Comments on: I’m sorry? This is a joke, right?

By: Mr. Internet

Mr. Internet — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:27:39 +0000

If Hawkins wants to properly honor Clemente, he should learn a pitch other than the ol’ number 1.

I’m tired of watching Hawkins and Professor Farnsworth having a contest to see who can throw the hardest, straightest, right down the middle of the pipe fastball which ends up 450 feet from the plate.

Hawkins can wear whatever number he wants. I’m going to boo him because he sucks as a pitcher.

By: Mr. Yankee

Mr. Yankee — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:25:45 +0000

Paul should be in the Hall.

Hawkins should not have HIS number.

Jeter is a better fielding SS than Ozzie Smith.

Spending money has nothing to do with our success. We have a smart GM.

Donny Baseball should be in the Hall.

Thurman Munson was better than Johnny Bench . Then again Posada is also better than Bench.

By: Cole

Cole — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:15:34 +0000

Is it just me, or has the whole concept of retired numbers starting to get way too much attention? This is not the Hall of Fame we’re talking about. As long as Gene Autrey’s “number” hangs on the wall in Anaheim, as long as the Indians can retire a number for their fans, it’s obviously just something that teams do to commemorate their own history. So anyone who’s not a Yankees fan, not a part of the Yankee community, is missing the point. O’Neill (and Bernie) deserves his own space in Monument Park not because of his OPS+, but because the recent run of greatness began with the trade that brought him to the Bronx. There are some guys you have to see to appreciate, and the way you feel about O’Neill is probably the same way I feel whenever you write about how awesome Frank White was.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:58:49 +0000

“It wasnâ€™t that Kevin Brown and Javier Vazquez couldnâ€™t pitch worth a damn as a Yankee, it was the fact that they were major asses without personality that sunk them in game 7 in 2004.”

I get your point, but something about the way you say they “couldn’t pitch worth a damn as a Yankee” illustrates why so many people hate Yankees fans.

What, they could’ve pitched worth a damn for somebody else, but being a Yankee was too much for them? There are always extenuating circumstances, but a good player is a good player.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:49:24 +0000

“Oâ€™Neill was given two different chances during coverage of Yankee games to be a man”

Yeah, but he had innumerable chances during his playing career to do the same, but he mostly acted like a little b*tch: “Oh, I got called out on strikes looking! It’s so unfair!”

By: Harrison

Harrison — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:46:17 +0000

Wait, did someone really claim that Paul O’Neill lead the Yankees to four championships? I must say, I am mightily impressed that someone who holds that belief has the ability to type on a keyboard. The following is from O’Neill’s wikipedia page:

“n Game 5 of the 2001 World Series, O’Neill got possibly one of the most emotional sendoffs in baseball history. While standing in right field in the 9th inning with the Yankees down 2-0, the entire stadium chanted his name. When the inning ended, O’Neill was still being cheered. With tears in his eyes, he tipped his cap, and another roar went up from the crowd at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won the game 3-2, but lost the series 4 games to 3. Since his retirement after the 2001 World Series, his number 21 has not been worn by any Yankee player, leading to speculation that it will be officially retired. Yankees relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins briefly wore the number in the 2008 season but, on April 16, 2008, Hawkins switched to number 22 in response to the criticism he received by many Yankee fans. All the more suggesting that number 21 may one day be retired for O’Neill.”

Who wrote this crap? Possibly one of the most emotional sendoffs? The fact that someone else wore his number but gave it us suggests the number will be retired? I think LT needs to stop editing wiki pages.

By: JeffSol

JeffSol — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:07:58 +0000

When did Paul O’Neill lead the Yankees to any WS titles? There’s a few folks who I think might be better described as “leading” those Yankees to the WS..you know, the Manager, the Capatain, the 4 or 5 best players on the team, none of which were O’Neill…I guess it’s possible he might become Manager some day and then he could lead them to victory….or not.

By: Josh in DC

Josh in DC — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:21:59 +0000

Anyone who rooted for the “Cowboy Up” Red Sox as well as the 25 players-25 cabs Red Sox surely understands how much more fun it is to root for a likable bunch, right?

By: Creston

Creston — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:31:07 +0000

“I think the reason yankee fans are holding on so tightly to the paul oâ€™neill days is because its the last time their team had an actual personality. And just so happens to be the last time they won it all.”

It just so happens that that was also the last time they had any PITCHING. But you’re right, it was the PERSONALITY that won those world series!

It wasn’t that Kevin Brown and Javier Vazquez couldn’t pitch worth a damn as a Yankee, it was the fact that they were major asses without personality that sunk them in game 7 in 2004.

By: Creston

Creston — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:29:07 +0000

“â€œYou think thatâ€™s bad, wait until someone starts wearing Brosiusâ€™ number. There will be Molotov Cocktails on the field, I tell ya.â€

Its already done. Damon wears 18. Yep, thats right. A â€œformer idiotâ€ Red Sox player wears Brosiusâ€™s number now – yet all was strangely quiet on the Western Front when happened.”

I knew I should have looked that up when I wrote that. But yes, very strange that nobody cried about Brosius’ defilement at the hands of a former Sawx, yet when everyone bitches at A-Rod, they’re always saying he’s no Brosius.

So if Brosius > A-Rod, who coincidentally is only the best player currently playing, yet nobody cries over retiring Brosius’ number, then Paul O’Neill must have been Ted Williams, Babe Ruth and Stan Musial, all three reborn into one body!

Oh wait.

Yankees fans…