Rays-Yankees: The Live Blog
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 21, 2008 
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Good evening and welcome to Legends Field. It’s 80 degrees and the Yankees are playing the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Kings of the Grapefruit League, the Rays are 14-4 behind hard-chargin’ Joe Maddon. The Yankees are 11-7-2 but have had a perfect week.
It will be Darrell Rasner against Andy Sonnanstine.
Meanwhile, what a terrible loss for UConn. The NCAA tournament makes it hard to find guys in the clubhouse for interviews. Everybody’s in the lounge watching games and tracking their pools.
FIRST INNING
Rasner put two runners on but worked out of trouble. Abreu (15 for 31 this spring) doubled with two outs but A-Rod grounded to second.
SECOND INNING
Rasner allowed a hit but got out of the inning. The Yankees went in order.
THIRD INNING
Rasner looked sharp. Still no score.
FOURTH INNING
Nothing doing for either team. Still no score. Mariano Rivera coming on to pitch for the Yankees.
FIFTH INNING
Line for Rasner: 4 2 0 0 1 4 68 pitches / 49 strikes. Pretty damn good. He’s making his case for long man. You have to figure it’ll be Rasner or Jeff Karstens with Kei Igawa starting for Scranton. Mo allowed an infield hit and that was it.
SIXTH INNING
This is the most tedious spring training game ever. No score after six, each team with three hits and soon it will be all minors leaguers in the game. Sorry for the lack of updates but I’m writing for the newspaper tomorrow, watching the game and keeping track of the NCAA tournament scores. Wow, does Carolina look good.
EIGHTH INNING
New Yankees lineup:
Duncan
Lane
Ransom
Porter
Castro
Ensberg
Molina
Cabrera
Yankees always have trouble with Sonnanstine, for some reason. This should be interesting.
Pete, you’re an awesome reporter, but I have no sympathies for a UConn junkie :-p
No game TV, but game audio on MLB.com
Yep, game audio. I’m listening right now. Unfortunately/Fortunately, it’s the away game feed.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/#20080321
Joe Maddon is lying through his teeth on the Rays pregame show.
How is he saying that Evan Longoria hasn’t done enough to warrant a spot in the major leagues? Mr. Blood and Guts baseball is blatantly lying.
Longoria is one of the top 3 prospects in baseball. He has nothing left to prove in the minors at all. He’s had a fantastic spring both offensively and defensively. Everybody has been raving about him in Florida.
The rays are going to give him the third base job because they’re cheap. They don’t want him accumulating major league service time.
Nothing to do with his ability. Purely financial.
Joe Maddon with more honest baseball talk. He’s definitely approaches the game “like they used to” – honest, tough baseball.
Meant to write the rays aren’t going to give him the third bas e job…
The national anthem singer is apparently auditioning to be on American Idol. Lovely vocalization. /sarcasm
For Longoria’s sake, I hope another team can wrangle him away.
Pete, you never told us about your dinner with Matsui (sounds like the title to a play). Have a good time? Any juicy tidbits you can share?
Too bad we have a first basemen
And I dunno about you guyses, but I like Shelley at first.
Tricky infield single. I wonder if Cano’s so used to having to range far to his right to field balls up the middle that he just does that on instinct or if it were really his ball.
Nice to hear Giambi dropped it, though. He is so inconsistent over there.
Elizabeth
Very fortunate to be receiving TB’s feed.
All other announcing teams > Sterling/Waldmann
I like Shelley at first, too, Rebecca, but you’ve gotta like what Giambi brings to the DH spot.
John–that was my thinking.
CB,
I think that’s one of the reasons why, no matter how much people talk about how the Rays could contend, they will never be a serious conender.
And what a waste of all those high draft picks!
I mean third baseman.
My neurons are fried.
I knew what you meant.
Hmm…Alex Rodriguez, Evan Longoria. It’s a toss-up, really.
Pretty messy, but Rasner got out of it
Pete –
Is that advertisement really for a book written by none other than the immortal Mike LaPuke-a?
Pulitzer material no doubt.
What’s next, Mike and the Mad Dog’s modern interpretation of Shakespaere’s plays?
Doreen,
I agree. The Longoria thing is so ridiculous because they keep saying that this is the year they are going to finally be serious and win. I understand that they don’t have a lot of money and preventing Longoria from becoming a super 2 player and delaying his free agency is a big deal to them down the line – but it sends such a bad message.
He’s played great – it’s obvious that money is the only reason he’s not going to be on the roster. And he has to listen to the manager just lie to the public that obviously?
Longoria could become the face of their franchise – their David Wright. And this is the way their trying to establish their relationship with him?
That said I think you have to look at the Rays differently since that first owner Vince Naimoli sold the team and after.
They’ve been a different franchise since Stuart Sternberg took over.
They’ve actually done a great job with their picks – we’ll see if they ever get any value from them at the major league level.
Well, I’m just glad I didn’t draft Longoria in my fantasy draft.
I have Hughes and Chamberlain and I’m considering picking Kennedy next. Does that make me too much of a homer?
The Rays are keeping Longoria in the minors so that they can keep him away from arbitration for another year.
They’re cheap.
I wish I could watch this. This audio sucks.
CB,
What good are the picks if you’re not going to use them? What if the only goal is to not lose money? What if the goal is to keep getting good picks – keeping them away from other teams, keeping payroll low?
“Pete, you never told us about your dinner with Matsui (sounds like the title to a play). Have a good time? Any juicy tidbits you can share?”
I think, if I remember correctly, that part of the deal with the dinner is that it’s off the record. So it’s more relaxed and stuff. I mean, the original point was for Matsui to get to know the NY press…he couldn’t have done that if he was going to be on the record all night, you know?
“What good are the picks if you’re not going to use them? ”
They are going to use them. I mean, they’re going to skip what…two months of Longoria. They’re not going to contend this year anyway. He’ll still be a part of their potential contending 2010 club, most likely.
Motown: I have Hughes and Joba! I nearly picked up Longoria, but I would have had to lose my utility man.
whozat -
I know, you’re probably right. It just SEEMS like Tampa is more interested in saving money than putting a contending club on the field. Not that they wouldn’t welcome a contending club if it should happen, but it sure seems more like a passive thing than, say, the Yankees or Red Sox.
Rebecca – I guess that makes me feel like less of a homer! I’ll have to see if Kennedy lasts until my next pick. Our league has a number of Mets and Red Sox fans, so I may be OK.
Doreen,
I agree. The Longoria thing is embarrassing. The left side of their infield in triple A will be better than their major league starting lineup.
It sends a bad message to the waves of talent they have in the minors. It tells all of them that they are going to only make the show when its financially optimal for the club and not based on their play.
Why should Tampa bring him up at any point all year? They aren’t going to contend. If they keep him in triple A until next May they’ll push back his service time a full 2 years.
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“but it sure seems more like a passive thing than, say, the Yankees or Red Sox.”
Well, the don’t have the resources of a club like that.
I dunno…the Longoria thing sends a bad message to the guys in the minors and to the fans. It also makes sense if, three years from now, they’re spending the extra salary room they’re creating right now on the finishing pieces to a team that might actually DO something. Of course, I have no way of knowing right now if that’s what they’re going to do.
Pete, I sure hope those pools are for entertainment purposes only and that no money actually changes hands.
Jon Heyman had one of the great trade stories/ rumors of the year in his column today.
Heyman’s is saying that when the yankees asked the A’s about Joe Blanton Beane asked for Joba and Phil in return.
That’s right – not one. But both.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....alt/1.html
Rizzuto: I use a Mac and haven’t had a problem.
CB, I like this bit from the article:
” It’s a stretch to call the Red Sox’s 66-minute strike heroic. It’s nice that they worked to get the pay of coaches boosted from $20,000 for the Japan trip. But why did the players have to be given a $40,000 bonus to go to Japan in the first place? And why didn’t they just consider sharing the extra money with the lower-paid coaches? It should be considered an honor to go to Japan to play, not to mention part of the job description.
“
I also ALWAYS listen to the opposing team’s radio feed (except the White Sox — they’re the only one worse than the Yanks’). I wonder whether they know how many of us can’t stand the Yankees broadcasters…
Thanks Ms. Optimist Prime, I guess it’s a problem with my connection or similar.
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CB – Wonder what the price would be if another team inquired about Blanton?
What are the chances of Tampa attempting to do what Florida did a couple times?
That would be – Field a short-term contender (or a winner) they can hardly afford given their miniscule fan base, reap the profits of a big season, dump or trade off the parts, then coast financially by paying guys barely fit for a sandlot team virtually the minimum salary for a few years.
This division and this league might make that more difficult than it was for Florida, so I don’t see it happening for a looooooong time unless they become front office geniuses, shell out lots of coin, the other 4 AL East teams make collectively a grotesque series of bad moves, and Maddon doesn’t burn his team out by June of any given season.
I know that the Matsui dinner is off the record; I was just wondering if Pete could share any off-the-record tidbits with us. You never know…
I would say harping on the Longoria situation is beating a dead horse…But the Rays deserve to be beaten, for that and for other reasons.
Either Billy Beane was not serious in asking for both Joba and Phil, or he’s not as smart as he’s cracked up to be. If Cash wasn’t trading Phil for Santana, he sure as heck wasn’t doing that deal. And since I think Billy Beane is a smart guy, at least in baseball matters, there must have been something else to it.
Mr Flip you’re giving me a headache!
Gosh, Tampa can’t do anything right. I saw Pena’s K on Gameday long before their crew called it.
Alan Horne pitched today in the AAA game today against the Rays triple A squad (which is a very good team that also had two major leaguers on it getting some swings).
Horne was fantastic. Chad Jennings the AAA beat reporter said it was the best he’s seen any pitcher look this spring. Jennings is a very good source and he doesn’t say things like that willy nilly.
Horne had a strange season last year – it was almost two seasons as he tired a great deal down the stretch and all of his numbers took a sharp dive.
Horne has talent. If he throws well he could get called up quickly – he’s not far from the majors. If Karstens, Rasner, etc don’t pitch well as long relievers Horne could get the call.
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Mr. Flip, how the F- do you do that?
Blanton …
For NY wouldn’t that be trading down if even any one of the 3 prodigal sons were involed? That’s not based on last year’s performances & before. I’m thinking what the next 3 years (at least) would be like.
To look at it the other way would be sort of like paying Randy Johnson a gazillion dollars a year based on the pitcher he used to be when he was killing the whole league.
This Tampa crew’s trying to be respectful, but the little man complex is subliminal.
CB I just spit my drink on my screen. Are they nuts! I’m sure Cash laughed so hard he busted a gut.
I wished I could afford $500 seats.
I think it’s a font. Check out the word initial. The “l” is floating.
I said a while ago that the Longoria situation would be a good test for the Rays management. I had hoped that they would send a message to the fans and to their players that things were different and keep Longoria in MLB to start the season.
Alas, new name, new uniforms, same old Rays.
I spend a lot of time in the Tampa area so I want them to be interesting since every game is on tv down there.
Maddon can’t come out and say what is really going on.
However, it strains credulity to believe that Manny Aybar is the answer for 3rd base for them.
Longoria will be back up by June if not sooner and he will be at 3rd for them from then on for as long as they can keep him.
Rebecca – “It should be considered an honor to go to Japan to play”
Are you nuts? I hope this isn’t censored but
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I hope I wasn’t too crude
Blanton is nothing more than a league average pitcher. Both Joba and Phil will be better than him this year.
The reason why the yankees have spent so much time and money developing young talent is so that they don’t need to overpay for arms like Blanton because they are desperate.
Beane asks every team for their 1-3 best prospects in every trade no matter what he’s giving up. I don’t know who’s going to bight on Blanton but it won’t be pretty.
I can only imagine what he wants for Huston Street.
Blanton isn’t worth Ian, Phil or Joba, but it wouldn’t be flushing the prospects down the toilet, either. You’re going to get 200/200+ innings of above-league-average pitching from Blaton, which is nothing to sneeze at. And Blanton is only 27, so I don’t see why his next three years means any doom and gloom. I wouldn’t trade for him, but you can see why he’s attractive to the Yanks with all the questions marks they have.
blah blah blah. these guys keep harping on the home plate ticket prices…
lol. They’re talking about how many Spring wins the Rays have.
“it’s not even a cliff floyd flyball away!”
“Mel”
What did Pete say about the Rays the other day?
They were getting fitted for their Grapefruit League Championship rings?
Ha! Too funny!
…Midnight for Ensberg?
OldYanksFan,
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OldYanksFan: would love a translation!
Rebecca,
Yeah they have to decide on keeping him by then. I think it’s silly if they don’t. We need another good right-handed bat.
Mr. Flip,
Uh, sorry you got that wrong. If I could do that, I’d be Ms. Flip.
R U going to teach us? We love to learn knew things here.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Rasner is traded in the near future; that is, if he isn’t assigned the long-man role. If he pitches well enough, there should be no lack of teams interested in acquiring him.
Andrea – If that is all you can put your hat on, who can blame them?
Flip- how in the world did you do that?
Blaton really isn’t an above average league pitcher.
His stats are very misleading. He plays in a home ballpark that has more foul territory than any park in baseball. Its why his splits are so drastic.
If he pitched in the AL East, he would get lit up.
He’s not that good.
He isn’t worth giving up Alan Horne and Dan McCutcheon. Let alone Joba and Phil.
These are the guys the Yankees will no longer persue in an attempt to upgrade their staff. They will simply pull from within because the talent is there.
2 tickets to opening day 2 t-shirts and more to opening day!!!
for 20 bucks!!
thats how much 2 beers cost at YS!
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http://www.revfad.com/flip.html
Rasner > Karstens
Now they’re shocked by how much Abreu walks.
Why can’t I be a radio broadcaster?
SJ44,
I meant to ask you the other day, I didn’t see you post on this…..
What’s your take on the Sox mini-strike the other day?
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I wouldn’t give up a good prospect, either. I don’t want anything to do with Blanton. But even if he’s JUST league average (you have to give him at least that) then he’s still someone who’s going to give you 200 innings, which teams are desperate for. So he does have some value — as a good fourth or fifth starter. My only point before was that he’s not totally without value. But he’s not worth a good prospect, that’s for sure.
Mr Flip – did you cut & paste it from Word with your page setting or your font rotated to upside down? Is it from Adobe?
The computer I’m on right now is in Japanese and I can’t read more than a couple kanji words yet. If I was on an English comuper I would be able to find out how.
“I said a while ago that the Longoria situation would be a good test for the Rays management.”
I agree with that completely. I like minor league baseball and the amount of talent they have is hard to get over.
But to what end.
And they have the first pick in the draft this year. Pedro Alvarez is considered by many to be the best college hitter since Mark Texeira. They could play him at first and have longoria at the other corner.
They could, they could….
jennifer: true, but I didn’t think the Announcers would be all about the spring championship.
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I think that guy just creamed over that double play
After 4 innings:
TB: 0-2-0
NY: 0-2-0
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mel: you might be my favorite.
That flip’s pretty neat. But did you notice, it doesn’t convert caps?
Mo in the game!!
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Rebecca: I definitely just had to turn my laptop upside down to read that whole thing.
Rebecca, thank goodness I’m on the laptop. I don’t think I could flip my monitor.
Andrea, ha! The night owls gotta stick together.
Ah I see the flip thingy. Nice.
And I thought lots of drinking needed to be involved. Dang.
Rebecca – I can ask for a translation later but I have a gut feeling the content would embarrass my wife!
Should I post it on your blog later if it doesn’t show up here before then?
What the Rays are doing with Longoria is a joke.
Its why, despite all the chest puffing they did this spring, nobody will take that organization seriously.
My take on the Red Sox situation is, I think its a standup thing to go to bat for their coaches and support personnel.
I think its a joke that MLB tried to hose those guys out of their stipends.
They have been cutting back on both teams since this deal was made. From limited tickets and airline space for family and friends to the coaching flap.
Oakland has no stick so a boycott by the A’s would mean nothing. The Sox had to do it to get their points across.
BTW, I still don’t think the solution is a fair one but, at least there is a solution.
MLB will spend more in private jet costs than it would have spent to just do what they agreed to do when the trip was booked.
Just another embarrassing episode in the reign of terror of Bud Selig.
mel: damn right! I’m surprised no one (other than you very early this morning) has mentioned the McNamee thing.
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Pete no question that Kei will end up in Scranton. I just hope he doesn’t take a spot away from someone more deserving.
How irrelevant are the Rays, couldn’t even sustain a rivalry past a week. How anticlimatic. The last 2 Tampa games have been duds.
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Ranting Guy: Most definitley! Just make sure you let me know who you are when you do so!
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SJ: Do you know what the deal was when the Yankees went over? Or the Mets?
Yikes, I completely forgot about tonight’s game against the Rays. Sounds like a nice outing for Rasner. My hat’s off to him for pitching again after the mangled finger last year.
It’s REALLY hard to focus on anything else with the NCAA Tournament going on. I can’t wait until Memphis takes the court later on. Siena is currently up by 12 on Vanderbilt.
Andrea,
Yeah, what’s with that? I mean a guy slams a bus (thank god no one was hurt) and it’s like nothing? Seriously, McNamee was quick to explain it’s a medical condition. But if he knew he had a history of fainting, should he be driving? I dunno. Kinda fishy.
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Rebecca,
Weren’t you the original night owl?
Curiously how has Pena done this spring.
And another curious question. I was wondering how do American players do when they go and play in Japan (since everyone seems to agree that Japanese pitchers aren’t that great).
Rebecca,
The Yankees got a pool of money from MLB for the coaches and support personnel.
The players held a vote and it was determined to distribute the money equally among the coaches and support personnel going on the trip.
Part of the problem with the Red Sox-A’s situation was, the money was a moving target. Nobody told the teams until the other day the final number. That number was the not the number originally agreed upon by the player reps and players from both teams.
The whole thing is an embarrassment for MLB. They are swimming in money, will spend a ton of it during this trip, and they just decided to strongarm the little people on the trip.
Coaches and support personnel don’t make a lot of money. Its not up to the players to pay them. Those guys are employed by teams under the MLB umbrella.
Its amazing to me MLB thought they could get away with it.
I’m glad they didn’t.
Rebecca; there’s a little group of us that are still awake at 2, 3, or 4 am. I think we might take it beyond night owl. I have to work at a grown up job next week though, so I might have to abandon my post.
Mel: Was I really?
i wish rasner gets the job. he deserves it unlike karstens whos gotten 4 million other chances already.
“I was wondering how do American players do when they go and play in Japan ”
Well, usually. Guys who can’t hack it here go over there and can get a job
“i wish rasner gets the job. he deserves it unlike karstens”
Um..until today, Rasner had been pitching WORSE than Karstens this spring.
Andrea, didn’t you have a bad cough that was keeping you awake for awhile? Is that better these days?
SJ: Interesting how things change, wasn’t that long ago that the Yankees were in Japan!
Andrea: Yeah, I’m usually asleep by three.
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This is probaby not the right place to post this but speaking of opening day. Children’s Health Fund is auctioning off 4 tickets (2 sets of 2) for opening Day. All Proceeds go to CHF. I got turned onto this organization last year wih Pete posted a link for the Johnny Damon HR club and they really do do great thins.
The auction is over at Ebay link below and just click on the ones with the CHF logo. Yes they wil get pricey but at least the money is going to a good cause and is tax deductible.
http://search.ebay.com/Yankees.....fmtsZinsif
On March 31, 2008, the New York Yankees will play their final opening day game in the historic Yankee Stadium and you could win tickets! The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) is auctioning off a total of 4 opening day field-level box seat tickets with 2 tickets in each auction on eBay. This auction will benefit our programs that deliver health care to thousands of poor and homeless children across America.
On another topic isnt the draft for our blog fantasy baseball league on Sunday??
whozat: That’s what I was about to say. Which makes me wonder why MLB scouts think that pitchers over there will be amazing here.
gayle: tickets are going for a pretty penny on stub hub and ebay. Might as well pay all that money for a good cause!
Andrea: Yeah, well, some people think the government does a good job, that Keanu Reeves can act and Britney Spears can sing.
“whozat: That’s what I was about to say. Which makes me wonder why MLB scouts think that pitchers over there will be amazing here.”
well, we think that pitchers who dominate in the minors will be amazing in MLB.
The thing that seems different to me is that, either due to the strike zone or the balls or the batters not having as much power or swinging more or SOMETHING, low walk rates over there don’t seem to translate over here. Igawa and Matsuzaka BOTH walked very few guys in Japan. And they come here and both have control problems.
OK WHAT IS GOING ON HERE with the upside down stuff? have I gone crazy?
Could these announcers be any dumber? The Yankees weren’t dominate all year? Um did he see them after the ASB? The Yankees had the best record!
SJ,
I agree… but doesn’t 40k for a 1 week trip seem like a bit much in general? I guess relative to player salaries and the money MLB makes it isn’t.
and are there any spots left on the fantasy league?
Oh and the 2nd Peteabeblog league needs one more team or it will be disbanded as we need ten teams to draft. So if there is one more person who wants in we need you
can we get a game update? ty
YES Mike we need you lol
Late in the game, but I think the Marlins are doing the same thing to Cameron Maybin that the Rays are doing to Evan Longoria. Read it on ESPN.com, i think?
e mail me with the details gayle please
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Upside down stuff, I don’t see any upside down stuff. Are you sure you didn’t drink too much Mike?
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Did they just make fun of that guy for having a mac? Rebecca–we should go beat him.
just two or three swigs of “cough medicine” Jenn…
Don’t recall who is in my fantasy league. But just a reminder MARCH 25 live draft at 8:30 pm!!!
Mike just sent you the info make sure to check the spam folder as it came from CBS the password for the league is Peteabe
Kyle was the one who set it so I hope I sent the right info lol
I’m a Mac guy!
Thanks Jennifer I thought it was SUnday but will changeit in my schedule I have another one that is on Sunday and got them confused
DAve,
Its relative to the industry they work in. Its not about what its like in regular, non-professional sports jobs.
Its money that was promised to them as a condition for the players voting to go on this trip. Then, it began to be systematically reduced.
Its not like Bud Selig and MLB’s travel party are reducing their expenses. Its all private airfare and 5 star hotels for them.
If MLB just lived up to the terms of the deal, this stuff wouldn’t have hit the fan.
SJ44,
Thanks.
I don’t know of any CEO as incompetent as Bud that not only gets to keep his job, but gets a multi-million dollar contract extension. I guess if you only look at popularity and revenues then by that measure he is successful. But the lack of leadership is appalling. He was completely AWOL on the steroid problem and is nearly always reactive vice pro-active as a manager.
Jennifer–re: the Rays announcers. I think he meant before they got hot.
After 6 innings:
TB: 0-3-0
NY: 0-3-0
I don’t understand how to do fantasy leagues.
“Late in the game, but I think the Marlins are doing the same thing to Cameron Maybin”
There were a lot of concerns about Maybin not being ready for the majors yet, though. He’s had what…20 games above A ball?
Pete, thanks for the shout out to UConn… From a current Uconn student, that loss was terrible to watch, and unberable to some extent, but they just plain didn’t play as well as they should. Guess this is just another reason to watch Yanks baseball, at least they play with coordination and effort.
high five mac people! (that’s you, MikeEff and Rebecca!)
thanks Gayle, i just signed up!
i’ see that this is H2H scoring. i’ve never done that before…suppose i’ll have to read up on it
chaoslover: At least your team made it.
Mine…we couldn’t @#$#@$ beat Villanova. WE HAD SEVEN PLAYERS! Aaaahhhh….
HIGH FIVE
HIGH FIVE
They still can’t get rid of the 2 tickets for 20 bucks.
whoo hoo way to go mike
HA the Rays announcers are ripping the soxs.
jennifer,
lol what are they saying?
Somehow I am ranked #37 on the Lohoud bracket pool whoo hoo its early but I am impressed even though Drake and St Joe’s killed me today but I do have Sienna lol
whozat, Maybin’s got 69 major league at bats.
Remind me how many Evan Longoria has again?
In all seriousness, though, I was referring to the “poor team” method of keeping their good young players back for as long as possible to keep them from cashing in. An interesting method, if not slightly horrible for the fans.
Lc talking about how the players association divided up the money. And why didn’t they divide up the money equally, something like that?
Was Bruney really pitching? Was that a purpose pitch?
“whozat, Maybin’s got 69 major league at bats.”
Yeah, and he was terribly overmatched.
The Tigers basically called him straight up from A ball at 20.
Maybin is talented but raw. Very raw. He’s also having a poor spring.
The situations are very different.
They keep hawking these $20 tickets, just a few dozen more. The game is close to being sold out. So I went to check if I could get the max tickets. And guess what I could! 50 tickets in section 129. Some how I don’t think they will sell out.
Mike glad you joined the league, we’re ready for the March 25 draft now.
What the heck is this game doing scoreless in the 8th?
Jennifer: buy them! We’ll all go!
It’s funny they let you buy 50 tickets at a time. I think the Yankees the most you can buy is 12. maybe 8.
shellys going to put the only run on the board
Andrea actually I think for premium games it is 4.
Damnit two of my final 4 teams are gone.
And one of my final 2.
jennifer: Which one?
1-0 Yanks! Who gets to close out the game?
Vandy
Morgan 0-4 hopefully this won’t hurt his chances, since no one else did anything.
2-0 Yanks, end of 8.
Tampa Bay and Big Boppers do not belong in the same sentence.
Gardener with a catch at the wall.
Tampa Bay and baseball don’t belong in the same sentence.
Jennifer: for premium games for the pre-sale for ticket holders, you could only get 2.
Brandon why so sad?
Jennifer, I had Vandy going far, too…oh well. I went from respectable yesterday to almost a complete disaster today. I think I got close to every game wrong. I’m racing for the cellar at this point. Sigh…
-Brandon why so sad?-
….
I am ranked 475 now.
ha! rays radio… “who says spring training games don’t count?”
what is happening in the game?
veras locks the game
Yay Yankees win!
I am now ranked #14 whoo hoo
yanks win 2-1… because it matters to maddon; his grapefruit championship might be slipping
Jenn -
I’m at 477!
Gayle – good going for your so far!
Siena destroyed Vandy tonight. They looked really impressive!
Thanks guys. I hate spring training gameday. Spring training games certainly don’t matter to gameday.
Congrats gayle!! Keep it up. It would be really cool if someone from the blog wins!
thanks kyle, i’ll look forward to the draft…it seems quite a bit different than the yahoo draft i’m more used to
Thanks Doreen I will take it now as I had St Joes an USC going to the Elite 8 so those two are gone but my final 4 is still alive
Mike I am with you I am hoping that they will have a mock one so you can test out the system before the draft with Yahoo so I dont get all confused that night
Gayle, that’s awesome.
I’m…765. But, I have all my final fours, elite eights and fourteen of my sweet sixteens.
As a UConn alum all I can say at this point is…. let the Yankee season begin. March 31st can’t come soon enough.
Any news on Morgan?
Never mind.
Check Pete’s next post.
I knew he’d make it, Morgan the first name of my great great grandfather who came to America from County Tipperary, Ireland in 1838. This a good move that will pay dividends for the Yankees in 2008.
Some of you know that I am a Red Sox fan. However, I have never been to a game at Yankee stadium and would like to this year before it no longer exists. I suspect that Yankee/Red Sox tickets are hard to get, but do any of you have any advice on how to get tickets to some other game. Should I just go to Yankees.com?
Go to Yankees.com if you want to pay face. If you don’t care what you pay hit craigslist or stubhub.
gayle i’m going into a mock draft there in about 8 minutes. look on the home page and you should be able to join one any time