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 WilliamsÂ
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 [...]
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, [...]
