The Twins in their current state are no match for the well rested Yankees. Let's see how they do against the Red Sox or Angels. Like all Yankee fans you and Tim McCarver like to think the Yankees are the only team that exists. We'll see.

Bob is apparently a little slow. The Yanks are the team to beat and they proved it by taking the last couple of series against the Sox and Angels. This isn't the same Yankee team of the last 5 years. They got depth, very good pitching, good defense, and a great offense. I see then winning in 6 games over the Cardinals to take this thing. Jeter will be World Series MVP.

Bob is apparently a little slow. The Yanks are the team to beat and they proved it by taking the last couple of series against the Sox and Angels. This isn't the same Yankee team of the last 5 years. They got depth, very good pitching, good defense, and a great offense. I see then winning in 6 games over the Cardinals to take this thing. Jeter will be World Series MVP.

Looked like the Yankees needed a wake up call from Jeter. That 2-run homer obviously woke up the much relaxed Yankees. I really don't see the Yankees losing the next home game. Minnesota may take one game in their ballpark. Yankees in 4 games.

With the Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hitting the ball and knocking in runs, which is abnormal for him during the postseason, the Twins are in big trouble. The Yankee pitching staff is superior to the Twins and with the Yanksee offense "on a roll", it just might be a sweep. Go Yankees.

Oh stop whinning and crying already, what is your EXCUSE for losing, The Big Bad Yankees Payroll, blah,blah,blah. There is NO CRYING IN MLB, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LQQK FOR A LOCAL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM AND HAVE A GOOD CRY AND WHINE WITH THEM.Excuses are crutches!!

Jeter,Cano,Mo,Joba,Hughes,Coke,Melky,Gardner,Pasada - home grown talent and All contributed last night, they FOLLOWED THE CAPTAINS LEAD AND NEVER LQQKED BACK!!!!

COME ON MAN

Oh stop whinning and crying already, what is your EXCUSE for losing, The Big Bad Yankees Payroll, blah,blah,blah. There is NO CRYING IN MLB, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LQQK FOR A LOCAL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM AND HAVE A GOOD CRY AND WHINE WITH THEM.Excuses are crutches!!

Jeter,Cano,Mo,Joba,Hughes,Coke,Melky,Gardner,Pasada - home grown talent and All contributed last night, they FOLLOWED THE CAPTAINS LEAD AND NEVER LQQKED BACK!!!!

COME ON MAN

Do you think if the Yankees or Red Sox played the day before like Minnesota did there would have been a game yesterday?

I doubt it. MLB would have made sure these 2 teams had a day of rest

Come on Dave - everyone has the same rules in MLB. When the Yankees play Boston those games always run long and into the night. someone always has to get on a plane after those games also. I am sorry your team lost yesterday but let's face it there was no day of rest because the Metrodome was unavailable the day before. Next time the Twins should win 103 games so they can avoid the "no day off" situation.

Bob what are you talking about, first of all McCarver is by no means an expert on anything, when he was one of the Yankee announcers and then would do a national broadcast he acted like he had no idea who anyone on the roster even was. Secondly you have to admit love them or hate them this year the Yankees are the team to beat and it has nothing do do with the money spent and everything to do with the character of the team and the closeness of the players. Last year the payroll was bout the same and they stunk os just come out and say I hate the Yankees and I hope they lose instead of making a stupid comment about round two. This year the Yankees did split the season with the Red Sox and were able to beat the Angels in California which is something they haven't been able to do in years. THis Yankee team is a team not a collection of players and they are the team to beat.

Now that A-Rod doesn't have to be the personna he imagined himself to be he has become more relaxed and is one of the guys not pushing himself to be above the rest and will be more productive.

Tim McCarver - the worst announcer in baseball today. He never seems to say anything nice about the Yankees - only Boston. He was fired when he worked for the Yankees and then went to work for the Mets. Then, he was fired by the Mets and went to work for Fox. He is a lifetime 230 hitter who knows nothing about nothing - only knows his own personal opinion. If you think he is "friendly" to the Yankess, well, your headphones may need a tweek.

Being a Red Sox fan, the jinx torch was truly passed in 2004. I firmly beleive the Yankees have seen the last of a World Series Championship for many more years to come. (Maybe 86).

Go SOX

Sometimes rest isn't a good thing look back to 1996 the Yankees clinched on a Sunday, I know I was there in BAltimore, they had a week to rest waiting for the Braves to finally win the NLCS and the Braves beat them up badly in the first two games. The Twins played a great game Tuesday but just winning the Central division could have drained them. IN 2003 the Yankees beat the Red Sox for the ALCS in 7 hard fought games and never really showed up for the World Series against Florida. Sometimes getting there can take it's toll even with a day off. MLB however I don't think had a say in the one game playoff in Minnesota I do believe the Vikings had dibs on the Metrodome Monday.

1. On Twins being tired: This is professional baseball and this is the post season. It's adrenaline time.
2. On the Yankees payroll: No one who asked to have a big league team should belly ache about a team that plays in a large city, has won 26 championships, been around forever. It was your choice to compete(?).
3. On recent Sox WS victories: see #2, 26 CHAMPIONSHIPS, soon to be 27!. On McCarver. What's not to get excited about these Yankees? Fan or not they are fun to watch.

Judy I never said McCarver was good I think he is terrible, Bob up above must be taking to much male supplement since he was quoting McCarver as a authority,

Bill there is no jinx torch the 2004 Yankees were not a good team and it took till the end of last year to rid themselves of some bad investments. In 2004 the reality was the Yankees never should have been up 3 games to none and after the Saturday blow out needed to win the Sunday game because their pitching was not good after that.

shame shame on all the Yankee haters
A great TEAM win and its 1 down and 10 to go for #27
BTW - The Yankees are the best team in the playoffs and here is a little secret IF A-Rod continues to hit its over !!!!!!

No, Jeff, Yankee fans are not only slow but embarrassing to watch. What I love most is when they stand on their feet and cheer for Sabathia to strike out some poor, hapless Twins hitter who is making minimum wage and maybe has 4 home runs. They cheer like that is a HARD and CLUTCH thing to do...like CC is facing Manny or Youkilis or Pujols. Yankee fans are simply in the end just sad. They need to cheer for their "sure thing, $200 million dollar payroll" because their other teams actually have to compete against teams with more or less the same opportunity...and with the exception of the Giants, who will fall like a rock if they lose Manning for any extended period, the Jets, Knicks, Rangers, have sucked big time for a long time.

So Yankee fans keep cheering. It's all you got.

Wheezy I do believe no matter where the fan is they root and support their team. Oh my heavens minimum wage players at $400,000.00 a year how can they even afford to eat. Yankees fans support their players and that is why many players love comming to New York and once they get here most don't want to leave. The other team owners have the ability to field bigger payrolls they make money on the tv contracts that they get from the bigger teams getting national broadcasts, the smaller teams gain when the big teams like the Yankees come in and boost their attendance. THe smaller teams pocket the luxury tax money they get from the bigger teams. Teams like the Yankees benefit the small market teams but don't tell me small market teams can't compete I remember Kansas City drawing big crowds back in the late 70's when they had a great team. You may hate NY fans but I think your reasoning is more from jealousy then reality. Carl Polhad was one of the richest owners in baseball and didn't want to invest in his team if you remember he wanted to sell it back to MLB and contract the league. DOn't hate New York teams because they love their home teams they are FANS and that is what real fans do they support their teams.

So Jeff, what are you saying? That Yankee fans are not allowed to cheer a strikeout unless the batter has an ERA approved by you? Man you are reeking of sour grapes this morning. Jealousy is an ugly thing. And as for your references to the Jets, Knicks etc. whats your point? This is baseball we are discussing here.

Sorry Jeff that last post was directed at Wheezy: my mistake.

I agree with Bob. it seems like everyone on TV and MSNBC are big Yankme fans. it gets old really fast. Doesnt anyone like baseball just for the love of the sport?

I root for anyone but the Yankmes

It's idiots like Wheezy that make interactions with other baseball fans tough. You can't have a smart conversation with him, because in the end he will not listen to any other opinion. Talking trash is one thing, but saying that a whole fan base is dumb is in itself really dumb. Yea, we will wait and see how Sabbathia pitches against a Youkilis. But right now, I want to see if the Yanks can get through this first series. And oh by the way Wheezy, he made Mauer and Cabrera look stupid in the first inning after giving up a leadoff double.

why do you even watch the game...maybe because bob does, since you agree with him...the yankess have proven this far they are the team to beat by their season record...and the same for the dodgers in the nl...obviously you don't watch baseball for the love of the sport if you root for anyone but the yankees...grow up poopiebear, or should we get you a crying towel with the rest of them

Are you challenged, have you ever listen to McCarver hate on the Yanks. You won't have to wait too long until the ALCS, if the Yanks make it.

The Yankees fans were pathetic last night.....weakest cheering in a playoff game i have seen. Is it the shock of how much your payed in ticket prices or the Hep B fatigue from Share A Rods Roid Needles day??

I don't know what broadcast any of you Yankees haters listen to but they are mostly anti Yankees, and were very obvious over the years they hated the Yankees, I will say for the first time I am hearing some positive feedback but I attribute it to the fact this is a good Yankee team and they have no choice. One robin does not a spring make and no matter how positive you may think they are toward the Yankees it doesn't make up for all the years they didn't.

this seems rather appropriate

Mr. Wheezy, what you have just wrote is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

The ticket prices just in case you don't take the time to read are actually cheaper then the regulare season prices and are very reasonable. My seats in right field were $6.00 more then the regular season price. I think the national broadcast does mute the sound of the crowd because even in the regular season the corowd is louder on Yes broadcasts then on Fox or MLB but tell you what I will be there tomorrow night so email Saturday and I will tell you if the crowd is really muted or just the sound on TV.

The Yankees chose to start their series earlier. They could've chosen to play game 1 on Thursday. Its called strategy. Why give your opponent rest?
I'm sure if the tables were turned and the Yankees had to play a tie breaker the day before, I'm pretty sure the Twins, or any of the other teams, would've done the same thing.

Bill1021? Is this Bill Buckner? ; )

Stom are you sure about that, I am under the impression the game time are controlled by MLB and the west coast games get the late time slot.

Don't you understand, this is the CTB comment section. We don't appreciate any of your fancy "logic" or "reasoning" here!

What stom meant was the Yankees, by virtue of owning the best record in the AL, had the choice of whether to begin the playoffs on Wednesday (the Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed schedule) or Thursday (thurs/fri/sun/mon/wed schedule). They choose the first one as it allows you to only use three starting pitchers (and probably because it forced the Twins to play two games in less than 24 hours. MLB sets the time for each game, but the yanks got to choose which day to start on.

BIGBRUCE...and all others who think that A-Rod can't hit in the post season, read the following article.

http://riveraveblues.com/2009/10/a-rod-turn-around-playoff-slump-18016/

Prior to joining the yankees A-rod actually did hit in the playoffs with the Seattle Mariners. And while he didn't see any playoff games with the Rangers but in his first season with the yankees he actually enjoyed playoff success. From the link

"Through the first three games of the 2004 ALCS he was 6 for 14 with two doubles and a homer. In Game 4 he launched a two-run homer in the third to give the Yanks an early lead. To that point, life as a Yankee in the postseason was going great for Alex Rodriguez."

the problem with gauging Playoff success is that it usually creates a very small sample size, especially if your team is out after the first round. you may only get between 12-20 at bats. Even the best players can slump for this many at-bats, as both Arod and Tex were both apt to do this at times. Even Oh Captain My Captain hit an 0-12 skid this season before becoming the franchises all time hits leader.

As the link points out, the "A-rod can't hit in the post season" is simply a narrative that works well for disgruntled fans, especially the disgruntled fans who have very short memories and ave the "What have you done for me lately" attitude that the very demanding yankee fan base has.

nuff said.

Average Yankees ticket price $75.....average ticket price of the 28 teams with removal of Mets and Yankees....$23.....enjoy the high prices

Whoops my bad I thought Stom was referring to the start time no the day, the Yankees chose the 8 day schedual and I think any other team with that choice would do the same it allows you to go with 3 starters in the first round.

WOW!! Haters Haters Haters!!!
U pick your team I pick my team. I root for the Yankees day in and day out...win or lose!!! World Series or not I love those guys and I am from Texas. I take alot of heat for my team!!
You...the haters, want to point the finger at some massive payroll or a curse or some other hokey pokey reason for the Yankees success. Why don't you just root for your team and quit the whinning!!?? Take off the lil girl panties put on your big boy pants and MAN UP!!! I love the Yankees and you like whatever cheesey team it is you like. Move on...
Oops...I stooped to your level there for a second!!
GO YANKS!!!!!
Much love from a Gal in Texas...

I thought he was referring to the 6:05 start time. I think it was a forgone conclusion they would pick Wednesday I just don't think it was fair to the fans who had tickets to make them wait. I never doubted game one would be on Wednesday but I sold my tickets just in case.

The biggest mistake MLB made was trying to deal with FOX. They are notorius for poor and incompetent announcers, sportcasters or whatever. They are as bad as ESPn with the M&M twins Morgan and Miller constant talkers about themselves instead of the current athletes.Lets face it the sports networks have become a welfare outlet for has beens and wannabes. Quit blabbering and call what is going on infront of your eyes [not your wishes.

My tickets on the second deck in right field were $45.00 a seat and will be the same next year. Maybe you haven't gone out on the town in New York lately but even at $75.00 average as you say and that is only skewed because of the over priced premium seats it is still cheaper then most other evenings out in New York. By the way most of the seats are between $5.00 to $40.00.

For the real baseball fans, the title is "Exhausted Twins Can't Hold Lead in Game 1"

Excelente Alex Rod.

www.deportesaltiempo.net

The highest priced avererage ticket price winner is the Red Sox.

Ed how true Buck and McCarver are terrible I can't understand how anyone can find them even the least bit good and Miller and Morgan are worse. I usually turm off the TV sound and listen the the WCBS radio broadcasts which even with Susyn Waldman's not stop blabber is still better the the networks, Speaking of that I will say on the last road trip the Yankees took and Kim Jones filled in on the radio she did a great job.

http://teammarketing.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Fan%20Cost%20Index/MLB/MLB%20FCI%2009.pdf

Since i don't read

AMEN to all your words. I am a LIFELONG Yankees fan. There is no better team, win or lose. GO YANKEES. and I live in OK. We go to KC,MO for every home game that we can. Great to see the Yankees up there. WHOHOO!!!

Hey, just to let you know the SOX SUCK!!!

Take the $375 - $1250 premium seats out of the mix though they through everything off however in those seats all your food is included. Then there are the seats right behind home plate on every level but the price includes access to provate clubs or food areas. The bulk of the seats are $5.00 to $40.00 as I said if you are counting number of seats and not price of seats. Oh by the way a big bag of Craker Jack at Yankee stadium is $5.75 in Philadelphia a bag one third the size is $4.00. The price of the food is in line with other venues in the New York Area, everything in the news was written abou the 3500 premium seat prices and the 400.00 average cost for a family to go to a gams but I am a full season ticket holder and I can tell you it isn't that expensive for the average person to go.

SO just ignore half the park....ok....FCI is the number on should focus on....its double the national average.....fact is its overpriced....the numbers aren't lying

C'mon dave,

The fact of the matter is: Neither the Yanks nor the Sox WOULD HAVE HAD to play the day before their first playoff game. VERY few MLB teams would have, actually. The Sox and Yanks play in their own stadiums, are the primary tenents there, and don't have to contend with the NFL. They would have played the tie breaker on Monday.

That the Twins do, and that they were caught up in the "perfect storm" of the Vikings/Packers showdown isn't MLB's fault. It's not the Yanks fault, nor is it the Sox fault. It's the byproduct of the situation they played themselves into, and the business agreements they're part of. They have to live with the after effects of all that. That meant playing Tuesday (or playing in Detroit...which the Twins didn't choose to do, and I don't blame them) and the winner of the game playing Wednesday.

And MLB would not have changed their entire playoff schedule to accomodate ANY one team...no matter how large market they are. The situation was what it was....so can the sour grapes already. You lost to the better team last night.

The playoff schedule is created months in advance. The Yankees, because they had the best record in the AL, got to choose which series they wanted to play. The Twins could have avoided playing on tuesday, if they had just won, one more game during the regular season.

Sox fans....on and on and on....about the Sox? Really? The Yankees swept your hapless behinds under the rug on the last few outings. What's different now? The Yankees are the best team in baseball, hands down. No, they haven't always been, but the dynasty reigns supreme. A little history lesson on championships....Yankees: 26,Cardinals: 10, Oakland A's: 9, Red Sox: 7. Pull for your Sox, and I'll pull for the Yankees. Always have, always will. When the Red Sox have surpassed the Yankees in World Series CHAMPIONSHIPS....I will gladly listen to your rabble rousing. Fortunately, I don't believe for one second that will happen my lifetime.

I don't see how 3500 seats constitute 50% what I am saying average price doesn't equal half the seats. I would say it is maybe 20% of the seats that are $60.00 and up but 80% of the seats are $45.00 and under

Have you been to NYC lately? Everything in NYC costs more. A pack of Cigarettes in CT is $6.50. Its $9.00 in NYC. I used to live in Washington DC with four friends. Our rent for a 5 bedroom house was $2800 per month. One of those friends now lives in NYC and pays $2800 per month for a one bedroom apartment. Yeah, NYC is expensive. Yeah, we are used to it.

I also love the 26 titles comment posted by tons of Yank fans....thats true...congrats.......but only 4 in the last 30 years....hell only 1 in last 10 years.....guess someone didn't tell ya were not in the 1950s anymore

Have you been to NYC lately? Everything in NYC costs more. A pack of Cigarettes in CT is $6.50. Its $9.00 in NYC. I used to live in Washington DC with four friends. Our rent for a 5 bedroom house was $2800 per month. One of those friends now lives in NYC and pays $2800 per month for a one bedroom apartment. Yeah, NYC is expensive. Yeah, we are used to it.

I know its more expensive in NY....but the FCI for Yankees is 410 and Mets its 260.....same area.....150 dollar increase....hmmmmm.....overpriced

Pssst, Kryptoid...that research is from April 2009.

About 6 weeks before the Yanks chopped the prices of many of their premium seats in 1/2.

You need updated numbers. The most recent one's I've seen (but can't seem to find) show the Sox are neck and neck (Yanks were like $1 higher, if that). If you take the premium seats out of the equation....the Sox "win" by a fair bit.

The FCI is not really accurate based on reality it is as I said skewed due to the premium seats being over priced. I could take a family of four to a game and with good seats and food still be $250.00 tops and that is about the same I would spend when I go to Philadelphia for a game or Citi Field or Fenway or Oriole Park or OAkland or Cleveland and I have been to each.

"Double the national average" doesn't mean it's overpriced, FYI. Not when you're talking about prices in NYC (or Boston, for that matter). Incomes are higher, cost of living is higher, etc. The prices are in line with other entertainment offerings in those cities.

"Average" is a somewhat meaningless number when you're looking across that large a geographic, and economic, range. You also need to take into account success and supply vs demand. Region is going to have a HUGE influence on prices.

I've been to 6 games this year. Twice in the Audi club (all inclusive food/drink...so basically dinner was included), once behind the Sony sign in right field, 2nd row, twice in the bleachers (2nd row, section 203), and once up on the batters eye (first row, left field side). I got my Audi club tickets via a Yanks "Esaver" for $50. Batter's eye seat was $40. Bleachers were $16. Behind the Sony Sign in Right were the expensive ones: $80.

None of that, considering the cost of everything ELSE in NYC, would I consider "pricey" for what I got. I live in CT, and I couldn't see a concert/play/sporting event for much less than that. Heck, that's comparable in costs to good Uconn Husky tickets.

Are the $900 - $1900 Legends tickets ridiculously prices? Absolutely. But I wouldn't have bought them at $500 - $1000, at old Yankee Stadium, either...so I don't really care all that much.

The Mets premium seats were less expensive then at Yankee Stadium. But I was just at Citizens Bank Park and other then the Craker Jacks in the smaller bag the food was about the same price. Parking was $9.00 cheaper. Speaking of that my wife paid $25.00 to park at Giant Stadium for a Springsteen concert where I paid $19.00 to park at Yankee Stadium. THe tickets at Citizens Bank Park were $60.00 where in New York they would have been $100.00 but there to it is New York prices are higher.

What a genius. What we have here is a true Nostradamus.

(Being a Red Sox fan, the jinx torch was truly passed in 2004. I firmly beleive the Yankees have seen the last of a World Series Championship for many more years to come. (Maybe 86).

Go SOX)

True Red Sox fan, are you guys still numb from the beating in the Bronx?

Good point CalinCt, my wife spent $96.00 for Springsteen tickets and was 3 rows from the top of Giant Stadium, I am a full sesaon ticket holder in section 206 second deck in right field and my seats were $45.00 a seat I feel a bargain, where can I go out anywhere in New York for the $90.00 I paid for two tickets and have good seats plus lets say I go for another $100.00 for tolls,gas. parking and food still a bargain.

Two things on the Mets comparison:

1) With the newer ticket prices (post reduction) I think the FCI was down about $100, total. I know it was right around $300 (north of it, but right around). A bit more favorable.

2) If you exclude both clubs premium tickets (which I would never, ever, ever buy), they're pretty comparable. In addition, the Mets have like 4 tiers of tickets, based on who they play. Look at the prices when the Yanks come to town...

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/seating_pricing.jsp

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/seating_pricing.jsp

It was just another win for the Stepford Yankees. They didn't even look like they were very excited about it. For that reason, they're no fun to watch. I'll be rooting for the Twins for the duration of the series.

kryptoid-

4 in the last 30 years or 1 in the last 10 years is way better than 2 in the last 90+ years! you do the math...

you're an idiot Boston Sucks and so do you

Gee, guess someone didn't tell you guys that 26 Championships...remain 26 Championships....whether 10 years old, 20 years, 50, 100 years....doesn't make a bit of difference. So, no, we're not in the 50's anymore, yet, the song remains the same. Some things are certain: There is no Santa Claus. Championships are timeless, they don't expire. The Red Sox will not surpass the Yankees in World Series Championships in my lifetime.

Forgot about the premium game pricing at Citi Field, my seats were $45.00 no matter who the Yankees played and for the ACLS which the Yankees will make my seats are still under $100.00.

Dave, my girlfriend always has extra kleenex for those emotional day's, I will send you a box.You should also know MEN DON'T CRY IN BASEBALL SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH WOMANS GYMNASTICS, IT WILL BE LESS EMOTIONAL FOR YOU.

COME ON MAN

Tim McCarver has LOST IT, he was a good announcer but ALL he does is tell you Pujols is the greatest player in the world even when it is not a Cardinal game, or he tells you about Bob Gibson being the greatest pitcher ever or he goes into a inning long lecture about the Phillies during a Mets/ Braves game.He should have a beer with Deion Sanders at the White House and then go away, and who picks the color of his hair dye ???

LOL! Sorry there wasn't enough excitement for you Resq. Typically we reserve our excitement for an actual play-off series win. I mean really, Game 1 of the ALDS means very little. Let's at least wait until they lock up three wins before we critique the level of excitement the players exhibit.

The Stienbrenners are the 13th richest owners in baseball, the reason for the Yanks sucess, and payroll, is that they REINVEST their money into their product. In the 90's, Atlanta, Baltimore, Texas and the Mets had years when they were the highest payrolls.... and look at them. Money helps, but it's not everything, as last years Rays showed us. The Red Sox have proven that money is not issue when they're serious about getting someone like Dice K (110 Million)...They could have had Tex or CC... they CHOSE not to spend the money.

It is too bad you are such a sore loser. You will root for the Twins as that is your choice, but your envy is blatant with your words. I am OK with your choice. I am not OK with your whining.

Texas Gal, you have a New York Style about you,,,,,,,,,,,,

10 more wins...........

redhead girl I know how loud it is usually at the stadium and TBS did mute the sound of the stadium.

yeah, trying winning one without the Roids sport,

Dave, please. I feel no pity for the Twins and their sleepy-plight.

First, your sour grapes whine of "If it were the Yanks or the Sox" has already been disproven. It *WAS* the Yanks AND the Sox in 1978. The two teams played a one-game playoff on OCTOBER 2nd, 1978. Bucky Dent sent a lot of Sox fans into cardiac arrest (or something like that) and then on October 3rd, NY took Game 1 from Kansas City AT Royals Stadium. Clearly you should brush up on baseball history before ranting.

Second, the Twins could have avoided the "day after" game if they had stepped up a little more in the season and actually won their division out right.

I'm sure. I've been to games in the old stadium (didn't make it up this year. BUMMER!) Turner's jealous the Braves are home. ;) Seriously, I don't put much into how loud the crowd sounds on TV. (Although I do love when the Bleacher Creatures are miked. LOL!)

Seriously, I was responding to resq's comment that the players were not enthusiastic enough. Man, Joba gets beat up side the head for pumping his fist after a strikeout in a tough inning this season. Then the team gets picked on for not being pumped enough after Game 1. People are never happy. LOL!

I know you responding to resq, I was just adding the fact TBS muted the sound I could see what was going on in the background on the score boards and know how loud that is and yet could barely hear it on TV. I loved the old stadium and will miss it terribly but and the memories will never cross over 161st ST but.I have to say the new stadium is really beautiful and fan friendly for the most part. I had season tickets in the old stadium and in the new this year and as far as comfort and the view and the ability to move about in the concourses the new stadium is hands down better. The new stadium does seem louder as far as the PA system but the corwd noise is a little quiter but I think that is because the upper deck is further back.

One thing that I have to laugh about last year when the Yankees didn't even make the playoffs, Yankees fans weren't whiners, we accepted the reality and enjoyed the last 13 post seasons and lookded forward to next year. IT is amazing all the Yankee bashers were quiet so the way I look at it all is perfect in small market land as long as the Yankees don't get to the post season. But answer me this why when the Yankees are on the road are the stands full of Yankees fans all around the country? Maybe you have to come to grips with the fact the Yankees are big spenders not always wisely but do put the money back inot the team, sell tickets, earn a fan base across the country and do well.

Amen Brother....Preach on it.....PReeeeeeaaaccchhhh onnnnnn iiiittt..

"Being a Red Sox fan, the jinx torch was truly passed in 2004. I firmly beleive the Yankees have seen the last of a World Series Championship for many more years to come. (Maybe 86).
Go SOX"

Since you did not spell the word, 'believe', correctly, I can only deduce your prognostication skills are lacking, too. It is strange how perennial second place ability brings about this we're-the-best bravado. Truthfully, we call this whistling past the graveyard. There is a cognitive dissonance in the nation. Living a lie long enough turns the lie into their truth. As in 2004, if the SOX should win it all, they will do it as a second place team. That is the reward for the Avis Nation. They play a good game of horseshoes.

Ahh, got it, bh0673. Thanks. :)

I had wanted to go to a game this year. The calender just didn't cooperate. We got my now 7 year old to a game late last year. We were determined to share the old place with him at least once. He loved it and still tells everyone about his big trip. I would have loved to have taken him to the inaugural season too. Oh well.

My partial-season Yankee ticket plan seats are only $25 (on first base, upper deck). I paid $23 a piece for seats to tomorrow night's ALDS game 2, right field upper deck. GO YANKS!

pae, how many game package did you have in the regular season?

Sore loser? You assume I started as a Twins fan. I tuned in to watch a good baseball game.

How many pancakes does it take to shingle a doghouse?

Yes, you were totally objective and it is so obvious in your post. No pre-conceived notions or bias or resentment entered your mind at all. I didn't assume you started as a Twins fan. It is clearly apparent you started as a Yankee-hater. See how that fits nicely with your putdowns?

Wow. Mr Defensive...? Party of one...? Your table is ready.

Ben and friends:

Of course I root hard and long for my baseball team, which has had a good deal of success and is larger market [though the 10 or so teams between $100 -$140 million are "large" market and the Yankees at $200+ are "super" market]. I genuflect at the fans of teams like Pittsburgh and KC and Milwaukee who have NO CHANCE. To be fair, every five or so years they can make a bit of a run, purchase a CC at trade deadline and pray, but then it goes away and its back to below .500 The fact that they show up and root for a lost cause is inspiring. My team, the Red Sox, has the 2nd best MLB regular season record cumulatively over the last 10 years and they have finished behind the Yankees 8 of 10 years. If they were in any other division they would have won five or six division championships.

Money cushions the Red Sox against ever being .500 again and the extreme spending of the Yankees [1/2 BILLION this past winter] cushions them against ever missing the playoffs except in very rare circumstances [both the Red Sox and the Yankees would have to be very unfortunate...lots of injuries...and flat out dumb ever to miss the playoffs again under the present system].

Not having a salary cap benefits my team and makes me happy because it basically ensures the Sox will win a lot of games. But I would give that up quite freely for a salary cap so that teams would then win based on A. judging new and veteran talent; B. using the smartest sabermetrics to maximize talent; C. initiating smart marketing to build and maintain a loyal fanbase so players want to come to your market.

New York has an enormous market, 30 million households if you count the reach into CT, NJ, and parts of PA. That guarantees a revenue stream that the KC's and Milwaukee's and Minnesota's simply cannot match. And that guaranteed revenue stream allows them to spend hugely on the best available free agent talent.

It simply is not a level playing field. It's fair because those are the current rules. But it's not level, no way, no how.

Do you think it is simply coincidence that the other New York teams such as the Knicks and Jets and Rangers have struggled to make the playoffs year in and year out? They've struggled because they cannot simply BUY ALL of the best talent as the Yankees did last winter when they bought the two best pitchers available and the best hitter.

That's why I find Yankee fans so sad, almost delusional. They actually think their team's winning is somehow related to fan support, and mystique, and history and tradition. It's not. It's related to MONEY.

So don't stand up and act all fly and gangsta when CC is about to strike out some no name Twin who probably won't be in the majors in a year. Sit back, chill, cheer, clap, tip your cap, whatever. But, geez, don't act like it's a BIG, DRAMATIC moment. You're gonna win, boys and girls. It's a sure thing. Act like it.

Wheezy

Is it a big doghouse or a little one? A big one would need about 5 stacks for either side. At ten cakes per stack it would take about 100 pancakes to do the job. You would take away 25 cakes for each decreasing sized house. You would need to factor in how pancakes the dog would eat during the process. So, an additional 100 would be required to safely complete the job.

Wow, Mr. Offensive. Checkmate.

Wheezy it was the players that vetoed the salary cap back in 94 or were you not a fan back then, A salary cap isn't the issue if that were the case then Tampa wouldn't have been there last year and the Yankees wqith a $200 million payroll would have been. The real evil here is the unbalanced schedual maybe you should feel sorry for Baltimore and Toronto fans whose teams have to play 18 games each against Boston and New York at least Milwaukee, Kansas and Minnesota are in weaker leagues, look at the standings the Cardinals played most of their games against sub .500 teams. and the Cubs at .518. The Yankees were never the big spenders for many years and never won and attendence averaged 27000 a game and low and behold they started spending money again and attendence soared. Most of the owners don't want to spend most of the owners want to put the Revenus Sharing and Luxury tax money back into their pockets nstead of the team. But lets look at why salaries are so big. Lets start with Jerry Reisendorf of the White Sox over spending for ALbert BElle or The Dodgers way over spending for Kevin Brown or Tom Hicks setting the payroll scale out of reach of just about every team when he signed A-Rod from Seattle. How about when the Diamondback gave JAy BElle a huge contract that set the pay level for other infielders with actual talent. THe big salaries are not the fault of the Yankees but if you actually look at the Yankees payroll most of it went to keeping their own players when they became free agents instead of letting them go and it really wasn't till what was it 2001 or 2002 when they signed Mussina they they even went back out into the free agent market with any intent up till then most of the championship teams were built around good trades and retaining their players.

First of all, I'd like to remember the name of that msnbc.com sportscaster that several weeks ago predicted that the Tigers would be division leaders at the end of the season! I emailed him stating "you must have forgotten about their offense and that Rodney, their closer is far from any guarantee!" Look who won, Minnesota! They deserved it, inasmuch as the Tigers losing to Kansas City and the White Sox over and over again told you something, didn't it?

Well, Minnesota celebrated, however briefly. I hope they enjoyed it, as they will be fresh meat for those powerful Yankees. Neither the Twins nor the Tigers, my home team deserved anything this season, however as they say...that's baseball!

The "smallest" plan - 11 mid-week games.

You were placed into the lottery for the chance to buy or did you get your seats automatically?

Agree about the 90s' championship Yankee teams to a degree...but it's not really true, both the Sox and the Yankees were still tying up elite talent such as Knoblauch, Clemens, Pedro, etc., through trade and the ability to pay them after signing...and they were able to RETAIN their farm elite talent such as Jeter and Nomar because they had the money.

In the 2000s, the Yankees went absolutely nuts on spending and the Sox pretty nuts, and then about 8 teams followed [7 of which are in the playoffs this year]. The Rays were an anomaly last year [all young talent had great years] and this year and next and the next after that will revert to slightly above 500 team which misses the playoffs. The Yankees last year when they missed the playoffs were injured and just plain unlucky.

Sorry, but it's all about the money as to who wins divisions 90% of the time. As far as who wins the WS, that's different. In a short series, a small sample size, anyone can be great. Over the course of 162 game season it is the team that has the largest number of the best players who overwhelmingly wins...and the Yankees purchase the largest number of these. The playing field is not level. And,btw, of course the players voted against a salary cap, wouldn't you?

Wheezy

NO the playing field isn't level but again it was the players went on strike over a salary cap. And that was a year 1994 when the Yankees and Montreal looked to be a lock for the post season talk about being short changed as a fan. SO do you think when Youklis and Padroia become free agents the Red Sox should let them go? The Yankees paid big to keep Jeter but the bar that the Yankees had to meet was set by other teams in the league. But lets step back for a moment and not be fans but just objective, baseball is a entertainment business and like any other entertainment business to draw a bigger audience you pay for the biggest stars, but just spoending money doesn't buy a championship if that were the case the Yankees would have made it every year at least past the first round. Secondly the Yankees have to compete with the Red SOx both the Steinbrenners and John Henry put their money into their teams because their fans will come out so should they not do that? Dump the unbalanced schedual I would dump even interleague it is getting old 6 games against the Mets every year is over played, allow each big market team to visit each small market team for two home stands so they can reap the revenue and let each player face equal pitching. Good example look at Mauer great catcher but before we annoint him the greatest I would like to see him face Red Sox and Yankee pitching 18 games each and lets see what his average is. or Pujols if most of his games are played in a weaker league would his number be as good as they are. IT isn;t the money, money doesn't buy a championship I am a Yankee fan I know that we haven't been to the WOrld Series in 6 years. It is the game itself that has a bigger impact. Tampa is a good teams in a no win division,put them in the AL or NL Central and they would dominate.

You and I both know the Red sox and the Yankees are successful franchises and being successful they sell tickets, merchandise and have a fan base outside their home market. TV revenue is higher I am sure NESN brings in a good amount of revenue as does YES. The other owners can spend more and build a winning team, no they maybe can't afford a superstar but again most of the high salarie were the result of poor spending by middle market and small market teams. BAck in the 90's Cleveland had a great team and sold tickets, Baltimore used to be sold out every game with a good core and a few big names. Too many owners don't do for their fans what they should and instead of blaming their own teams they shed blame on the big markets. As I said it isn't payroll look back at every team that made the playoffs since 95 and other then Boston and New York the balance was very good. Seattle, Cleveland, Colorado, Florida, Tampa, Texas, Minnesota, Milwaukee and when they were winning they sold tickets and had a strong loyal fan base and what did they do trade away talent and not resigning their own free agents. Don't blame the Yankee or Texas for doing what other teams can do but choose not to.

Baseball???
Yankees????
= Boring
Are they really still playing baseball????
Nobodies watching.

Was allowed to purchase via pre-sale. Supplied a password from the Yankees to logon as season ticket holder for pre-sale.

"Baseball???
Yankees????
= Boring
Are they really still playing baseball????
Nobodies watching."

Another sore loser makes his weakness show. It is good you are not watching. Your whining might never end.

I have this constant urge to beat Jeter with a 2x4. I think I first had this condition in 1996. It continues to this day.

He's a fine and talented ballplayer but every time I see his face - like the one in the picture above, it seems to demand that 2x4 be slammed into it. Repeatedly.

How long a drought would be justice for the Yankees? Someone mentioned 86 years. Far too short. Maybe 160. It must last long enough that news stations will do stories about the last living Yankee fan to see them win a World Series. Then add about 50 years.

Bob, I would suggest you call your Employee Assistance Program or your psychologist or your parole officer and get some help. Your violent tendencies are well beyond just talking smack. After 13 years of this condition I cannot stress to you more how scary you sound. Just because you want things your way does not mean you will have it. You know what you ask for will not happen and it is too unrealistic to expect so. Get help and let it go. Leave the garage door open when you start your car.

I tend to agree with Albany about Boob Boob! Maybe he forgot to take his meds this morning. Don't understand these violent attacks against atheletes just because he isn't a Yankee fan. I've been a Yankee fan since Maris & Mantle but never wished or wanted to bashanother teams player! C'mon dude, get a life.

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