Coming back from a whirlwind five weeks on the road. Started with the YANKEE western swing in late May to Oakland to Anaheim to Detroit. Interviews, interviews, interviews, the draft, and finally the College World Series.
We got everything we wanted out of this years draft. Picking almost last each year and still coming through with some of the best baseball talent is a feather in the cap of the WIN METHOD player evaluation system. The YANKEES since the inception and use of the WIN METHOD have been baseballs winning-est team with the most playoffs, pennants, and World Championships than any other team in baseball. Factually, no other team comes even close.
How about this years team. Riddled with crippling injuries, and many other lesser injuries, this team has performed admirably. First place, with player after player stepping up and playing WIN METHOD baseball. Winning as a team. WINS is all that counts.
How many of you remember my special WIN METHOD selection back in 2009 of Adam Warren and his rise through the ranks? Well, Adam is being called up by the YANKEES and will start Friday nights game in the Stadium against the Chicago White Sox. Good luck, Adam. Remember it's all about the WIN METHOD.
If any of you want a good laugh, you can go to several of the baseball talk forums. Go to the the YANKEE threads and you will see just what is meant by the dumbing down of America. Most, not all, but most posters know little to nothing about baseball, they get mired in mind numbing meaningless, worthless individual stats and when confronted whine and cry like immature childlike fools. The worst is, the moderators are the biggest and dumbest culprits. When threatened and provided facts and collaborating sites they immediately demean the poster and the other valid sites. All you can do is laugh at these brain dead losers. These guys are in their comfort zone when they are supported by their clique of mental delinquents, but know if they come here to debate anything they will get buried by an avalanche of common sense and facts from the smartest fans in the baseball world, WIN METHOD fans. They have no game and what game they have is losing and claiming they are the best.
In the second half of this season we will have several quality players coming back and this team will get better and better. All the while, the youngsters picked over the last few years develop and get ripe until they are needed and ready to be picked and promoted.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1401 – 1600 of 1823 Newer› Newest»O's get their first hits of the game, three of them and take 2-1 lead after 3.
2-1 O's afer 3.
Yanks come right back in the 4th with a run for 2-2 tie. Yanks have given away 2 outs on the basepaths in 4 innings.
2-2 after 4.
CC pitches out of trouble in the 5th. 2-2 after 5. Strike now guys, strike now with a crooked number inning.
2-2 after 5.
2-2 after six, we need some runs.
Afraud fails again. Strikes out with two men on in the 7th. Yanks don't score.
No Afraud no.
This is the way we played all season. 2-2 after seven.
Nothing for the Yanks in the 8th. O's leadoff double to start 8th. Strike out doesn't move runner. Popup foul to first, two out man on second. Finish it CC. Grounder to Jeter, three out. 2-2.
2-2 after 8. The O's are 16-2 in extra inning games. Win it now.
What a game as yes, we head into the wee early morning hours.
Martin leads off 9th with HR off O's closer Johnson.
Ibanez single, Jeter with a great hit and run single put men on 1st and 3rd, no outs. Ichiro infield single and RBI as Yanks take 4-2 lea d, no outs and two men on. Afraud srikes out hopelessly again, the black hole of the lineup sucks. Cano with a two RBI double for a 6-2 Ynakee lead and the win. NO JINX.
Yanks with five in the ninth for a 7-2 lead.
Nice win, and I agree no jinx.
Great game from CC. That is what an ace is supposed to do.
CC pitching the 9th looking for a dominant complete game.
CC gets first 2 outs and gives up a double and is taken out of the game. 8 2/3 great innings. Big win.
Well deserved win tonight, now to do it again tomorrow.
Way to go guys, way to go.
Robertson in for the final out K.
A gem from CC. Yanks win 7-2.
Not to be negative, but a solid game for everyone but Afraud. AGAIM!
Andy tomorrow, one game at a time.
Sleep easy Yankee fans.
The Yankees win. Yes.
And it ended in the early morning. But it was worth it.
Good win, but the game was closer than the score.
Game one in the books. If we are lucky, we need ten more wins this second season.
Andys turn. Andys slow stuff will be a big change from CCs stuff.
By God, just how great is Derek Jeter. Leads the majors in hits and promptly with two more big hits in his first 2012 playoff game.
Game two is considered most important by many baseball people. Earn the win Andy.
Good first game win. Now for a second game win. Don't take your foot off the pedal.
Match CC, Andy. More ninth innings like yesterday guys. Wake up Arod.
Go Yankees.
Get it done guys. Hold them down Andy.
Rain delay.
Jeter leads off with anothe hit. Afraud up two on no outs, and he didn't strike out. Worse, he into a double play. Cano doubles for a run. Pettitte witn an first inning. 1-0 Yankees after one.
1-0 Yanks after 1.
After Andy retires 8 O's in a row, O's have 2 out rally and score 2 runs for a 2-1 lead after 3.
Yanks down 3-1 after 6. We need some runs.
Nunez leads off Yanks 7th with double, Jeter follows with clutch RBI single. 3-2 one on no outs. Ichiro force out grounder. One on one out. Pitching change. Afruad at bat. Come on Afraud, be the man. Afraud strikes out again. Get him off the team. But Ichiro steals second. Two out Ichiro on second and another pitching change. Intentional walk to Cano. Swisher up. Wild pitch, second and third. Fly out.
Jeter rbi single cuts O's lead to 3-2 in 7th.
Pettitte with a 1,2,3 7th. Yanks down 3-2 and need a few runs. Lets go guys.
Yanks go down in 8th. One more chance. do we have a 9th inning rally?
Yanks go down in 9th with Afraud striking out to end the game. Yanks lose 3-2 and the series is tied and headed to New york. Game three Wednesday.
Yanks go down 3-2.
Good game, we are on the wrong end.
Series 1-1. Just have to take two in NY.
The O's don't give up and WIN METHOD said they would be there in the end back in April when no else gave them a sniff.
The O's are interesting from a "Win Method" standpoint because they scored 712 runs in the regular season this year and allowed just 705, yet were very successful. This is a rare feat.
Yep, good game, yep, tough loss. Just have to do better tomorrow and the next day.
Arod is killing this team. When will management have the sense and guts to chuck this steroid using cheating loser.
You are right Bobby. It doesn't make any difference if you win 7-2 or 3-2 as in the last two games. It is only the WIN that counts. 9-5 advantage for one team by runs but 1-1 by games.
Jeter with two hits in each game so far. Nothing bothers Jetes, he performs great all the time under any conditions.
It happens more times than one would think Bobby. Check out the Pirate Yankee World Series in the early 60's. The O's could win this playoff round and score less runs than the Yankees. Wins are all that matters and wins will determine the best as they always have and will.
Rest guys. Get Arod out of the lineup. Win Wednesday.
Get after them early tomorrow guys.
Score some runs.
We have played two playoff games and they were just like we played all year. It ain't easy.
I can go to bed early tonight.
Do it guys. Win game 3 and 4 and save CC to start the next series.
One game at a time, one win at a time.
There is talk of Afraud being dropped in the lineup. How about dropped from the team.
Kuroda tonight. Hope he is on his game.
Get this one guys. Score some runs.
WIN METHOD = WINS = advancement.
As the amount of games gets less, the importance of winning gets bigger. Wins determine the best.
I have loved baseball for a long time now. I thought I knew baseball and was blinded by individual stats. Since discovering the WIN METHOD blog I have seen the light and now reall do know baseball and what it takes to win. Thanks.
Lets go Yanks. Get the job done.
Win tonight, we need another championship.
Put on your game face WIN METHOD fans. Lets get a win.
1-1 after 3 as Yanks score on a booming RBI triple by Derek Jeter with two outs.
Jeter keeps us alive. Come on guys, he can't do it alone.
Yanks down 2-1 after five. Kuroda struggling but grinding.
2-1 O's after 5.
Jeter leads off the sixth with a single to center, the Ichiro, Afraud, and Cano come up empty. Yanks down 2-1 after six.
After swven 2-1 Orioles. It's getting late.
Eight innings done. Still down 2-1. Kuroda still in the game starting the ninth. One more chance.
OK, this is it fans, now or we lose 2-1. Coming up, Ichiro, Afraud, Cano. One time Afraud, one time.
Ibanez pinch hits for Afraud and hits game tying home run. Afraud has got to go. Cano line out, two out. Swisher line out to lsft. Extra innings.
Soriano get the O's in the 10th. Our turn, lets win it.
Yanks go down 1,2,3. On to the 11th.
Robertson in to pitch the elenth.
Robertson puts down O's 1,2,3.
Yanks 3 up 3 down. 12th coming up.
What a game.
O's out in the 12th. Win it now guys.
Lets go Yankees.
Do it win it.
By God Ibanez hits another HR and wins game.
Theeeeee Yankeeeeeees winnnn!
Afraud should never play again. The Yankees win.
Wow, Raul Ibanez. Clutch all year.
Yes, the ghosts are back at the Stadium.
The Yankeeeeeeeeeeees win.
We won, do it again tomorrow. How sweet.
Both these teams don't give up. That's what makes these games so special and grand.
If Hughes can win it timorrow, it will allow CC to start the ALCS. IF IF If
Finally the Yankees make the move and take the fraud Arod out of the lineup and it means a big big win for the team. Leave the fraud off the roster in we make the ALCS.
A great game is always greater when you win.
There is no sport as good as baseball. Great excitement and thrilling games day after day.
By now it has surely become blatantly obvious that Afraud should not ever play against a right handed pitcher ever again and should only bat in the eight or nine spot against a left handed pitcher occasionally.
The Yankees need to let Afraud go and eat his the remaining years on his contract. Get rid of the black hole once and for ever.
I agree completely William. Unfortunately we do not make those decisions and I am sure it may be more complicated than we realize. No question however, Afraud should not be in the starting lineup anymore this season.
A wonderful win last night. And how long and often has it been that almost every poster here has said Afruad must not be in the lineup and should be chucked from the team. One game does not determine right or wrong. But last nights removal of the fraud for pinch hitter Ibanez put an awful lot of points on the side that say Afraud must go.
Now to close the deal..you can be big tonight Hughes.
A lefty is starting for the O's tonight. Afraud will probably play. Bat him in the bottom third..............PLEASE.
A Hughes win tonite would be the best case scenario for moving forward. We just need to put a solid hitting performance together.
Ibanez has been solid all season. Lets not give anything away, lets win tonight. Do it Phil.
Every game has been a nail biter. Win tonight easily. Saunders had his great game last time out. Take him and the Orioles down tonight.
Go get them Phil. Get the win and the ALDS.
Come on guys win this. If Afraud is in the lineup just continue to play around him and hope he gets a hit or walk once.
Go Yankees. Win it today. Save CC to open the next series.
Come on Arod, help us out.
What a great uplifting positive blog.
Big game guys, come prepared and lay it on them.
Just be WIN METHOD guys.
Lets go Yankees.
One more win for this step. Then on to the next one.
Are we ready for Yankee baseball? Lets roll.
Get it over with guys.
This from the AP."""""""NEW YORK (AP) — His production shriveled, his aura dissipated, his place in history unsettled and his ego almost certainly bruised, Alex Rodriguez took a seat following the Snub Seen `Round the World and became a spectator, little different than the 50,000 other fans at Yankee Stadium.
At age 37, he has become perhaps the biggest hole in the New York Yankees' batting order this October, a close-to-automatic out.""""""
We have said that here for years.
Afraud has another chance tonight. Batting fifth.
Game time. Shut them down Phil.
No score after two.
Scoreless after three.
Jeter leads off 6th with double, moves to 3rd on out, scores on out, Afraud strikes out with a man in scoring position. 1-1 after 6.
Girardi doesn't back up pinch hitting for
Afraud in the 8th with men on 2nd and 3rd and Afraud strikes out and the Yanks do not score. Please don't let this non move cost us the game. 1-1 after 8.
Afraud stinks.
No batter where you bat Afraud he will fail miserably. Let him go.
Extra innings.
O's down 1 2 3 in 10th. Top OF Yankee lineup in the 10th. Do it.
on to the 11th.
Joba in for the 11th and puts O's down 1,2,3.
1-1 after 11.
Yanks down 1 2 3 in 11th.
Phelps replaces Joba after first batter breaks bat abd it hits Joba on his pitching arm.. Phelps retires side.
Jeter with his 2nd hit of the game in the 12th. 4 games, 2 hits each game for 8 hits. Wow.
1-1 after 12. To the 13th we go. Never ever easy.
Yanks go down 2-1. A real bummer.
Girardi wears the donkey collar for not pinch hitting for Afraud the useless in the 8th. It cost the Yanks the game.
Now we have to use CC tomorrow, By God don't let Afraud play.
A rotten loss. We have played the O's 22 times and are 11-11. The series decider tomorrow..
The ONLY bright spot on this team and their ability to hit is DEREK JETER. Period.....end of story.
Hey the O's should have crushed us early, Their failure to deliver when it mattered kept us in the game.
But Girardi did blow it. When Saunders came out of the game so should have Afraud.
I'm going to bed and won't be able to sleep.
I have always tried to support Arod, but I now agree, he should never play another game in a Yankee uniform. He cheated the game and now he is being repaid.
Forget about last night. Today is for the pot. Win and play again another series. Lose and go home to watch. Very uncomplicated unless you are a stat fraud. Wins determine the best nothing else matters.
One game to move on. Please don't put Afruad in the lineup.
After work I am going to sit back with the family and watch the Yankees and CC win tonight. Then I will have a pleasant weekend.
Don't worry WIN METHOD fans, I have tickets to tonights game and the Yankees will win.
Just a heads up guys. Tonights game is a 5PM start.
CC can again prove to be the best..this is the time.
Guys, you better wake up and score some runs or you won't be around for the nest series.
Hey CC you may have to pitch a shutout and hope Jeter can either score or knock in at least one run for you to win.
Lets go Yankees, don't let us down, now.
Jeter has led and carried this team more consistently than anyone all year, but he can't do it by himself. Arod need to be let go. Pay him to get out of New York.
Another from the AP........NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore's bullpen escaped an eighth-inning jam as Alex Rodriguez struck out yet again.
More from the AP. Just in. Yes there is hope........NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez will start the New York Yankees' biggest game of the year on the bench.
After being pinch hit for in Games 3 and 4 against the Baltimore Orioles, A-Rod was removed from the starting lineup entirely for Game 5 on Friday.
Eric Chavez is to start at third base while Game 3 star Raul Ibanez will be the designated hitter in the winner-take-all game.
Thank you Lord, thank you. Now we score and win.
If Girardi only pinched hit for Afraud in the eighth inning last night, we may not have come to this point. Good decision for today anyway.
Come on guys, the black hole has been paved over. Lift up your heads and win like champions. Love ya WIN METHOD. You were right about Arod for years now.
lets roll, lets win, ace on the mound,and no black hole in the lineup.
Time to excel. Time to be WIN METHOD.
The time is near. Get it done Yankees.
Make it happen Yanks. Lead the way Jetes.
Game time, make it happen team.
Game time. Here we go.
Both sides three up three down in first.
No score after two.
CC perfect thru three.
Three quick innings complet and no one has reached base fot either team.
0-0 after 3.
O's get first hit of game but do not score in the 4th.
No score after four and we haven't had a man on base.
Lets try a rally this way. Tex singles for first Yankee hit to lead off the 5th. Tex steals 2nd. Ibanez single and Tex scores for a 1-0 lead. No black hole to srike out or hit into a double play. It worked.
Yanks score first, lead 1-0 after 5.
1-0 Yanks after 5.
OK CC you got your run.
Jeter walks and Ichiro doubles him in for the Yankees 2nd run in the 6th.
Yanks up 2-0 after 6.
Grandyman home run gives Yankees 3-0 lead after 7.
Come on CC close it out. 3-0 Yankees, two innings left.
CC gets into big trouble in the 8th but gets through the inning allowing only one run leaving the bases loaded.
O's get one in eighth. Yanks coming to bat leading 3-1.
Teena is at the game. She doesn't lose and niether will the Yanks.
Close it out guys, they had their inning and their chance.
CC the "ACE" with a complete game 3-1 win. YES!!!!!!!!
3-1 Theeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeees Winnnn
Great series and the O's were tough competition all year. To the ALCS.
12-11 over the Orioles for the season and the last one determined the best. It was a WIN and only wins determine the best.
Great game from our ace.
We host the Tigers tomorrow. Lets go Yankees.
Don't want to beat a dead horse, and I do mean a dead horse, but it was sure nice not having Afraud in the lineup or on the field.
I guess it will be Pettitte opening the Tiger series here in NY.
Didn't Teena say she was going to the game. I think the Yankees only lost one time in the past three years at games she went to.
Rest and enjoy guys. But you have to do it again tomorrow.
Five quality games with the Orioles. Oriole fans should be proud.
A super game from CC, but wouldn't have been nice if Girardi pinched hit for Afraud in game four and the Yankees won and CC could have started tomorrow.
Congratulations to the YANKEE team and Captain Derek Jeter for another successful season. We have more work to do and the next of four teams to win eight games will be the best in baseball the 2012 World Series Champions. Good luck to all.
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