Shawn Chacon attempts to kill Ed Wade, which as far as most people (including me) are concerned makes him a True American Hero and is immediately cut. Manny Ramirez shoves the Boston travel secretary to the ground because he tells him he might not be able to get him 16 tickets for a game and [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2008
Angels Lose A Shared No Hitter
I really, really really hate the Angels. They play the Yankees every years on Old Timer’s Day, which is my favorite event at Yankee Stadium, and every year the Yankees lose. In 1998, the Yankees had a losing record to only one team, the Angels. So, don’t get down on me because I am excited [...]
Crafty Lefty Beats Power Lefty
Nice game for Andy, tonight, though it would have been better without the two homeruns. Neither of them were off bad pitches this time, and honestly David Wright has been absolutely smashing lefties this year so I was worried about it all game. He probably could have gone for 7 innings (he had only thrown [...]
Yankees/Mets – Game 1
The only things I am willing to discuss about this game right now are: Man wearing a Kaz Matsui jersey–why would anyone spend money on this? If you spent money on it, why wear it out of the house ever? David Wright’s incredibly horrible shoes: LaTroy Hawkins needs to be DFAd and Russ Ohlendorf needs [...]
Who Is Your Favorite Jason Giambi?
A few days ago ESPN’s Daily Poll was “Who is your favorite Jason Giambi”. I forgot about it briefly until I stumbled on the screenshot I took of it. I just want to record this for history: Also, I voted for Team USA Giambi because he’s so hilariously skinny. Clean cut Giambi on the other [...]
Not Exactly What I Was Hoping To See Under "Probable Pitchers"
Ugh, it’s official: I know they’re hoping to capture some of the “hot streak” Ponson had in a bottle and there is no Roger Clemens to sign this year but I feel this is going to be an absolute disaster. Is there any way to heal Chien-Ming Wang faster because I miss him so much [...]
Flashback to a Time Before baseball-reference.com
Going through some really old comics of mine, I found this ad from about 1997: Not sure what a shortstop has to do with runners never reaching second but hey, it’s cute.
Pat Venditte Is The Best Gimmick
I went to the first game of my Staten Island Yankees ticket plan today, and was very excited to see Pat Venditte pitching. I even used my camera to grab some videos: End of his warmups, you can see him switch arms here: First batter, throwing lefty: Second batter, throwing righty: Third batter: throwing lefty [...]
This Just In: The Yankees Are Better Than Actual Bad Teams
Two series, two sweeps in a row. This is a good thing, because other than the Oswalt/Wang matchup things were pretty lopsided in the Yankees favor. If they can’t sweep the Padres this year, well I just don’t want to think about it. Tonight the Reds series starts and pitching for Cincinnati is Edison Volquez [...]
Minute Maid Park Trip
We took a trip this weekend to go check out Minute Maid Park (and see the Yankees play). Wang got hurt at the game we were at unfortunately but at least the park is nice. Here are some pictures: The view from our seats: The scoreboard at MMP, which I thought was awesome: The Astros [...]
