Another Yankees game not on TV, which is too bad as I’ve yet to see Brackman or Melancon and would like to get a look at both. Major Leaguers regulars starting for the Yankees were Johnny Damon, Xavier Nady and Jose Molina and for the Braves it was Kelly Johnson, Yunel Escobar, Casey Kotchman and [...]
New York Sports Media Quote of the Day – March 3rd, 2009
I’ve slacked off on this but today I absolutely cannot ignore this: Minutes before the Dominican Republic team was about to take the field for practice, A-Rod’s former wife, Cynthia, pulled up in a gray Mercedes SUV with their two daughters and a female friend of Cynthia’s. When Rodriguez emerged from the clubhouse alone, in [...]
Yankees vs Team USA – Spring Training Exhibition
Today’s matchup was interesting, because it gave the pitchers for the Yankees some looks at real upper level big league talent. Some of them fared better than others (which makes sense, as a few of them spent the whole year at AA). Phil Hughes – 2.2IP, 3H, 2R, 0BB, 2K, 0HR, 3AO, 3GO A good [...]
Today's Pitching Lines
Today’s game wasn’t televised so I have no astute observations about how anyone looked outside of the pitching lines: Chien-Ming Wang – 2.0IP, 2H, 0R, 0HR, 0BB, 0K, 2GO, 4AO I really do not like that GO: AO ratio, but I’m not going to worry about it yet. Brett Tomko – 2.0IP, 1H, 1R, 1HR, [...]
Chien-Ming Wang's New Glove
Just saw this on East Windup Chronicle. It’s pretty suave: The character is his name.