Artie Lange Is Definitely Not A Mets Fan

The Howard Stern sidekick, and professed lover of the New York Yankees, has no love for the Yankees crosstown rival Mets. While in the past, Lange has referred to the Mets as “gay” or “a bunch of fags”, but his best ever line describing the first place team in the NL East came yesterday:

“You know there used to be a magazine called Assholes & Pussies? All it showed was close-ups of assholes and pussies.”

“Well… it was about the Mets.”

Thanks to The Fightins

Who Hasn’t Done This ?

I think there comes a time in everyone’s life that they have claimed to once be someone that they weren’t. Certainly people do it when they have a bit too much to drink, hey I was told a group of gals that I was Elton John. There is nothing wrong with it. It may not be socially acceptable, but at times its expected. However, its difficult when you claim to be a member of the New York Yankees. That was Ryan Ward’s big mistake. He told people at a bagel shop he was Joba Chamberlain to get free food. Smart move, but he bragged about it a bit too much. That is why it resulted in his arrest. Next time tell people you were a member of The Real World, or Survivor, it’ll save you a night in jail.  The Coaster.net reports:

An Asbury Park man has been cited by police for impersonating Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain at several places along the shore.

Ryan Ward, 29, was reported to Belmar Police Aug. 1 after telling workers at Belmar Bagels that he was the famed pitcher and accepting free food from girls working at the shop.

According to Captain Thomas Palmisano, Ward showed the girls a picture from a newspaper of Chamberlain and said he was the pitcher.

“The girls asked for his autograph and gave him free food,” Palmisano said.

Ward, pretending he was Chamberlain, told the girls not to tell anybody he was in town.

“He must look close enough because he’s been pulling this off,” Palmisano added, but said police do not have Ward’s picture.

Palmisano said similar stories about Ward have been reported in Spring Lake and other towns, including the Sunrise Deli in Lake Como.

“He’s been thrown out of bars,” he said.

Palmisano said there is an outstanding warrant out of Belmar for Ward for impersonation and theft of services.

“He took the bagels and didn’t pay,” Palmisano said.

Josh Beckett

 

Not good news from Red Sox camp, Josh Beckettis scratched from his Friday start against the White Sox and is going to see Dr. James Andrews.   This is said to be precautionary but I am not buying it.  Theosaid he believes there is no more tingling in his right hand, but his elbow does not feel right.  We posted an article earlier about a doctor saying these are symptoms for Tommy John surgery.  If that is the case Beckett will miss the rest of this year and all of next year, The Sox have been battered with injuries and thy still find a way to win.  Beckett has not pitched since August 17, he has been placed on the DL and David Pauley will take his place in the rotation.  Daisuke will start tonight, Pauley on Saturday and Wakefield on Sunday.  If Beckett has to have Tommy John and I hope and pray he does not, look for the Sox to go after Ben Sheets and or AJ Burnett in the off season.  Lets go Sox and cross your fingers.

Zippa

It’s Sad To See Yankee Stadium Go

Thanks to With Leather

And He Calls Himself A Yankees Fan

“Thank God I’m a Redneck from Baltimore“

More from NYPost’s Joel Sherman on the demise of the Yankees:

In the first two games, the Red Sox, minus the injured J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell, still forced starters Andy Pettitte and Ponson to throw 190 pitches to record 28 outs while allowing 10 runs on 13 hits. Boston no longer has Yankees killer Manny Ramirez, but Jason Bay has replaced him. Bay has six RBIs in this series - or as many as an entire lineup that has Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu and Damon, Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano. Jason Giambi homered leading off the ninth, and with the Yanks losing 11-2 at the time.

This Yankees offense mimics Hank Steinbrenner, more bluster than action. Yammerin’ Hank attended a home game last night for the first time since the season opener. The absentee owner blustered some more before game time, promising changes for next year. At least this time surrender was the right motif. The 2008 season is like the Stadium: History.

You Can Stick A Fork In Them

The run that the New York Yankees have had of making the playoffs every year since 1995 is just about up. The play of the Yanks under new manger Joe Girardi has been simply bad all year long. No one summed up their play better than Yankees owner Hank “The Tank” Steinbrenner in today’s Daily News ” bottom line is they sucked”. Very eloquently spoken by Yanks new Poo-Bah. More from the Daily News:

“All I can think about is this game at this point,” Steinbrenner said when asked if his team’s playoff hopes were finished. “We’ll see what happens (today), but the bottom line is they sucked.”

“It’s very disappointing,” Steinbrenner said. “Even without having our two best pitchers, so forth and so on, they still stunk. That’s the bottom line.”

Is It October Yet ?

After last night’s pounding by the Red Sox, the New York Media is taking A-Rod to task for his horrific performance last night. Most notably A-Rod catches the ire of Joel Sherman of the NY Post. The highest paid player in the history of the game has been the lighting rod in the Red Sox/Yankees series for the last four years. Sherman points out that since the acquisition of A-Rod, the Sox have become the champs, and the Yankees has become the chumps. The man who was thought to restore the Yankees dynasty has just failed time and time again in clutch situations for the Yankees, as evidenced by last night’s 0 for 5, and hitting into two double-plays. More Sherman:

We will remember Rodriguez dallied with Boston, didn’t go there, came to the Yankees instead in 2004, and in his time here the nature of the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry has reversed to Red Sox champs, Yankees chumps. Rodriguez is the face of that historic flip-flop. He has bought into that role twice now, first when he forced his trade here, then last offseason when he accepted the largest financial package ever to return through the backdoor. He is all outsized. His greed. His lust for attention. His insecurities.

The big man on the big stage, and so when he comes up small as often as he has this year, he becomes most culpable.

So here he was in the bottom of the seventh. Late August. Red Sox in the opposing dugout. Bases loaded. The season teetering toward extinction. A loss meant a six-game wild-card deficit, a hole becoming an inescapable canyon.

Damon had walked, Derek Jeter had singled, Bobby Abreu had walked. Of course they had. That assured the big at-bat would find Rodriguez. Bases loaded. One out. Boston up, 7-3. Rodriguez already had batted two innings earlier as the tying run, with two on and the Yanks down three, and flied meekly to center. He had heard boos.

However, on an 0-and-1 count, Rodriguez rolled a sinker to short to initiate a crushing double play. That dropped him to 1-for-10 this season with the bases loaded. Rodriguez was again Bronx Enemy No. 1, booed even in the next half inning when he fielded a grounder.

“Tonight I [stunk],” he said. “Tonight, put it on me.”

Mark Kotsay

 

Mark Kotsay has recently cleared waivers and could be a nice fit for the RED SOX.  He has had a comeback this year with the Braves.  Kotsay would add some nice insurance off the bench in case Drew’s injury is worse than expected.  He has good speed and can play all outfield postions, and hits righties well.  Remeber the Sox tried to land Giles from the Padres so they are looking for more depth, Kotsay is cheap around 4 mil and he has playoff experience with the A’s.  Also he is cheaper than the 17 million owed to Sheffield over the next 2 years. It is just a thought but the Sox have been going through a tough injury stretch now. We have Lowell, Drew, Casey and probably Beckett gong to the DL,  so we can use some more bench depth.

Joba and Giambi Play Pong

 

From Page six, Joba and Giambi were playing beer pong and got beat like a rented mule. The Yankee’s are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, they recently called up Carl Pavano who actually pitched 5 innings and got a win for the first time in 3 years.  Anyway the Yankees are having trouble winning games this year, and two of the members lost to some kids playing beer pong.  The only thing Giambi is winning this year is The Porn Stache of the year.  With the picture above looks like Joba may have found his next job if his shoulder gets worse.  He will be throwing bagels instead of fastballs at Youks head.  Just some more fuel for Sox fans to bash on the Yanks.

Hideki Irabu-The Japanese Wade Boggs

The Japanese pitcher whom George Steinbrenner loved so much, got in trouble yet again. One of the first Japanese imports to play in the United States, Hideki Irabu, drank a reported 20 Beers and then assaulted a bartender in one night according to NY Post. Irabu was thought to be the next big thing, or almost as good as Hideo Nomo, but he’s career quickly flamed out, and Irabu was more known for his off the field action than what he did on the field.

Ex-Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu - once ridiculed by George Steinbrenner as a “fat, pus-y toad” - was arrested in Osaka, Japan, today for allegedly assaulting a bartender after drinking 20 mugs of beer, a police official said.

Irabu, 39, became angered after his credit card was rejected. He allegedly pushed the bartender against the wall, pulled his hair and smashed at least nine liquor bottles. The bartender sustained no injuries.

Irabu paid the bill with another card. The police official said Irabu admitted the assault.