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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Yanks, Manchester City awarded MLS expansion team

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posted 21 hours ago by Gamingboy to other sports, soccer, the empire's alliances, yankees | 28 comment(s)

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired the League’s 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects to begin play in 2015.

Wait, I thought Manchester United was the Yankees’ fellow member of the Legion of Doom, not Manchester City!

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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on March 06, 2013 at 05:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Juan Rivera is not your savior.

Actually, Nunez at 3B, Youk to 1B is probably the answer.

2. SG posted on March 06, 2013 at 05:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

J-E-T-S!!!

Just end the season.

3. SG posted on March 06, 2013 at 05:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Actually, Nunez at 3B, Youk to 1B is probably the answer.

Is the question how to lead MLB in errors made by your third baseman?

4. JJ1986 posted on March 06, 2013 at 05:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Every injury increases the chance that Ronnier Mustelier makes the starting lineup.

5. Chip posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Francesa already advocating giving up whatever it takes from the farm system to get Morneau from the Twins, and mystified why Sweeney Murti doesn't agree with him that this is both possible, and the best course to take.

6. Davo Mastroianni posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Possible opening day lineup for the Yankees, if every PED rumor is true, and nobody has a speedy recovery from their injuries:

RF: Ichiro Suzuki
CF: Brett Gardner
3b: Kevin Youkilis
DH: Travis Hafner
1b: Dan Johnson
LF: Juan Rivera
2b: Jayson Nix
C: Francisco Cervelli
SS: Eduardo Nunez

7. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:02 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jesus Christ. Did somebody build his mansion on an Indian burial ground or something?

8. Davo Mastroianni posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

9. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

#2 made me laugh, the sad, resigned laugh of the damned.

10. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:21 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Johnny Damon is still waiting for a call.

11. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship

posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guess if the ############# WBC gets the Yanks a #1 draft choice, it might be worth it.

12. Der_K posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

6 - Beats the Astros.

13. Chip posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Amazing thing is that two starters are out for an extended time and one of them ISN'T Youkilis.

14. RJ in TO posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Amazing thing is that two starters are out for an extended time and one of them ISN'T Youkilis.

There's still plenty of spring training left.

15. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So Johnny Damon and Vladimir Guererro ARE getting jobs this year I guess.

16. formerly dp posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

When did the Yanks poach the Mets' medical staff? Did I miss a big story this winter?

17. Davo Mastroianni posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Amazing thing is that two starters are out for an extended time and one of them ISN'T Youkilis.

Or Hafner!

18. DL from MN posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Who takes his WBC spot?

19. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Jeter would make a great first baseman, he's tall and at first he really won't need to go to his left.

20. Canker Soriano posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So Johnny Damon and Vladimir Guererro ARE getting jobs this year I guess.

What's Claudell Washington up to?

21. Nasty Nate posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:43 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Who takes his WBC spot?

Hosmer

22. joeysdadjoe posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Amazing thing is that two starters are out for an extended time and one of them ISN'T Youkilis

Or ARod....Oh ####!

23. joeysdadjoe posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Double post

24. joeysdadjoe posted on March 06, 2013 at 06:47 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guess I shouldn't refresh.

25. Yastrzemski in left. posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And here Tex was worried that if he hit three home runs in a game someone would call him a steroid user.

26. Matt Waters posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The pitching can keep them afloat for a month and a half.

27. Bruce Markusen posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think we're looking at a platoon of Dan Johnson and Kevin Youkilis at first base, with either Nunez or Mustelier playing third base against left-handed pitching.

28. asinwreck posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So when does Cano go down?

29. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So when does Cano go down?

As soon as he exhausts the appeal process.

30. billyshears posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So when does Cano go down?

He's going to be suspended for PEDs. Granderson too.

Edit: Too slow, I guess.

31. willcarrolldoesnotsuk posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Time to bring back Rickey.

32. tfbg9 posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The PED thing is down to, what, a 10% chance of being real? Less?

33. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:35 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The PED thing is down to, what, a 10% chance of being real? Less?

No idea. But why down?

Wasn't there a several week lag between the same guy calling the Melky suspension, and the official news breaking?

34. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If he behaves himself, Mel Hall will be available for the 2032 season.

35. Gonfalon Bubble posted on March 06, 2013 at 07:51 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Remind me not to sire a daughter in 2017.

36. 'Spos posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Vernon Wells would look good in pinstripes...

37. Dale Sams posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:12 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The PED thing is down to, what, a 10% chance of being real? Less?

Why would it be limited to 4 high-profile guys? Seems awfully coincidental. And if its related to the Miami clinic, why weren't the lesser-lights implicated also?

38. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why would it be limited to 4 high-profile guys? Seems awfully coincidental. And if its related to the Miami clinic, why weren't the lesser-lights implicated also?

How do we know it would be just the 4? Maybe they just didn't bother leaking the no names.

39. Benji posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Don't get mad Yankee fans. I'm just being greedy. You can have your choice of Murphy or Duda for Nunez. Or both.

40. tfbg9 posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@33-yesterday, Heyman tweeted that it was 100% BS.

41. The District Attorney posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What?? I'm not trading Daniel Murphy for Eduardo Nunez. "Mechanical but serviceable" is better than "butcher."

Duda, sure, go nuts.

42. Walt Davis posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

If he behaves himself, Mel Hall will be available for the 2032 season.

Vernon Wells would look good in pinstripes...

Sheesh, just cuz the guy's not a good player anymore is no reason to send him to prison.

43. RollingWave posted on March 06, 2013 at 08:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guess if the ############# WBC gets the Yanks a #1 draft choice, it might be worth it.

He got hurt hitting off a ####### tee.... in the exotic foreign land of Arizona.

Has there been a serious high profile injury of a a WBC injury that REALLY probably wouldnt' have happened in ST? like you know.. a guy pitching 100 pitches or going back to back days? or getting taken out in a silde ? (though that happens in ST at times too)

44. Eric J can SABER all he wants to posted on March 06, 2013 at 09:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

or getting taken out in a silde ? (though that happens in ST at times too)

That it does. Ventura's first regular season appearance that year was in game 100 for the White Sox.

45. RollingWave posted on March 06, 2013 at 09:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

There was also that incident a couple years back with Elliot Johnson decided to tackle Francisco Cervelli at home plate in ST for some reason... it did earn him a job out of ST though.. FWIW, and ruined most of Cervelli's season (yeah it's Cervelli, but his previous season was actually kinda promising)

46. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on March 06, 2013 at 10:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@33-yesterday, Heyman tweeted that it was 100% BS.

OK. But, I don't particularly trust Heyman.

47. JJ1986 posted on March 06, 2013 at 10:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

OK. But, I don't particularly trust Heyman.

He should at least know whether Cano was popped.

48. The Yankee Clapper posted on March 06, 2013 at 10:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@33-yesterday, Heyman tweeted that it was 100% BS.

OK. But, I don't particularly trust Heyman.

OK, but it is fairly likely that if there was anything to the story, there'd be some follow-up by now. Some reporter would have a good enough source to "confirm without confirming" whether or not a rash of high profile PED suspensions were in the works.

49. Jack Carter, calling Beleaguered Castle posted on March 06, 2013 at 10:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Francesa already advocating giving up whatever it takes from the farm system to get Morneau from the Twins, and mystified why Sweeney Murti doesn't agree with him that this is both possible, and the best course to take.

C'mon now. Morneau surely knows how to win.

50. RollingWave posted on March 06, 2013 at 10:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Anything that can go wrong with the Yankees this year will go wrong, and event things that probably shouldn't go wrong will.

When I saw the Ichiro car crash story a couple days back I was so expecting him to be out for the season.

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