I just wanted to put this out here because it’s rather frightening: CC Sabathia AJ Burnett Andy Pettitte Javier Vazquez Phil Hughes Sergio Mitre o_O Your guess is as good as mine but mostly people you really don’t want to think about. If Mitre is in the pen as the long-man, that puts him at [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2010
The Fifth Starter Battle That Isn't, Really
So the word around is that pitchers are going to start being eliminated from the fifth starter battle. Luckily I have inside information and have obtained the names of the first three pitchers out of it: Alfredo Aceves Chad Gaudin Sergio Mitre In fact I’d go so far as to say that they were out [...]
Discounted Grandstand Game Dates
In addition to the $5 Grandstand/Bleacher/outfield Terrace nights I discovered that the Yankees have several dates where Grandstand tickets are discounted. Normally they are $22 advance price for Grandstand Outfield and $29 advance price for Grandstand Dugout, with the discounted price they are $19/$26. I do not know if these prices are applicable day of [...]
$5 Ticket Nights and Midweek Plan Overlap
Update 2: I got one game mixed up because now you can just select the pricepoint $5 for the obstructed view bleachers when before you could not. I’ve adjusted the table and hopefully that’s it. I did notice that for some games the Yankees have discounted the Grandstand tickets by a few bucks ($26/$19 instead [...]
Reminder: Bill Conlin is a Known Chass Clone
Grabbed from my Hall of Fame voting archives: I voted for Tim Raines his first year of eligibility. But when he failed to get 25 percent of the vote, he was moved to the back burner. Sorry, that’s just the way it has to be. Maybe more eligible ballwriters should have measured the Rock’s career [...]
This Year's Ticket Whines
It’s that time of year, when the Yankees are finishing up their season ticket upgrades and additions a mere two months or so after just about every other MLB team. So with my tickets finalized a few days ago I sat down to figure out what days I needed to take off work. Looking at [...]
