Wrapping up the day in camp
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- February
- 20
The Yankees didn’t get off the field until around 1:45 because of the late start. The highlights of the day:
* Andy Pettitte threw 45 pitches in the bullpen. He was not throwing at full speed but said that was normal for this time of the year. He’s still working on getting his legs under him.
* Austin Jackson developed lower back spasms while doing an outfield drill. He’ll be out no more than a day.
* Pettitte, Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes were at Legends early in the day doing the “Navy Seal” workout Pettitte used to do with Roger Clemens. The conditioning exercises focus on the abs. “Andy said we did half what he used to do with Roger,” Hughes said. “I’d hate to see what the whole thing was like.”
* Hank Steinbrenner held court for some reporters near the bullpen. I was there this time after missing yesterday’s scrum. He talked about being happy that A-Rod was back and how the fans have accepted him “faster than Mickey Mantle.” Hank then watched the pitchers for a while. When he went back to his office, a heard of cameramen and reporters followed him. Maybe I shouldn’t think this way, but is really necessary to chase the guy down the hallway? Hank Steinbrenner’s thoughts are certainly no secret at this point.
* Expect lots of A-Rod stories in the papers tomorrow. Girardi was asked a bunch of questions about Alex, managing Alex, expectations for Alex, etc. It’s as much amateur psychology as it baseball with him.
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Peter Abraham
Pete, you are sooooo good to us. More posts today than I can keep up with. Every time boss walks by, I’m brining up different windows. Then, when I click back to Lohud window, a new post is up.
Slow down there fella. You’re tooooo gooooood!!!!
pete
what did alex do on the field today?
So Andy will get a break in tomorrows papers.
PS - Instead of sponsoring this blog, can I send a $100 gift certificate to you at your hotel good towards your favorite Tampa-area restaurant?
If I get a request for a Hooters gift certificate, I’ll laugh my tookus all the way to the post office as I send it out!
PPS- You catch any wind of this near-retirement by Damon? Heyman has the story at SI. Was very surprised. But then again, when I had my kid, I didn’t want to go back to work for a month….
al arodien February 20th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
pete
what did alex do on the field today?
Count his $$$ and work on his tan and hair frosting… JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!
Hopefully he took some pressure off Dandy Andy!
Bronx Bomber: Damon tends to be dramatic. I’ve been told by people close to Damon that any thoughts of retirement were fleeting.
No gift certificate needed. They paper pays me.
Hopefully he took some pressure off Dandy Andy!
LOL everyone is so concerned about Alex taking the pressure off Andy yet in 06 we never heard about others coming into to help take the pressure off Alex…..
Hope Jackson’s spasms are nothing serious? I get a little worried any time I hear someone’s getting injured.
However, that intro to psych course is probably paying off now, no?
Well, I just hope they PAY you what you deserve. For what you bring to that newspaper and this website, you are worth your weight in gold.
Re Damon: Thats funny to hear. Basically, in a polite way, he is a drama queen… Interesting. Heck, if my wife looked like Mrs. Damon, I’d have retired in 2003!
One last question if I may…(?) Whne one says ‘people close to…’ are you refering to agents, handlers, pr people, clubhouse kids… or teammates, past and/or present? Not trying to have you divulge your sources of course… just curious.
Thanks for the updates. Good to see the youngsters, Hughes and Joba, working hard with Andy.
I like that Phil and Joba are working out with Andy. It scares me to here it being called the Navy Seal workout with Roger Clemens.Does the other half of the workout consist of b-12? If so, lets stick to doing halfzeez guys.
yanks should sign barry bonds. who cares if he took roids? so did pettitte. I think he can hit 80 hrs in yankee stadium.
Any word on what Girardi said to the troops??Not that they would tell you but being as he said he thought about it since he was named manager and we heard from Damon yesterday what he would like to hear would be nice to know what exactly was said.
On another totally off topic heard Mike Myers today on XM175 Baseball this AM forgot that he signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers so he coul dbe reunited with Torre.
anti-pettitte–
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion, as am I, and the next guy.
That said, it is my not-so-humble opinion that you, my misled little friend, are an idiot. Thanks, for that. After conversing with you, I’m afraid I might have caught some of your ignorantitis…
yanks should sign barry bonds. who cares if he took roids? so did pettitte. I think he can hit 80 hrs in yankee stadium.
Theres not enough room in the clubhouse for his lazy chair and his t.v.
How do you get your name in bold if you dont have a website?
The fans would revolt if Bonds was signed.
Or, at least, they should.
BronxBomber77,
This blog sure has a lot of deseases people can catch. Pavanoitis,Igawitis,ignorantitis. Man, maybe b-12 wouldnt be so bad after all.
Alex takes one for the team
Can people get it thru their heads that Andy did NOT do roids. He used HGH less than 5 times.
I hear ya Rebecca… Its a revolting thought. There goes my Swiss and Capicola sand, all over my keyboard…
Ugh… Just the thought of Bar-Roid in pinstripes makes me queasy.
Lord knows we need another LH batter in the lineup.
Three cheers for Anti-Pettitte. I award thee a Pulitzer prize!!!!
Theres not enough room for 80 hrs and 150 rbis? Trade matsui and sign bonds, then we have this lineup:
Damon
Jeter
Abreu
Arod 50 HRS
Bonds 50 HR
Posada
Cano
Duncan
Melky
BronxBomber77 - just wrote an email to Tyler Kepner (amazing that he responded to me) and he is home with his wife. She just gave birth to their 4th child.
Congratulations to the Kepner family - he should be back in a few weeks.
LOL SOS27–
Pretty good.
I had a case of the Pavanoitis last week, misse dthree days of work when I REALLY only needed one day off to recuperate. Just chose to ‘Carl it’ the other two days for good measure !!!
I love this freakin’ blog…. All of Yas— Hmmmm, SJ, SOS, EROC, Rebec Opt, all of yas are great !
I meant 80 hrs for bonds.
oh man no.
Nice work Nate C. Dang… thats pretty good.
Anyone else trying to misremeber what Anti-Pettitte just wrote? 80 HR and 150 RBI? Can you share whatever it is you be smokin? LOL.
Drugs are bad, m’kay? Lay off ‘em Anti!!!
Said it before, saying it now, will say it more in the future: Thank you, Pete, for all your work! This blog helps me get through my workday better than the bottle of Jameson I have stashed in my desk drawer.
Okay, works second best. But you get the drift.
;D
you dont think bonds will hit homeruns with that short RF porch? bonds is still one of the best hitters in the game, he just can’t field. Oh ya just like matsui except matsui is worse and his contract is longer.
My god… Where is Hmmmmm or SJ44 when you need them?
They would eat this Anti-Pettitte guy for breakfast, as Tony Montana would say.
You know how Gotham has that ‘Bat-Light / spotlight they shine when crime is happoening and Batman is needed?
We need something like that in here when an idiot troll comes round….
Exhibit A…. Anti-Pettitte and his man-crush on Barroid
BB77,
You “Carled it”(2 days=plural). Nice choice of words. Talking about Carl, im getting hungry. Need a break to Carls jr.
its come to this for bonds’ shills, begging for somebody, anybody to take him. i think you can start the 5 year clock ticking for his rejection from the HOF
I saw you sucking up to pete, bronx bomber. Don’t pretend like you dont have a man crush.
Anti Pettitte MEDS !!! take the meds !!
after you
Ahhhh SOS 27… a West Coaster ? OR has Carl’s Jr. finally moved eastward?
Nothing beats ye ol’ White Castle!!!!
Yeah… I took three sick days. Felt fine after the first day, but wanted to see the Clemens action on TV, and then stewed about it the whole next day… So I ‘Carled-it’ a few extra days…
Hey, I make $160K over the next four years ($40K a year) as oppossed to $40 mil. When I’m not at work, its not as noticeable as when the ‘$40 Mil Mistake’ doesn’t show.
To think he was Opening Day starter last year ! HA !!!
PS Just tarded Roy Halladay for Beltran in my Fantasy League. Was stacked at SP (Johan, Kazmir, Peavey, Zambrano) but was weak in the OF (Melky, Cameron Maybin and Josh Hamilton).
Good deal ? Or did I lose my shirt? If I remember correct, Halladay was injured last year, missed significant time!
Sucking up is when I can get something back from Pete… A raise, a new car, etc.
Kissing Pete’s Butt (like what I was doing!) for the AWESOME job he does is a little better worded. And yes, after all Pete does for us, I perhaps harbor a small part of my heart for the man….
Ya caught me !!!
OK go back to what you were doing (kissing pete’s butt).
Anyway… Did I lose my shirt in this Halladay / Beltran deal for my fantasy League ? Any opinions out there ?
I have another offer on the table… I get Phil Hughes and Eric Byrnes, while I give up Hamilton and Matt Garza ?
Deal or no deal ? Byrnes was HUGE for me last year ???
Anti-Pettitte… Do you even watch baseball?
And I don’t mean MLB 2K7 on your PS3….
anyway, I digress
Bonds is a very bad idea. For the first time in a long time, the Yankees might actually be referred to as ‘a tight bunch’. No more Derek vs. Alex and a ‘professional’ clubhouse. Bonds and the 150 extra reporters constantly talking about roids and his perjury case would be a nightmare and a HUGE distraction. He might not even be able to play anyways.
Just got home from work where a Red Sox fan started an argument with me that Schilling’s loss is no big deal whatsoever to the Red Sox. So I check on ESPN’s baseball site and see Coco Crisp is going to demand a trade if he’s not handed the center field job. “I would honestly rather be somewhere else and play than be on the bench,” he said.
First Schill and now Coco….the Red Sox “dynasty” is crumbling before our very eyes LOL ” Help meeeee, I’m meltinnnngg” LOL
Hey Anti-Pettitte–
As a man, I can admit when I’m wrong. Your right.
Bonds will probably hit 80 HR and get 150 RBI, playing for the Riker’s Island Rockets, the Penal baseball League.
I bet his teammate, ol’ Rocket, will get 30 wins and pitch his first no-no in the same season.
You were so right… What was I a-thinkin’…
BronxBomber77:
Good trades both!! Josh Hamilton was the 2007 Chris Shelton. Matt Garza will have a lot of trouble with the Tampa Bay Rays playing behind him, and in the toughest division in baseball.
Eric Byrnes isn’t world-class, but he’ll do OK, and Hughes has tremendous upside, especially if you have a keeper league.
bb77 i take it this is a carry over league, as peavy and johan are clearly both 1st rounders. beltran for halliday is a great trade, halliday’s best case season is great but not that much better than carlos’s normal year, and beltran is less injury risk.
Speaking of fantasy baseball. I have Albert Puljos as one of my keepers. Can anyone give me an opinion on if I should protect him given his injury situation? He’s already made mention he might shut it down this year if he’s in pain.
bb77,
So i got back from having Carls jr(yes west coast)and had a chili burger.Here im thinking it would taste like Tommy’s famous chili burger. What a waste of money. I shouldnt have been making fun of Farmers Ins. Man Pav. Karma i tell you.
White Castle?
Thanks Pete - I noticed over @ Baseball Musings that they give you big thumbs up too.
I’m glad Andy is teaching Phil & Joba the exercise routine - that’s a big part of what he’s there for and if Phil thinks 1/2 is tough it’s even more important since Eiland’s been working out with him for over a month. Andy made it really clear that he believes Roger and his routine helped him tremendously when he came to the Yankees and not in the way all of the Pettitte-haters think. Whatever anyone thinks about Andy using HGH 4 times it did not allow him to pitch well for as long as he has. That’s just not what HGH does; that’s what steroids do and I have No Doubt that Andy Never used steroids.
Isn’t Jackson a little young to be having back spasms - that is not welcome news.
Regarding following Hank - I have a couple of thoughts -some of the reporters don’t do a blog like this and need stories and others just want Hank to get to know them and “like” them in case Hank ever wants to put something out there; they probably think that’s where he’d go.
No to Barry Bonds. They don’t need him.
He’ll hit 80 hr’s? Maybe on PlayStation but not in the real world.
Who needs Bonds? We’ve got a leaner and meaner Giambino that I’m predicting will hit 30 homers. Walk years in a contract are a wonderful thing.Even Manny Ramirez showed up on time this year! Expect a big year from Manny as well.
maybe on playstation where SJ44 is best friends wit arod
Drive 4-5 - Coco is extra baggaage and trait bait, probably for a starter. Ellsbury is the Sox CFer. Coco is no loss for the Sox.
The stories are already out in full force about A-Rod already. Steroids. Pete, you’re a reporter, please brainwash your fellow reporters to stop with the steroid reports. Pretty please with sugar on top.
Marcy, it’s still kinda chilly here in the area, didn’t clear 60 until about 11am, so maybe thats all that was. i was being nice when i called 60 kinda chilly, frankly as a born and raised person, sixty sucks for me its just cold.
I knew that once Alex appeared all of the media focus will be off Pettitte and on Alex. And why do they keep bothering Alex with steroid questions? The don’t do it to anyone else.
From Baseball Musings:
“Peter Abraham provides a summary of Alex Rodriguez’s press conference, and then provides the full unedited audio.
Right now, Peter is the best journalist/blogger in the business. He constantly keeps us informed and uses multiple ways of presenting a story. We get his filtered views and the unfiltered news. Let’s hope more beat writers catch on to his methods.”
Posted by David Pinto
The Associated Press has already started. Alex says something about being tested 9-10 times, I assume in an attempt to make it clear that he’s tested repeatedly and often, and the AP construes into a “did he test positive for stimulants and is that why he was tested so often” because that many times is too often, type of article. Isn’t it just possible that as the best player in the game who was setting all kinds of records last year that he might have been tested more often because of it? And that maybe, just maybe there doesn’t have to be something sinister about being tested often?
It’d be hilarious, if it wasn’t so pitifully sad.
Um, a “heard” of cameramen and reporters, Pete?
Reminds me of the old Abbott and Costello routine:
“A herd of cows.”
“Of course, I’ve heard of cows.”
“No, a cow herd.”
“What do I care if a cow heard?”