April 20th @ The Blue Jays
Carl Pavano is starting to remind me of a right-handed version of Andy Pettitte. Both of them have that Betty Davis eyes thing going at times. Both of them are big body pitchers that you would expect...
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File tonight under: Nail-biter. Some random game thoughts: Regarding the play that Tino made on the pop-up in the 9th – and, put a star next to that puppy – if he makes that play in the same spot...
View ArticleApril 22nd vs. The Rangers
When it was announced that Channel 9 would carry Yankee games this year, I thought it would be creepy to watch them there – since WOR was a Mets station for most of my life. Actually, it was no...
View ArticleApril 23rd vs. The Rangers
I feel bad for Jaret Wright. Yes, his pitching performance to date this season makes one recall past seasons such as 1991 – and pinstripe pitching disasters such as Wade Taylor and Chuck Cary. However,...
View ArticleApril 24th vs. The Rangers
I saw Andy Phillips play a game during his first professional season. This was also the first year of the Staten Island Yankees – in 1999 – when they played on the field of the College of Staten Island...
View ArticleApril 26th vs. The Angels
It’s Rabbit Season. It’s Duck Season. Rabbit Season. Duck Season. It must be Duck Season because the ducks were on the pond tonight and A-Rod cashed in with, in his own words, a “magical” night: 4 for...
View ArticleApril 27th vs. The Angels
I elected to watch Blade Trinity on DVD tonight instead of the game. Based on the outcome of the game, looks like I made the right choice. (For the record, Trinity was OK. Not as terrible as the...
View ArticleApril 28th vs. The Angels
It’s pretty darn depressing when the Yankee highlight for the game is Jason Giambi hitting a ground ball to the left of second base. New York actually got a decent start out of Kevin Brown and wasted...
View ArticleApril 29th vs. The Blue Jays
With all the leather flashed at the Stadium tonight, this game would have been a great Yankee Classic game for YES – except the Yankees lost. In the 17 seasons prior to this one, Randy Johnson has...
View ArticleApril 30th vs. The Blue Jays
Crack! That was the sound of Tony Womack’s game-winning hit in the bottom of the 9th today. What a wonderful sound. It’s music to the Yankee fans ears. Let’s hope that it serves as the symbolic strike...
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