Yanks&Marlins

Congrats to Billy :lol :. Sebastian the Ibis (University of Miami) I knew one of the guys who was Sebastian while I was at Miami .

I was at the game today and JJ looked excellent. Especially considering he's coming off TJ and the last thing to come back is command. Velocity was strong through the entire game. Yes, he had a lot of run support, but he pitched tough with runners on and never let the Mets get back into the game. While he may not be a true "Ace" right now, he definitely has the potential to be one the next few years .

I'll be at Shea for Sunday's game. So far, combined between DS and Shea vs. the Mets I've never seen the Fish lose and hopefully that will continue .

Harold Reynolds is completely awesome and is missed greatly on BBTN. There were a lot of rumors swirling around his firing; including that they actually give the analysts "opinions" and "sides" and Harold didn't like it one night and got really upset. The suit that ESPN settled was actually a "Wrongful Termination" suit issued by HR; which means ESPN somewhat admitted they were wrong in firing him. I hope TBS lets him do World Series games this year .

Wow... crushing the ball early . BTW, little random fact. I was watching the US Open tennis and Nikolas Davydenko's brother was wearing a Marlins hat. A lot of the tennis players live in South Florida, so it didn't surprise me, but it was cool to see, especially after last night.

I love DJ, but I chose "Other". If a DH gets it, it should be Travis Hafner (despite the Indians being nowhere near the playoffs -- Thome has also dropped off), but if you need it to be a position player, Jermaine Dye is having an amazing season for the ChiSox, and Morneau and Mauer are absolutely carrying the Twins Offense (and Mauer is leading the league in hitting at CATCHER). Of the two, I'd go Jeter any time (biased of course), but I had to vote "other".

Is anyone else watching on MLB.TV? Because mine decided to have no sound tonight ETA: Nevemrind, it's back

I'm going to game one, so I'm hoping to see JJ vs. Maine instead of Nolasco vs. Maine. Either way, I'm excited -- especially after tonight's game. Although I did kind of want to see Pelfrey, because they talk about him here all the time and compare him to Phil Hughes (who is 2 years young and has better breaking pitches, but I'll admit to bias).

I'll be at the game with my sister and a friend and wearing my Cabrera shirt and the visor I got on "visor night" last year. Can't wait... I love it when the Fish come to NY

Come on JJ! Forget about that!

Good for the fans there for cheering Alex and Mikey. I know I would've been -- it's about respect. After that you cheer for the outs, but a nice welcome is a good thing. Either way, it sounds like they weren't booed so it doesn't matter. Plus the Marlins were already winning at that point, so everyone was probably happy. I actually have a funny OT story that goes along with this. I went to Yankee Stadium last year and saw the Yanks/Indians. So Aaron Boone comes up to bat for the first time and everyone cheers... then he gets a hit -- each time he came up and would be cheered he would get a hit (including with 2 outs in the 9th inning that became like the first run Rivera would let up in like some disgusting number of innings). They won, but still... you don't want to make the opposing players TOO comfortable .

HBP... Make them pay, DTrain!!!!

Johnson looks better wearing #18 than Benedict Damon did... That's one of the most retarded things I've ever read. Just my opinion..ANYBODY looks good in #18 after that TRAITOR... 2-0..I ain't worried....yet It's called free agency. A player does not have a special allegience to one team. It should be the Kansas City Royals that are pissed if anyone :whistle

Johnson looks better wearing #18 than Benedict Damon did... That's one of the most retarded things I've ever read. :thumbup This guy has to be one of the best Sox fans I've encountered on the 'net. 1-0 Fish, no one out... Edit: 2-0, one out now

Key: Pitching, pitching, pitching. The Sox like work up pitchcounts like no other. If the young guys stay confident in their stuff and throw strikes, they should do well. Walks will kill them dead. They also have to take the same approach to working the Sox starters. The sooner you get them out, the more likely you'll see the scrubs (who are all extremely hittable -- even Timlin). If they see Papelbon and the Sox have a lead, they're probably screwed. I called the Yankee series exactly as is it happened and I'll predict the Sox series the same way: Marlins have the game one advantage, Sox have the game two advantage, and the third is a tossup. Have the kids seen Lester? I don't know if they play in the same division, but many of the kids were in AA last year and may have seen him (unless they were in a different league, which I'm not sure of).

Marlins look very good this series, they just ran into some bad luck. Moose has been lights-out all season, and they rallied on Friday but ran into Rivera. Yesterday was definitely the "game to win" and I won't be surprised at all if they win tonight. I said before the series, Yanks would win Friday, Marlins on Saturday and Sunday would be a tossup (and ended up being a great pitchers duel). Not to mention this series could've been very, very different with Uggla playing.

No NJ? Maybe YES might have it :confused Depends where you are in Jersey. Are you technically in the NY market or the Philly market? I'm 99% sure we'll get it in North Jersey (since we're technically in the NY market), but I'm not so sure about those who tend to get the Philly programming.

FYI -- they announced on YES during the pre-game that the second game would be covered on ESPN in NY and Florida.

Oh, I cannot wait to see the stunned look on Yankees fans when I go Saturday! It's Old Timers Day, so it will be sold out! Bring a beer shower cap. :lol As long as you're not sitting in the bleachers, and aren't incredibly rude, Yankee Stadium really isn't that bad at all (unless you get unlucky and sit next to obnoxious fans -- but they exist everywhere). I was at one of the Oakland games a few weeks ago and there were plenty of A's fans who weren't getting harrassed at all. Unless you are obnoxious and start harrassing people unnecessarily, there will most likely not be any beer showers (again, this excludes if you're sitting in the rightfield bleachers, and most of that will just be taunting). As long as you don't sit in the bleachers with opposing fan gear or wear anything "Boston", you should be fine. The reputation is worse than it actually is. Plus, most Yankee fans I know are happy that Girardi is having success with the Fish, and 2003 is more remembered for Aaron Boone's HR in the ALCS -- no ill will towards the Marlins for winning that series (at least not from people I know). But definitely bring plenty of Pro-Marlin stuff. That's much more appreciated than anti-Yankeee stuff (you will most likely to be assumed to be a Boston/Mets fan) and you will probably have a much better YS experience.

I'm going to the Willis/Mussina game with friends. DTrain vs. Moose. Can't wait As someone who knows both rotations, I'm going to say that based on the matchups the Yanks are favored Friday (though Moehler has been better lately), the Fish by far are favored Saturday (Chacon has been a mess and JJ has been lights out) and Sunday is a tossup... of course, things don't always go as planned. For anyone interested, Saturday is Old Timers Day at the Stadium. I'm sure that will be cool for some of the kids -- though I definitely don't see them being overwhelmed by New York with Girardi there. It should be a great series (though I really hope the threat of rain this weekend doesn't ruin it)!

The Saturday Yanks/Fish game is Old Timers Day, so it's pretty much already sold out, but I'm trying to go either Friday night or Sunday. As much as I love the Yanks, it's going to be hard not to cheer for the Baby Fish (I'll probably put my Marlins visor on my belt or something to show a little support). I actually bought mlb.tv this year just to watch them again (such an easy, likeable team to root for). I wish I was still in South Florida (went to college there) as it was always so easy to go the games. I'd love to go the Sox/Fish game down in Florida though. That will be an interesting series with Beckett and Hanley and all (and I hope you sweep 'em -- although I know there are a bunch of Sox fans on here who will probably get mad at me -- and they probably want the Fish to sweep the Yanks!)

I love the Yankees and even I know they have no shot at Willis. Anyone who says so is kidding themselves. Of course, I spoke to a Sox fan on the phone who said they were going to get Dontrelle, to which I laughed. If DTrain gets traded, it will be to the Angels or the DBacks who both have superior prospects to the Yanks/Sox/Mets. But I doubt he or Cabrera get traded unless it's for some completely unreal package (which none of the Yanks/Sox/Mets have the pieces for). The Yankee talk is strictly from the NY papers (which are mostly BS and speculation, NOT fact). The NY papers are almost as dumb as Bob Ryan (with the exception of Mike Lupica, who is far far dumber).

It's not going to happen -- there are definitely teams that could easily beat out the Yanks with prospects (especially the Angels). Besides, the best piece of that is Hughes and the Marlins are pretty stacked in terms of pitching prospects. And I personally don't want to see either him and Cano go anywhere -- and the Yankees have more use for both players than the Marlins do. That said, I really really don't think the Marlins are going to trade Willis. At all.

I went to school at the University of Miami for four years and since I couldn't watch my favorite team (the Yankees -- see the name), I started following the Marlins. Also my Great Aunt is a huge Marlins fan. The 2003 playoffs were absolutely awesome for me, though. I remember there was a little thing in the paper about different matchups, and I was thinking, "why isn't there any Yankees/Marlins" matchup. Sure enough, it happened and I was ecstatic. I didn't really root for either team, but I loved watching all of the chaos on the news after they won. It was cool to be down there at that time. Now that I'm back in Jersey, I still follow them. I even went to one of the games at Shea wearing my Florida stuff, which was fun. Still hoping for another Yanks/Fish WS. (Yes, I know it's a strange combo of teams to like, but I grew up a Yankee fan. I know how much they're hated and whatever, but I really don't care. And at least there's a common dislike of the Mets ).