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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 10 2005, 06:34 PM (263 Views) | |
| SlapNutsVarsityKing | Jun 10 2005, 06:34 PM Post #1 |
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And I'm still standing here, and you're miles away And I'm wonderin' why you left And there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart Tonight I hear your name in certain circles, and it always makes me Smile I spend my time thinkin' about you, and it's almost driving Me wild And there's a heart that's breaking down this long distance Line tonight I ain't missing you at all since you've been gone away I ain't missing you, no matter what I might say There's a message in the wire, and I'm sending you this Signal tonight You don't know how desperate I've become And it looks like I'm losing this fight In your world I have no meaning, though I'm trying hard to Understand And it's my heart that's breaking down this long distance Line tonight I ain't missing you at all Since you've been gone away I ain't missing you, No matter what my friends say And there's a message that I'm sending out, Like a telegraph to your soul And if I can't bridge this distance, Stop this heartbreak Overload I ain't missing you, I ain't missing you, I can lie to Myself And there's a storm That's raging through my frozen heart Tonight .341 8 HR 40 RBI 2 E's .996 FPCT = ALL STAR :crybaby: :crybaby: Posted Image :crybaby: :crybaby: Posted Image :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Posted Image CASHMAN :fyou: |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 06:53 PM Post #2 |
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I don't remember you being one of the people backing him when people like Terp and I were, saying to be patient and he'd become a good hitter. Nevermind, I forgot you are one of Vin's work friends that just joined. |
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| SlapNutsVarsityKing | Jun 10 2005, 06:59 PM Post #3 |
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I've never met you or your girlfriend. Vin's right, you're a whiner. |
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| Yanks473 | Jun 10 2005, 07:00 PM Post #4 |
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And the Band played on......
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Everyone knew he was a good hitter, dumbass. Do you think you and your alter ego are the only ones with a brain here? |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 07:04 PM Post #5 |
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I know more people did, but you had people like TMS saying he sucked, and proposing trades of NJ to everywhere for anyone, my favorite being to Baltimore for Jay Gibbons. Ridiculous. By the way, "people like Terp and I" doesn't mean only Terp and I.
Coma inducing. |
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| Yanks473 | Jun 10 2005, 07:05 PM Post #6 |
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And the Band played on......
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Quit with the Koc stuff. |
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| BleacherCreature | Jun 10 2005, 07:20 PM Post #7 |
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Yeah , what with all this Koc stuff? I have yet to hear Vin's buddy call anybody an asspipe or cumstain. That would be a dead giveaway, ya know Koc had a lot of trademarks.... Anybody ever talk to that guy ? I wonder how it worked out for him and his girl with the baby... Is it true that he was gonna name him Kamala Kocur ? :unsure: |
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| Yanks473 | Jun 10 2005, 07:22 PM Post #8 |
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And the Band played on......
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Yeah, a couple of us talk to him on IM. The dickbag Admins here still won't let him back after 10 months. |
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| BleacherCreature | Jun 10 2005, 07:24 PM Post #9 |
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473 next time you talk to him tell him BC2 said whassup.... :peace: :D |
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| Yanks473 | Jun 10 2005, 07:27 PM Post #10 |
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And the Band played on......
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Will do. Band members stick together :agent: |
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| BleacherCreature | Jun 10 2005, 07:28 PM Post #11 |
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I dought dat... :ph34r: |
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| YankeeBaseball | Jun 10 2005, 08:45 PM Post #12 |
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He's over at MSG with a toned down version of his great insights. Case you wanna talk to him BleacherCreature, his screen name is "The Patriot". :peace: |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 08:49 PM Post #13 |
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I think I have seen him on other message boards with this toned down act, as well. |
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| Yanksfan03 | Jun 10 2005, 08:59 PM Post #14 |
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VC 4 Life.
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"I ain't missing you at all," good song, I remember listening to it way back when I was growing up. Still put it in my cd player every once in a while. Anyway, yeah, I miss Nick Johnson, he was a good player. Not the greatest defensively, but he was serviceable, and I really think he could've developed in to a great hitter here, just didn't get his chance because we had to get a pitcher, unfortunately that pitcher was that gutless piece of sh*t Vazquez. There is another reason to hate that loser. :fyou: |
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| Grandy4MVP | Jun 10 2005, 09:00 PM Post #15 |
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Randy, I wad dead against the trade! I loved NJ, he was one of Vin's boys. By the way, did you smell the gas at work??? Vickie spilled it all over herself pumping gas this morning then came in stinking the joint up, I was light headed. Between her smoking, the oxygen tank and the gas, she is a deadly combination! |
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| Mantlemurcer | Jun 10 2005, 09:01 PM Post #16 |
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Vazquez really had nothing to with Nick's departure. It's all on the fat anchor called Giambi. Signing him sealed NJ's fate. And....most of you guys said NJ would never amount to anything. :evilgrin: |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 09:02 PM Post #17 |
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Yeah, now everyone seems to be using some revisionist history on that one. |
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| Yanksfan03 | Jun 10 2005, 09:03 PM Post #18 |
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VC 4 Life.
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I was always a Nick Johnson fan, but I won't lie, I was actually on board for the Vazquez trade when it first happened, we had to get a pitcher. Unfortunately I learned the hard way that that guy is as gutless as they come. |
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| Bleedrngrblue | Jun 10 2005, 09:27 PM Post #19 |
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Is there any fight left in the dog.....?
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NJ was going to be a good player, the question is, can he stay off the DL? |
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| Strider | Jun 10 2005, 10:23 PM Post #20 |
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FuŠk Nick Johnson. That goes to Slap and M23. What the f*ck did he ever do here except get hurt? He hit .280 one season and missed nearly half the year. If Vazquez (who Terp said he wishes we had kept) had performed the way we expected him to, there wouldn't be a problem. McDyess played 77 games for the Pistons this year and was productive in his roll. Should the Knicks have kept him? Is any intelligent Knicks fan complaining about them not keeping him? I don't care if Johnson carries the Nationals to the World Series and wins MVP. Hindsight is a f*cking psychic. Where was the "we miss Nicky" bullsh*t last season when he was hitting .250 and missed more than half the season with a broken lumbar? |
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| YankeeBaseball | Jun 10 2005, 10:30 PM Post #21 |
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[size=7]Exactly![/size] AS USUAL, STRYDER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS :rock: |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 10:37 PM Post #22 |
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I wanted to hold onto Nick Johnson, period. Maybe he would have missed half the season here like he did in Montreal, maybe not. Maybe he would have gotten hurt here this season, maybe not. I just thought he was a quality, homegrown hitter that should be held onto. Even if he did get hurt once in awhile, so what? When he played, he would have been a young, patient hitter. I saw signs with NJ and it made me want to keep him. Now he's fullfilling the promise elsewhere. That's typical Yankees though, and frankly, it's the Yankees you love. You have no patience or desire to develop homegrown players. As for McDyess, I am happy for the guy for finally getting healthy. The Knicks didn't develop him. I was glad they dumped him when they did because I was afraid he'd play a couple of good games and Layden would max him out. Turns out Layden got fired and Isiah dealt him. Antonio is different than Nick though. The Knicks traded their present (Camby) and future (#7 overall pick-- I won't say Nene since they wouldn't have necessarily drafted Nene) for him after he played 10 games the previous season and had major knee surgery. It was pure silliness on Layden's part from the start. I hated that deal the second it was made. They're two different scenarios. |
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| Strider | Jun 10 2005, 11:00 PM Post #23 |
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Once in a while? He's played 3 "full" seasons in the big leagues. That's 486 total games. Johnson has played in 298 of them. That's more than once in a while. It is the Yankees I love. I'd trade anybodoy if it can improve the team. Vazquez, unlike some other guys, wasn't a quick fix bandaid. Homerun came here when he was 27 years old and Johnson was 25 at the time. Its not as if we traded the future for a 3 month old man rental. He was coming off a season in which he was an All Star, threw 230 innings, and pitched to a 3.24 ERA. Nobody was missing Nick in the first half when Vazquez had a 3.49 ERA and made the All Star roster. And its not as if Johnson showed that much promise in the big leagues. In his best season here, he hit .284 with 14 homeruns and missed 66 games. He showed no signs of being durable and fragile .284 hitters who are closer to 30 than 20, they aren't that valuable to a "win now" franchise. I'm happy that McDyess' knee didn't break for the 4th time. The comparison was in that they were both injury prone players who were thought to have potential to do big things. It never happened here for either. Just because they've been fortunate and/or gotten it together elsewhere doesn't mean that I regret getting rid of them. A better example would have been Camby. And even him, I don't care what he's doing in Denver. He couldn't stay healthy here and wasn't doing anything for us. If the next team is luckier, then good for them. |
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| HomieYank | Jun 10 2005, 11:02 PM Post #24 |
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M23: The Gibbons proposal was funny (TMS right?), but the best was Ellis Burks; not just because of how stupid the idea was, but because alot of people didn't think Cleveland would do it. 15A denies it everytime i bring it up, but i still think it was her that started it. Anybody remember that word "appologist"? Yeah, I was NJs official appologist. There was a whole post about it. I used to fight with TMS and that Ric Flair guy(i think it was one of his names) all the time about NJ. I didn't hate the Vazquez deal because atleast Vazquez was young too, but i said after the trade was made that NJ would lead the league in OBP the first Bondsless year. |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 11:03 PM Post #25 |
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Once in awhile was a general statement. He wasn't going to keep getting hurt every single season for the rest of his career for half the year. That's bad luck, and something that bad can't last. That best season he had here was a sign of things to come. If he improved on that, plus stayed healthy, it gave you an idea of the type of hitter he could become. That's what he is now, but even better. Well if it makes you feel any better, I did say that if they traded NJ, I wanted it to be for a young pitcher like Vazquez. I was dead against trading him for a much older pitcher, including Schilling, and I stand by that. Now the Yankees have neither the young first baseman, nor the young starting pitcher. They have the over the hill future Hall of Famer.
Oh yeah, the Burks proposal was a classic. That RicFlair guy is the same guy who started this thread! Hilarious! |
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| Strider | Jun 10 2005, 11:05 PM Post #26 |
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You wanted him traded for Shannon Stewart. It was me, you, and Amit vs. the rest of MSG on that one. |
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| HomieYank | Jun 10 2005, 11:11 PM Post #27 |
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We all like a nice .330 hitter, but OBP is the more important stat and Johnson's was .422 that year. 70 walks and 60 runs in 96 games in your second year(2001 doesn't count) is plenty of promise. And that whole "win now" sh*t is why the yankees are where they are today(and why nobody else was left to trade for Vazquez). Two things you are 100% right about is that he couldn't stay healthy here, which is why he's gone, and very few (2 or 3 tops) missed him when Vazquez was throwing well. |
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| HomieYank | Jun 10 2005, 11:14 PM Post #28 |
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OOHH....Thats why you said i got props for the NJ thing a while back! No way dude, you have me confused with someone else. I was DEAD against that one. I brought to everyones attention that NJ actually got on base more than Stewart. Ask amit if he's still around. |
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| Mattingly23 | Jun 10 2005, 11:15 PM Post #29 |
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Exactly. This is why you try to have a nice mix of veterans and young players when trying to win. Don't sell your soul trying to win one season, then kill the next 5 seasons. That's what the Yankees have become. It's why Cano needs to stay in this lineup. It's why other young players need to be worked in if they can deal some veterans for prospects or younger big leaguers. If you have a win now philosophy of bringing all veterans with long-term deals, you end up with a very inflexible roster if they struggle, which is what the Yankees have now. Even Cashman has acknowledged it's a clogged roster. Strider knows it all though. He could be the manager better than Torre can. Hell, make him the manager/GM. He could do it. Strider knows it all, let him fix everything without struggling in the meantime and without actually developing any young players through your own farm system. Strider, bring us a title, Mr. Win Now! |
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| cmnyy | Jun 10 2005, 11:26 PM Post #30 |
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I was a fan of Nick Johnson, and still am. I'm also still a fan of Juan Rivera. (Obviously Johnson is more talented - I just like Rivera.) That being said, I was very happy that we made that trade. It was a give something to get something deal. They weren't going to give us Vazquez for Thames or Spencer types. It just didn't work out. |
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