The NY Yankees Are At A Ten Year Low (6 games under .500)

[matcom]

:bounce: :evilgrin:

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The last-place Tampa Bay Devil Rays dropped the New York Yankees to their lowest point in a decade.

With owner George Steinbrenner watching from his suite at Tropicana Field, the reeling Yankees and their tattered pitching staff lost their second straight game to the Devil Rays, 11-8, last night in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The loss was the sixth in eight games for New York, which made significant lineup changes the previous night to try to break out of a rut. The Yankees are six games under .500 for the first time since after games of July 19, 1995, when they were 34-40.

Rookie Damon Hollins led the way, going 3 for 3 with a solo homer and four RBIs.

The Devil Rays also took advantage of a throwing error by new Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, which led to a four-run third against Sean Henn (0-1), making his major league debut as a fill-in for Randy Johnson.

Cano was brought up from Triple A Columbus as part of the shakeup manager Joe Torre instituted in hopes of turning around the Yankees. Cano had his first two major league hits, but New York never fully recovered from his error, which cost two runs.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2005/05/05/yankees_reach_a_10_year_nadir/

[yvr girl]

1. You're enjoying their misfortune aren't you?

[matcom]

2. MOI???????

you bet your sweet ass i am :7

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Me too!

:evilgrin:

[mac56]

12. Me three!

To quote Nelson Muntz: "HAAAAA-ha!!!!!"

[progmom]

3. they're still the Yankees

Best fucking team in baseball. :bounce:

[bertha katzenengel]

5. Hmmm... make that the best franchise in baseball history based on

championships, and I'll agree. :hi:

Signed,

One of DU's many Angels fans... y'know, the team that kicked the Yanks' ass in the first round of the playoffs in '02... O8)

[progmom]

32. sure - however you want to look at it

They are America's team. :)
I love me some pinstripes.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. They WERE the best team in baseball

past tense. :evilgrin:

[progmom]

33. You're taking too narrow a view.

We're a month in to the season.
Looking at history, and what the team has meant to the country...
The Yankees are the best team in baseball.
Yeah, fuck Steinbrenner - he's an asshole. But even he couldn't screw up the Yankee legacy.

[kick-ass-bob]

4. Ahh, these were the days...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/alltime/season?year=1990
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/alltime/season?year=1991
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/alltime/season?year=1992

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Let's just forget about 1991....

That NEVER HAPPENED, okay??!

[kick-ass-bob]

11. '90 was even worse!

:o

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

15. Hell no!

The Sox were in 1st place in 1990... and last place in 1991.

[kick-ass-bob]

19. oh - I see.

But the sox weren't in last place in '91.

That was Cleveland.

on edit - I see that it was '92 that they were in last.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

31. Ahh, My bad!

[madinmaryland]

14. Did you notice the one team that

won their division in each of those three years.

The Pittsburgh Pirates. Who remembers!

Never made it to the World Series. Bonds and Bonilla managed to choke every year come October.

[kick-ass-bob]

22. Pittsburgh and Montreal

both with good records (Mon tanked in '91 though)

Boy, how times have changed. :(

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Does Cano have laser eyes and can he rip out hearts?

I think the Yanks could use that right about now!

[miss_kitty]

10. I'm tellin' ya

It's the curse of the ancient Mariners...

:rofl:

[tyedyeto]

13. A friend is a huge Skankee fan...

everyone at the pub we go to is hammering him hard these days.

And my D'Backs are doing surprisingly well. It is early in the season tho....

[Reverend_Smitty]

16. It's good to be the best NY team

I mean we are only at .500 but it still beats being 6 games under. I'm going to enjoy being at the top of the New York sports world if only for a few weeks more.

so in other words...LETS GO METS!!!

[Mutley]

17. YAY

The O's are kickin ASS this year BABY!



http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal

[kick-ass-bob]

24. that is nice to see.

It's been a while.

[Mutley]

27. O's fan?

You gotta love them O's, hon!

[kick-ass-bob]

29. casual fan.

I always liked Earl Weaver and Eddie Murray.

[underpants]

18. Everyone wins 54 games everyone loses 54 games....

it is what you do with the other 54 that makes the difference.

Here's to 108 losses by the Yankees this year!!! :toast:

[Reverend_Smitty]

20. I'll drink to that!

:beer:

[kick-ass-bob]

23. you'll drink to anything!

[underpants]

25. I'll drink to THAT!!!

Why not? I am playing in yet ANOTHER charity golf tournament tomorrow, at noon.

[Reverend_Smitty]

26. yeah you're probably right

so lets drink to my excessive drinking! :beer:

[underpants]

28. Thaaaaaaatsth a double

:beer: :beer:

[kick-ass-bob]

30. I'll drink to that!

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

[Zomby Woof]

21. VERY happy news!

Rooting against the Yankees is the moral equivalent of rooting against Bush and the GOP. Seriously. They are the Pentagon and General Motors of baseball. :puke: :bounce: on their crappy start!

[DainBramaged]

34. And today is what date, and how many games are left?

Stupid Yankee haters, we will come back with a vengeance, count on it.:spank:

[underpants]

35. 134

so they could go 11-151

:bounce:

[kick-ass-bob]

36. they aren't going to go 11-151.

They could go 12-150 though!

:bounce:

[Burma Jones]

37. It is a good time to be alive.......

Now, if the Orioles can just hang on........