This is ponch - sf's Typepad Profile.
Join Typepad and start following ponch - sf's activity
ponch - sf
Recent Activity
3 losing marks out of 18 first quarter records of the season. That's an awfully nice way to spend almost two decades rooting for a team. I don't know that either of our teams are going to do anything this year (but I can be hopeful about one of them).
Commented May 21, 2012 on Quarter Done at YFSF
Quarter Done
Today's loss by the Yankees marked the 41st game of the reggalar season, which is now officially more than one-quarter done. The popular sentiment right now may be to say, "no, gerb, stick a fork in your eye because it is fully done." Maybe. Let's look back to see where the Yankees were 25% int...
So Bill, does Valentine hope Bard goes 8 innings of one run ball only to have Aceves blow it again (but have the Sox win in extra innings)?
Commented Apr 9, 2012 on Easter Commiseration: Sox-Tigers, Yanks-Rays Sunday Sob Fest at YFSF
Easter Commiseration: Sox-Tigers, Yanks-Rays Sunday Sob Fest
Boston won the "whose team sucks harder" contest yesterday, failing to plate against that offensive juggernaut what be the Miggy-Prince tandem. But the Yankees also gave up 8 to the Rays and sit just as winless while Joe Maddon looks like some sort of frickin' genius pushing his second baseman ov...
Angels just grabbed Wilson as well. Does this mean they wear the 'Team to Beat' bullseye this season?
Commented Dec 8, 2011 on Bobby: "I Hate The Yankees" at YFSF
Bobby: "I Hate The Yankees"
"I don't want to waste valuable time talking about the Yankees." Bobby V then went on a bit longer not talking about them by saying how he talked to Joe Girardi and used to love the Yankees before discovering his hatred for them, then moved onto other topics not Yankee-related. This is gonn...
Awesome image. I was at PAX East this year and they had dozens of old video games rigged to play for free. Dragon's Lair is still just as difficult as it was in the past.
Pujols is a total shocker. Talk about ruining the afterglow.
Commented Dec 8, 2011 on Bobby: "I Hate The Yankees" at YFSF
Bobby: "I Hate The Yankees"
"I don't want to waste valuable time talking about the Yankees." Bobby V then went on a bit longer not talking about them by saying how he talked to Joe Girardi and used to love the Yankees before discovering his hatred for them, then moved onto other topics not Yankee-related. This is gonn...
Did a damn good job - two titles in 10 years is more than most GMs can lay claim to. Thanks for the championships. Good luck at your new digs.
Commented Oct 24, 2011 on To Infinity And Beyond at YFSF
To Infinity And Beyond
So... what do you think?
Lester should be able to be a team leader"
That's not realistic, unfortunately. Two veterans making significantly more money and signed to longer contract are the alphas.
So by your logic does that mean that A-Rod and Teixeira are the leaders in the Yankee clubhouse?
Commented Oct 12, 2011 on Epstein 'On the Cusp'? at YFSF
Epstein 'On the Cusp'?
Steve Buckley is reporting this evening that Theo Epstein is "on the cusp" of joining the Cubs, with an announcement possible within 48 hours. John Henry and Larry Lucchino better be asking for the moon.
9 earned runs in 4 innings for Bard in September. 3 blown saves. That's, uhm, not good.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Bard coughs up 3 and we're looking at a very, very bad loss looming.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Wow. Just, wow.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Bard in all sorts of trouble - 2 walks, throwing error, 1 run in.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
wow. Nailed the runner at home on a grounder and picked off the new runner at 1st. Well done, Franklin.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Morales in, 1 out, runner on 3rd
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
case in point, he beans the leadoff batter. Time to go.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Watching Lackey pitch (on Gameday) is like getting your teeth drilled without a shot. It needs to be done and it might not turn out that bad once it's done, but it's an ordeal.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on Yuck. at YFSF
Yuck.
I guess it's a good thing I've been too busy the last couple of weeks to pay much attention to baseball. Never has a four-game lead in one direction looked so large and a three-game lead in the other looked so small. There's always next year, right?
Fascinating post. Let's hope they finish the season at this clip.
great job.
Commented Jul 29, 2011 on 120 Percent at YFSF
120 Percent
How do you know the Boston Red Sox' offense really cares? They give 120 percent. Entering Thursday's game, the Sox had a 121 OPS+. For an individual player, that's no amazing feat; 56 players have an OPS+ of 120 or better this year in baseball. But that should give you an idea of how impressive ...
So are we open to the idea that perhaps Reddick should be found a spot either in left or right everyday?
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer at YFSF
Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer
Kevin Youkilis is out of the lineup today, meaning that the Sox' offense looks more like a last place team than a first place team. And that's how they've been playing. Which means they'll do something to make this pessimist look stupid. We can only hope. And my fear is that is the case: we can o...
I know it's obvious to say but holy crap the Phillies are stacked with pitching.
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer at YFSF
Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer
Kevin Youkilis is out of the lineup today, meaning that the Sox' offense looks more like a last place team than a first place team. And that's how they've been playing. Which means they'll do something to make this pessimist look stupid. We can only hope. And my fear is that is the case: we can o...
oops. Posted in wrong post, I guess. Cameron was given his walking papers (striking out papers might be more accurate).
McDonald hitting #2? Really?
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer at YFSF
Reverse Lock: Sox-Phillies Gamer
Kevin Youkilis is out of the lineup today, meaning that the Sox' offense looks more like a last place team than a first place team. And that's how they've been playing. Which means they'll do something to make this pessimist look stupid. We can only hope. And my fear is that is the case: we can o...
Sox cut Cameron loose. Overdue on that, methinks.
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on Travel Day, Interleague Style: Brewers-Yanks Gamer at YFSF
Travel Day, Interleague Style: Brewers-Yanks Gamer
New York has likely been quite happy munching on the soft underbelly of the NL Central's "best" what be the Beermakers at the friendly grazing grounds of Yankee Stadium. Boston must be ecstatic to be shipping out of Philly today. C.C. Sabathia faces Randy Wolf, while Jon Lester and Cole Hamels...
Congrats from this NY Rangers fan. Well-earned, the Bruins worked as a team and outplayed them. Thornton coming back in the line-up after game 2 made a big difference as well. Enjoy it!
Commented Jun 16, 2011 on Dreamland at YFSF
Dreamland
No long missives here about last night's beautiful victory. Just a smile, a picture, and a quick thought. The Bruins, a long love of ours that faded when Joe Thornton was traded and came back to life in time to see the team squander an historic 3-0 series and game lead against Philly, won the...
Great expectations
unrealized; less pitcher than
human rain delay
Commented Jun 3, 2011 on Can't Stanza: The Dice-K Tommy John Surgery Haiku Contest at YFSF
Can't Stanza: The Dice-K Tommy John Surgery Haiku Contest
Four and a half years ago YF (where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?) put up one of the great posts of all time here at YFSF, the original haiku contest to memorialize the imminent arrivals of Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kei Igawa. It has been requested, in the wake of the ignominious announcement that the...
Jeter has also been unlucky.
Uhm. He has what, nine nubber infield hits? 'Unlucky' is the battle cry of those in denial.
Commented May 4, 2011 on Breakfast With the Captains at YFSF
Breakfast With the Captains
If Jason Varitek is toast, does this mean Derek Jeter is porridge? “He’s not too warm, he’s not too cold,” said Kevin Long, the Yankees’ hitting coach. “He’s just kind of lukewarm right now.”
::wipes tear:: That's beautiful.
My 4-year-old daughter walked into daycare the other morning and one of the teachers was all decked out in Yankee garb. She look at her and said, "Miss Sonia? Do you want to borrow some of my daddy's clothes? You're rooting for the wrong team."
Commented May 2, 2011 on Proof of Competent Parenting at YFSF
Proof of Competent Parenting
This morning my daughter Alice came up to me with a Mark Teixeira baseball card in hand and stated "this one is a Yankee. So we have to put this one in the garbage".
We don't pay players for past performance.
Posada?
Commented Nov 29, 2010 on Wisdom at YFSF
Wisdom
Johnny Damon:"There is no way around it, older players are being looked at differently," he said. "But what a lot of people forget is that guys like me and Jeter, we came out at the same time and we are special players. If things need to get done on a baseball field, we get it done." All of a su...
it just makes me even more sad Paps blew it Sunday night, because how much fun would it be today with the Sox in control of their playoff destiny (albeit at insanely long odds)?
Commented Sep 28, 2010 on AJ Burnett is Horrible at YFSF
AJ Burnett is Horrible
Despite the fact that the Yankees' pen turned in 5.2 scoreless innings and the offense churned out 5 runs, the Yankees lost. Why? Re-read the title of this post. The Yankees are now 5-16 in the last 21 games that AJ has started dating all the way back to June 4. Given that wins and losses can...
More...
Subscribe to ponch - sf’s Recent Activity