New York Yankees Win #27!

[graphicgr8s]

Originally Posted by flippedgazelle

Congratulations, Joe Girardi.

Saw this as FireFox was loading. I second the Congrats. A man of integrity and someone who deserves respect.

[daacon]

Originally Posted by graphicgr8s

Saw this as FireFox was loading. I second the Congrats. A man of integrity and someone who deserves respect.

Indeed ....

And I am a spots Fan (not a Yankees Fan) however ..

Hideki Matsui - had a great series and a once in a lifetime series ending game , this is stuff kids dream of in the sandlot playing scrub ....

The Yankees have been trying to buy the world series for 10 years it rarely works....

Derek Jeter - utmost respect for him as a player on and off the field ....

So Kudos to them , it's well deserved. Glad for Jeter (best Yankee ever ?? Debatable for sure )

[flippedgazelle]

Originally Posted by daacon

Indeed ....
...Glad for Jeter (best Yankee ever ?? Debatable for sure )

Babe Ruth. Not even close. Most dominating team sport athlete ever seen in the USA.

[daacon]

Originally Posted by flippedgazelle

Babe Ruth. Not even close. Most dominating team sport athlete ever seen in the USA.

Hard to argue with that choice like I said debatable ... on Derek's side is his career is not over and if you measure a team player by championships ..... it's close (Jeter up 1)

[B Grace]

Originally Posted by flippedgazelle

Babe Ruth. Not even close. Most dominating team sport athlete ever seen in the USA.

Nah, I'd pick Lou Gehrig for best all-around Yankee. Now if you're talking best player in baseball ever, well, that would be Satchel Paige.

[res3567]

Originally Posted by daacon

Hard to argue with that choice like I said debatable ... on Derek's side is his career is not over and if you measure a team player by championships ..... it's close (Jeter up 1)

Jeter is one of the stars who ain't had controversy in his carrer and he is a likeable guy.

[daacon]

Originally Posted by res3567

Jeter is one of he stars who ain't had controversey in his carrer and he a likeable guy.

Indeed Gehrig was like that as well ...

The Babe , Ty and Mickey .... were certainly more colorful

[flippedgazelle]

Originally Posted by B Grace

Nah, I'd pick Lou Gehrig for best all-around Yankee. Now if you're talking best player in baseball ever, well, that would be Satchel Paige.

Gehrig, great as he was, didn't impact the game nealry as much as the Babe.

There's a reason why Yankee Stadium is (was) "The House That Ruth Built".

IN 1920, Ruth hit 54 hr's and had an .847 slugging percentage. That slugging percentage was an MLB record for 81 years, until a chemically enhanced Barry Bonds beat it.

Oh, and the 54 hr's? More than every other team except the Phillies. A current player would need to hit over 200 hr's.

-- here's a follow-up to that stat:

■In 1927, Babe Ruth's 60 home runs accounted for 14% of all home runs in the American League that year. To put that figure in modern perspective, a player would need to hit over 340 home runs in a season to account for 14% of the American League's total homerun output.

In Bill Jenkinson's 2006 book, The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs, the author examined accounts of all of Ruth's hits, and concluded that he may have hit as many as 104 dingers. Rules were different back then, such as placement of the foul poles, and also if the ball hit the foul pole it was ruled a double - not a homer as it is now.

In a time when media was much slower and less pervasive, Ruth was a bigger phenomenon than any current player. Probably only Jordan and Ali could compare on a worldwide scale.

After the Red Sox sold Ruth to the Yankees, he outhomered the entire Boston team in 10 of the next 12 seasons.

Babe began his career in the dead ball era, yet hit gobs of homers.

94-46 2.28 ERA as a pitcher.

He's still #1 in sluggin % & OPS, and #2 in OBP (2nd to Bar-roid Bonds).

All in all, his level of statistical domination is unmatched.

[cardinal43]

Originally Posted by graphicgr8s

You're in the US you learn English. But like I said these panty wastes we have won't make it mandatory.

If I made the kind of $$$ he does, I wouldn't give a damn what country I was in or what language was spoken (or not spoken).

[graphicgr8s]

Originally Posted by cardinal43

If I made the kind of $$$ he does, I wouldn't give a damn what country I was in or what language was spoken (or not spoken).

If I made the kind of $$$ he does I'd live in Canada next door to Wheatfield

[reeftool]

I'm a baseball fan but not blindly loyal to any one team. I really enjoyed watching the Yankees play this past year. I think it is one of the best lineups they have ever had. It all seemed to come together as the season went on and they worked well together as a team. There was a lot of discussion as to who the MVP should have been because a LOT of different players made major contributions in different games throughout the series and thats how baseball should be played and how ultimately championships are won. Matsui stood out, especially in the last game. With Damon getting hurt, Melkie Caberra hurt and the pitchers getting tired, they would have been in big trouble for a game seven. If the MVP went to Rivera I don't think anyone would have complained. It was a very good World Series. I didn't see too much because of my work schedule but followed on the radio. There was no doubt that these were the 2 best teams in baseball fighting it out and could have easily gone the other way. Congrats to the Yankees!

[ChrisPlatt]

Derek Jeter? Never trust anyone with two five-letter names...

Chris Platt

[flippedgazelle]

Originally Posted by ChrisPlatt

Derek Jeter? Never trust anyone with two five-letter names...

Chris Platt

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[res3567]

Originally Posted by graphicgr8s

If I made the kind of $$$ he does I'd live in Canada next door to Wheatfield

So you gone make him one of your friends right?