Poll Results: Starting Third Basemen For 2014

On Thursday while everyone was out either trick or treating or eating their kids, brothers, families, etc candy we asked the readers who they wanted to be their starting third basemen in 2014 and the results are in. HERE is the original post and HERE is the results page. For all those wondering Alex Rodriguez was included on the poll and surprisingly he did not win but Mark Reynolds did with about 30% of the votes. David Adams got as many votes as Alex and Derek Jeter only got one vote less than A Rod, the Yankees fans have spoken.

World Series Wrap-Up

Wow, I'm VERY late on this, but here's a quick Series wrap-up, because it can really just boil down to a few basic points:

1. Papi's INSANE at the plate.
2. The Cardinals couldn't hit; the only breaks they got were Breslow throwing the ball into the stands and an obstruction call.
3. This season shows how valuable every coach is, not just the manager. Bringing back John Farrell, Terry Francona's pitching coach, who's been around most of this team through its success, proved to be a gold-star move. He made more than an immediate impact. This team went from worst to first in one season.
4. I knew the Cardinals were done after they lost Game 4. Jon Lester was in too much of a zone for Game 5 and the Cards weren't winning two on the road.

That is all. We have a long, cold, but hopefully successful winter ahead of us...now I'm off to go negotiate Cano's contract.

'Till Next Time!

Neil Dwyer @neildwyer1993

Poll Results: Starting Catcher For 2014

On Wednesday we continued our polls for the week by asking our readers who they thought the New York Yankees should have as their starting catcher for 2014 and the results are in. HERE is the original post and HERE is the results page. The overwhelming results were for Brian McCann with 41% of the votes with the top four being filled with Austin Romine, Francisco Cervelli, and JR Murphy in that order. Surprisingly Chris Stewart did not receive a single vote. Thank you for all who voted!

Poll Results: Yankees Additions To The Rotation

On Tuesday we asked the readers who they thought that the Yankees should target this year in free agency to shore up the starting rotation and the results are in. HERE is the original post and HERE is the results page. Again thank everyone for their support of this post, their support on Twitter, and their overall support of the site because it's not worth it without you guys! We had 34 votes on this one, and multiple votes were allowed since we are probably going to target multiple starters this offseason, and the winner was Masahiro Tanaka with a dominant 27 votes of the 34 total. Hiroki Kuroda received 16 votes, Matt Garza received 8 votes, and AJ Burnett, Tim Hudson, Phil Hughes, Ubaldo Jiminez, and Paul Maholm all received one vote while Josh Johnson received two votes.

Poll Results: Your 2014 Right Fielder

On Monday we asked you guys to vote in our poll on who you wanted to be the starting right fielder in 2014 and the results are in. HERE is the original post and HERE is the results from the 46 votes we got this week. Thank you for your participation and continued support of this site and congratulations to Carlos Beltran for winning the poll with a staggering 52% vote tally followed by Curtis Granderson with 26%.

Gawker Covers The World Series

Being posted as a part of Syndicated Sunday from Gawker.com

Fuck Boston

Last night, for the first time in 95 years, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series at home in Fenway Park. Fuck the city of Boston, in general.

Boston is not a good city.

Fuck the Boston Red Sox. Fuck your dirty beards. Fuck your scrappy-band-of-sailors persona. Fuck your iconic little ballpark. Fuck the big green wall in your outfield. Fuck the people wearing Red Sox hats, particularly pink ones. Fuck your undeserved underdog attitude. Fuck your celebrity fans. Fuck your regular fans. Fuck your riotous celebrations.

Fuck all of New England. But in particular, Boston.

Fuck your reputation as a center of learning. Fuck your colleges and universities. Fuck your swarms of students. Fuck the hyper-intellectuals, the frat boys, and everyone in between. Fuck MIT. You could have gone to Caltech, where it's sunny. You fools. Fuck Harvard. Fuck your cozy book stores. Fuck Cambridge. Fuck the bridge you have to cross to get there. Fuck rowing in the Charles. Fuck that as a pastime. Get a better pastime, jerks.

Fuck Boston (the band).

That was a long time ago. Get over it.Fuck your regional food specialties. Fuck your tendency to claim all of Irish immigrant culture as your own. Fuckmovies set in your small regional city. Fuck your accent. Fuck the Puritans. Fuck Samuel Adams. Fuck Paul Revere. Fuck the entirety of your celebrated colonial history.

Fuck the Big Dig. Dig it, already. I'm so sick of hearing about your stupid hole. Fuck your talk radio stations. Fuck Tom Brady. Fuck your bleak and desolate winters. Fuck the poor bastards in all of the surrounding states who are forced to rely on you as the only real urban center in close proximity. I feel for them. Fuck your museums. Fuck your bus station. Fuck your aquarium. I can't believe you imprison fish in such an awful town. Fuck your floating "Duck Tour" vehicles. What's wrong with driving on the road? Why do you have to drive in the water? Why are you always making things complicated?

Fuck Cheers.

I have some dear, dear friends from Boston. Great people. I love them. I would not want them to read this and get the wrong idea. It's important to me that I take a moment to make this point to them: Fuck Boston.

It's too cold there. Who needs it?

Boston people get mad when you say these things. If I said this in Boston, I would probably get my head beat in. Fuck your violent tendencies. That's mean. I'm a person too. Fuck your denial of my humanity. Other people in Boston try to over-intellectualize it. "You're not even giving any real reasons," they whine. "You're just saying 'fuck' things. You don't even make sense." Jesus, the whining. Always the whining and arguing, from Boston people. Can we have one conversation that doesn't have to be all about you? Fuck your self-centered inability to admit that your enemies are correct. Try seeing it from the perspective of the rest of the world, for once. Put yourself in our shoes. Now think about Boston. Come on. Seriously. Come on. Really. Come on. Boston. Really now. Boston?

Come on. Boston?

No.

This Day In New York Yankees History 11/3

On this day in 1992 the Cincinnati Reds traded Paul O'Neill  and Joe DeBerry to the New York Yankees for Roberto Kelly. This was an absolute steal for the Yankees as O'Neill would be a mainstay with the Yankees in right field until his retirement in 2002. O'Neill would be a part of four World Series championship teams and was also on the field during the greatest World Series of all time in my opinion in 2001.

On this day in 2001, and this is not Yankees history that we are going to want to remember, the Arizona Diamondbacks bashed out 21 hits in the first six innings in Game 6 of the 2001 World Series with the New York Yankees setting a new World Series record. The previous record was 20 when the New York Giants beat up on the New York Yankees in 1921 and the St. Louis Cardinals beat up on the Boston Red Sox in 1946.

Gardner Nominated For Heart & Hustle Award

It's not the MVP Award or anything like that but the Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner has been nominated for the 2013 Heart & Hustle Award for the second time in his career. Past Yankees nominees for the award include Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher, and Mariano Rivera although no Yankees player has won the award. The other nominees include Dustin Pedroia,  Raul Ibanez, Nate McClouth, Sam Fuld, Nick Punto, and Juan Pierre. Obviously this award generally goes to the most "gritty" player on the field so start engraving Pedroia's name in it now. 

Here is the lawyer talk for what the award signifies and how it got it's start:

Created by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association in 2005, the Heart & Hustle Award is voted on by Alumni and active Major League players and is presented annually to an active player who demonstrates a passion for the game of baseball and best embodies the values, spirit and traditions of the game.

The MLBPAA formed 30 committees, comprised of Alumni players with established relationships to each team. One player from each Major League team is chosen by the committees based on the passion, desire, and work ethic demonstrated both on and off the field. These players will be recognized prior to an upcoming home game. As the season draws to a close, fans, all Alumni and active players will vote to select the final winner from the 30 team winners.

New York Yankees AFL All Star Game Results

The Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game has been played and is in the books with the AFL West beating the AFL East 9-2. For those of you who did not know the Yankees players, outfielder Mason Williams and infielder Peter O'Brien, are on the AFL East team that got beat pretty badly tonight.

Mason playing center field finished 2-2 with a double and an RBI while O'Brien finished 0-2 with a strike out and three men left on base as the teams catcher tonight. The AFL All Star Game is the best prospects in the league, not the best performing prospects, are chosen to make up the rosters so it is good news for all you "prospect humpers" to see two of our own included.

Now if we could start winning some games with the Scorpions again...

Yankees Well Represented In 2013 Gibby Awards

Robinson Cano, David Robertson, Ichiro Suzuki, Alfonso Soriano, and Mariano Rivera have been named  nominees for a 2013 GIBBY Award according to MLB.com. GIBBY Awards not only pick the MVP award winners but a plethora of other awards picked by the fans like best starting pitcher, comeback player, defensive player, breakout player, etc. All awards can be voted on by going to MLB.com or going HERE to vote for the hometown Yankees.

Robby Cano is nominated for Hitter of the Year.

Rivera is in the running for best Closer, Comeback Player of the Year, Best Story Line of 2013, Best Moment for this 2013 All Star Game entrance, and the Cut4 Topic that was trending in baseball in 2013 with the "No Mo Zone" that was chalked out in Kansas City.

Robertson is nominated for best set up man in baseball.

Joe Girardi was not nominated for the Manager of the Year award but Dusty Baker, who has been fired, is for some reason. Well I got the reason because if you look at the lists all those skippers took their teams to the playoffs but still, it's Manager of the Year not hey you got your team to the playoffs award. Oh well.

Brian Cashman, Hank Steinbrenner, and Hal Steinbrenner were shut out of the Executive of the Year awards as well surprisingly.

The Yankees triple plays is consideration for the must see play of the year so go ahead and vote for that too while you're over there.

Ichiro's 4,000 hit is in consideration for the Must See Moment of the Year as well as Mariano Rivera's All Star Game entrance and such.

Soriano is nominated for the best hitting performance with his 3-3, 2 HR, 3 R, 7 RBI, and BB performance against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on August, 14th.

Finally the Yankees and the Red Sox game on June, 2nd is nominated for the Oddity award as the game was delayed multiple time due to severe thunder that scared the crap out of players in both dugouts.