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Push the chips into the middle; Do we make the playoffs?
Topic Started: Jul 19 2008, 04:28 PM (629 Views)
Yanks473
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Do we make the playoffs?

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1. BC

Yes


Everyone make it public. I want everybody to respond to this.
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No

And I want in the worst way to be wrong, but this team doesn't inspire any confidence.
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I'm leery about this, learning from years past. The problem is making the playoffs doesn't necessarily mean this team good. There's just not much strength in the AL. I would definitely sign up for them making the playoffs and losing in the 1st round at the very least.
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Of course they will.
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They will make it and lose 1st round.
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1. BC
2. yf03

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You guys are gonna look foolish. Please explain to me how we make the playoffs with a team that's gonna score 120 less runs then it has the last 5 years?
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Yo B First off...NYY...
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Yo B is never wrong.

We are going to make the playoffs and Get to the world series.
I don't know about winning it though. :love:
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Without question, yes they will. Wild CArd.
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Yanks473
Jul 19 2008, 03:32 PM
Do we make the playoffs?

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames


You guys are gonna look foolish. Please explain to me how we make the playoffs with a team that's gonna score 120 less runs then it has the last 5 years?

Law of averages. Pretty much every player is having a below average year. They aren't a good team, but I expect post-season
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Jul 19 2008, 04:56 PM
Yanks473
Jul 19 2008, 03:32 PM
Do we make the playoffs?

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames


You guys are gonna look foolish. Please explain to me how we make the playoffs with a team that's gonna score 120 less runs then it has the last 5 years?

Law of averages. Pretty much every player is having a below average year. They aren't a good team, but I expect post-season

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames
4. Vin
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Jul 19 2008, 03:58 PM
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Jul 19 2008, 04:56 PM
Yanks473
Jul 19 2008, 03:32 PM
Do we make the playoffs?

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames


You guys are gonna look foolish. Please explain to me how we make the playoffs with a team that's gonna score 120 less runs then it has the last 5 years?

Law of averages. Pretty much every player is having a below average year. They aren't a good team, but I expect post-season

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames
4. Vin

5. Yo B? :dunno:
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It'll be touch and go, but if I have to put my chips in the middle of the table, I am going with the :sunshine:

No
1. BC
2. yf03

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1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames
4. Vin
5. Mattingly23
6. Yo B
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While me and yf03 have fully prepared ourselves, come about mid september there will be alot of tears around here. Suckers.
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Jul 19 2008, 06:05 PM
While me and yf03 have fully prepared ourselves, come about mid september there will be alot of tears around here. Suckers.

Everything will be ok because I share the same long-term goal as you, and that's to worry more about next season than this season.
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If they don't make the playoffs, it won't be a big deal. I'd rather they miss the playoffs than lose in the first round again, but you never know what can happen in a short series. That said, I have no idea what's going to happen in the second half. If Cashman doesn't do anything major, they probably won't make the playoffs.
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Jul 19 2008, 06:12 PM
If they don't make the playoffs, it won't be a big deal. I'd rather they miss the playoffs than lose in the first round again, but you never know what can happen in a short series. That said, I have no idea what's going to happen in the second half. If Cashman doesn't do anything major, they probably won't make the playoffs.

That's my thinking. If I had any faith in Cashman doing something to help this team, I'd go differently but with the team presently constructed I can't see them making the playoffs. They would really have to pull something out of their asses for that to happen.
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Jul 19 2008, 04:56 PM
Yanks473
Jul 19 2008, 03:32 PM
Do we make the playoffs?

No
1. BC
2. yf03

Yes
1. Dr. Greg
2. Venom.
3. RickJames


You guys are gonna look foolish. Please explain to me how we make the playoffs with a team that's gonna score 120 less runs then it has the last 5 years?

Law of averages. Pretty much every player is having a below average year. They aren't a good team, but I expect post-season

Agreed. And that's my reasoning. They'll fall short of the run total of a year ago, but I expect them to heat up and do enough damage to get close to their numbers. I'll be surprised if Cano is batting .250 and Jeter is at .279 and they're getting .180 offense out of leftfield by season's end. That, and the team pitching is better now than it was a year ago, which helps compensate for the scoring dropoff. I don't expect the Rays to collapse, but I think they'll slow down enough be caught. Their pitching isn't time tested so you don't expect them to maintain a 3.7 team ERA the whole season, and they're hitting .259, so that's a team that could easily falter down the stretch. Certainly enough for the Yankees to make up 5 games. If Wang comes back and is able to pitch to his usual level in the last month (unlikely, but possible) and Hughes comes back equipped with a scrotum and actual "stuff" (more unlikely, but possible), I wouldn't rule the Yankees out of taking the division.

We've gone through this before and we've gone over this in years past. Brother B, you said the same thing the last 4-5 years, how this'll be the year the shoe drops and they miss out. It hasn't happened, and I don't think this is the year. But does my thinking they'll slip into the playoffs mean I'm optimistic? Hell no. They're not winning anything. And an argument could be made that them missing the playoffs would be a drastic wake-up call and it'd be better off for the long term. But if you're asking me right now, I lean 60/40 towards them making it. But f*ck this season anyway.
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They miss the playoffs. My boys in Tampa make the playoffs as the Wild Card. :rock:
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Jul 19 2008, 08:32 PM
They miss the playoffs. My boys in Tampa make the playoffs as the Wild Card. :rock:

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Jul 19 2008, 08:56 PM
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Jul 19 2008, 08:32 PM
They miss the playoffs. My boys in Tampa make the playoffs as the Wild Card.  :rock:

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j/k. simma. :peace:
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Jul 19 2008, 06:05 PM
While me and yf03 have fully prepared ourselves, come about mid september there will be alot of tears around here. Suckers.

The streak isn't ending this year!
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3 games behind Boston and the Twins for the Wild Card!!!! :rock: Let's add the guys we need........Nady or Bonds Marte or Fuentes and do some f*cking work!!!!
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Jul 19 2008, 10:22 PM
3 games behind Boston and the Twins for the Wild Card!!!! :rock: Let's add the guys we need........Nady or Bonds Marte or Fuentes and do some f*cking work!!!!

You should know better by now, Vinbo. Cashman's only interested in adding castoffs and rejects who have been released elsewhere (Milton, Sexson, Lane, Ensberg, etc). No risk in those, but no reward either... :gaysmile: Otherwise it's "internal options" (Gardner, Christian, Igawa, Chase Wright) and steady as she goes. :yawn:
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Jul 19 2008, 10:39 PM
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3 games behind Boston and the Twins for the Wild Card!!!!  :rock: Let's add the guys we need........Nady or Bonds Marte or Fuentes and do some f*cking work!!!!

You should know better by now, Vinbo. Cashman's only interested in adding castoffs and rejects who have been released elsewhere (Milton, Sexson, Lane, Ensberg, etc). No risk in those, but no reward either... :gaysmile: Otherwise it's "internal options" (Gardner, Christian, Igawa, Chase Wright) and steady as she goes. :yawn:

And with the castoffs we are still in the thick of things! :rock:
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Here's my 2 cents. The Twins are almost unstoppable and they said that in the 2nd half the Twins have the easiest schedule and the Yankees the 1st hardest. Today the Twins are 1/2 game out from the Chisox. Want the Twins to take first in the Central and the Yankees battle between the Red Sox, White Sox and TB. Still have a chance... :thumbup:
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No.

But I won't be shocked if they slide in with the W.C. and we get our annual first round ass-raping.

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EASILY ....they will add a player here that catapults us past TB
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The current team no...add some players and there's a good chance.
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Jul 20 2008, 10:04 AM
The current team no...add some players and there's a good chance.

I agree with the old man. As currently configured, no. Get us a nice piece or two and we get the wild card. :peace:
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