Yankee4Life

Updated to 11-23 ...I've never heard of anyone having a gluten free Thanksgiving Swingin Soriano, but I hope you enjoy it. Also, I hope the Cowboys lose too. I've been a Cowboy hater since way back. ...After all this time I have put Guns n Roses out of my mind. Seventeen years is way too long to go without releasing anything new. They'll never recapture the sound they had from the Appetite for Destruction that really made them what they are, or I should say were. ...I'm on vacation as I write this. I have not been on one since the middle of July and I feel great. I'll be gone at the end of the week because I'll be out of town for the holiday at my wife's hometown. I should have Internet access though so I'll be ok. ...I better have Internet access down there because the games on TV that day are going to suck. In case you don't know the NFL Thanksgiving schedule, here it is. Read it and yawn. Game one is Tennessee at Detroit. Tennessee will only win by 30 or 40 points. Next is Seattle at Dallas. Another two teams I don't give a *&^% about. And at 8:15 pm on the NFL Network it is Arizona at Philadelphia. At least the improving Cardinals may make this game worth tuning in. The sad part is that a lot of people don't have the NFL Network. I have it because I have DirectTV. It's not that bad. ...I noticed that Wikipedia has a goal of six million dollars for donations. Good luck with that. ...Snow came early this year around here as we got hit every day this week with the white stuff. You should see the people every year that apparently have forgotten how to drive in this weather. They're the ones who go off the side of the road or hit a stop sign and they don't know why. ...This also goes for people that try to shovel their driveway and fall down right on their knee that they recently had surgery on. I will not give you the name of the person that did this since I am sworn to secrecy. ...I love Jennifer Love Hewitt and her show Ghost Whisperer. ...It's nice to see that the Yankees appointed Hal Steinbrenner in charge of the team and it's also refreshing to see that they seem to be using their heads when it comes to the free agents this year. ...I was originally upset to find out that Dustin Pedroia was named MVP but after thinking about it I had a change of heart. It's not that I'm happy he won it. Hell no. I'm just hoping that Robinson Cano was paying attention to this because Cano is supposed to be a better hitter and fielder than Pedroia but he sure as hell doesn't act like it. He may be a better player than Pedroia but Pedroia plays the game a lot better than that lazy SOB and truth be told, I'd rather have Pedroia playing second base for the Yankees instead of that sack of crap that is out there right now. ...Time to go enjoy my vacation. Everyone have a great week and a wonderful holiday!!

Yes, I heard about the stabbing but I don't know any of the details. Good luck in school. And try that place out if you get a chance. It's really nice.

Updated to 11-16 ...Either I'm the only one that's got a random thought around here lately or else I'm the only one who hasn't been busy. :wink: ...Every time my wife watches the QVC channel I get nervous. ...Why are the Yankees overbidding on CC Sabathia? Why are they bidding at all? Stay in the National League. ...Honestly, I am not even sold on the other free agent pitchers the Yankees are drooling at (Derek Lowe and AJ Burnett.) ...Take care Darrell Rasner and enjoy Japan. At least for a time last season you did a good job (which was more than I can say for Robinson Cano) but towards the end you were terrible. ...I was in YankeexDev territory a few nights back when my wife wanted to go to the village of Webster because they have a Friendly's restaurant there. Webster's a fine place and I enjoy it every time I go there but I hate Friendly's because it is always wall to wall three year olds each time I walk in there. Also, it was a 20 minute wait to sit down. I'm not a big fan of ice cream in the first place so I have no problem avoiding this place. ...This next random thought is for YankeexDev too. Have you tried Five Guys burgers in Henrietta? It's not a bad place, decent prices and food but the only drawback is that it's located in Henrietta, which of course is the most highly congested areas in the city. I avoid Henrietta at all costs. ...Just to let you all know, every time I go out I don't go to some place to get something to eat. Why just this morning when I left the house before I started posting in this thread I went to go get the paper. ...It's freezing out today, I just let the dogs out and while I was out there I realized how much I miss not having baseball around. You never are aware how much you miss something until it's gone and not part of your every day life. ...Next week, on vacation. It has been a long time coming.

A two year bump? That's got to be a record around here!!! Hahahahaha

Updated to 11-9 ...I am sure I am speaking for many when I say that I am very happy this election stuff is all over with. Between the presidential and the local ones, I had enough. ...Ok, I read about fights every day, but when Monks fight, it's going to make the news. You just don't expect to hear about stuff like that. I think the real reason why they started to fight was that one of them sneaked in a hip-hop CD and started playing it, which caused the fight. ...Of course, I'll give hip-hop fans like MarkB equal time for a rebuttal. ...I am still at the stage of muting all the Christmas commercials I see on TV because I still think it's too early for this sh**. ...I got relatives here this weekend from out of town. I'm up early doing my random thoughts because everyone's still asleep. These people are night owls who go to bed very late. What's on my mind is that I am wondering if they are going to ask us to go down there for Thanksgiving in a few weeks. ...If I do, my laptop goes with me this time and I'm going to install a few season mods on it. I got to have something to do while they are out shopping on Black Friday. ...I was kind of disappointed to see Willie Randolph go to the Brewers as a bench coach because I was kind of hoping he'd come back to the Yankees for that same position. ...Although I understand they have other things on their mind. Given the choice of Texiera or Sabathia, I would take Mark Texiera. ...It's easy watching football these past few years when you are a Raider fan because you know your season ends in October. ...Pay no attention to that rumor of Kraw joining Obama's staff. Many people were worried about this because it could have meant the cancellation of Mvp 09.

Updated to 11-2 ...I hope everyone had a good time on Halloween. Around where I live it was a pretty good day for the kids weather wise, so they were able to be outside and not freeze. We had the usual batch of kids, all dressed up as pirates and goblins, etc. You know, the usual stuff. But there was one kid who dressed up in a baseball uniform. A Red Sox one. My wife made me give him candy. ...Thank God that Tuesday is election day. All I get these days in the mail is political crap. ...Go to Tim Horton's on election day and get a free donut. I'd rather have an iced coffee, thank you. ...Look, I have no problem with the Phillies winning the World Series. They earned it. But during the victory celebration I think Chase Utley went a little too far. There's no reason to swear like that in public. Yeah, I know I hear that word every single day, but there had to be little kids in that crowd and they didn't need to hear it. ...Well, free agency is going to start soon and the only thing I can hope for is that the Yankees don't spend their money like idiots. ...I think the Dodgers have enough money to keep Manny wearing their uniform. At least I hope so. It would be hard to picture him in a Yankee uniform. I mean how could the Yankees forget how this guy behaved in Boston and why would they think he would behave here? They had to see what was happening in Boston. ...This is the most depressing part of the year for me. The World Series just got done, baseball's in the books for another season and a long terrible winter is ahead. That's why I'm down in the dumps today. ...The World Series drew record lows in ratings this year. Is anyone surprised? I bring this up only because in the post before this one, Swingin Soriano had some very good ideas about what baseball should do to fix this problem. I think they are pretty good and I also think because they are so good they'll be ignored. When you have games that start at 8:30 at night and have a ton of commercials thrown in, you are not going to get a lot of ratings. That's one reason why kids get interested in other sports because they can't watch an entire post season game. Hell, I can't even anymore. ...Is it too early to think about vacation? I got the Thanksgiving week off. I need it. ...One more depressing thought: Christmas is next month. Oh man, I am really not doing good. :)

I'd love to listen to those Harwell CD's.

Updated to 10-26 ...From what I've been reading, I have been missing a pretty good World Series so far. Problem is I just can't stay up that late to see any of it. ...And that's one of baseball's biggest problems. These games are on late at night. You got to blame FOX and Bud Selig equally for this. ...Not that I am complaining or anything, because I'm not, but has it been explained to people why the gas prices are dropping now? ...This is the last full week of having to listen to all this political crap on TV. And on the radio. And at work. But not here. Because I don't read those threads. ...Those "Mac vs PC" ads on TV are funny. ...Nothing makes me happier right now than reading articles like this that tell of CC Sabathia's firm desire to play in California. I just don't want the Yankees to overpay for someone like him. Remember now, when he was in Cleveland he wasn't lights out like he was in Milwaukee. ...Although I am concerned about where Money Ramirez will end up. :? ...AC/DC sold out to Walmart as they made an exclusive deal with them to only release their new CD to be sold only at their stores. Well, I won't be getting it because Walmart sucks and I never go in there. ...I'll be honest with you, if there is one guy at ESPN that I wish I could beat senseless it would be that whiny little SOB Bill Simmons. Then when I'm done with him I'd go looking for Jim Caple. ...This has been a fast month. I'm on vacation for the Thanksgiving week. Only a few more weeks now!

That was a good album, it sold well. In fact I bet it was their best selling album. Had some great songs on it. But I always wondered if it was because it was the first one after Scott's death or was it because it was a good album?

That does not shock me. I haven't liked anything they put out since the death of their first lead singer Bon Scott. This is going back to 1980. Then they are missing a good one. That guy is a great guitarist.

Updated to 10-19 ...The first thing I got to do is apologize to MarkB for not being here yesterday to wish him a happy birthday. While Mark was obviously living it up yesterday, I was laid up in bed with a cold. I'd rather listen to Mark's hip hop stuff than have a cold. Happy birthday anyway Mark! ...Wait, I changed my mind on that. Give me another box of Kleenex and I'm good to go. ...I think the reason why I caught a cold was because I was working a lot of overtime. I don't have a vacation until the Thanksgiving week. ...I don't know about any of you, but I am tired of all this political talk. Thank God the elections are only a few weeks away. ...Did anyone read about that guy who ate a 20 pound burger in less than five hours? Please just click on that link and look at that hamburger. Never have I seen anything that big. ...Which makes me wonder, how long did he spend in the bathroom? ...I took a break from this for a second to let the dogs out. It's cold out and all I can think of is it is going to get worse in the coming months. ...Sometimes it is amazing to me that more arm injuries do not occur when they play baseball this late in the year with the temperatures dipping into the low 40's in late October. The season is just too long. ...Well, Oakland's playing Brett Favre and the Jets today at home. I just hope they can...oh forget it. It will probably be just like last week's game. ...Shoutout to HFLR: Hey my friend, send me some screen captures from the new Mvp Caribe. I can't wait for this mod!

I don't want the Yankees to overpay for him. I still like the young players we got. Also, it was obvious that Sabathia did a lot better in the NL as compared to the AL. Let him stay there. I don't have to tell you that you are always welcome to jot down anything you want in here. The more the merrier. I love watching that show too. Here's an interesting thing about that show that many people don't know. The actors that played Sgt. Schultz, Colonel Klink, General Burkhalter and Major Hockstetter were all Jewish actors. And two cast members were actually in concentration camps (Robert Clary who played Lebeau and John Banner who played Schultz.)

Updated to 10-12 ...So, how are the playoffs going? I've watched about seven pitches so far which is a lot more than I originally had planned to watch. ...I don't know what hair brained ideas the Yankees have for the off season but I am hoping that Sabathia stays in Milwaukee and Burnett stays in Toronto. ...Overheard yesterday while at work: two co-workers talking about the Buffalo Sabres first game victory to start the season. "You think they'll go to the Stanley Cup?" :| ...Last week I was watching Tommy Boy on FX because there was nothing else on. (I told you I wasn't watching baseball.) I've seen this movie before and each time I see it I still don't get why some people thought Chris Farley was funny. Because I really don't think he was. ...Of course, this is coming from someone who thinks Eddie Haskell is hilarious. ...If you don't agree with me you won't be banned. Heck no!! Instead you'll be sentenced to one hour in the Mvpmods chatroom with timay as he explains to you why the Mets didn't make the playoffs this year. ...Yeah, I read the shoutbox too. ...Thank God I got off tomorrow for Columbus Day. Like I give a damn what it's for. Just as long as I get the day off with pay is all that matters. ...There's nothing like having a Sunday breakfast knowing that you have nothing planned for the rest of the day. ...That is until your wife wakes up and makes plans. :(

It's the best you'll ever do.

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.