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This is a view from one of the broadcast booths. Just think, five months from now Joe Morgan will be sitting here explaining how wins and losses determine the worth of a pitcher.
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Or maybe not as rumour is they are breaking up Jon Miller and Joe Morgan not sure which of them is gone
He’ll still be doing the Monday night games, but luckily those are blacked out if the Yankees are playing.
Are they? That sucks…
As sad as this sounds…id rather listen to Michael Kay instead of Joe Morgan…at least some of the time Kay makes sense.
Oh..joy?
Joe Morgan? Sheesh way to ruin the mood Pete. :p
John Miller is horrible to listen to. He is more concerned with listening to himself speak than the content of what he says. His pauses never match up to what is being said, so either he has a mental problem formulating ideas and putting them into words or he is just in awe of his own voice and wants to make sure others are.
Surprised that this isn’t made with larger panes, it seems they open up, but still, if they are closed for whatever reason they block the viewing quite a bit.
No news here.
Yankees will offer CC, Burnett, Lowe
Jon Heyman01:17 PM ET 11.14 Share
The Yankees will make an offer to exceed Johan Santana’s $137.5-million contract today to top target CC Sabathia and closely follow that bold first strike with proposals within the next day or two to two more star free-agent pitchers, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, SI.com has learned.
The Yankees’ aggressive three-pronged free agent pitching approach puts them in position to dominate the free-agent market.
The Yankees are hoping to blow away the field for Sabathia, who prefers to play in California if all things are equal, then fashion the rest of their rotation from a very strong free-agent market for pitchers. The Yankees don’t expect immediate acceptances from all three pitchers, but one competing executive said, “I wouldn’t be shocked to see the Yankees sign all three guys.” (That’s probably a long shot, however.)
The Yankees expect Mike Mussina to make his decision whether to return for another year sometime next week, but they are still expecting him to retire. Two-time Yankee Andy Pettitte appears to be a fallback option at this point — though his chances to return are quite possible barring affirmative answers form the three outside free-agent pitching targets they covet.
The Yankees’ proposal to Sabathia will exceed the total amount and actual value of the Mets deal for Santana, whose record $137.5-million contract is estimated to be worth about $123 million when deferred dollars are figured in. Sabathia’s first offer this winter came from the Brewers and was for $100 million over five years. But people familiar with that deal say it is actually worth closer to $18 million annually when all the deferred dollars are figured, meaning it is with about what Barry’s Zito’s deal is worth on an annual basis, though much less than Zito’s total of $126 million.
The Yankees remain interested in Manny Ramirez but are concentrating on the pitchers now with the expectation that Ramirez won’t sign quickly with anyone, certainly not the Dodgers, who bid $45 million over two years, far below Ramirez’s request for a five- or six-year deal. Meanwhile the Yankees chances to sign star free-agent first baseman Mark Texieira are greatly diminished now that they have acquired first baseman Nick Swisher.
Hey Pete…thanks for taking all the time to put these pics on the blog. I have no idea where my seats will be till January but at least I know I’m in the Stadium. The new YS will be absolutely unbelievable but I’m really going to miss the old one…so many memories there. As Jeter said…I’ll bring the old memories to the new stadium to add to the new memories…hopefully starting with the 27th Championship….
Go Yankees 2009 !!!
I can’t wait to hear Joe Morgan give another shout out to his daughter’s gymnastics team.
Great. firejoemorgam.com just closed down shop.
tom, did that website ever exist?
last i checked, ‘morgan’ is only spelled with one ‘m’
Pete… I was entranced by the aura of the Stadium (capitalized) emanating from your photography, UNTIL you had to spoil it by mentioning Hall of Famer (he reminds you) Joe Morgan.
You’re about my age, so you doubtlessly remember Joe Morgan at bat. As a lad, I had to ask myself: “What the h*ll is that?”
Enough of that. Back to the stadium.
wow. major vantage points reflect a look and feel very much like the old. very happy to see this.
thanks for posting these Pete!
LOL.
Please, no Joe Morgan references. I’m on vacation of him.
I seem to live in the minority: I like Miller and Morgan. Certainly more than Buck and McCarver.
Morgan’s thoughts on baseball are as cloudy as his eyes.