Thanks to my cousin for bringing this to my attention today.
From Bombers Beat at the MLBlogs Network:
70 years ago, a dying Lou Gehrig stood on the field at Yankee Stadium and said goodbye to baseball, making what can only be considered the most memorable and greatest speech in the game’s history.
Today, this Fourth of July, [...]
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness
Posted in Awareness, Baseball, The Yankees on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My 2009 All Star Ballot
Posted in Baseball on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
American League
1B: Justin Morneau. Youkilis currently leads in the voting but he doesn’t quite approach Morneau or Teixeira in power and run production. Miguel Cabrera’s .330+ batting average puts him in the discussion but the other three are much more complete players while Cabrera is really just a hitter. There’s some temptation [...]
Yanks Add Mark Teixeira to the Pile
Posted in Baseball, Sports, The Yankees on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t believe the Yankees’ silence on Mark Teixeira was an indicator that they weren’t interested. Signing him made too much sense, within both the Yankees’ free-spending approach and in more pragmatic terms, as well.
Contrary to what some might think following my recent rant, I’m not generally opposed to seeing the Yankees’ sign top [...]
Neglect: A History of the Yankees’ Mistreatment of their Farm System
Posted in Baseball, Sports, The Yankees on December 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unlike many Yankee fans I run into these days, largely people who signed on as bandwagoners since the mid-1990s or younger fans who came of age only knowing perennial playoff appearances (until this year, at least) I have been a fan long enough to vaguely remember the 1981 World Series and acutely recall the competitive [...]
The 2009 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot
Posted in Baseball, Sports, tagged Baseball, hall of fame on December 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Player
Years on the Ballot
2008 Vote %
2007 Vote %
2006 Vote%
Jim Rice
15
72.2
63.5
64.8
Tommy John
15
21.9
22.9
29.6
Dave Parker
13
15.1
11.4
14.6
Bert Blyleven
12
61.9
47.7
53.3
Dale Murphy
11
13.8
9.2
10.8
Jack Morris
10
42.9
37.1
41.2
Don Mattingly
9
15.8
9.9
12.3
Andre Dawson
8
65.9
56.7
61
Alan Trammell
8
18.2
13.4
17.7
Lee Smith
7
43.3
39.8
45
Harold Baines
3
5.2
5.3
n/a
Mark McGwire
3
23.6
23.5
n/a
Tim Raines
2
24.3
n/a
n/a
Jay Bell
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ron Gant
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mark Grace
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Rickey Henderson
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Greg Vaughn
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Mo Vaughn
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Matt Williams
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
David Cone
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Jesse Orosco
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Dan Plesac
1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Players need 75% of the vote to get inducted and 5% to remain on the ballot for next year. After 15 years on [...]
Jets Destroy the Rams
Posted in Sports, The Jets on November 10, 2008 | 12 Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve written any posts about sports. In fact, I think several months may have gone by where I didn’t write about anything that wasn’t in some way tied to the election. Now that the election is over, I might find that I still haven’t quite defined the extent [...]
Ditmas Park’s Keeth and Erinn Smart Bring Olympic Silver Back Home to Brooklyn
Posted in Brooklyn, Sports on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NYTimes:
Keeth Smart is flying to New York on Monday to begin his new life at Columbia Business School. He is carrying an Olympic silver medal for fencing.
In addition to winning the silver medal Sunday in men’s sabre, ending with a 45-37 loss to France, the United States won five other medals here. The women, [...]
Brett Favre is a New York Jet
Posted in The Jets, tagged favre, jets on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s typical Jet fan cynicism but this looks like a disaster in the making. On local cable news this morning they’re showing man-on-the-street interviews where everyone who responds seems thrilled. These people don’t sound like Jets fans to me at all. Are they not aware that Favre turns 39 in October? [...]
So Long, Manny Ramirez
Posted in Baseball on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Manny finally wore out his welcome in Boston yesterday, agreeing to waive his trade clause in a last minute deal (the trade deadline was yesterday at 4pm EST) that sent him to The Dodgers in a three-way deal that netted Jason Bay for the Red Sox. His antics had hit a peak this year, [...]
Yanks Trade Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for Ivan Rodriguez
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, The Yankees on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Considering Jose Molina’s superb defense, I figured the Yankee braintrust was just fine with his mediocre (at best) hitting and fully expected him to remain as the starting catcher down the stretch following the the news that Posada’s season is officially finished. Chad Moeller would continue serving ably as Molina’s backup.
Apparently I was mistaken. [...]
Yanks Trade for Nady and Marte
Posted in The Yankees, tagged Yankees nady tabata marte on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thats the rumor currently being reported at MLB.com
PITTSBURGH — Pirates right fielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte have been traded to the Yankees.
Though the team confirmed a trade, the Pirates have not confirmed that both players are indeed going to New York. However, according to one official baseball source, Nady and Marte have [...]
Yanks Looking For Ways to Deal with Key Injuries
Posted in The Yankees, tagged jason bay, posada, trade, Yankees on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a tough year, injury-wise. Damon has returned from his recent shoulder injury, courtesy of a crash into the plexiglass portion of the left field wall and Richie Sexson provides some needed pop from the right side of the plate but the likely losses of Matsui and Posada for the remainder of the [...]
Yanks Agree to a Deal With Richie Sexson
Posted in Sports, The Yankees on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ESPN
Sexson fits in New York because the Yankees needed a right-handed slugger to match up against left-handed pitching — and Sexson had a .344 average against lefties this year.
Assuming the deal is completed, he’ll be in the lineup Saturday against Oakland.
The Yankees will only have to pay Sexson the prorated minimum of $390,000 from his [...]
Bobby Murcer, 1946 – 2008
Posted in The Yankees, tagged bobby murcer, murcer on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh boy this hurts. No link. Can’t find it anyplace on line yet. YES just reported it at the conclusion of this afternoon’s game in Toronto, and is running their Yankeeography on him now.
He was disgnosed with cancer in September, 2006.
Rest In Peace, Bobby.
Fantasy Batter/Pitcher Matchups
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, tagged Fantasy Baseball on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dave Hall (aka Guru) announced in yesterday’s Daily Blurb (linked in the blogroll) that he has developed a new tool for upcoming batter/pitcher matchups.
If you like to look at pitcher-vs.-batter stats, I built a simple tool that looks up all of a given day’s matchups and spits them onto a single page. You just need [...]
For Love of Wiffleball
Posted in Sports on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I guess it’s kind of a silly story, especially for the center spot on the NYT website at 8:00am ET on a weekday morning
But the story hits a nerve. I sympathize with them. I suspect most men my age who grew up in the shadow of NYC do.
Yanks Sweep 2 Game Series Against The Rays
Posted in Sports, The Yankees on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back in March, who would have thought that headline carried any significance? After dropping two of three to the Rangers and the first two of the four-game series against Boston, the 3rd place Yanks had to not only salvage their homestand, but prove they’re still in this divisional race. And I think [...]
Sabathia traded to Milwaukee, Harden to the Cubs
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Sports on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An arms race broke out in the NL Central this week that might leave the Cards in the dust. They just don’t have a rotation that challenges their division rivals. Their best pitcher this year, Kyle Lohse is probably pitching way above his head. Expect him to come down to earth in [...]
Is Rich Harden a keeper?
Posted in Fantasy Baseball on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe I’m crazy for asking. The guy hasn’t played a full season since 2004, the only full season (31 starts) on his resume. He’s already missed a month this year with a shoulder issue. But he’s an ace when healthy and he’s playing the best baseball of his major league career right now. And (I [...]
