There are few things I love more than seeing the shut up juice being passed out to those deserving of said beverage, and there sure were a few rounds of juice passed around the Stadium this weekend. Let’s see who’s choking on their words today:
The Haters:
- A-Rod is debuting at the new Yankee Stadium! How will the fans react?! Will they boo him? How will A-Rod react? Can he handle the pressure? Will he be the same after his injury, after the Selena book? Let’s talk about walk-off home runs instead, shall we? Hey Selena, shaaaat aaap!
The Doubters:
- Mark Teixeira is off to a slow start!! CC Sabathia is off to a slow start!! The Yankees spent so much money on these guys. When are they going to come around!?! This is no longer a bad start, this is a bad season! Hey talk radio callers: shaaaaat aaaap!
- The young players all suck! “It is not just that the Yankee roster is too old and brittle, and that years of horrible drafting and developing have left them without even suitable reserves to turn to in a time of crisis. It is that the fans sense that this is just not a mentally tough club.” This was written by Joel Sherman the day AFTER Gardner, Pena, and Cervelli all played crucial roles in a big win over the Jays. While Brett, Ramiro, and Francisco continue to play excellent defense, do the little things and hold down the fort for injured superstars, someone named Melky Cabrera is red hot and produced another walk off hit this weekend. Hey Joel Sherman: shaaaaat aaaap!
- The Yankee bullpen is awful! They need to release everyone and trade for old veterans. Veras should be DFA’ed!! Mariano Rivera is DONE!! AAAaagh!! Bruney is back soon; Aceves & Tomko have stabilized the pen; Melancon and Robertson will probably be back at some point with a little more seasoning, and the pen has allowed only 3 runs in the last 15.2 innings of work while eking out two extra inning wins. Hey doubters: shaaaaat aaaap!
- Any other rounds of shut up juice you’d like to pass out?
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9 Responses to Shut Up Juice for Everyone!
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5. Joba can’t hack it in the rotation. We need him in the Pen! A 23 yr old averaging almost 6 innings a start with a 3.76 ERA. And somehow someway that fastball is starting to sit at 95+.
How about… there’s no atmosphere in that corporate club house… watch the clips of them celebrating the win and Damon getting ‘pied’… see you in October fellas…
both of those are very nice. I must admit that I have to shut up as well, because I got on Eiland early in the year for “smoothing out” Joba’s mechanics.
6. The new stadium has no life to it. The expensive seats are all empty. How about we wait until the weather is halfway decent and the team is playing well? The stadium was absolutely rocking on Friday night.
Really? Interesting. Did you notice any difference in the acoustics from the old Stadium? There were rumblings that, since the upper decks are pushed back, the sound dissipates and the new stadium doesn’t reverberate as powerfully.
Yes, there is definitely a little bit of a difference. My seats are in Terrace Outfield 308 and we used to feel like we were right on top of the field, which is not the case anymore. But I feel that the crowd has been relatively quiet for the first month of the season because there haven’t been many exciting moments on the field. I was also at the game on May 7 against TB when Damon tied the game with the homerun in the 8th and the place was very loud. Big plays will lead to more energy in the stadium. And when the weather gets better we will see less empty seats, thats for sure.
The playoffs will be the big test. Man, it used to feel like an earthquake in there for big games.
Hahahahah! I love Tom’s Rants.
Well done sir. This team is definitely dishing out the shut up juice of late.