May 2007
BIRDS OF A FEATHER SHOULD STAND TOGETHER
NO GREY AREA: Looks Like A Red Sock, Sounds Like A Red Sock, Must Be A Red Sock
Not sure how I let this slip by — Curt Schilling on Barry Bonds as Bonds approaches Hank Aaron’s home run record. One ego can’t be trumped, or can it?
Schilling’s own words when interviewed on WEEI Radio earlier this month (the 8th or 9th?): http://www.weei.com, transcribed by Poynter Online http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=122966
“I mean, he admitted that he used steroids. I mean, there’s no grey area. He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on the game. So I think the reaction around the league, the game, being what it is, in the case of what people think. Hank Aaron not being there. The commissioner [Bud Selig] trying to figure out where to be. It’s sad. And I don’t care that he’s black, or green, or purple, or yellow, or whatever. It’s unfortunate. There’s [sic] good people and bad people. It’s unfortunate that it’s happening the way it’s happening.”
Oh, yeah, his “apology” — http://38pitches.com/2007/05/09/public-apology/#more-81
“…was a callous, reckless and irresponsible thing to say, and for that I apologize to Barry, Barry’s family, Barry’s friends and the Giants organization, my teammates and the Red Sox organization as well as anyone else that may have been offended by the comments I made.”
Catch that? “as well as anyone else that may have been offended by the comments I made” Sounds sincere, eh? Bloody sock, yeah!
Psst! Brian, follow this link!
A pithy, useful summary of 8 starting pitchers we keep meaning not to forget:
(Posted May 17, the stats are a bit outdated, but the ideas still apply.)
by The GNUru
Except Jeff Nelson (the umpire, that is)
Today before the game Joe Torre took the line-up cards tothe chief umpire himself. Since when does Joe take the line-up card
out himself, except during the World Series? He went on to shake the
hand of every umpire. Except Jeff Nelson.
When I turned on the radio this afternoon, before the Yankee-Angels
game at Yankee Stadium, Suzyn Waldmann, WCBS Radio color commentator,
was telling that story.
NOTE: If the NY DAILY NEWS (or anyone else) covers this story, they should credit Suzyn Waldmann for the idea. Anthony McCarron, who was a guest of WCBS Radio booth during the "DAILY NEWS 5th" inning, said he had not noticed when Ms. Waldmann mentioned the line-up card and hand-shaking routine. They discussed yesterday’s post-game report with John Sterling, who calls play-by-play during the game. He said he had been struck by how intensely Mr. Torre repeated the sequence of events that led to the game-ending call by Jeff Nelson.
I enjoyed the game at Yankee Stadium yesterday, my first of the season. We lost to the Angels, but Wang kept us in the game, and Mo closed us out beautifully, 1-2-3. Our bats q up about halfway through, and the slumping players got on base by hit or walk — Cano, Melky, Abreu. A-Rod hit a single and fielded well. Mank…witc (However you spell it — first baseman, #11) got on base and made an incredible stop. Damon pinch-hit a single in the 9th.
Early in the game I joked to Floraine Kay — who got me these 2 tickets for my birthday a long while ago – that John Sterling must be appreciating the home plate umpire, who was calling the pitches expeditiously. (Mr. Sterling can be eloquent and very funny filling time while waiting for the more deliberate umpires to signal "strike" or "ball.") We didn’t know his name at the time, but that home plate umpire was Jeff Nelson.
Throughout the game, we noticed a number of questionable calls which could have affected the score of the game. Having forgotten to bring my radio, we were cut off from what was apparently a lively discussion, particularly at the end of the game.
It’s Always Really About the Yankees
Thanks to Floraine Kay for this snippit:
As they cover today’s interleague game against the Red Sox at Fenway, the Atlanta Braves radio broadcasters It’s take note of their surroundings. They like the location of their booth, for instance. But, wow, these northerners know how to spend their money. A season ticket on the Green Monster costs — can you guess? — $27,000 ! For anyone thinking "I could do that," he added, "Who buys one?!"
- As a Yankee fan, I wonder if someone at Fenway has money on the Yanks this year. $27,000 ?! It’s no coincidence that the Yankees Fan Club is still $26.00 for a year’s membership. When it goes up to $27.00 no one will mind, because we will be relieved that the Yankees have finally won their 27th World Series title.
Pearce – Future Yankee?!
Link:
Minor League home run leader STEVEN PEARCE cranks 12th in second at-bat at Double A Level
I saw STEVEN PEARCE play first base for the Single A WIlliamsport Xrosscutters twice in 2005, his draft year (Pirates, 8th round), against the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Staten Island Yankees, and then again against the Cyclones in 2006. This year he was promoted to Class A Advanced Lynchburg where he hit 11 HRS and was named Carolina Player of the Week last week, just before being promoted yet again, this time to the Double AA Altoona Curve. (Great name for a team.)
Pearce reminds me of Tino Martinez a bit — stocky, and a HR hitter in streaks. As a Yankee fan, maybe I am just over-identifying — he shares my last name after all.)
Time To Grovel for Chacon, Mr. Torre?
OUTSPORTS
"It might be time for SHAWN CHACON [3.60 ERA] to
replace Tony Armas (11.57
ERA) in the rotation. (23)"
"20 - Innings pitched by SHAWN CHACON prior to last night’s game [on Tues. May 1], the most for any relief pitcher in the major leagues." — Jim Rodenbush
[What? More than Proctor?]
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