’96
OBP – 4th Overall (4th in AL)
FIP – 7th Overall (1st in AL)

’98
OBP – 1st Overall
FIP – 6th Overall (1st in AL)

’99
OBP – 2nd Overall (2nd in AL)
FIP – 5th Overall (1st in AL)

’00
OBP – 9th Overall (5th in AL)
FIP – 10th Overall (5h in AL)

Or to put it another way, if you were a fan at that time you couldn’t go two games without hearing how the Yanks tended to take a ton of pitches, thus causing the starter to leave the game early so the Yanks could get into the opposing teams bullpen. They took pitches, leading to tons of walks. They also had a pitching staff that struck out a lot of batters and didn’t walk a lot of people (until ’00 when players started getting older).

.Being going to Yankee games since 68 so either grown up or head over to Citi field

Congrats, not sure what the second half of that means though.

Lots of you band wagoners play both teams.

… where does this come from?

For the record, Joe Torre was more of a old school guy, went by his experience handling his players than by computer database sheets or bean counters.And he got the rings to prove it

Luis Sojo 5 rings > Ted Williams 0 rings, am i right?

And an organ grinder could have managed those late 90s Yankee teams to a WS. If Torre were such a genius, how could he lose the ’03 WS to the Marlins, while not having Rivera pitch in a pivotal Game 5, or lose a 3-0 series advantage to the Sox in ’04…

Guess he didn’t want to have to wear a “bro” like Mr Costanza.

And, I’m a Yanks fan so maybe stick around awhile, find out who roots for what team, or just sit back lurking and stop making yourself look foolish?

So if you want to try to smear Encarnacion, you should be careful, because you are indirectly smearing Cano.

Not necessarily, unless you are a fan of guilt by association.

[note, not saying E5 is on 'roids]
E5 has had a huge power jump this year. Prior to this year (and SSS warning), his highest ISO across a full season was .215 in ’08 with the Reds (a .238 with the Jays in ’10 occurred, but only over 97 games). This year he has a .290 ISO (7th in MLB). That’s a huge jump, you have to admit.

Granted it helps he plays his game in Toronto which is HR friendly, and his HR/FB ratio is double last year’s and the highest of his career (18.9%). The #s, most likely, will taper off, but yes he’s always had power throughout his career.

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Tamoxifen was discovered by pharmaceutical company Imperial Chemical Industries[2] (now AstraZeneca) and is sold under the trade names Nolvadex, Istubal, and Valodex. However, the drug, even before its patent expiration, was and still is widely referred to by its generic name “tamoxifen.”

Some breast cancer cells require estrogen to grow. Estrogen binds to and activates the estrogen receptor in these cells. Tamoxifen is metabolized into compounds that also bind to the estrogen receptor but do not activate it. Because of this competitive antagonism, tamoxifen acts like a key broken off in the lock that prevents any other key from being inserted, preventing estrogen from binding to its receptor. Hence breast cancer cell growth is blocked.

Tamoxifen was discovered by pharmaceutical company Imperial Chemical Industries[2] (now AstraZeneca) and is sold under the trade names Nolvadex, Istubal, and Valodex. However, the drug, even before its patent expiration, was and still is widely referred to by its generic name “tamoxifen.”

People take it after they do a cycle of steroids. It helps to keep the gains and prevent gyno