they just got beat by the cubs

...and you should be rooting for the Mets!

Thank you!

Colon, Chamberlain, and now Jeter? Jeter is NEVER out! WTF? And 6 away from 3,000 hits? C'mon!!!

I feel your pain! Maybe Steinbrenner told him to take two weeks off to make sure he gets 3,000 at the stadium.

Things are looking a bit grim in Yankeeland.

That's why being a Yankee fan is so exciting. Despite these obstacles, they somehow have keep making it to the postseason. Remember the year (2005??) that they somehow made it with the likes of Aaron Small and Al Leiter on the pitcher's mound??

Seems like 2008 again when they Yankees got bit hard by the injury bug

As a transplanted fan - from NY to South Jersey (Philly country)- I still listen to WFAN on my ride home. It's a little static at times but today Mike Francesa had Brian Cashman on. They are juggling people. After the next 3 games vs. the Rangers, they go on the road for interleague play: Cubs, Reds...?...He said they will need 13 pitchers. There will certainly be some names we don't know. Fun times ahead

And you're telling me I should root for the Mets?

as a cubs fan i can't wait till this weekend...hopefully they can take two games, and geoff if they do be prepared

Yanks on a roll. No Jeter. When he comes back he should bat 7,8,9. His OBP is .320. He shouldn't be batting 1 or 2. Maybe as the captain he will ask Joe to move him down in the order. Sorry SB.

MC, there's really no wiggle room there for forgiveness. You dissed Derek Jeter, and now you're dead to me. Nice knowing ya.

No please, I'm alive, alive, alive. Jeter can bat No.1, all year, every day. I'm sure his first day back he will go 7 for 7 and the 3,000th hit will be a game winning grand slam. The President will call him, there will be a ticker tape (do they still make ticker tape) parade, he'll get the key to every city in America. I was just trying to banish the demons that have invaded his calf muscle and put voodoo poop on his bat.

Hey,how about that Texia-she-rah - 300 homers. Be my friend godmother?

MUCH better!!! Aw, how could I ever really be mad at my man from the Hudson Valley??? Let's split a dish of veal saltimbocca from Marcello's while we watch Jeter's 3,000th hit. What do you say?

MC, you're from the Hudson Valley? What part? I live in Montgomery, between Newburgh and Middletown

Sorry for that un-Yankee like rant, SB. Frustration at not having the Jeet in the lineup. I like the Marcello plan, but I'd have to add a seafood appetizer; some kind of calamari thing. I'm glad you have forgiven me. ... and of course Limoncello apertif.

Irish...I'm former Hudson Valley, down valley; grew up in Pearl River, got married and moved to Suffern. Moved to South Jersey 4 years ago (Philly country). AND I CAN'T GET THE YES CHANNEL! Well, I can get it, but they black out most of the games. BASTIDs. I know Montgomery. I played softball in Newburgh many years ago. The Airport Diner was our sponsor.

Very nice MC. Thanks!

I haven't been watching much lately -- been busy with the usual summer stuff -- so y'all can thank me for the Yank's recent run of good fortune!

So you must have been watching yesterday to jinx Jeter's return

Ah, Mr. Jeter has done it! Congratulations, Mr. 3000!!

Congrats to Jeter & all "youse" Yankee fans. Also. class act move by the guy who caught the ball and gave it back to Jeter for nothing.

I agree, the guy was great to give it back, and Jeter and the Yankees showed their gratitude. He got four box seats for the rest of the 2011 season, as well as signed balls and jerseys from Jeter. He also got to meet Jeter and several other Yankees, including the legendary Reggie Jackson.

I hate when those Red Bastard Sox beat the Yankees in Fenway. Yes, SC.....HATE!

Oh, did the Sox win again???

I'm having trouble keeping up with them. I guess the Yankees are, too.

When mom and dad argued at night I'd hide under the covers with a big red with gold nobs plastic plugin radio, volumn down low, listening to Mel Allen and others doing the Yankees many times crying myself to sleep.
Later the Yankees were on my beat for two decades with front row press box seats behind home plate off the third base side. Covered thousands of games on deadline. Was humbled walking tunnels of old stadium all those years and to this day remember being under the covers crying.

kjk.....that is one teaser of a post. "a beat" and "deadline" not a cop, but a reporter. If you are talking Yankee Stadium, you must have some great stories. Please share and pay no attention of SC. Aliens kipnapped him in Brooklyn when he was a kid and altered his brain to become a Red Bastard Sucks fan. He'll tell you its because his brother sang doo-wop with Rico Petrocelli, but don't believe him.

I see this was your 9th posts.. welcome, hang around.

kjk - Welcome to the boards. I'd also love to hear some of your assignment stories.

Pay no attention to MaryCas. Ever since she moved to the pine barrens of New Jersey's Devil she has been kind of strange. She'll probably even try to convince you that she's a guy.

You two crack me up

Hi, thanks everyone

MaryCas, thanks. Nova's good, plus Soriano come playoffs produce more than Beantown can handle.