I think this is hilarious...since the Yankees are the team that steals great players from others...that someone is worried about the Yankees that have left...
but here it is...someone was really fucking bored...
I think this is hilarious...since the Yankees are the team that steals great players from others...that someone is worried about the Yankees that have left...
but here it is...someone was really fucking bored...
"Van Halen was one of the most hallelujah, tailgate, backyard, BBQ, arrive four hours early to the gig just for the parking lot bands. And still to this day is. It's an attitude. I think it's a spirit more than anything else is."
Ex-Yankees vs. 2005 YankeesESPN.com
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Editor's Note: The New York Yankees have spared no expense to win a World Series, which they last won in 2000. They have acquired and traded for every big-name player available, from Jason Giambi to Alex Rodriguez to Randy Johnson. The result is a roster with a payroll in excess of $200 million – more than Cleveland, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and Kansas City combined.
Yet, despite their current six-game winning streak, the Yankees sit in third place, five games behind AL East leader Baltimore. Adding insult to injury, some former Yankees have flourished away from the Big Apple spotlight. Nick Johnson is thriving in Washington. Former minor leaguer Yhency Brazoban has been lights-out for the Dodgers. And Roger Clemens has been, well, Roger Clemens.
So, given the Yankees' troubles and the good fortune of some former teammates, we've assembled a roster of players who've played in the Yankees organization. And through the expertise of WhatIfSports, we pitted the ex-Yankees against the 2005 Yankees in a simulated three-game series at – where else? – Yankee Stadium.
GAME 1: '05 YANKEES 1, EX-YANKEES 0
In a matchup between two of the greatest pitchers of this generation, Randy Johnson outdueled Clemens, combining with Mariano Rivera for a four-hit shutout of the ex-Bombers.
Johnson pitched 7 2/3 innings, scattering four hits to go with two walks and eight strikeouts. Rivera replaced Johnson after an Alfonso Soriano single with one out in the eighth. After walking Nick Johnson to put runners on first and second, Rivera got out of the inning with consecutive strikeouts of Wily Mo Pena and Rondell White. Rivera then retired the side in order in the ninth.
The only run of the game came on Rodriguez's RBI single in the third inning. With one out, Gary Sheffield smacked a ground-rule double off Clemens. Rodriguez then followed with a liner to right field to score Sheffield.
Clemens went 6 2/3 innings, giving up eight hits while striking out eight and walking two. Orlando Hernandez pitched the final 1 2/3 innings.
The ex-Yankees never got a runner past second base against Johnson. They had runners on first and second in the second inning, but Johnson got Aaron Boone on a flyout to center, Chris Widger on a strikeout and Enrique Wilson on an infield popup.
POJO's take...no fucking way the BIG PENIS beats Clemens this year...
Roster: The former YankeesESPN.com
The following players were chosen for our ex-Yankees team based either on need (at a position like shortstop, for instance) or how well they have performed in 2005:
PITCHERS
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Yhency Brazoban 25 *2003 LA Dodgers $319.5K
Roger Clemens 42 2003 Houston $18M
Jose Contreras 33 2004 Chicago (AL) $8.5M
Brad Halsey 24 2004 Arizona $317.5K
Orlando Hernandez 35 2004 Chicago (AL) $3.5M
Esteban Loaiza 33 2004 Washington $2.9M
Jon Lieber 35 2004 Philadelphia $5.583M
Andy Pettitte 33 2003 Houston $8.5M
Kenny Rogers 40 1997 Texas $3.339M
Javier Vazquez 28 2004 Arizona $11M
David Wells 42 2003 Boston $4.075M
Jay Witasick 32 2001 Colorado N/A
* -- Brazoban never played for the big-league club. He was traded to the Dodgers on Dec. 13, 2003, as part of the Kevin Brown deal.
CATCHERS
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Todd Greene 34 2001 Colorado $650K
Chris Widger 34 2002 Chicago (AL) $500K
FIRST BASEMEN
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Tony Clark 33 2004 Arizona $750K
Nick Johnson 26 2003 Washington $1.45M
SECOND BASEMEN
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Miguel Cairo 31 2004 NY Mets $900K
Alfonso Soriano 29 2003 Texas $7.5M
SHORTSTOPS
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Enrique Wilson 31 2004 Chicago (NL) N/A
THIRD BASEMEN
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
Aaron Boone 32 2003 Cleveland $3M
OUTFIELDERS
PLAYER AGE LAST IN NY '05 TEAM '05 SALARY
David Dellucci 31 2003 Texas $850K
Ricky Ledee 31 2000 LA Dodgers $1M
Kenny Lofton 38 2004 Philadelphia $2.916M
Wily Mo Pena 23 *2001 Cincinnati $440K
Rondell White 33 2002 Detroit $3.25M
* -- Pena never played for the big-league club. He was traded to the Reds on March 21, 2001, for Drew Henson and Michael Coleman.
The Joke of the non-Yankee roster is that most of those guys were stolen from someone else...
GAME 2: '05 YANKEES 7, EX-YANKEES 6
Ruben Sierra's RBI single won it for the '05 Yankees in the bottom of the ninth after the ex-Yankees rallied to tie it with three runs in the top of the inning against the usually reliable Rivera.
Rivera came on in the ninth to preserve a 6-3 lead for starter Mike Mussina. But with one out, the ex-Yankees got four straight hits. After singles by White and Tony Clark, Boone made it 6-4 with a single to left. Then Miguel Cairo, pinch hitting for Widger, delivered a two-run single to left to tie the score.
But the current Yankees put the outcome to rest in the bottom of the inning against El Duque. Rodriguez was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. Jorge Posada walked to put runners on first and second. Then, after Hideki Matsui popped out, Sierra grounded a single to right field to score Rodriguez from second base to ensure a series victory for the '05 team.
Replacing the struggling Rivera, Tom Gordon got the final out of the ninth inning for the victory. Mussina went eight innings, allowing three runs and five hits, striking out six and walking one. Kenny Rogers, starting for the ex-Yankees, had trouble with his control, walking six in 7 2/3 innings. He also gave up nine hits and five earned runs.
Soriano and Boone homered for the ex-Yankees.
Is this ridiculous? Maybe they haven't see Rogers pitch this year...of course...he does struggle in the Bronx...
GAME 3: '05 YANKEES 6, EX-YANKEES 3
Thanks to a big day from Posada, the '05 Yankees were able to complete the three-game sweep.
Posada slugged two home runs and drove in five runs in his final two at-bats to put the game away. The ex-Yankees had a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning. But after Bernie Williams' sacrifice fly tied the score at 2, Posada tagged a two-run shot to left off reliever David Wells for a 4-2 lead. Javier Vazquez, who put the go-ahead run on base before being relieved in the sixth, took the loss. He went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering three hits, three runs and five walks and striking out six.
Then, after the ex-Yanks pulled to within 4-3 on Soriano's leadoff homer in the eighth, Posada nailed Wells again, drilling another two-run shot off his former mate in the bottom of the inning.
Carl Pavano got the win, pitching seven innings and giving up 10 hits and three runs, striking out seven and walking two. Rivera, rebounding from his rough outing the day before, pitched two scoreless innings for the save.
Not even going to comment...
Pretty funny...
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