Tuesday, August 2, 2011
AAA credit rating trivia and the final third of MLB 2011
What 17 countries have AAA credit rating? I‘ll give you two: The USA and The Isle of Man (80k residents on an island in between Scotland and Ireland)
Enough about credit ratings, let's talk baseball!
Clearly the Yankees management did not want to overpay for talent at the trade deadline. The decision kept us wondering since many in Yankeesland would love to see Jesus Montero given a shot in the bigs. I thought maybe they were keeping him buried to keep his trade value high? He will definitely come up when rosters are expanded, but not soon enough for many Yanks fans frustrated by Jorgie at DH and Martin’s offensive numbers.
Clearly Montero would be an offensive upgrade over the Cisco kid as a back-up catcher. I think it would be wise to give the kid a shot and give him some time behind the dish and at DH. So far at least the pinstripe brass begs to differ.
Cashman and co. have stuck to the status quo roster since they have seen some additions by rehabilitation and more soon. Chavez is back, A-Rod will be back soon once he is done frolicking with Cameron Diaz and is feeling 100%. Soriano is back, and for now they have 6 starters. Any sane Yankees fan would have signed up for 107 games into the season and only 1 game in back of the Sawx, and a seven game cushion in the wild-card.
Unless Cashman was lying, he recently said he is confident in the team he has. He was ok with not making any moves at the trade deadline. Do you think the Yankees are good enough to win the World Series? Why not? If A-Rod comes back and can heat up along with Freddy and Colon continuing to mystify then the possibility is there for a good run. The Rangers bullpen got a lot better at the deadline but there is no Cliff Lee to shut down Yankee bats in the playoffs.
The Yanks have a big series coming up with the Red Sox: Friday it’s Freddy vs. Lester, Saturday (4 start) CC vs. 6ft7inch Andy Miller, Sunday night on ESPN Hughes vs. Beckett. With 55 games remaining it would be great to have a pennant race between the Yankees and Red Sox, this weekend will kick it off. Isn’t it time for the Yankees to start winning divisions again?
And here are the countries with AAA credit rating.
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By accident I clicked on the link so I saw the answers (and then moved the link down below so people can guess before). Good question, though!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the Yankees are concerned, I agree with you, Alex. Why not the Yankees? Their team is pretty set right now and the biggest additions may be A-Rod (from injury), Soriano (from injury), Montero (from AAA), and maybe Manny Banuelos (maybe in bullpen as a lefty specialist).
1 game back is pretty good right now. I would feel more comfortable with a 2 or a 3 in the rotation but I'll take CC and the Misfits over the crap most AL teams are throwing out there.