Comments on: Pinch hitting: Zac’s Yankees Blog

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:12:40 +0000

Let’s put things in perspective, once and for all. The “Cathedral” was torn down and replaced within with another ballpark, with similar, although less lenient dimensions (and in the same place) during the renovation. The new ballpark did not have many of the features (facade, shadows, wind currents, sitelines, full bleachers) that us baby boomers and the fathers that took us to it when we were little. It was neither the Babe’s, nor Gehrig’s, noe DiMaggio’s. nor Yogi’s, nor Mickey Mantle’s nor Roger Maris’ ballpark. It was something else, rebuilt on the same property with a fake facade that was “moved” to the outfield. And don’t forget that we lost players to the Shea swamp, while the old stadium was being reconstructed (not renovated, in reality) of top of its wobbly frame. (A public hazard.) The new stadium is, MAYBE, a worthy successor to the magnificent and old 1923 model. (Funny how it took almost the same amount of time to build the new one now as it did to “renovate” the old one in the mid 1970s.) The question now is how to adjust the team to the new economic reality of the country and to humanize the stadium seating configuration so that it brings in, rather than excludes, the fans, the people, who supported the Yankees through the years…and flocked to them when the Dodgers and the Giants deserted the city and region. But I wonder if anyone is sufficiently awake to take the initiative.

By: jett

jett — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:19:33 +0000

For anyone who’s sick of hearing that the Yankees buy their championships, take a look at this article:

http://riveravereview.blogspot.....r-way.html

By: Joey2689

Joey2689 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:35:45 +0000

Great post Zac. “Yankee magic” is something that is taken for granted by Yankee fans. It seems to surround the franchise.

By: IB6 UB9

IB6 UB9 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:33:37 +0000

My best memories of the 2001 WS were:

- the Diamondback fan holding up a sign on the network broadcast saying ‘It will take more than 9 Yanks to beat our Johnson!’

- the early 2002 interleague game against Arizona when the fans starting chanting, “Put in Kim! Put in Kim!”

Otherwise it stunk.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:21:34 +0000

The sooner this off-season ends, the sooner I’ll be very happy, lol. It’s like this is the Sox and Yankees world and everyone else is just living in it!

This could work out well for the Sox or it could not……I don’t know what the Yankees thought process is except that I would say that they are very satisfied with the bullpen options they already have. I can understand that. They have spent an awful lot of $$ on improving their team (which they had to do – they were already behind the Sox in terms of pitching) and they have a couple of other issues they need to deal with first before spending extra $$$ on the pen.

By: Noreaster

Noreaster — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:16:14 +0000

The talk on EEI is that they may just be getting ready to deal a young arm or two for a catcher of the future.

By: pat

pat — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:12:50 +0000

Has Boston given all these “bargains” major league deals? Current roster is at 39 and Seito brings it to 40.

They either need to do a 3+ player trade for a catcher to free up sapce to add Smoltz,Kotsay and a catcher, another major league contract trade for prospects or they are going to need to start just kicking people loose.

By: GreenBeret7

GreenBeret7 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
January 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
“There isnt that much to say in response to the post. Ive tried. We could start recalling our favorite moments but frankly, that doesnt really make for interesting conversation or spark discussion.”

This is a blog which means its what you make of it. Just because you have decided that a discussion can’t be made out of a post because it doesn’t interest you specifically doesn’t mean its the case.

For a self admitted new poster around here, you sure sound a bit dictatorial.

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Angel, you’ll have to disregard Ol’ Dave’s rantings. He’s in love with seeing his words in print. Don’t worry, though…if you missed anything he’s said, don’t be concerned, bedcause you’ll see the same windbag spouting at least 5 times a day.

By: Noreaster

Noreaster — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:07:58 +0000

Jennifer – The other thing that drives me crazy about Gammons comment on Penny is that if he signed with the Yankees, he would have brought up the fact that he has never pitched in the ALEast. Penny is fat, coming off the DL and has never pitched in the ALEast. AJ has ++ stuff, is coming off his best year and is an ALEast vet. Exactly how can Penny be as good?

By: Russell NY

Russell NY — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:02:27 +0000

Lets not go crazy… if the Yankees signed Smoltz, Penny, Saito and Baldelli REAL cheap we would be celebrating. Even if players make full with all the incentives Boston still got a steal with the total money being paid out.

That being said, everyone likes to say “All these players are a luxury to the Red Sox.” Well I disagree. When Youkilis, Pedroia, Dice-K, and Lester regress this year (regression from unreal last year is still good) they will be NEEDING some of these players to come through.

Baldelli isn’t scary but the other 3 guys can be pretty damn good if healthy. However, none of them particularly scare me. Smoltz is an old man with shoulder surgery and despite Saito only pitching 3 years in the majors so far lets not forget he was born in 1970, had health issues last year, and was rejected by the Dodgers this year. Not to mention he was pitching against the Giants all season