New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox

[34Celtic]

No one said Melky is a HOF....
But you cant go wrong with him in center field for the next 10 yrs

.315 15 HR 80 RBI 20 SB, excellent defense, gold glove potential...

I'll take that with our other bats

[sideshowking24]

C: Jorge Posada or Jason Varitek
1B: Platoon or Kevin Youkilis
2B: Robinson Cano or Dustin Pedroia
3B: Alex Rodriguez or Mike Lowell
SS: Derek Jeter or Julio Lugo
LF: Hideki Matsui or Manny Ramirez
CF: Melky Cabrera or Coco Crisp
RF: Bobby Abreu or JD Drew
DH: Jason Giambi or David Ortiz

Bench:

Johnny Damon vs ______
Andy Phillips vs Eric Hinske
Wilson Betemit vs Alex Cora
Shelley Duncan vs Willy Mo Pena
Jose Molina vs Doug Mirabelli

Starting Pitching:

Andy Pettite or Josh Beckett
Roger Clemens or Curt Schilling
Chieng Ming Wang or Daisuke Matsuzaka
Mike Mussina or Tim Wakefield
Phil Hughes or Jon Lester

Bullpen:
Joba Chamberlin or Hideki Okajima
Luis Vizcaino or Eric Gagne
Mariano Rivera or Jonathan Papelbon

[Basketball Jesus]

No one said Melky is a HOF....

I was talking about Ellsbury.

.315 15 HR 80 RBI 20 SB, excellent defense, gold glove potential...

Aside from an otherworldy 122 ABs in AAA last season (and his 2004 stint in Battle Creek), Cabrera hasn't put together a consistent enough showing to guarantee him hitting at that high of an average in the bigs. Not that batting average is important anyway; regardless, he'll probably be a player that flirts with .300 every season but with an OBP in the mid-.300s. Maybe something like .295/.350/.447. Which is pretty good.

[Da Schwab]

Lineup:

C: Jorge Posada or Jason Varitek
1B: Platoon or Kevin Youkilis
2B: Robinson Cano or Dustin Pedroia
3B: Alex Rodriguez or Mike Lowell
SS: Derek Jeter or Julio Lugo
LF: Hideki Matsui or Manny Ramirez
CF: Melky Cabrera or Coco Crisp
RF: Bobby Abreu or JD Drew
DH: Jason Giambi or David Ortiz

Bench:

Johnny Damon vs ______
Andy Phillips vs Eric Hinske
Wilson Betemit vs Alex Cora
Shelley Duncan vs Willy Mo Pena
Jose Molina vs Doug Mirabelli

Starting Pitching:

Andy Pettite or Josh Beckett
Roger Clemens or Curt Schilling
Chieng Ming Wang or Daisuke Matsuzaka
Mike Mussina or Tim Wakefield
Phil Hughes or Jon Lester

Bullpen:

Joba Chamberlin or Hideki Okajima
Luis Vizcaino or Eric Gagne
Mariano Rivera or Jonathan Papelbon

Yankees win 14-8

Most of that is based on my contempt for some of the Sawx, so thats extremely biased.

No surprise there.


And if anyone picks Giambi over Ortiz.... you deserve to be shot in the face.

[nykgeneralmanager]

After tonight's domination, I'm convinced.

Joba Chamberlain or Hideki Okajima

[oakfanintheeast]

After tonight's domination, I'm convinced.

Joba Chamberlain or Hideki Okajima

some of you guys love sample sizes Vs. someone who has been awesome the whole year.

[nykgeneralmanager]

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some of you guys love sample sizes Vs. someone who has been awesome the whole year.

Guilty as charged

EDIT: He has faced 15 batters, and not ONE has made contact with his slider yet. Not even for a foul ball. In his 4 innings of work he has 6 Ks, all of which were strikeouts swinging on his slider. When he struck out the side against Cleveland last night, the reaction of Trot Nixon and Kenny Lofton after they K'd was priceless. They basically had a look on their face that said ''How is it fair that you throw that pitch as hard as most guy's fastballs?"

[Da Schwab]

Guilty as charged

EDIT: He has faced 15 batters, and not ONE has made contact with his slider yet. Not even for a foul ball. In his 4 innings of work he has 6 Ks, all of which were strikeouts swinging on his slider. When he struck out the side against Cleveland last night, the reaction of Trot Nixon and Kenny Lofton after they K'd was priceless. They basically had a look on their face that said ''How is it fair that you throw that pitch as hard as most guy's fastballs?"

When he struck out Nixon and Lofton last night, I couldn't help but ask myself: How is that pitch legal in the lower 48?

[nykgeneralmanager]

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When he struck out Nixon and Lofton last night, I couldn't help but ask myself: How is that pitch legal in the lower 48?

After the game, Hughes said that he told Joba he can't do that, and that Joba has to throw his curve and change because it isn't fair to throw the slider.

[jeff1624]

C - Posada
1B - Youkilis
2B - Cano
SS - Jeter
3B - A-Rod
LF - Manny
CF - Melky
RF - Abreu
DH - Ortiz

STARTERS
Clemens
Beckett
Matsuzaka
Mussina
Hughes

RELIEF
Chamberlain
Okajima
Mariano

BENCH
Damon
Duncan
Betemit
Mirabelli