Now that it’s all over and we know who got in (Barry Larkin) and who’s probably getting in next year (Jack Morris), I went in and did the usual post-results housekeeping on the ballot tracker. Percentage results have been added, both actual and public only Total number of votes cast by each voter has been [...]
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Prospect Stalking: Featuring Sal Fasano
Saturday I went to my first baby baseball game of the year in Trenton to see them play New Hampshire. Dellin Betances was on the mound but much more exciting than that for me was getting to see my favorite not-really-a-prospect from Staten Island, DeAngelo Mack. I was so excited, in fact that I completely [...]
Adventures in Season Ticket Planning: Staten Island
I’ve had a mini-plan (they call it a “Pinstripe Plan”) with the Staten Island Yankees for a few years. I bought one on a whim just before the NY-Penn League season started and have kept them since then, actually adding seats to my plan because my mom likes to go. The tickets are not hugely [...]
Memories of Rowdy Kyle
Kyle Farnsworth signed with the Rays today, which has made a lot of Yankees fans happy because of his uneven time with the team. I don’t think that it is a bad signing for Tampa as he is really there for depth (he’s something like 5th on their reliever totem pole I’d think) and he [...]
Hall of Fame Vote Tracker – 2011 Edition
My personal timesuck, the Baseball Hall of Fame vote tracker is back. It’s been slow but I expect the votes to start piling in. Here’s a link to the spreadsheet, and here’s an embed: Per usual if you find any ballots please let me know, I am bound to miss some even with news and [...]
Andy Pettitte Is A Man
From Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger (who you should follow on Twitter): Pettitte’s back was locked up, hamstrings tight, leg grabbed in G2 of ALDS. Pitched G3 in ALCS to give him extra time to recover. Two things to take away from this: Andy is tough as nails. We sort of already knew this but [...]
Prospect Stalking With A Bonus: Eastern League Playoffs
Last night I took a trip out to Trenton for Game 2 of the Eastern League Division Playoffs. It was an extra special trip because one Andy Pettitte was making a rehab start! As such, I took a lot of pictures. I’m going to pluck out the highlights, but here’s the full set (it’s an [...]
Prospect Stalking: Last 2010 Regular Season Game In Trenton
I’ve been getting a lot of prospect stalking in at the end of the year, as you can see. After being too lazy to make it out to Trenton basically at all in the past, I made my third trip there in two months last night. The objective was to get a Jesus Montero bobblehead [...]
Prospect Stalking: Staten Island (Part 2)
Last night, I went to Staten Island again. This time it wasn’t a special trip, but just a normal game in my Pinstripe Plan. It was not a very good game, as the bullpen pretty much threw up on itself and the offense never got things going. Still, I was armed with cameras and got [...]
