The Yankees had a two run lead going into the top of the 9th inning tonight, meaning it was Mariano Rivera time. Mariano is, as pretty much everyone who has watched baseball in the last several years knows, a very special player and it is a pretty big deal to most people at Yankee Stadium [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2009
Things That Are Ridiculous, In Brief
And a special non-Yankees related throw in that is completely amazing.
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All Hail The Ace(ves)
Alfredo Aceves was signed out of the Mexican League in early 2008. It wasn’t his first time hooking up with a Major League team, the Blue Jays had previously signed him as an International Free Agent in 2001. He didn’t stick around there long, as Toronto sold his contract to the Yucatan Leones in the [...]
How I Spent The July 4th Weekend
I realize it’s July 7th now, but sometimes life gets in the way of blog posts. But I can never resist posting the random photos I take while at games.
On July 3rd, I made my way to Yankee Stadium for their series opener against the Blue Jays. There were a lot of red hats, which [...]
Out Twinning the Twins
The Yankees score a lot of runs. Right now, they lead all of MLB in the category (though the Rays are not far behind). I’m sure plenty of people out there are waving their hands around screaming “NEW YANKEE STADIUM BANDBOX” but those types are only partially correct. Here are the team home/away splits for [...]
Life, The Rotation, And Everything
The All-Star break is usually denoted as the halfway point of the season, and so what better time to look at how the rotation is doing. You’ll notice there are only four starters, and that is because at the minute the Yankees only have four starters. Chien-Ming Wang is injured and presumed dead, Alfredo Aceves [...]
Bill Madden: 2009 Spink Award Finalist
Bill Madden, terrible sports writer for the NY Daily News is a 2009 Spink Award finalist.Winners of the Spink award get mention in a permanent exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame, though they are not actually considered Hall of Famers. When you see ESPN call Peter Gammons a “Hall of Fame” writer, they’re referring [...]
Ian Snell: Not A 2009 Rotation Candidate
A few days ago, tucked into a small blurb in an article about potential Roy Halladay trades the
Toronto Sun reported that the Yankees have been looking at banished Pirates pitcher Ian Snell.
Yankees may be a third-place team, according to one scout who saw them in Anahiem. They need a starter and are looking at [...]
Badly Photographed Scenes From A Rain Delay
On Friday I thought about leaving early to avoid the rain. I feel no shame in admitting this as I’ve been rained on at plenty of baseball games across several levels this year already. But then I got caught up in everything going on and didn’t. I could have left as soon as it went [...]
Big Boats and Old Timers
I had a busy baseball weekend. After getting home later than expected on Friday night, thanks to the hour long rain delay I went home and got a few hours sleep than ran over to Staten Island in the morning for their mini Old Timer’s day which is a nice and cute thing, wasted a [...]
