“Advice Number One: Strike out Ortizinator.” Hey, he did it! – D. Marte relieved J. Veras – D. Ortiz struck out swinging I hope Girardi isn’t tempted to use Marte as a LOOGY because he is too good for that, plus the Yankees gave up too much in the trade for Xavier Nady + LOOGY.
Archive of entries posted on July 2008
Ah Yes, It's Trade Rumor Time
I don’t really believe Brian Cashman would do this but here it is: Dodgers have an interest in Robinson Cano and might be willing to deal Derek Lowe and outfielder Matt Kemp, but the Yankees aren’t inclined to part with the red-hot second baseman unless there is a front-of-the-rotation-type starter coming to The Bronx. Lowe, [...]
Two Sweeps In A Row. Wait, What?
The Yankees have won six games in a row, four of them have been pretty crushing victories. Here’s a quick overview for the forgetful: July 18th vs Oakland – 7-1 July 19th vs Oakland – 4-3 July 20th vs Oakland – 2-1 July 21st vs Minnesota – 12-4 July 22nd vs Minnesota – 8-2 July [...]
Tickets for the Trenton Thunder’s potential playoff games are on sale now both as individual tickets and strips. I bought a few, let’s hope the games happen!
People Spend Money On Strange Things
No, not the Alex Rodriguez jersey:
Pull The Trigger Already!
Buster Olney is reporting that the Yankees are looking at Jarrod Washburn. Meh, he’s not the answer to any woes so why is this a big deal? Because allegedly it would be for Kei Igawa (and some random lower level prospect). Kei Igawa will never be useful, ever, in MLB for the Yankees. Major League [...]
Nice video discussing Andy Pettitte on SNY. Talks about clutch hitting a bit in the beginning which is worth a rolleyes but yay people saying nice things about Andy.
Strange and Bizarre Yankee Security Decisions
The Yankees have a history of introducing new rules and not telling anyone, or having completely arbitrary rules for about a week that they change. In the 12+ years I’ve been going to games, the following have been banned at some time or other, usually not for more than a season at the most: Umbrellas [...]
