Calling all Yankee fans!!!!!! (YES I know there is a Yanks forum, but I couldn't resist)

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Posted by don424

actually from the reports i hear, and in the world of baseball, things change. If Giambi comes back, he and Martinez will share first base duties.

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i have to disagree...i bet Giambi gets the boot.

either way I AM GLAD HE IS BACK!!!!!!!
and of course i disagree with Djpill...
his skills may have dropped but that doen't mean he won't play EXCELLENT this year!


I LOVE TINO

I know!! I have been soooooo excited!! I love Tino, and was so sad when he left the Yanks!

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Posted by oct.2004bride

i have to disagree...i bet Giambi gets the boot.

either way I AM GLAD HE IS BACK!!!!!!!
and of course i disagree with Djpill...
his skills may have dropped but that doen't mean he won't play EXCELLENT this year!


I LOVE TINO

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The boot to where? The bench? He will become the most expensive bench warmer in all of professional sports.

They aren't voiding his contract. The yanks will have to eat that remaining 80mil or whatever is left on that contract.

The Yanks in MY opinion will eat most of Giambi's money because the chance of him tarnishing the team costs more in the end.

THose who know me know I LOVE TINO....LOVE isint even a strong enough word...

FH is PISSED( as a met fan , plus because he finds my TINO obesession a little weird..)

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Posted by swags1016

My Mother is happy again!! Her heart is beating faster and stronger than it has since he left. Now if she could ever see Girardi play again in pin strips I swear she would be in heaven!

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Actually she can because Girardi was named the bench coach. Sp she can't see him play but he will be in pinstripes!

As far as the type of player Martinez is, he had decent numbers last year on a pretty crappy team. In 458 at-bats (which is about 100 less than a normal season), he had a .262 average, 23 homers & 76 RBI's.

And I don't think this takes the Yankees out of the Beltran race. Personally I think the Yankees are not counting on Giambi and I think they don't even want him on the team.

the way i see it, the yankees are in a no-win situation

if you keep giambi, a player who has admitted using steroids, without any repercussions, this will tarnish their image and it will show that they really don't care HOW they win, as long as they win.

if you get rid of him, it tarnishes all of that 'yankee loyalty' that they preach. After all, if Darryl Strawberry, a convicted drug addict has a place in the organization, why shouldn't Giambi.

But, hey Steinbrenner's problems aren't mine. I got my own jerry-curled loose cannon pitcher to deal with

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Posted by don424

if you get rid of him, it tarnishes all of that 'yankee loyalty' that they preach. After all, if Darryl Strawberry, a convicted drug addict has a place in the organization, why shouldn't Giambi.

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LOL exactly. The Yanks are screwed. Not everybody is going to want to come to the Yanks now. Look what they did with Giambi. They certainly didn't mind his balco use when he was putting up monster numbers. Now they want to throw him out like yesterday's garbage.

And what they did with Vasquez is even worse. They totally backstabbed him. They trade for him... and then figuring that the Yanks wanted him and he had a future with the club... he signs an EXTENTION to his contract. How do the Yanks reward this? By trading him to one of the worst teams in the NL because they have Unit envy. Talk about stabbing you right in the back.


The 'yankee loyalty' is a thing of the past. The Boss is in desperation mode now.

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Posted by don424


But, hey Steinbrenner's problems aren't mine. I got my own jerry-curled loose cannon pitcher to deal with

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Well its better that he's YOUR problem than ours!

And I'm not commenting on the Giambi situation, b/c really I don't think ANY of know how that is going to play out

While i realize the rest of the team is up for discussion, honestly this thread was not created for any other intention other than to celebrate the fact that Tino is back... which I know most of us loyal Yankee fans are ecstatic about

umm did I mention that I think he has a damn cute a$$? If I didn't....man he does err...I mean besides being a great player

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Posted by lilmrs

umm did I mention that I think he has a damn cute a$$? If I didn't....man he does err...I mean besides being a great player

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Oh yea .. amen to that, sister!!!!!

Ahhh in another place and time... if I wasn't married and he wasn't married All bets would be off

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Posted by FeliciaDA

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Posted by lilmrs

umm did I mention that I think he has a damn cute a$$? If I didn't....man he does err...I mean besides being a great player

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Oh yea .. amen to that, sister!!!!!

Ahhh in another place and time... if I wasn't married and he wasn't married All bets would be off

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I was telling DH today about what I cute bottom he has and darren was like ugghhh he's married. SO i was like funny h ow you did not comment that I was married to YOU but you commented about how he was married.

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Posted by lilmrs

umm did I mention that I think he has a damn cute a$$? If I didn't....man he does err...I mean besides being a great player

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I AGREE
hubba hubba

when i said i think he was getting the boot i meant from 1st base not the team or from the organization....

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Posted by don424

the way i see it, the yankees are in a no-win situation

if you keep giambi, a player who has admitted using steroids, without any repercussions, this will tarnish their image and it will show that they really don't care HOW they win, as long as they win.

if you get rid of him, it tarnishes all of that 'yankee loyalty' that they preach. After all, if Darryl Strawberry, a convicted drug addict has a place in the organization, why shouldn't Giambi.

But, hey Steinbrenner's problems aren't mine. I got my own jerry-curled loose cannon pitcher to deal with

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1. if the keep him, they are doing it ONLY because of the money situation. So IMO their image is intact and understandable...
And let's face it they wouldn't be keeping him to win anything...they havent' won a WS SINCE HAVING HIM !

2. If they get rid of him i don't think it tarnishes anything at all. He was an azz and deserves to get the boot off the team or benched or used as the most expensive bat boy ever...
IMO...if you act like an azz, and you put your team through such bad publicity you deserve NO LOYALTY

i hated giambi right from the beginning

I actually think the Yankees would look better if they got rid of him. They'd be sending out a message to not only their team but to all of baseball that steriods is unacceptable, Keeping Strawberry when he had coke problems is different. Mantle and his drinking problems is different. These players did not cheat. Yes, they broke the rules, but I think cheating is far worse. Steriods enhance your playing ability and thus a player who uses them is a cheater.

Giambi cheated and the Yankees should give him the boot for it. IMO that is the only way the steriod issue will begin to be taken seriously.

I think the Yankees are going to sign Beltran and then knowing they have all teir positions filled they are going to tell Giambi to get lost. If they were going to keep him they would not be looking at ways to get his contract voided.

But it's all good because Tino is back. Any chance of Paulie coming back too?

My boyfriend's back and the mets are going to be in trouble. hey now hey now my boyfriends back

Love love love Tino. My DH is jealous. I have Tino envy. I met him and Jeter at a bar a few years ago and they bought us some cocktails...too bad I was with DH at the time or I would have jumped him.

My predictions:

Giambi-out
Beltran-in
Johnson-in
Vasquez-out

Did I mention that I love Tino?