Apparently A-Rod says it is. Now I know A-Rod personally and he is one of the finest all around athletes to ever play the game. Not to mention he is an incredible basketball player. I played in a few charity games with him and he was exceptional. But what should certainly be a wake up call and a warning that the Yankees are ready and will be a team to be reckon with this season is when A-Rod starts talking (he's not a talker) and making world championship promises.
Throughout his stellar career his excellent play ( in the field and at bat) has done all the talking. Now he takes it upon himself to add pressure to the coaches, the management and his team right out the gate. No slow starts, no slumps and no control issues. Just win in the beginning and when at the end. You gotta love it! These are the Yankees. We all want to beat the Yankees and now we have locker room billboard material to motivate us courtesy of A-Rod. When you are as good as he is and surrounded by an excellent team somehow I don't see this as an advantage.
If you were going to fight Ali in his prime and he says he's going to whoop you good, and all night long and become the heavyweight champion of the world, I don't think his words would be to your advantage. On the contrary, I think it may be to your disadvantage and bring on some uninvited fear and trembling. Confidence is not a negative. Over confidence is. A-Rod is confident (another MVP year) based upon what he sees in his team and what he doesn't see in other teams. It sets the table for a more intriguing season now that Alex Rodriguez is confident (good for baseball) and he's talking (bad for us) and the rest of us are waiting, watching and hoping we will beat the Yankees and close his mouth! Go A's!!
26 comments:
Yankees'
Let's Go Red Sox!
Seriously, if the A's can score enough runs, they're a threat. I can think of a lot of teams that would like to have pitching like Zito/Haren/Harden, namely nyy.
Yanks will get beat in the playoffs. Their pitching still isn't up to par to their lineup. I just hope the Braves make it out of the first round. Hammer, how was the batting practice with Atlanta?
Dude, your title needs an apostrophe after the 's' in the word Yankees to denote possession.
So, just to recap: Is This The Yankees' Year? is the only way the title will prevent you from seeming like a chump who failed English classes (notice the plural form?).
Good luck with that whole 'I'm living my life through the success or failure of a team in which I have no participation in' thing.
It's a winning formula...For sure.
Oh, and don't forget about the real reason that A-Rod said what he said in the first place: a microphone was placed in front of his fat head and all other thoughts had long ago escaped from his ego tripping mind.
You try touching this.
Hammer! Don't be dropping that Yankee's year thing! This is the year the Yankees & Red Sox fall - you know that!!!
I'm a die hard A's fan from the Toronto area -- so imagine how tough it was for me back from 88-92ish so I've been rooting for the A's since then.
It's too bad we didn't make the playoffs last year -- we crumbled near the end *sigh* but let's see if we can make a run this year!
I seriously think it may be Toronto's year though. They're stacked. Overbay, Molina, Glauss etc etc etc... I didn't even pull up their pitching yet.. scary stuff!
Anyhow.. go A's!!! go A's!! Go A's!! :)
** Shaun **
My awesome blog: ohpunk.blogspot.com
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no it aint! yanks suck!
Unfortunately I have to agree with Andy K on the grammar issue, even if you are one of my heroes.
Speaking of grammer...
For years I thought you invented the word 'burglarising' for your own ends.
Only recently did I discover it is fact a real word.
You can touch this if you like.
Meh, all the team money can buy right? I am happy for every year they lose. Always been METS with me, the yanks have been the snobs of the sport.
R2K
They stil play baseball? I thought once the steroid train dried up that most of those guys went back to selling insurance. Who knew?
Go Yankees'
Thanks Andy on the grammar error. I dig yo style!!
Dear Mr Hammer,
I would like to formally apologise for my apparent disregard for your feelings in the comment I made above. Since that is not possible, I would like to apologise through the electronic mail medium.
Sadly, but factually, I suffer from a variant of what some call Multiple Personality Disorder. I do not label it as such, although others tell me that I frequently do. It's a rare strand that affects the central nervous system, primarily targeting the part of the human brain with established grammatical knowledge.
However, I've been receiving treatment in a centre somewhere in Turkey. I am not permitted to disclose the actual location because of strict Internet regulations in place here and, quite frankly, because even I don't exactly know where here is.
I know for a fact it's Turkey because of the dancing bears we inmates are expected to train every first Friday of the month. Tomorrow will be utter Hell. I can sense it already. There's also a distinct odour of faecal matter which can only derive from Turkish cuisine. Don't get me wrong, Mr Hammer. I'm not complaining about the coffee for a single moment. It has inspired the hair follicles on my chest to reproduce like rabbits in a room filled with candles and mood music.
Anyway, when I posted my previous comment, which, I might add, I am ashamed of and disgusted by, I was very angry before I stumbled on your site. At that time, my room mate, Viktor, had taken fifty-six of the allotted hour made available to us each day to email his family in his native Poland. I swear I have yet to see anyone with dyslexia to rival his.
To cut a dull story short, by the time my fingers finally touched the communal keyboard, I didn't have time to read and establish whether your site belonged to THE REAL, ACTUAL, NOT-AN-IMPOSTOR MC HAMMER. I thought it was someone who had assumed your identity and started a site pretending to be you.
I now know that my assumption was entirely wrong.
I realise this does not excuse my actions or rudeness, but I'm hoping you're able to forgive my faux pas with the promise, from me to you, that it will not happen again.
Judging by your response above, you are without flaw a forgiving man, capable of seeing beyond such puerile behaviour. For this, and for bringing me countless moments of memorable entertainment during my formative years, I humbly thank you with every ounce of my beating heart.
I hope you won't mind if I add your site to my list of people that have inspired me throughout the years. It's one of the few avenues available to me in this vile facility where I am able to express my feelings without the desire to suffocate Viktor with my pillow.
Please take care and thank you for understanding my plight.
Sincerely,
Andy Kaufman
I'm a Met's fan (always have been), so I hope the Yankees get beaten, too!
Let's Go Mets!!!
And 'A's'!!!
Andy,
you are back on my christmas card list!
I do love the way you write.
Mr Hammer: I don't think a greater compliment exists than the one you bestowed upon me. You don't know how much I'm anticipating that one day in December. :) I thank you in advance.
By the way, I've reciprocated my genuine feelings of regret for my initial intrusion over at my site. I don't know if you were aware of this.
Again, I thank you for your humility.
Mystic Heart: Your kudos arrived intact with the remainder of Monday's mail. Thank you.
Professionally, I'm not qualified to diagnose your faulty nose and was at a loss when it was time for offcial group hypothesis time. However, following lengthy discussion with Viktor through the aid of a translator I shall call El Bottleo De Tequila in order to avoid naming names in the hydrotherapy suite, where no lemons were harmed, we determined through low-pitched grunting and sign language that the most likely cause of your nose's way-offness (a term which, unless I'm mistaken, is readily catalogued in medical journals) stems from the presence of excessive nasal follicles. Good luck with that, etc.
Street, Crosby, Johnson, Herrera, Swisher... the A's are young and gunnin' for the AL West title. I would not have it any other way.
Side note: Let's hope Kirby comes out of this stroke okay.
Matt,
our prayers are with Kirby and his family.
M.C. - I second that.
Rest in peace, Kirby.
Thanks for linking my blog.
Please Hammer, don't hurt me.
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