Early returns on Tex
At his press conference earlier today, first baseman Mark Teixeira gave his wife, Leigh, much of the credit for his decision to sign with the Yankees.
So now you have to boo her, too?
Do they own a pet?
Apparently, Leigh told Mark that she wanted him to be a Yankee, probably interrupting Scott Boras in the process.
Teixeira also announced that he was getting a chance to play "for the greatest organization in sports history," which can only mean one thing:
He's also going to be a shooting guard with the Celtics.
We can spend hours debating whether the Orioles took the right approach in their "negotiations" with Boras, but it's become more and more clear that Teixeira had no intention of playing here. I'm not sure how much more obvious he can be about it.
He has the right to accept a huge offer from an East Coast contender that he always rooted for as a kid and that his wife rooted for him to join this winter. He didn't do anything wrong.
Doesn't mean we have to like it.
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just made me sad to see that news conference with all of his childhood recollections of O's games, and Cal and Eddie, etc.
Damn Don Mattingly. . . his idol had too much hold on Tex. . .that, and a boatload of money and that winning tradition.
but, yeah, if I recognize his wife, I'll boo her too!
Booooooooooo Booooooooooo Booooooooooooo Boooooooo Merc Teixeira Boooooo Boooooooooooooo Leigh Teixeira Boooooooo Booo Boooooooo Booooooooo Boooooooooooo Andy MacPhail for not really trying Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
"for the greediest organization in sports history,"
You're right Roch, he didn't do anything wrong. Actually, I'm a little embarassed for even thinking he may want to come here.
Guess I'll have to pay and have Madam Rosa on the Block place a hex on Tex the same way I had her put one on Mussina a few years back.
The excitement of signing someone of Teixeira's caliber took us all by storm. It's an emotional letdown, to say the least.
I was hopeful we'd sign him, however $180 million dollars can be spent so much more wisely than on one player. Remember all the hullabaloo that went into getting Carl Pavano? What a great investment he turned out to be for the Yankees.
Personally, I am more excited about Weiters than hating Teixeira.
I'm turning 40 this year, so maybe I'm from the wrong generation. But when he mentioned that he wore a Yankee hat when his Dad took him to Orioles games - that floored me. As a parent of a 10 year old boy and 7 year old girl, if either of my children were to have a Yankee hat in their possession I would immediately begin to question my parenting skills. Is there nothing sacred in this world? Whatever happened to good old-fashioned Yankee-hating being passed down from one generation to the next?
What a clown...
Whatever. I hope his line this year is .237/13/68, the Yanks again fail to make the playoffs, and his wife has to hear him complain every night about the media being so hard on him. That's not asking too much, right?
Craig S.
Hey! I am working on passing that good ole Yankee-hating passion down to my kids! I believe my eight-year old is on a good path to understand how to properly despise the evil empire.
I guess we know who wears the pants in his family..:)
It seems pretty obvious that we were never going to get Teix. The intriguing question, is why not? Answering that question accurately and then correcting the problems are essential to any success we might have going forward.
My take is that the Why Not answers for Teix were:
1. We have insufficient promise of contending any time soon
2. We do not have the allure of New York even for a home grown kid
3. We do not have the history of greatness that the Yankees have
4. We do not have the glamour for the agents that LA and NY have
5. We were not going to offer enough money
There is no fix for many of these. The same 5 reasons work against all but a few teams. That is why free agency, combined with liberal rules that permit too much freedom of team switching combined with a lack of a salary cap have so damaged the sport.
At the dawn of free agency - and yes, I was there - many people warned that it would lead to LA, NY and to some extent Chicago teams dominating the sport every year. No one predicted Boston would join that gang by monopolizing the entire New England area. Or Atlanta by pioneering cable TV. But many saw the decline and ultimate irrelevancy of all medium to small market teams.
The only fix is to limit payrolls and player freedom of movement.
What the economists will tell us, though, is that revenues are up, so the sport is more successful now. Yeah, except that revenues may continue to rise for spectacle, entertainment and exhibition while competition and sporting fairness disappear altogether.
At some point, someone will start a new sporting-oriented baseball venture. And we purists can go there. Here's to the St. Paul Saints and the entire Independent League.
Folks need to keep in mind that Severna Park is not Baltimore. I grew up there myself a few years earlier then Mark and while I am an O's fan, I dont particularly identify myself with the city of Baltimore. If Mark had grown up in Delaware or northern VA would he be getting all this grief?
Did anyone seen the talk that Boras had on the new MLB channel hot stove show last night? He was complimantary toward the O's and the Nats both concerning thier intentness to sign Tex.
So which is it? Was he a Yankees fan as a kid or an O's fan? No self-respecting baseball fan over the age of 12 can claim to be both (I say 12 because that was the last time we actually had a legitimate rivalry with the Yanks).
As soon as Mussina retires, I have another guy that I hope never wins a title with the Yanks. Won't my hatred ever get a rest?
I wish there was a reporter there that threw a shoe at him. Roch, why couldn't you be there?
I don't blame a player for going to a place that he and his family are excited about and where they want to be. What I DO have a problem with is a player who knowingly exploits a fanbase that had such an emotional attachment (whether it was rational or not) so that organization can be used in a bidding war process. Growing up here, with his parents and other relatives still living in the area there is NO WAY he wasn't informed about the fever that was going on around here for him. That should in no way have made him feel obligated to come "home"...but if he had any real sense of decency he wouldn't have allowed the fans of the Orioles to be strung on the way they were.
For that I will boo him, his wife, his cat, his second cousin twice removed, his future mistress.... and I will pray that his son grows up to be a Red Sox fan. You know what they say -- Hell hath no fury like an Oriole fan scorned.
Oh my goodness - I just heard some of Tex's comments..and I think I'm gonna be sick.
Although I never expected him to sign with the O's, I was frustrated that he signed w/the Yanks. But I was dealing with it...until I just heard what he said. ugh.
"Personally, I am more excited about Weiters than hating Teixeira."
I second this statement. Thanks, Jason.
On a sidenote: I just realized that the replies post order is going from oldest to newest now - rather than having to start at the bottom of the page and work your way up. Way to go to the MASN webmaster who worked that out for us.
Now about getting a messageboard around here....
Speaking of wives, we don't hear much from Ms Benson anymore. Maybe it's her oblique. Do women have obliques?
Wonder if they're going to have to have another free agent camp in FL.
Don't fret my friends.
We have Hendrickson to strike him out.
No Roch he didn't do anything wrong at all.Once again the oriole front office gave this town false hope into thinking thay had a chance to sign him. Andy came right out and said that the orioles were going to make him there top priority.Whether you agree or disagree that spending 140 million on 1 player that still wasn't going to make us a contender was the right decision or the wrong one the fans off this town deserve better much better then signing a pitcher that is no more then a cheaper version of daniel.To me making something or somebody a priority means to make every effort what so ever to sign him. He didn't even give this organization the courtesy of getting back to them, further indicating just what players in this league think about us.For all of you who think andy is the god send that will fix this organization they are very much mistaken and in denial. If the truth be told andy would have never taken this job if he had known just how broken and in disray this team really is.Pretty soon they will lose a player that everybody loves because he can't stand playing here anymore. Nick will be next. If the people in this town can't understand by now what the difference is in a winning and losing organization and the difference between doing the right and wrong things then they only need to watch there counterparts in a town where the fans deserve much better then what we have gotten.
See, I think my 8 year old had the right response to Texeira's signing. I told him a player had just signed for $21 million. He immediately got his glove and a ball and went outside to start practicing.
I can just sense the Orioles madrasahs popping up teaching eight year olds to suicide bomb the Bronx.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thought I'd boo now cause he won't hear the boos opening day over all the Yankee fans at OPACY.
May he be the hitter's equivalent of Carl Pavano and may the Yankee fans treat him like Ed Whitson (and may they treat his wife like a high school pariah).
Game 7, 2012 ALCS, O's lead the Yanks 4-3; 2 outs; bottom of the 9th (O's are the wildcard). Tex on 2nd, A-Rod at the plate; After fouling the first pitch into the stands and hitting a certain ballplayer's wife, A-Rod lines a single to center; AJ fields on one hop and fires to Wieters blocking the plate. Tex blows out his knee and Wieters holds the ball. O's head to the WS.
Tex is a NY fan. Some how he was not taught loyalty as a young boy.
It is also a commentaary on Angelos Family ownership. They could not make a serious impression on him as a player. Angelos is hearing on the TV and radio the backlash from his prime candidate in the free agent market he would not consider the O's. Will Peter and family ever get their hearing corrected to hear the message.
Peter and family are promising 2009 will be worse than 2008. So blame the ownership and don't show up.
Yeh you could go to the games and boo Tex. But you are still putting money in the real culprits pocket. He will take your money but not delever a comeptive team.
Next is Brian.
Then Nick.
Then......
I hope this overhyped jerk enjoys his time in that extremely friendly environment known as New York City. I hope that Mrs. Tex enjoys it when she is being berated during his slumps by those classy Yankees fans.
Bottom line is I'm glad we didn't waste that kind of money on a guy from Mount St. Joe. I seem to remember while I was at Calvert Hall we beat them regularly.
Bring me Greg Zaun, NOW! That's a guy who wants to be here. I'd rather have 1 Zaun type player than 25 of Tex and I'm dead serious.
By the way, last I checked Tex doesn't pitch, right? Add all the bats you want, but Andy is wasting time and money until we can get some good arms in here.
Jason Johnson is now a Yankee.
Not being a parent myself (keep the jokes to yourself), I feel I owe my neices, newphews and cousins the Yankee hating tradition they deserve. So I felt quite proud this past summer when my newphew, 7, told his dad when he was drafted by the Tigers, in their pee wee draft, "at least it wasn't the Yankees". I literally fell out of my chair laughing. Good times. Oh and go to NY (h*ll) Leigh.
The "greatest organization in sports history" maybe years ago, but the Yankees since 2000 are a joke. If they win the WS next year there should be an asterisks next to them. There payroll is an unfair advantage, how is that different then steriods.
For the New Year, I would like to thank Bud Selig for making the NFL the national pastime.
Mike said:
I guess we know who wears the pants in his family..:)
January 6, 2009 2:29 PM
LOL, good one...
They are from this area right? Anyone know where the house is? We can all grab our torches & pitchforks and....
tvdpdx said:
Speaking of wives, we don't hear much from Ms Benson anymore. Maybe it's her oblique. Do women have obliques?
Wonder if they're going to have to have another free agent camp in FL.
January 6, 2009 2:48 PM
tvdpdx... who cares if she even has an oblique & who would notice if she did? :-)
Tex is not a very bright guy afterall, neither is Bor@ss.... Mrs. Tex, the boss, the one wearing the pants, wanted NYC huh? No Chit she did. She can blow many more of this fools millions on 5th Ave than she could even think of wasting shopping in the Inner Harbor. I bet Bor@ss & Tex didn't factor that into the deal....
Will Teixeira be introduced on opening day from behind a large skirt ?
how about lets go after manny give him a 3 year deal
Why does this surprise everyone that Tex is a Yank? I hate the Yanks with a passion but if you have the money like the Yanks do, why not go after the best out there. Did you really think Tex was gonna come here? Look at the O's for the past ten years. No superstar would want to come to a team that cannot make the playoffs unless the star is desperate like Sosa. Everyone said CC wanted to go to the West Coast b/c he's from there but look where he landed, the Yankees. And Mrs. Tex, of course she wanted him to go to the Yanks.....8 years for $180 million plus all the shopping she can do in NY.
We need to get back to the Oriole way which is stocking the farm systems with young talent, developing them, and bringing them up to the big leagues when ready which will help the organization win for a long period of time. Then supplament them with key free agents. Who cares what other organizations do to get better....we need to do it the Oriole way!! Ripken, Palmer, Murray, Mussina, Flanagan, and more....all products of the Oriole way. McPhail is doing a good job in pointing us into that direction.
Roch,
Are the Roberts, Floyd talks still alive?
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Not at the moment. Unfortunately, people in the Chicago media are shooting down a "rumor" coming out of Baltimore that the White Sox offered Floyd for Roberts. Not sure where that rumor came from, considering that I wrote about how the Sox GM loves Roberts and the Orioles brought up Floyd's name. Not exactly the same thing as saying the White Sox offered Floyd or that a deal was close. - Roch
I guess Mrs. Teixeira has spoken to Mrs. Clemens, Mrs. Benson, and the former Mrs. Rodriguez about all the benefits of being married to an NY ball player. Nothing like the relaxed atmosphere and hometown values that atmosphere seems to engender. That, and the money. Lots and lots of money.
Juan Castro signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers. Yup that is how interesting its gotten lately. O's couldn't even throw $6 mil at Giambi?
Watching the press conference made me sick. Worse than the Mussina press conference in that Tex was so talking about all the NYY love.
Also I thought most Yankee fans despised Mattingly because he is the only captain who never won anything and continued that curse when he beacme a coach on the team. So here's to you Tex and keeping up with the Mattingly tradition:)
All the worst to the bum.
Roch-
I think this explains it all:
(From http://wcbstv.com/topstories/mark.teixeira.yankees.2.901209.html)
"I think it says a lot about the Yankees organization that a kid who grew up in Baltimore, had season tickets to Baltimore Orioles games, and [wouldn't] cheer for [any] other player in the world except for Don Mattingly -- Don Mattingly was my guy. People say, 'Why not Cal? Why Not Eddie?' And I say, 'No I loved Cal, I loved Eddie,' but there's something about Don Mattingly," he said.
"My dad would take me to O's games and I would wear a Yankees hat, and back in the 80's and early 90's, that wasn't a safe thing to do in Baltimore, but it was worth it," he added.
Excuse me while I go throw up in my mouth a little bit.
Of course, on introduction day, every new free agent signing talks about how great it is that he’s with his new team and how much of a dream it was. Didn’t Albert Belle say something dumb like he always wanted to be an Oriole when he was introduced? But the Teixeira signing is the umpteenth example of how this is just a business and hometown connections mean little to a player if it doesn’t also come with money and winning. I’m sure he was little impressed that the O’s have been no closer than 16 games to a playoff spot since he was drafted in 2001.
Like other players, it would’ve been great if the O’s had acquired him, but the reality of what’s been happening here the last decade said that it wasn’t going to happen. Maybe if he’d ever worn an Orioles uniform I might care more, but to me, he’s just another player we don’t have. The fans could be angry at Teixeira for not choosing to come here, or they could be angry at the front office for not doing more to get him to come here, but we should probably be more angry that the ownership and management over the last decade has largely failed to develop impact players like Mark Teixeira and has put this franchise in the position where it can’t acquire good players like Teixeira because the shoddy product it keeps putting out there year after year has destroyed this franchise’s reputation.
Wearing a Yankees hat to O's games. It's a good thing he never came around my section. If he were my kid, I'd kick his butt. His parents should be ashamed.
Give it a break with the boycotting games line. What does a ticket cost? $20.00? Do you really think that is going to make a difference when most of the orioles money is coming from merch and masn? Are you going to convince people to stop running ads on masn? Convince people stop buying orioles gear? Are you going to boycott revenue sharing? The only thing boycotting games is going to do is give PA the chance to move the team if he would want to. Do you think you are going to start a movement to break PA?
The only thing a boycott could do would be to make a statement, and i do not think you understand the statement that you would be making. 2009 is going to be hard enough as it is for the players. Do you think it's going to help our young players if no one is in the stands to cheer them? Do you think it is going to make nick want to resign if no one is at the games Ed So Pa Fan? Do you really think that the orioles are really content with losing? The orioles are where they are because a lot of poor decision making. 10 plus years of it. Can we really expect mcphail to come in and fix it in less than two season? Do you guys really think signing a bunch of vets with high price names (dunn, sexton, pettitte, etc.. Etc) is going to solve the problem? That's like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound, it's the reason we are in this mess in the first place. We should have started to rebuild during/after the 98 season. What the hell is wrong with some of you people? Wake up.
Hey, Tex... why don't you just get a running start and dropkick us in the junk? Like we haven't endured enough yet??!?!?
For the love of God, this guy was a Yankees fan when the Orioles were GOOD!!!!
What a joke. He's no better than Jeffrey Maier.
Steve he is worse, at Jeffrey F***ing Maier was born near NY....
"He's also going to be a shooting guard with the Celtics."
Or a defenseman for Le Club de Hockey Canadien.
I get it. Everyone hates Peter Angelos. He's awful. How many teams' fans like their owner? The Marlins' ownership does not even give their players comfortable locker rooms, etc. and they constantly ship away talent to save money.
BUT, the Marlins have made and/or won the world series under that same ownership.
All of the Orioles fans who blame Angelos, blame MacPhail, blame the Yankees, blame the MLB offices, blame Bud Selig, blame a free agents' parents. All of you doing this sound pathetic
PUH-LEEZ. If you want a winning team, it takes YEARS AND LUCK. No team ever succeeds by building through free agency. While we were overpaying crappy free agents and finished fourth all the whiners wanted to rebuild. Now we're rebuilding and all the whiners want free agents.
Everyone who says things like, "ive been a tormented O's fan for blah blah years" give me a break. Boycotting games to "send a message" to Angelos is a terrible idea. The message you'd be sending is, "your fans are a bunch of babys who blame everyone but themselves." Maybe BRob and Markakis don't want to re-sign because they're tired of playing in front of 11,000 people.
Be a real fan. Support the team no matter what. It's that simple.
Roch,
Pavano signed with the Indians for 1.5 million. Wouldnt he be worth a chance at that price with the way he finished up with the yankees?
What in the heck is McFAIL doing in the warehouse? Is he even awake at this point? Oh that is right, he is still on the beach in florida...LOL
Another domino falls and all we have to show for it is .......a starting pitching staff that wont have 30 wins under their belt.
WAY TO GO McFAIL. Thanks Ole PETER for "doing what we have to in order to place a winnign team on the field"
We truly are the Pirates of the AL....lower then even KC
It doesnt have to be like this....if we all just stuck together and demanded better from the Owner
Why don't the Orioles get him back by having a winning season and beating the yankees. Booing just doesnt seem to work anymore. Well, ok it never did.
Seth - Mariners have Carlos Triunfel, but he could easily be moved off of SS. Don't believe the Nationals, Padres, or Pirates have SS as well. Ironically, Green was drafted in the 14th round out of high school by the Padres, but did not sign. He dropped that far due to signability issues. He is a California guy so if he's available I would think he'll be gone by #5.
Ackley is coming off of Tommy John surgery. Read one report that compared him to Chase Utley and suggested there is a good chance he will be moved to 2b as a pro.
You are probably right about 2010. At this point, I would say we have a great shot at a top three pick. In addition, if we hang onto Brian Roberts and Aubrey Huff and lose them to free agency at the end of '09 we would get supplemental picks as they would be "Type A" free agents.
Roch - Would Melvin Mora be a Type A as well?
shelley duncan was just DFA'ed as a result of Tex signing. 1st base option? not a great one, but something to consider
Guys and Gals
Get a good luck at the video on MLB.com of Tex at the introduction to being a yankee. It will be Weiters in 5 years.
I dont understand why this organization portrays to the fans and the baseball world that they are a small market team. When in fact, they are probably in the upper third in revenue when you consider MASN.
Peter....how do you sleep at night?
Dumb question, very easily just try not to roll on that huge bank roll in his pocket.
Again it doesnt have to be this way in O's land. And it wasnt this way before Ole Peter came.
Way to go McFAIL..WHAT IF you offered the same that the yankees did.... WHAT IF we will never know
Until baseball gets a real, NFL style hard salary cap the off season will always be all about NY, LA, Boston and nobody else. Most of the time the regular season will play out that way as well.
Jack,
you are an idiot. Pavano signed for 1.5 mil PLUS an additional 5.something million in reachable incentives - which, by my calculations, would bring his total salary to somewhere around 7 million.
Give it a rest - you don't have to be an a$$ everyday of your life.
Jack,
Put your money where your mouth is and buy the team...if you don't have the money please shut up already.
Roch, i hear the Yankees might trade nick swisher. Any chance the orioles try to get a deal done for him?
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He's definitely available, but he's coming off a really down year. Not sure of the Orioles' interest level. - Roch
Jack wants Pavano?
WTF?
S, I couldnt have said it better myself.
After hearing those comments on the radio, I'm left to wonder how people can still justify blaming McPhail for him not coming? Even if McPhail was calling Boras daily and upping the offer, would Mark "Benedict Arnold" Texiera have come here?
We're about the same age, Mark "BA" Texeria and I, and I'm wondering if he grew up watching the same Yankees that I grew up thinking were the laughing stock of the league? I think that's all BS. I think he jumped the band wagon in '96.
So who cares? The Yankees are asking their fanbase for money for their stadium while pricing that fanbase out of it then going to spend enough money to finish said stadium on free agency. Has spending that helped them win a WS in the last 8 years? (I just wanted to bring up the stadium thing as a shot to the Yankees, I feel that's really underhanded)
The Orioles are FINALLY on the right track. Give McPhail a chance. You can't turn a baseball team around as fast as you can a football team, ESPECIALLY a baseball team that has been so mismanaged as the Orioles.
I'll jump on the "I Hate McPhail" bandwagon in a couple years if things haven't changed, but for now I'll give him a shot. Personally, I'd rather suffer through another couple seasons of losing with a low payroll to put us in position to win consistantly. Let the teens be our years!
This has to be one of the top 10 acquisitions we have ever made. We swooped in and grabbed him from you guys quicker then we snatched Damon.
I sort of feel sorry for you guys with your owner who wont spend any money. Why do you guys still support him? But I dont feel sorry when we win 12 of the 16 games this year from the O's
GO TEX
Jack does make a few good points on MacFail & potter....
Roch,
You may be 100% correct............. but.... let me ask this.
Have you ever heard a player say anything other than "I wanted to play for this team because"....? Players just don't say I would have played for so and so if they offered the right money.
And something else interesting. Do you think stating he "gave much of the credit to his wife for signing with the Yankees" as a way of easing some pain here. Silly I know, but if they are the best organization in baseball why do you need to have your wife convince you of that?
To finish, has anyone ever referred to mid or small market teams as the best organizations in baseball without being laughed at out loud? Spending money to put the best talent on the field may have something to do with that statement. The difference between the O's and Yankees right now is about 140 million dollars a year. Now, if the O's could afford that then Baltimore would be the great organization and even Jack would be happy.
Well good for him, then. A potential Hometown Hero to Yankee first baseman... what a fall.
Adam, Booing does help..........Aubrey Huff. We booed him last year after his comments and poor start and he became the O's MVP and a hitting machine.
I just hope that when Tex's contract with the Yankees is up that the O's are the big team in the East, the team that everyone wants to play for because they're the current winning team.....
And I hope that Tex comes crawling into Baltimore saying that he wants to end his career playing for "his hometown team" and helping them to win a pennant/World Series....
I hope I'm there to say, "Get out of here! You didn't want us when we were down...now we don't want you when you're on your way down. If wanted to be on your 'hometown team', you should've helped us then and been the foundation for us to build upon. But NNNNnnnnnOOOoooo! You had to have the BIG bucks from the Yankees. Now go away and sign with the Nats."
Jack does make a few good points on MacFail & potter....
the thing that got me was tex said that he and his wife made up their minds 2 weeks before christmas...2 weeks!!!!! that alone says alot.. that he cared that little of us to let us fans and the orioles and nationals for that matter twist in the wind...for all of you that said we should have offered more, well we never had a chance!
I just saw Tex's press conference on Sportscenter. I cant believe he bragged about wearing a Yankee hat to O's games! This is the last straw. I am glad he isnt here. I was born in Baltimore and lived all around the country in the Air Force, but I am always a Baltimorean. Most of us know how loyal we are to our city and our teams despite their faults. But to grow up in Baltimore as a Yankee fan, I just cant understand that. Have fun in NY Tex.
WOW... his wife wanted him to sign w/ the Yankees? It is obviously important to include your spouse's interest when factoring a decision like this, but c'mon, there's no need to go public w/ that as areason. Kinda makes me think that Tex is not really his own man, certainly not a guy whose gonna be a clubhouse leader. Guys like that are the ones who always seem to choke when the pressure is on them. I'm thinking that Tex will put up pretty spectacular #'s from April to early Sept, but come postseason he'll fold like A-Rod.
Wife?....I have no words.... It is beyond low. Jason, you are right; Yanks got another A-Rod.
Please, please, find some way to get DCab back(Can we borrow him form National for openning day?). He will be very useful in some situation.
We don't have to like him either. What is the big deal. He is just another Yankee Bum. Did I ever mention that he went 0 for 1 against my son when he pitched for Loyola. They actually beat St. Joe that year. Tim Nordbrook (sp?)& Joe Orsulak were the coaches.
Foreshadowing? Pavano cited his wife as the reason he opted for the Yankees...
MD Yankee Fan - well said. You have no clue how many games teams in the AL East play against one another, an accurate reflection of the typical Yankees fan.
or how about an ol' striker for manU eh?
Patrick Roy said:
"He's also going to be a shooting guard with the Celtics."
Or a defenseman for Le Club de Hockey Canadien.
January 6, 2009 4:20 PM
Baltimore fans are so co-dependant. got to hang on to that big money, big name player.I've enjoyed The blue collar Joe Orsalaks Chris Hoiles Boog Powell. Give me Carlos Pena ,Huff,Give me a gut it out Dave Johnson on the mound. Give me four more like Gutherie. Now your talkin BALL.
Gotta love Maryland Yankee fans, coming on here and trashing this fanbase. So MD Yankee fan, are you a Steeler fan too? Oh yeah you must be to live in this state. Typical frontrunning tool, with no loyalty and all bandwagon. So MD Frontrunner, what trend will jump on next? I mean you sure do love your winning teams.
I don't blame Tex for rooting for the Yankees as a child.
I blame his father for raising him that way.
Being born in 1980, I was raised to never root for a New York or Washington DC team (thanks to Jack Kent Cooke).
I wonder if the fans of OPACY will give Tex the "Bronx Treatment" and shower him with AA's...
Actually I take that back, we have more class than that.