Sports Talk!! Part 8 Spring Training Edition

The Yankees haven't lost a game in forever and it doesn't look like they ever will again. (Yes, as a matter of fact, I am trying to jinx them.)

i am sick about the red sox trading youk yesterday - he was a great player for them and he will be just a good for the white sox. i understand that middlebrooks has been great, still he is un-proven and has not seen the same pitchers twice yet. youk has had some injury problems lately although nothing that says he will continue to break down in my opinion.

what really annoys me is that the red sox pick up 4.4 mill of the remaining 6.6 on his contract this year - and the players they got in return are marginal. If you are willing to eat that kind on money just keep him on the team. i hope this does not come back to bite them!

Yes, I was surprised to hear that.

I don't think that Bobby V. liked him. although Youk wasn't helpful in his attitude. yes watch one of the r. sox get injured so he would be needed.

i agree lucy Bobby V. called him out early for not being committed enough - which is scary since youk was one of the hardest workers on the team - and youk being youk let him know he was wrong. not convinced he had a bad attitude - just a hard nosed player - did a lot of charity work and will be missed.

Told you Bobby V is a moron.

yep you did - he has done a nice job with the pitching staff here - i think that was just him trying to motivate players without really knowing the guy he picked on.

he should be calling out our china doll, jacoby ellsbury, he they can trade, one good year, and two years of life on the dl.

He chooses people to pick on. He went after one Mets pitcher for not getting enough sleep and he would not stop! He is a weird dude.

I love(d) Youkilis too but I understand why they traded him from the baseball management aspect. Middlebrooks is hitting more than 100 points better than him and has been the second best hitter on the team since he was called up. And they are starting to get healthy in the outfield again so they couldn't keep trotting A-Gon out to RF.

That said, I still think Bobby V is a moron blowhard and if I had my choice, I'd rather have both Youkilis and Francona still on the team.

I agree!

I went to a Mets game way back in the late 70's when Bobby V was a bench player on the Mets. We had front row seats from my friend's mom's job. He was an a**hole letting kids feel his biceps. Creepy.

Huge ego!

by the way how come the mets could not beat the yankee's ???

Because they have no bullpen.

Too many injuries......playing with guys called up from Buffalo......

they beat them the 1st game

Tennis referee's now get a decible meter to monitor noise levels of grunting of the players. Whats next? Football when the players gets ram rodded and grunt? This world has absolutley gone crazy.

Just weird....

then they have to analyze it to death and then they'll be discussions on who has the loudest grunt, why can't they just play and we watch?

I would rather watch without the grunting. You wouldn't hear it in football.

Yes, it's really annoying.

a little noise is not a big deal - shows they are trying

Yes, but not on the tennis court...

un-button the collar and relax

Hate hearing the grunts during the big tournaments on TV. Takes away from the fun especially when it echos at the stadiums.

Watched the sox game yesterday - After Pedroia hit his home run to tie the game in the 8th Nick Punto met him at the top of the dugout steps and shouts "now that's what I am F'ing taking about!" He was too fast for the sound man:) On replay it was cleaned up

I pick up something very heavy I gunt. Not to make noise but to gather some extra adrenalin or whatever.

Dont weight lifters grunt?

Are you kidding me?!! Yankees get Ichiro for two minor league players?!!

Oh, didn't hear that.....

and he helped the yanks beat seatle last night

please pray for the red sox

Yeah, Mets, too! They are slip sliding away!

I'm praying for the Red Sox but I don't know what to pray for anymore.

Come on, it's a sporting season. Just pray that no one gets hurt. Game results are the players fault.

pray for lester and beckett - if they turn around we'll be ok

irisMA, if that's the case, we should have started praying a lot sooner given all the injuries the Red Sox have suffered this year.

I agree with you, Bill. Lester and Beckett are the biggest problems for the Red Sox right now. Their offense is #2 in runs scored in all of baseball - just one run behind the Texas Rangers. If they had some decent starting pitching this team would be a legitimate contender.

Went to watch the Mets lose again today. Pitching is horrible. Offense is inconsistent.

Watched until the 5th inning....couldn't take any more!

Had a golden opportunity in the 8th. Bases loaded and no outs. Only plated one!

Seems to me like they've given up already......

You guys watching the Olympics?? I am - on and off.