Yankee Frown…The 2011 New York Yankees Designated Hitter…Jorge Posada
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Jorge not happy
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11.11.10
05.12.10
Last year, with the owner of the Texas Rangers having defaulted on more than a half-billion dollars in loans, (Major League Baseball commissioner Bud) Selig provided a total of some $40 million to the club.
“The fact that the loan is coming from baseball would be a jarring event because, as with the Texas Rangers, the league is effectively a lender of last resort,” said Marc Ganis, a sports industry consultant. “It would indicate the team cannot get loans from normal commercial sources, which could be taken as a sign of very significant problems.”
…The decision by Mr. Selig to assist the Rangers last year angered the owners of some rival teams. The Rangers eventually used some of the money to obtain pitcher Cliff Lee, who then led the club to its first World Series appearance.
Excerpt from “Baseball Gave Mets Secret $25 Million Loan” in the New York Times.
Wow. Here’s the truth: when the Yankees go out and spend money, it’s their own damned money.
Going forward, any and all complaints about the Yankees payroll is just noise.
(via inothernews)
The original loan to the Texas Rangers and their subsequent acquisition of Cliff Lee was outrageous. Yeah, I’m a Yankees fan but the Rangers were essentially in bankruptcy when they did it and THE ONLY WAY they could have swooped in acquired Lee at the last minute was with Bud Selig’s financial help.
The Mets loan is just scary and sad. And it shows the Wilpons are not being completely honest with the fan base. It’s the early days of Spring Training and the Mets can already be written off for the season. That’s sad for the second team in NYC. “In the best interest of baseball,” Bud Selig should poke the Wilpons to sell the team to owners who are not financially crippled.
I feel BAD for Mets fans.
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26.02.11
via sportsnetny:
Hall of Famer Duke Snider dead at 85 - NYDNsports
R.I.P. Duke of Flatbush
For older Brooklynites, 1955 is it. Watch highlights here or here or here and celebration highlights here. Also read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s excellent “Wait ‘Til Next Year” to get a real feel for what the Dodgers meant to Brooklyn or look for and watch the excellently melancholy “The Ghosts of Flatbush” documentary.
RIP Hall Of Famer Duke Snider.
27.02.11
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(via The Jeter/Giambi Play | Oct 13, 2001 | “The Flip” - Beyond the Box Score)
There was absolutely no reason for Jeter to be there. But he was. And it still blows my mind.
This moment brings back so many memories it’s amazing.
I saw it on TV in a hotel room at the Foxwoods (I don’t gamble and I can’t remember why we were staying there). My luvly wife and I had taken my boy Jr. to his first MLB game, Game 2 of the ALDS, a few days before because we got last minute tickets, we couldn’t find a baby sitter, we NEEDED the diversion from the September 11th aftermath (I worked off of Wall Street at the time), and I wanted to make sure that Jr. could always say he saw the Dynasty play when he was a kid…He was all of 5 1/2 weeks old.
Da Luvly took a photo of me and Jr. at the game with the field in the background. He looks like a worm but it’s one of my favorite early photos. He was perfectly behaved during the game. The sportswriter Lisa Olson was sitting behind us (we had crap seats) and I remember she was amazed at how quiet he was inside a rocking old Yankees Stadium (I’m sorry but the new one doesn’t get as loud). The Yankees lost Game 2 and we’re down 0-2 in the ALDS if I remember correctly. I remember telling da Luvly, “At least Jr. got to see the Dynasty.” as I thought the series was over and it was clear that Paul O’Neil and others would not be back in 2002. I remember a lot about the Game 2’s atmosphere (President Bush’s news conference on the Jumbotron delaying the game for 45 minutes, the biggest American flag I ever saw unfurled during the pre-game, the Bald Eagle flying around the Stadium, Paul McCartney mugging for the cameras in between innings) but that’s for a different post.
Back to Game 3. I almost didn’t want to watch it. A young and sick Barry Zito v. veteran Mike Mussina who almost threw a perfect game the day after Jr. was born. They were dealing. Zito had a no-hitter through 4 then Jorge Posada hit a solo homer in the top of the 5th and the Yanks were up 1-0.
In the bottom of the 5th Jeremy Giambi got a two out single. Terrance Long came up and this happened.
When the ball was hit I got that sinking feeling as it flared to right field but remembered Giambi was slooooow. Right fielder Shane Spencer made an incredibly bad throw that sailed over Tino Martinez and I thought, “F*ck, tie game.”
Out of nowhere Jeter catches the errant throw in foul territory and makes what looks like the most effortless, nonchalant flip to Posada who tags out a lumbering Jeremy Giambi at home plate for out number three. Boom, boom. Yankees 1 - A’s 0.
Da Luvly and I screamed and wondered why Jeremy didn’t slide. It was a really close…But what the f*ck was Jeter doing roaming all the way over into foul territory on the first base side? UNBELIEVABLE.
Captain Clutch with an assist from the home plate umpire but still, it was UNBELIEVABLE.
The Yankees won Game 3 1-0 and went on to win the next two ALDS games to go to that bittersweet 2001 World Series where Derek Jeter became Mr. November, and a couple of girls named Mystique and Aura came out to play late at night in the Bronx…
But what a play by Jeter! What memories! I effing LOVE BASEBALL! Can’t wait for the 2011 season to start!
21.03.11
Via sportsnetny:
John Sterling’s call of Curtis Granderson’s HR today
This is so embarrassing and pathetic. I hope the YES Network and DirecTV work out their deal by tomorrow or I will miss the Yankees on DirecTV and will be forced to listen to John Sterling and his campanera, the lovely Suzyn Waldman. #Pain
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31.03.11
Is Jorge Posada retiring? Brian Cashman just said on national TV that Jorge asked out of the game. NY Yankees beat writers are saying via Twitter that Jorge is planning to address the media after the game with the Red Sox. Cashman won’t speak for Jorge.
He’s clearly struggling as a DH hitting .167.
[UPDATE}: NY reporters tweeting that Jorge “threw a hissy fit” when he was slotted to bat 9th. Yankees are in spin control saying they have no idea what Jorge is going to say to the media. #OhBoy it’s hard to handle fading stars…AND POST GAME JUST BECAME MUST SEE TV.
14.05.11
