Comments on: Today in The Journal News

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:53:19 +0000

Thanks Dale D. I hope you build a great memory bank of Yankees moments yourself. Cheers.

By: dale d

dale d — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:14 +0000

OYF and Paul
you guys are such a breath of fresh air.
after a day of ” he’s done” comments it is really great to hear your stories.
Thank you so much for sharing them.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:48:49 +0000

OYF — Yes it was Washington. Memorial Day doubleheader, first game. I can’t remember how many doubles he hit, but he hit everything solidly. One HR was in the right field stands, the other went into the middle of the old Yankee bullpen.

Good for you to see #500 and Bobby M’s great day. I saw the Nettles Game from the LF bleachers (I was in college and a bunch of us lined up in front of the local Ticketron at around 5 am) and I can’t imagine a better place to appreciate what he did, as the balls were all coming at us. I also made it a point to see Brett’s last game at the Stadium and he got at least 3 hits, all classic Brett shots. I still miss the old Stadium — because the outfield was so big you saw alot of triples which are great fun. It was the architectural equivalent of Bob Sheppard’s voice.

Cheers.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:16:11 +0000

“I saw long balls from Mickey (Memorial Day ‘68 — 2 HRs and 5 for 5….”

Paul… I’m going from memory, but I remember a day I was playing stickball with my best friend who introduced me to the Yankees in 1965. We were listening to a game on a TEN transistor radio. The game, I believe was against Washington.

Mickey went 5 for 5, and had one… or I thinl 2 doubles? along with 2 HRs. Was that the game? I remember Phil and I were a little somber walking home because we both realized that might be the best day we would every see from Mickey again. And it was.

I have only been to 5 or 6 games at the stadium. One was old timers day, the first time they announced Mantle LAST, and opposed to Joe D., who that honor had always been saved for. I was at Murcers famous day, and in a small miracle under the oddest of circumstances, I was at a game in 1967, where in his last AB, Mickey hit #500.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:28:31 +0000

My point is his stuff is not good. At least someone like Mendoza had a few decent pitches. Tanyon Sturtze was a decent spot starter/long reliever for us and he had pretty good stuff. Karstens does not. For me, Karstens is a waste of a roster spot. It would work better to bring Ohlendorf, he can be a middle reliever but when needed he could fill in for 3+ innings.

By: whozat

whozat — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:03:02 +0000

Long reliever/spot starter is essentially what happens to AAAA pitchers. He’s not good enough to start on a competing team, but he’s good enough to weasel through the order once or twice on a day when the starter doesn’t have it.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:56:46 +0000

I think a lot of you are overvaluing Jeff Karstens. He might be useful from time to time but he is essentially an AAAA pitcher. All I’m saying is don’t get your hopes up.

By: Fran

Fran — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:54:42 +0000

Jennifer - all of the sports sites are reporting it. Press conference later.

By: Brandon (Proud supporter of "Alex being Alex")

Brandon (Proud supporter of "Alex being Alex") — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:54:08 +0000

Jenn ESPN, FOXSPORTS and WFAN have confirmed it press conference later

his last throw was caught by a Giant

By: jennifer- Hip Hip Jorge

jennifer- Hip Hip Jorge — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:51:13 +0000

Brandon are you sure? He is a lot like Roger or Roger is a lot like him when it comes to the R word.