Archive for February 7th, 2006

Still Stottle-ing Around

YANKEES SPRING
New York Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, left, chats with pitcher Carl Pavano, right, after Pavano threw batting practice at spring training in this Feb. 25, 2005 file photo in Tampa, Fla. Stottlemyre will be a 2006 spring training instructor for the New York Yankees after spending 10 seasons as their pitching coach.

Torre

Joe, I agree with all of your concerns. Pavano is the biggest question mark facing this club.
I will still be fixated on Torre though. We still have a $200 million payroll and the pressure is enormous. We need his complete focus on the 2006 season and not where the next [...]

Torre

Don’t worry about Torre. He’ll be focused and ready to manage. Right now, the only thing we have to worry about is Jeter or A-Rod getting hurt in the stupid WBC. During the season, the worry is still pitching. Will Pavano be a bust? Will Wang have the sophomore jinx? [...]

Good Work

In the midst of my rant, I forgot to congratulate Mike G. on getting the site back up and running. Thanks a million!

Good Work

I am against any Yankee participating in the WBC. However I recognize the demands on Jeter and A-Rod in terms of marketing the sport.
This morning’s rant: I saw that Joe Torre is in Time Square today promoting Gillette’s new razor because he supposedly knows something about clean shaven men. WHY [...]

Good Work

Michael,
Good Job! Thanks for all of your work on the website.
I agree with Rivera not playing in the little league world series.

Back in Business

I guess there has not been much Yankee news lately. So if the site had to go down, I guess it was the right time. I apologize for that. There wound up being a hard drive space issue on the server hosting the site that was causing the database errors. It [...]