Ponson claimed by Yankees

by Stacey on Jun 18, 2008 5:51 PM EDT Comment 24 comments

I just heard on XM Radio that the Yankees claimed Sidney Ponson. Can't say that I really blame them. The dude is a total head case, but the Yankees are pretty desperate for pitching right now. I mean, if some other guy without the history with the O's was in the same situation, I might not be against the O's giving him a flier.

Here's to hoping he gets drunk and punches out Joe Girardi! That'd be a hoot.

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Ponson in NY

Now thats a disaster waiting to happen, at least Hank will try and out shadow anything he does.

by Reddrummer9187 on Jun 18, 2008 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nurturing clubhouse environment
Progressive, player friendly owner
Friendly local press
Fan base with realistic expectations
Not many ways to get into trouble in NYC itself

What could go wrong here? Seems like a good move to me.

Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.

by typozzz on Jun 18, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL, +2

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by Titov on Jun 27, 2008 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This just gets better and better...

THey have Sidney and LaToya.
Next, they’ll sign Jay Gibbons and Russ Ortiz and that horrible relief pitcher with the porn star moustache we had last year (I’ve blanked it out, due to trauma).
Oh, this will be a great year.

by Lothar on Jun 18, 2008 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry to dig up that trauma...

But I think you’re referring to Paul Shuey. Boy was he a desperate grab, even on a minor league deal.

by Brotz13 on Jun 18, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, man...

i think repressed shubacca’s reign of terror!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 19, 2008 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't wait to see this one play out

The Yankees sure love signing old, fat players.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 18, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The ultimate fat-old-player-Yankee-signing: Barry Bonds

Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.

by typozzz on Jun 18, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sydney Ponson is not old

He’s only 10 days older than I am.

Thats not old.

That better not be old.

Oh, shit…

"Whether your name is Gehrig or Ripken, DiMaggio or Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do."

by spike2131 on Jun 19, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yankee.com is reporting it

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080618&content_id=2955685&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

Geaux Eaux's

by NawlinsOriole on Jun 18, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't they already do this?

I lost track of how many teams have taken a flier on him at this point.

by punkrawka on Jun 18, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Late '06

He was 0-1 with a 10 + ERA

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Jun 18, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lose Wang

Gain another.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 18, 2008 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

well done.

by oc on Jun 18, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jun 18, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, those poor sons of bitches...

they don’t know what they’ve got coming to them.

One word-Cloverfield.

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jun 18, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

they SHOULD know

They did this two years ago.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Jun 19, 2008 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

worked out pretty well then, no?

oh, wait…NO!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 19, 2008 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mentioned this in the game thread...

but bears repeating. My roommate is from NJ, and is a Yanks fan. Before I could break the news about his new pitcher, he read it on the ESPN news crawl and let out this choked, wheezing, panicked noise. It was perfect.

by Brotz13 on Jun 18, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs