New York media rallies to 4-2 win
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 22, 2007 
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The New York sportswriters rallied this morning to beat Boston 4-2 at Yankee Stadium. The game was called in the middle of the seventh due to time constraints. That’s 11 straight for New York against Boston.
Down 2-1, we scored three runs in the fifth inning. After Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated), Jack Curry (Times) and Anthony McCarron (Daily News) loaded the bases by drawing walks, Pete Caldera of The Record was hit by a pitch. Pete Botte of the Daily News delivered a two-run single to give us the lead.
Tyler Kepner of the Times was the winning pitcher, going 6.1 innings. He had his usual array of Mussina-like offerings. Bob Klapisch of The Record picked up the save and was filthy as he retired every batter he faced.
Caldera played a fine second base and there were several nice catches in the outfield by Botte, Verducci and Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. Kevin Devaney of the Journal News caught and threw out a runner stealing.
Kat O’Brien of Newsday broke the gender line in the game as she was the first woman to play.
I, alas, was 0 for 2 with a groundout and a pop-up. I thought I had some decent at-bats as I twice hit two-strike pitches. But much like Wil Nieves, I had nothing to show for it. It was pretty cool to see my name on the scoreboard, however, and they played some Springsteen when I came up to the plate.
It was a great time and we’re working on a rematch at Fenway Park on June 3.
Thanks to the Yankees for letting us use the field.
The photo is of Kevin and me.
Were you playing baseball or softball?
” After Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated), Jack Curry (Times) and Anthony McCarron (Daily News) loaded the bases by drawing walks, Pete Caldera of The Record was hit by a pitch. ”
Did peter gammons pitch for boston??
Ross: Baseball. Real game, umpires and everything.
Did you hit homerun Peter?…. Will there be rematch next year against Boston Media?
Thanks for the recap, Pete. Sounds like you guys had a great time. Were you the DH?
Well, even though the Yankees has had its problems with the Red Sox, it’s good to know that the guys (and girl) who covers the Yankees can still keep rolling. Nice job, and don’t worry Pete, the hits will come
Is this is April’s Fools Joke?… I wish I was there so to see the game… It’s so nice that Ny Media owns Boston media.
Did the CHB suit up for the Sawx?
Verducci is a ringer. He played RF for the Blue Jays in the Hall of Fame Game yesterday.
Shame on you guys for using a ringer in the media game. lol
That’s weird, usually the Boston media don’t give up until September
Pete, you should ask those guys why they’re so worried about what the NY press is saying about the game last night. Kinda funny that they’re so concerned about us.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....piece.html
Did they play the chimes when the NY’ers scored?
Was there a rendition of Frankie?
Great job, Peter. You know what they say…
WE MUST PROTECT THIS TURF.
Did CHB play for the New York or Boston team?
They did play the chimes … and Sinatra. Have to say, it was fun.
11 in a row? Sounds like foreshadowing to another division title for the Yanks? That would be pretty cool to play on the field.
what Springsteen song did they play for you?
Anyone take video of it?
Some were asking for the dirt on the Waldman/Russo incident:
Bob Raissman writes about Suzyn Waldman and fallout from her “return of Roger” call: “Waldman, still upset over [WFAN's Mike Francesca and Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo] mocking her Clemens gaga trip the Sunday that Rocket announced his return to the Bronx (the frantic WCBS-AM radio description was played over and over), tore into Russo after the two came face to face outside the Mets radio booth at Shea.
“Russo, according to well-embedded moles, tried defusing the situation by telling Waldman, ‘We were just having some fun.’ Waldman wasn’t buying Russo’s damage control/jive. She said she hoped he had ‘his two days of fun,’ but had ‘ruined her life’ in the process.
“Following her down a corridor, Russo tried calming Waldman. But his attempt to soothe backfired. Momma P, screaming, dropped two fat F bombs on Russo before accusing him of ‘talking behind my back’ for ’20 years.’”
You let Kat O’Brien play. Now your beating them with girls, nice!
Peter, I can relate, I went to Yankees fantasy camp in November, played a week of games with ex Yankees as coaches, then the last day played on Legend’s field against the ex big leaguers. Highlight of the whole week was having my picture in uniform up on the Diamondvision, just ahead of my scorching single off of Neil Allen. What a blast.
“The photo is of Kevin and I.” “Me” is the only grammatically correct form there; objective case, object of the preposition “of.” “The photo is of Kevin and me.”
Or write “Kevin and I are the ones in the photo.” Nominative case, subject of the verb “are.”
Just FYI.
Poor Will Nieves…
Mel:
Last night, Mike and the Dog had a very funny recap of the dustup with Waldman. Russo kept trying to apologize, but the producer Eddie Scozzere kept playing the Waldman clip, about five times. Russo got very frustrated and Mike was obviously enjoying his discomfort.
I, for one, thought it was the funniest thing I’ve heard on M&MD in years. They’re so schizo. One day they’re the most pompous, annoying SOBs on the radio, and the next day they have me howling with laughter in my car.
For the record, Suzyn Waldman is a shrill, ill-informed RED SOX FAN who has no right being within 30 yards of a Yankee microphone, and M&MD had every right to lampoon her ridiculous antics. The day that WCBS gets rid of her will be cause for a celebration at my house.
I thought Kevin went to BC not that community college in the Bronx
But Pete, what position did you play?
Sounds like a great time- will YES broadcast the game?
Torre pulled Kepner too soon.
What was Kepner’s arsenal? How fast does he throw?
The real question is whether Kepner retaliated for Boston hitting Caldera?
Yankee Fan time to Jinx the Redsox.
Redsox will win 07 World Series
Redsox will win 120 games,,, Win The Al East and World series this year. They’re team to beat and class of AL… Nobody on this planet can beat this team..
The Redsox pitching staff are so scary , and deadly..
Schilling – Ancient Ace
Beckett – 7-0 Cy young candidate
Matsuzaka – He’s beast with assortment of different type of pitches
Wakefield – Unstoppable Knucleball pitcher
Lester/Tavarez – Are both godlike pitchers
ith Manny and Ortiz both hitting 50 Home runs and driving in 150 each, there is no stopping Boston.
Not ot mention Lugo and Crisp stealing 50 bases each and Youkilis’ .650 OBP!
Lowell and Drew are both good for 30 HR and 100 RBI too.
With Pedroia’s defence, they are practically unbeatable.
Did I mention the captain? Varitek will hit his usual 25 HR and call the best games. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few no-hitters this season!
07 Champs!
PeteAbe:
As if your regular job weren’t enough, being able to play on the Yankee Stadium field is the best perk I can think of. I would give up quite a bit to be able to play a game on that diamond. Even though you had an off-day at the dish I hope you enjoyed the experience as much as I am vicariously enjoying it from the office.
And you all had a picture-perfect day to do it. Grr.
I’m proud of the NY media’s domination. I just hope T-Kemp didn’t scuff up the mound too much for Mussina. Misplaced dirt AND an extra days’ rest could make him REALLY grumpy…
Hey Kevin Devaney:
GO RAMS! Fr. McShane will be very proud of you for wearing the colors.
murphy
FCO ’80
Rose Hill
Wow, your media league trumps my media league!
Pete, Sounds like a great time. If it makes you feel any better, Nieves only has 1 more hit than you do. Nice to see you guys continue the streak versus those no talent bums. Maybe the Boston Media will anoint the New York Media as the new Evil Empire…
As a regular reader of the Bergen Record, I’m glad to hear Klap and Caldera are delivering the goods!
Pete,
Where’s the box score???
YES better have some sort of highlights or encore of your game!
0-2 ain’t so bad. You’ll get ‘em at Fenway.
I like how Pete Nieves himself.
Don’t go that low Pete!
You’re at least Sal Fasano
You’re one hit behind Tyler Clippard too.
Wow Pete, 0-2? Thank god your the best Sports Writer I know, or I really would be making fun of you.
JK’s “Torre pulled Kepner too soon” line is priceless.
Lucky that the game didn’t go into the eighth, otherwise Proctor would have been called into pitch.
Looks like the Cry babies brought in all the high priced juiced up Media talent to win another one this year.
Oh my goodness gracious! Was position was Suzyn Waldman playing? Of All the Dramatic Things, Of All the Dramatic Things She Has Ever Seen, was a bunch of 40-somethings pretending to be Yankees!
i want mike mussina (mr almost) gone
and they will send tyler clippard down? how dare they!!!
memo to cash-young pitchers with guts win..you will not win anything ever with the fullbright scholar idiosyncratic mr almost mike mussina.
enjoy your victory. its all NY will have this year since they cant beat the Sox. I think Steinbrenner should just field the NY Media, they have to be better than the Yanks.
Great, a bunch of writing hacks trying to play a game they can’t. Which is why they write about it. How many threw like Damon? For you Boston fans: Damon: looked like jesus, acted like judas and threw like mary.
I am glad to see that NY fans are getting joy over the NY media defeating the Boston media in a game. I mean, afterall the the yankees can’t manage to defeat Boston, or anyone else much this season. Pardon me while I fall apart over the “Boston Media” I have never heard of before, being defeated by NY.
Do me a favor, can you tell the Yanks to get their crap together. All this winning is getting boring. I think I miss the anxiety. On second thought, no I don’t.
Hahahah…at least someone in NY is winning this year besides the Mets…the CURSE OF A-FRAUD going strong. Hope all you dopes are enjoying Mr. April as much as we are in Boston!
Kudos from a Red Sox fan in Arizona to Peter Abraham for the good-natured tone of this blog — linked from bostondirtdogs.com. His coverage of the New York-Boston media game in Yankee Stadium was great fun, and so were his readers’ reactions. My favorite was CrazyYankeeFan, who attempted to slap a jinx on the ’07 BoSox by painting them as superhuman and unbeatable. Nice try, CYF, but according to the rules of the lesser gods who manage the fortunes of sports teams, you can’t jinx my boys with overpraise. I could, but I won’t. Nice start. It’s only May. Lotta ball still to play. Hope everyone stays/gets healthy. One day at a time. (Have you noticed that our lesser gods don’t seem to have a problem with clichés?)
Who played for the Boston team?
Hi Jim. Photos i received. Thanks
Nice post