Sabathia a Yankee

by Ed Valentine on Dec 10, 2008 1:56 PM EST in News Comment 25 comments

Since I am a diehard New York Yankees fan, I have to gloat just a touch about the Yankees signing CC Sabathia today.

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CC to Yankees

Oooohhhh Yyyeeeaaaaa!

by ProudYankee on Dec 10, 2008 2:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Oh, fine, no K-Rod talk?

/ cries in afternoon beer

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachyderms percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Dec 10, 2008 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

we got last years CC

only for less money and less chance of him becoming Bartolo Colon 2.0. I’ll take it…

by cjmulrain on Dec 10, 2008 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh NOW I see it.

Shoulda scrolled down before I posted.

I think I liked it better when you weren’t talking about the Mets.

By the way – CC stands for Double Cheeseburger. You knew that, right?

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachyderms percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Dec 10, 2008 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

K-Rod?

What team did he go to? I have heard vague rumors that some other minor franchise plays in that other league. Didn’t put much stock in the rumors, though.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 10, 2008 3:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I guess we only need THREE more pitchers to have a bullpen now, right?

Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachyderms percussion pitch.

by Mr. Met on Dec 11, 2008 9:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

this sucks

Carsten Charles is my favorite player

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Dec 10, 2008 3:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

160 million

That’s a half million a pound

7 year deal, He’ll look like Nate Newton at the end of that contract.

Hey hey hey!

"24 hours of losing, we've had enough!"

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 10, 2008 3:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Great!

You re-signed David Wells, only with a different name. That guy’s “before” picture to be in the weight loss with Don Shula is gonna be taken in year 4.

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 10, 2008 5:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i don't remember

David Wells ever winning a Cy Young…

i’ll gladly exchange the fat jokes from rival fanbases for the complete game three-hitters.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 10, 2008 7:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

just merely pointing out that Bartolo Colon was a hefty former Indian who had a great season during which he was traded to the National League, then signed a big free agent contract, had one pretty good season (during which he screwed Mo Rivera out of a Cy Young) and promptly fell off a cliff b/c he couldn’t keep himself healthy.

by cjmulrain on Dec 10, 2008 8:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Difference is

CC has had more than one good year. He has better numbers than any pitcher in baseball for the past three seasons combined.

by Ed Valentine on Dec 10, 2008 9:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

not sure about that

over the last 3 seasons, Johan has a better ERA, better WHIP, more K’s, a (very slightly) better K/BB ratio, and a better win%. Sabathia’s an awesome pitcher, but I’d still take Johan, especially considering that despite being a few years older, he’s actually pitched less inning in his career, due to beginning later and as a reliever.

by cjmulrain on Dec 11, 2008 1:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i'm a met fan..

but i like CC.. the only problem is his weight will eventually take a toll on him..

It's not easy being Giants fan in Philly.. but it sure is satisfying

by Hoyadestroya85 on Dec 11, 2008 3:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i'd take Santana too

and he’s smarter than CC for going to a National League team and staying. i can only imagine what Sabathia would’ve done had he stayed in the hitter-challenged NL..

2008 in AL: 18 starts, 6-8, 3.83 ERA, 3 CG, 123 K
2008 in NL: 17 starts, 11-2, 1.65 ERA, 7 CG, 128 K

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 11, 2008 6:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

but

you’re right about him being better than Colon. That was a slightly lazy comparison on my part.

by cjmulrain on Dec 11, 2008 1:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sabathia's done.

He peaked last year when he threw his fat arm out.

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 11, 2008 6:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And that Cy Young...

belongs to Beckett and everyone knows it

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 11, 2008 7:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

is that the same Beckett

that “peaked” in 2007, then went 12-10 with a 4 ERA last year?

tell me, which is the exception and which is the rule here:
2007: 20-7, 3.27 ERA, 194 K
Career averages (in seasons with 20+ starts): 12.5 W-8.5 L, 3.78 ERA, 159 K

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 11, 2008 8:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I forgot

you guys hate hime for extinguishing the Yankees’ only World Series hopes in this millennium. Sorry I brought him up.

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 11, 2008 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

correct me if i'm wrong

2001 (the year the Yankees were three outs away from a championship) is this millennium right?

how does one become a Giants/Red Sox fan? that’s like if Jessica Alba with a horrific mole on her face.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 11, 2008 9:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Don’t make me laugh at work, because my boss will know I’m fucking around posting here 73 times a day.
My dad was a good Red Sox fan (took me to games) and a lousy Patriots fan. To this day he’ll watch frickin UConn women’s basketball on Sunday afternoon. Therefore I was rudderless in the football world. And the ‘85 Bears erased any chance of my ever rooting for the Pats. The ’86 Giants made a name in sports for white guys named Phil. I recorded that game at age 9 and watched it over and over until the VHS dragged.
The way I look at it, last year’s Superbowl, the Giants were in something of a Red Sox role, and the Pats were the evil empire. Agreed?
Oh yeah, and the Yankees haven’t won a world series in this millennium. If three outs away counted, the Sox wouldn’t have been the worst goats in baseball for 86 years.

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Dec 11, 2008 9:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i hear you

i grew up in CT on the mason-dixon line for the Boston-NY thing. i have a close friend that is a Patriots/Yankees fan which is really strange, but he has a Ben Coates jersey so that proves he’s legit.

for our whole Yanks/Sox debate, i wasn’t claiming that close counted, i was just referring to your comment: “you guys hate him for extinguishing the Yankees’ only World Series hopes in this millennium.” 2003 wasn’t their only WS hope. 2001 they were three outs away. 2004 they were one game away (let’s face it, Yanks would’ve clobbered St.L as well). just wanted to clarify.

any fan of Phil McConkey is a friend of mine.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Dec 11, 2008 9:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs