LoL on Paris, Steve.
Matsui’s got more pop than Melky at the moment (well, not right now as he’s on the DL) so he could’ve made up for not catching Manny’s dinger with one of his own. Still, I think a team needs some new life blood in it.

I merely said I don’t miss Matsui. And I don’t.

How this translates into “hate” is bizarre.

Retired 5 years ago.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/30657_morganna10.shtml

She’s only 53 now.

I miss seeing those security hits @ the Stadium…

I know she’s gotta be pretty old now, but whatever happened to Morganna?

He did give the fair catch signal once he hit RF – and then that one cop just laid a wicked shoulder into him…..and he went down faster than Paris Hilton after a $1,000 bottle of champagne.

The take-down of the guy running on the field was great. I haven’t seen one of those in a while. It looked like he was giving up and then he just got nailed.

Rich – I was being sarcastic. Of course I know Paulie, Tino and Scotty aren’t homegrown. I was merely making a point that a lot of fans don’t like the players we’ve added from 2002-present because they’re free agents and I just like to point out that most of our “favorite Yankees” weren’t homegrown either. If we win the WS this year (and I pray it happens), will those that hate Matsui, Sheffield, Giambi, Damon, ARod and the rest of these guys start liking them?

Anyway, I was just tweaking Don (in jest, of course) because he’s always saying how much he hates this Yankee or that.

PS – Bailey – my favorite moment was seeing Damon all pumped up out there after the catch. Your favorite moments were a close second for me, especially seeing Farns and Melky together.

Anyway, my favorite moment of the night was seeing Farns mouth “holy shit,” then mug it up with A-Rod, and then hug Melky on his way back to the dugout.

It was pretty nice seeing him blow away Ortiz, too. Ortiz and Farns have matched up three times this year. Ortiz is 0-3 with three strikeouts.
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Yep, that was a cool moment, wasn’t it? The look on Manny’s face was pretty funny too.

I’m happy for Melky, glad to see he’s making the most of this opportunity. He’s come a long way from that botched flyball in Fenway.

One of the best wins of the year, an amazing defensive play by Mely, and Wang with an extraordinary start against his bugaboo team the Red Sox — and we get a story about neophyte lesbians?

Kidding, Steve, kidding…

I know I should probably temper my enthusiasm, but I really feel good about this team. I am a little sick of how everyone talks about the “young guys.” Most nights it’s A-Rod and Giambi and Jeter and Damon — not to mention Mo and Moose — getting the wins. Melky doesn’t win these games alone, but there is something special about him. You can’t deny that this team feels looser. It’s hard to say exactly why that is — after all, only two of the Yankees’ starters are young (Melky, Cano) and only one other is a “rookie” (Andy, who, with all that minor-league experience, is practically a vet). Maybe it’s a paternal, nurturing instinct in the guys coming out and getting exciting for Melky. Who knows. All I know is that it’s working. Maybe having a few guys down and a few young guys on the team takes the pressure off the other players.

Anyway, my favorite moment of the night was seeing Farns mouth “holy shit,” then mug it up with A-Rod, and then hug Melky on his way back to the dugout.

It was pretty nice seeing him blow away Ortiz, too. Ortiz and Farns have matched up three times this year. Ortiz is 0-3 with three strikeouts.

MJ: I’m not sure what kind of tone you’re taking when mentioning Paulie O, Tino, and Scotty, but they’re not home grown either (I’m not sure if you were being sarcastic).

I can see a dislike for Sheff, ARod, Giambi and even Damon, but not Matsui. He’s probably the classiest of all the Yanks (save Jeets and Mo). He doesn’t really say much, he just goes out there and gets busy.

But, to be honest, I don’t miss him or Sheff right now. I really like watching the younger players, but I know if we had Matsui in left, Melky in right, and Sheff/Giambi splitting DH time, we’d be an even better ballclub. If the Milkman keeps up this pace, do you guys think he’ll be starting even when Sheff/Matsui return?

One thing I did notice last night was AP’s lack of ability to adjust to speed changes. He looked downright ugly out there. He’s a fastball hitter, and if the rest of the league picks up on that he’s going to have to adjust to breaking stuff/changes in a hurry or he’s going to be pulling hat tricks on a daily basis.