Could see the Yankees panicking and going balls out to sign Fielder, who has already said he'd have no problem being a DH.

Though if that happens, that assures A-Rod will be playing 3rd into his mid-40s for the remainder of his contract, unless they move Teixeira out of position.

Yeah, Yankees need another DH.

Their offense was shit this series, but I doubt the Yankees are going to start blaming their problems on their lineup. They need starting pitching. Bad.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yankees win

Exactly. Girardi somehow patched together a rotation through the year with Freddie Garcia, Bartolo Colon, and a drunk Phil Hughes. I see them overpaying CJ Wilson more than overpaying Prince.

Question is whether Cashman comes back, whether CC opts out for more years, whether Swisher is around next year. Posada is done as a Yankee, unfortunately, it's just time to move on.

I don't think so we need more hitting then pitching. If it weren't for our hitting we would be going to the ALDS right now. I really don't think our need for starting pitching is really that big. If we over pay Prince Fielder without getting CJ Wilson I think we have all ready made ourselves a better team. We do need pitching but, right now our major problem is the middle of the lineup. ESPECIALLY A-ROD. But, on the other hand do we need Prince Fielder when we are grooming our very own Young home run hitting DH in Montero?

While what you said is true, the Yankees' demise in the ALDS could be, and shouldbe, equally attributed to having to face an extremely talented Tigers pitching rotation (although C.C.'s ineptitude starting Game 2 and in relief in Game 5 last night didn't help matters as far as N.Y.'s pitching in the series).

Actually, they would have been headed to the ALCS.

If it weren't for their hitting, the Yankees may not have even made the playoffs.

Shit! Forgot about that. The Yankees left so many people on base it was unbelievable.

Especially A-Rod? The guy hurt all year, let's look at Teixeira. The guy sucked all year, great at tacking on stats in no pressure situations.

Hey guys let's talk about the Phillies and how they are going to lose tonight.

Fuck

Fucking Girardi and his micromanaging. It ALWAYS comes back and gets him. Should have let Hughes eat a few innings then get to the bridge to Mo.

Was half awake when I saw the Swisher at-bat with bases loaded in the 7th. I'm still pissed off he swung at those 2 pitches on the outside. Could have been a tie game.

Ah well. Offseason should be interesting. I see keeping Sabathia around at the top of the to-do list. Who knows what happens after that.

The same thing is going to happen to the Phillies. Same exact thing.

The Yankees were 2nd in the majors in runs scored and 3rd in OPS. They were 1st in walks and only 16th in strikeouts. I dunno how you could even begin to place the blame on the offense, let alone think it needs upgrading.

I don't think the Yankee offense needs upgrading...but it would be a Yankee move to go after a huge name just for the sake of it.

If Fielder went to the Yankees, I think you could conceivably draft him first in fantasy. 50+ HRs guaranteed.

No, that'd be the Red Sox, they usurped the stupid Free Agent move from the Yankees.

The main issue should be the pitching in the offseason but I can definitely put some blame on the offense for this series.

Their offense is great but in the postseason it seems to disappear a lot and I just think it has to do with having too many all or nothing hitters. This kind of goes against everything I think in that OBP and SLG are the most important stats but at some point having so many players with low averages does hurt in the postseason.

I think some of it is mental - Teixiera is either in a huge decline at 31 or after his first year in NY he fell in love with the short porch and its screwed his swing up royally.

Like I said though, the rotation is the big issue and the thing that will be looked at in the offseason. Theres a good chance the offense won't change at all besides Posada and I'm fine with that. I still do believe you can put some of the blame on them though and I think its warranted.

i.e. http://mt.nesn.com/.a/6a0115709f071f...6a22970c-400wi

Abiding by George Steinbrenner's credo of a championship or failure, Yankees team president Randy Levine labeled the 2011 season as unsuccessful.

"We are the Yankees," Levine told ESPNNewYork.com on Friday as he and the franchise coped with being eliminated at home in Game 5 of the ALDS by the Tigers. "That is the way The Boss set it up. When you don't win the World Series, it is a bitter disappointment and not a successful year."

I'm glad to see someone stepping in for The Boss.

This is coming from the guy who went over Cashman's head and overpaid for Raphael Soriano.

If Cashman was smart, he'd tell Levine to leave him the fuck alone if he wants to come back next season.

Ugh 3.5 hours

Everyone of the rumor sites say that Fielder to the Orioles is the best fit but I just cant see them dishing out tons of money to Fielder. A lineup with Fielder,Reynolds,Hardy,Wieters and Jones would be interesting to watch, but without pitching its meaningless, and its a shame there aren't that many good Free Agent pitchers that will be available..CJ Wilson?

Seeing George Posada cry makes me smile.

Won't get any better with A-Rod because the Yankees still stuck with him for 6 more years and nobody wants to touch that in any deal unless the Yankees ate most of the money.

I actually think Fielder is gonna go to the Red Sox. I mean think about it, Big Papi is now a free agent. I think with Ortiz hitting free agency it's more likely that the Red Sox will either sign Pujols or Fielder. Cause with the Yankees they have some DH'S all ready with A-rod, Montero etc. but, the Red Sox I think it's a different story.

The Orioles should concentrate solely on bringing in some pitching. If they leave the line-up as is, bring 2 veteran pitchers, and some relievers, they'll make things interesting.

tbs sucks dick

The best pitchers available is CJ Wilson and Mark Beurhle. Neither of them really excite me for the Os to be spending a bunch of money to get them.

Also, Axfords about the blow the game..oops

SQUEEZE!

Suicide squeez!!!! Unreal. Love zonas balls.

Cardinals vs Phillies starting.

I don't see how the Cardinals can beat Roy Halladay at home and in a decisive game. I mean, that's why they got him.

(As I wrote this, Furcal hit a lead-off triple)

...huh.

Fuck Fuck fuck this is how I envisoned it starting.

WTF CATCHERS INTERFERENCE ACTUALLY EXISTS?

LOL Nyjer Morgan will never shut up about this!

That could have been worse.

lol Nyjer screaming fuck yeah into the camera

love that dude

Crazy ending to the Dbacks-Brewers game.

:lol: at Morgan just randomly showing up during the post-game interview swearing in joy. I don't think he even stopped swearing from the hit to finally getting interviewed.

<font color=goldenrod>Nyjer Morgan trolling the censors.

"FUCK YEAH! FUCK YEAH!"</font>

Get the run back.

Alright that inning cheers me up a little, because the Phillies actually hit 2 hard balls off Carpentar.

Top of the line up. They got to get him here.

I love Nyjer Morgan..... I'm hoping for a Milwaukee/Philadelphia ALCS as the Blue Jays fan in me wants to see Halladay & Marcum succeed.....

This isn't fun.

Green light on 3-0? Really?

Chris Carpenter is ON.

So is Halladay, BTW.

The Phillies really need steriods right now.

Why do the Phllies always hit weak grounders to the right side in all their postseason games?

It's been the same problem for 3 fuckin years. It was the same exact thing in 07 against the Rockies? Why?

LOL look at Carpenter getting a basehit and hustling into 2nd!

...'cause they have a lot of left-handed hitters?

Intentionally walking Pujols, who isn't hitting all that well right now, so Halladay can face Berkman (who homered against Roy in Game 1) with the bases loaded?

Burkeman is gonna do some damge here.

Fat Elvis strikes out. The Puma!

I would be so fuckin pumped right now if the bottom of the lineup wasn't up.

Roy is out...I saw Cliff Lee warming up...I wonder if he'll come in in the 9th?

OMG this really sucks.

I'm not feeling it.

Howard is going deep.

Haha OMG!

Almost...

Carpenter, CG shutout, Howard collapses in pain.

A Cardinal is shirtless.

Lol are you serious right now?

...Wow.

What a way to end this game...Cardinals celebrating, and Ryan Howard down on the ground, hurt.

There goes the NL half of my WS prediction (Det-Philly) and ESPN's preseason pick for the WS (Philly-Bos).

Another year the hitting fails when the Phillies need it the most even though the pitching was great.

Brewers vs Cardinals is going to be special since both teams future could be changing although at least one would be guaranteed of reaching the WS (Fielder and Pujohls).

Good to see Carpenter went to the Jeter school of interviews.

<font color=goldenrod>LOL Phillies.

Yanks and Phils out in the first round. Glorious. Now I can watch the rest of the playoffs not really caring who wins.</font>

I always feel embarrassed by these latino players whenever they're interviewed after a game when they do something big. You'd think that with all the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS they earn, they could take some English classes so they wouldn't sound so dumb when they speak on national television.

Atlanta Braves comparisons are going to start coming.

Howard tears a quad grounding out to second. :nono:

Great game. Halladay and Carpenter each did their jobs the best they could.

Pulling for a Rangers/Brewers finale.

The Phillies beat the Braves to put the Cards in the playoffs, and then can't beat them with the best pitchers in baseball.

Might have been better off letting the Braves win that last game.

Me too.

About this game, though, I was sure that 1-run lead the Cards had after the 1st inning wasn't going to be enough.

It's crazy that it was.

What a great post season.

come on Cards/Rangers

If the Brewers win the World Series everybody has free license to get shitfaced for an entire week.

Amazing how much the Cardinals have been able to accomplish this season without Adam Wainwright.

Wainwright is a pussy. Stephen Strasburg just had Tommy John surgery again 5 minutes ago and he's ready to go if needed in Game 1.

I'm pulling for a Rangers vs Brewers World Series, but I'm getting the feeling we may see a Cardinals/Tigers rematch.

:lol: this year's good luck charm is a squirrel with them showing up during the St Louis vs Philly series.

Apparently, the Phillies caught one before the start of Game 5 and ended up jinxing them.

St Louis had them at their stadium but only took them out during the game when they started to tear up the field or were near home plate.

Yes !

Nyjer Morgan's post game interview was tremendous !

Midwest america world series one way or another.

Might not be good for the ratings.

Howard might miss 2012.

Seven Games In September

really good read about the Os/Red Sox last couple of weeks..found this gem though.


lol at Matusz finding his stuff again and pitching like Halladay next year..

<font color=goldenrod>Would have been better if the ball found a hole and Berkman threw out Ryan Howard at first base to end the series.</font>

Alright, I know it's never funny when somebody gets hurt but come on. Ryan Howard pulling a Kevin Nash just about on the last play of the the last game of a playoff series.

Detroit-St. Louis would be the MLB's ideal WS for ratings out of the potential matchups because of both being relatively strong markets.

<font color=goldenrod>I love when the World Series (and even the Championship Series in this case) doesn't involve a HUGE market...people imply that MLB must be disappointed. I'm sure they really care that ratings might be slightly lower. It's still the World Series. Besides...what do you want them to do? Rig the playoffs?

Maybe Selig will retire a year early if the Brewers win it.</font> :shifty:

Does anybody else thinks Theodore Long sounds just like Ron Washtington?? Shit tripped me out

<font color=goldenrod>And the Marlins have managed to already fuck up their beautiful new stadium by adding this horrific thing in right-center field that activates when the Marlins hit home runs:</font>

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/739480/marlins.gif

I kind of love it and am disgusted by the fact that I do

You can not be serious. That looks absolutely dreadful.

god I hope it makes Slot Machine noises

That can't be real.

the Marlin on top is awesome

HE FUCKING SPINS

RANGERS!

Neftali Feliz, OMG.

<font color=goldenrod>Feliz is ridiculous. You almost HAVE to get a hit early in the count, because if it gets to 2 strikes it's an automatic K.</font>

Also, Alexei Ogando went 3-0 with a 1.something ERA against Detroit. Dude owns them, and he showed it again tonight.

With the Rangers, every game is basically a 5 or 6 inning game. After that, the bullpen takes over.

Fuck it, let's go Brewers.

ALCS game 2 is off tonight due to rain. Gets bumped to monday.

Detroit can't catch a break.