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Sterling is annoying because he loves the Yankees. Manfra gets excited way too easily and goes into excruciating detail about a play before telling you what happens.

e.g. "There's a ground ball up the middle, Andino gloves it (at this point the runner is out at 1st), does a nice little spin move, keeping his balance and tosses the ball over to Davis at 1st for out number 1."

Oh, Sterling is horrible, and not just because he loves the Yankees, Criss. I have listened to him a lot over the years, and if I were a Yankee fan, I would want to kill him. Even a lot of Yank fans hate him too, for the same reason ........ he makes every Yankee fly ball that is even remotely close to the wall sound like a home run, then goes and pisses his fan base off when he says "And he makes the catch."

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Arrieta leaves the game with the chance for a quality start and a win, after working through some very tough situations. He's looking fantastic through two games this season.

And I actually feel good about Ayala coming in to relieve him. That guy is top notch.

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Oh, Sterling is horrible, and not just because he loves the Yankees, Criss. I have listened to him a lot over the years, and if I were a Yankee fan, I would want to kill him. Even a lot of Yank fans hate him too, for the same reason ........ he makes every Yankee fly ball that is even remotely close to the wall sound like a home run, then goes and pisses his fan base off when he says "And he makes the catch."

Yeah...you're probably right. Sterling is definitely more obnoxious than Manfra, that's for sure. I mean...catchphrases? Really?

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Arrieta leaves the game with the chance for a quality start and a win, after working through some very tough situations. He's looking fantastic through two games this season.

And I actually feel good about Ayala coming in to relieve him. That guy is top notch.

Who pitches the 8th and 9th? Captain Chaos at some point.

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Yeah...you're probably right. Sterling is definitely more obnoxious than Manfra, that's for sure. I mean...catchphrases? Really?

I guess they could both make the announcers' Hall-of-Shame. :laughlol:

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What was the gist?

Buck was talking about how Mark hasn't gotten going yet (defensively), and said he's streaky offensively, but they don't want him to be streaky defensively. He said they were concerned with Davis at third because of his arm. He said there's effort and caring, but that he over thinks it and that he hopes as the season goes on he settles in.

Palmer went on to talk about how 3B is such a reflex position that requires rapid fast decision; Thorne interrupted to matter of factly state that those types of plays (like the one last night) have to be made. Palmer went on to say that with a guy like Reynolds was going to struggle with that position (insinuating that he just doesn't have what it takes). Thorne again threw out there that the bottom line is, he's a big league 3Bmen and he needs to make those plays, to which Palmer replied "Then they should have thought about that when they acquired him." Palmer concluded that if they're so desperate for his 35+ home runs then they have their DH.

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