tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post900409144583718649..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Wheee! The A.J. Burnett-Jorge Posada-Jose Molina triangle talk continues!Subway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-89067108919409386392009-10-18T00:54:32.112-04:002009-10-18T00:54:32.112-04:00I think the catcher has a great deal to do with th...I think the catcher has a great deal to do with the success or failure of the pitcher. I think Posada has done a great job over the years, so I find it hard to believe he suddenly forgot how to call a game.rakebackhttp://www.rakebackleader.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-86171461731999588792009-10-10T10:26:17.748-04:002009-10-10T10:26:17.748-04:00What an unbelievably spectacular win last night. W...What an unbelievably spectacular win last night. When Tex hit that walkoff, I was actually a little shakey and couldn't fall asleep until about 2:30 in the morning.<br /><br />What a team. So far, we have been on such a magical run that at times it seems downright uncanny. Now, I don't want to elaborate to much on that because I don't want to contribute to any jinxes. I know ballplayers are superstitious, but I guess some of us fans are, too.<br /><br />At any rate, A-Rod was unquestionably the hero of last night's game. Yes, Tex got the walkoff and he put the icing on the cake, but if not for A-Rod's two run blast in the bottom of the 9th, we'd be in Minny tied 1-1 in their place.<br /><br />I know a lot is being made of Phil Cuzzi blowing the call to Mauer, and yes, if the correct call was made he wouldn't gotten a ground rule double rather than the single a few at-bats later. But...nobody can ever say the Twins would've won the game if the call had been right.<br /><br />If the double was awarded, Roberton may have pitched differently to Cuddyer and who knows if he would've popped up or got a shallow fly ball instead of a base hit? Also, think if it this way - if the Twins would've scored the run, they would've lead the game 4-3 going into the bottom of the 11th. Tex's homer would've tied it and we'd be 4-4 - then maybe A-Rod, Matsui or Swisher woul've done something to win the game anyway. The way we're playing, that would seem the more likely outcome anyway.<br /><br />All I can say is that game was one hell of a roller coaster of emotions ride, and my stomach was in knots for all those extra innings because I wanted this win so much...And our Yanks delivered.<br /><br />If we keep this up, the ultimate prize will be ours to bring home to NYC, where it rightfully belongs.<br /><br />GO YANKS!!!<br /><br />Let's kick Povano's ass and make it all bruised again!!!The Emperorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026494547811435607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-22134953925910673402009-10-10T00:43:58.094-04:002009-10-10T00:43:58.094-04:00Well, all three catchers worked out well for the Y...Well, all three catchers worked out well for the Yankees tonight. Four, if you count Girardi.<br /><br />Squawker Jon can call Posada "Ringo" all he wants, but it will never erase the fact that the greatest athlete ever to step on the field at Shea Stadium in a home uniform, Joe Namath, had a bigger nose, a sub-.500 record for his career, and was treated far worse by the media -- until his guarantee came true. It also won't change the fact that the most significant thing that ever happened at Shea was the Beatles' concert in 1965.<br /><br />Okay, those aren't facts, they're opinions. What is a fact is that the four biggest free-agent signings in Yankee history have all come through in these first two games: Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. Contrast that with, oh, I don't know, Carlos Beltran, Tom Glavine, Billy Wagner... Hey, Pedro Martinez is making a Playoff start tomorrow!<br /><br />Of course, my man Indiana Jackson (did you see that hat? Must've swiped it from the Gehrig collection at the Yankee Museum) didn't have much of a first-ball toss. Somewhere, Billy Martin is having a laugh. Reggie's got to be thinking of the words of another great black entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr.: "But you gotta admit, I looked better!"Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.com