to get Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from Pittsburgh is losing Jose Tabata. I thought this guy was a future star for the Yankees and it's tough to let something like that go. ...I hope that they don't trade for pitching help before this trade deadline is up because there is some pitching depth coming back to the team very soon. Phil Hughes and Chien Ming Wang will be back, Ian Kennedy has been doing well down in AAA, Brian Bruney will be coming back soon and Carl Pavano is on his way back. ...With the acquisition of Nady, does this mean Bobby Abreu's days are numbered? ...I have no doubt that if Joba Chamberlain ever has to give Kevin Youkilis an intentional walk that Youkilis would cry and moan that Chamberlain was throwing at him in that situation also. Youkilis is nothing but a complainer, from sunup to sundown. ...I sure miss having Fuzzone around here, among many others over the years. ...I work near an apartment complex and this week the landscaping people put down mulch there. The odd part about it was that it had a terrible smell to it, kind of like a vinegar smell. Imagine smelling that on a hot summer day when there's no way you can escape from it. And I have no idea why it smelled like that. I've seen mulch put down in many places and it never had an odor. Until now. ...There's nothing like being caught in the rain during a summer shower, provided of course you are near your home so you can go change as soon as it's done. ...NFL training camps opened this week and the Buffalo Bills once again are training at St. John Fisher college, a school not that far from where I live. Maybe ten minutes or so. I've never seen the Bills practice once. Why should I? I'm an Oakland fan. ...Ron Guidry will be at Frontier Field on Monday the 28th. I am on the fence about going there and getting his autograph. ...My next entry in this thread will be after the month of July is done. This has been a very fast month, like always. August will fly by too.