Melky!!!

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No!!! It happened!!! 

 

Yes, by this photo you can probably tell, but Melky has been traded to the Braves for Javier Vazquez!

But why?????

 

Let’s take a look

(Yes that is a magnifying glass with a baseball glove. You can find anything on the internet nowadays : )

 

 Going to the Yankees:

 

                                  Javier Vazquez

 

 

        and

                                  

                                Boone Logan!

 

 

 

Going to the Braves

 

   

                         Melky!!!!!!

 

  

                                                           Mike Dunn!!!

Arodys Vizcaino! (I don’t really know who he is)

 

 

What really breaks my heart is the loss of Melky. I’m sure he’s being put on sedatives to make it through the night without Robbie.

 

Extra! Extra! New movie The HeartBreaker coming out tomorrow! Starring…

 

Javier Vazquez as the heartbreaker

 

Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano as the happy couple

 

AND….

Brian Cashman as the therapist!

 

 

 

What’s gonna happen to Got Melk? or the Melk-Man shirts? I can’t even begin to imagine…

On a more serious note. How will the Yankees plans for 2010 Be affected by this? Let’s find out…

 

Yankees Plans 2010

 

Our Rotation

 

The reason I put Javy after Andy is because Andy is a lefty and Javy is a righty, I wanted to mix it up for the opposing team and not give 2 staight righties to face in a series.

 

I will miss my Melky and I’m sure Robbie Cano will too.

He always believed he could fly.

The Manoman

The Melk-Man Strikes Again!!!

Melky hit single.

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/bats/posts/melkycabrera.jpg)

Melky hit double.

(http://baseball.dailyskew.com/uploaded_images/melky-cabrera-741789.jpg)

Melky hit homer.

(http://www.yankeesdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/melkycabrera1.jpg)

Melk-Man hit triple in bottom of ninth to complete cycle.

(http://personals.nydailynews.com/img/2009/04/23/amd_melky-cabrera2.jpg)

Priceless.

It’s just…

(http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Headline_Archives/melky.jpg)

Melky has been so consistent and helpful to the Yankees this year. He plays spectacular defense and has so many walk-offs we should name him Captain Clutch.

(http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/jazzyjoeyd/CaptainClutch.jpg)

Sorry Derek but we are officially dethroning you for some….

(http://baseball.dailyskew.com/uploaded_images/cabrera-763841.jpg)

In what was supposed to be a stellar pitching matchup yesterday, both pitchers flopped. CC  allowed 5 runs…

(http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2009/05/02/sabathia_260.jpg)

What happened Big Man? Luckily though, Mark Buehrle did even worse and he was pounded for 7 runs and 12 hits by the Yankees.

(http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/photos/200904121403505883741-p3.jpeg)

Ouch. The Yankees sure beat up on poor Buehrle. When I say poor I mean the guy with a no-no and a perfecto so I’ll say GO YANKS!!!

Looking Ahead

Today the Yanks face the Doc of baseball, Mr.Halladay himself. Hopefully we can put the type of hurting we did on Buehrle, on the Doc.

Looking at the Present

Today the Rays beat the Royals and Zack Grienke 10-4 and say-hey Willie! Aybar was working his magic today hitting 2 homers, one as a lefty and one as a righty. Kaz pitched a great game as well.

(http://img382.imageshack.us/i/scottkazmirht8.jpg/)

 Will he be next year’s cover boy???? No…

He will.