Yankees, Girardi do their part for Alzheimer’s Disease research
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Here’s a commercial the Yankees and manager Joe Girardi did for the New York City chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Girardi will will be honored with the Community Leadership Award at the Association’s “Forget-Me-Not” gala tonight at The Pierre. Accepting the award on his behalf will be David Cone.
The manager will be joined by Cone, Al Leiter, Michael Kay and others on June 15 at the Grand Central Oyster Bar for the second annual “Remember When, Remember Now” gala to benefit Girardi’s Catch 25 foundation.
The money raised will benefit the New York City Chapter of The Alzheimer’s Association, the Central Illinois Chapter, based in Peoria, and Alzheimer’s Research at the Texas Medical Center’s Neurological Institute.
Tickets are $250 with tables for 10 priced at $5,000 and $2,500. Call (212) 972-5337 to purchase tickets or e-mail johnnycigarpr@aol.com
Girardi’s father, Jerry, is afflicted with the disease.
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Chad Jennings
Sam Borden
That’s refreshing.
It is a great cause to get behind, having seen my grandparents go through it. It is very painful to witness. Especially in the early stages where they have some moments of awareness and can’t figure out what is wrong.
Hopefully one day we will find a cure for this cruel disease.
That was a really good PSA. A great cause. It’s something I think all of us fear – whether for ourselves or an aging loved one. I hope they do find a cure or a prevention for this terrible disease.
Swisher is a good dude, no doubt.
Good luck to your nephew SJ, things sound good.
As for Gardner, I’m his biggest supporter, but that was inexcusable yesterday. He has to take second there, especially when he was told to go. Oh well.
This one hits home all too well as my father has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.
Go Yanks!!!
Not to revive a tired debate, but I read this from Bronx Banter Blog which was quoted from Baseball Prospectus:
“The Yankees couldn’t move right-hander Joba Chamberlain from the rotation back to the bullpen if they wanted to at this time, because shoulder problems make it too difficult for him to warm up quickly.”
That’s news to me.
Is there a way for us Yankee Fans to sign a petition to get Jose Veras and Angel berora off our team!!!!! Those 2 are the top 5 to punch in the face on Facebook!!!
Thanks bad scooter. Eight days to go. I expect a crazy week coming up.
SJ,
What was Friday night like. That had to be insane.
“Is there a way for us Yankee Fans to sign a petition to get Jose Veras and Angel berora off our team!!!!!”
Absolutely. Cashman is notorious for responding to such petitions by immeidately carrying out the fans’ wishes.
Re: Joba shoulder problems and warming up.
Is this just speculation based on last year’s injury and the first inning problems this year?
If it is a reality, this is the first time it has come to light at all, beyond the injury speculation with Joba having lower velocity early in ST.
“Thanks bad scooter. Eight days to go. I expect a crazy week coming up.”
SJ44 – did you hear that Keith Law thinks there’s a chance the Pirates take him 4th overall?
Thanks for this, Pete. A little perspective on a Monday morning…
First Pedro Alverez from Washington Heights, Jose Tabata from our system…now Tony Sanchez from SJ’s family
Damn that Bucs organization
Coach,
Wild, wild weekend. First off, they comeback from 3 down in the 9th on Friday to win 8-7. Unbelievable game.
You say, “What can top that”? A 25 inning, 7 hour game on Saturday night. To top it off, they lose a 4-3 heartbreaker yesterday on a blown call at first base that would have scored the tying run.
Then, as if what I described above wasn’t enough, the umpires decide not to leave the field after the game, park themselves in front of the BC dugout, and get into verbal confrontations with the players and coaches that almost escalated into something more serious.
BC was the home team Saturday night. That means, they had 17 chances to win the game in their final AB. SEVENTEEN! Amazing!
During the night, I was thinking about how some of the bloggers here would be posting if there was a blog up for that game! lol
We would have definitely lost some folks. It was some kind of event.
Plus, to do it in Austin was cool. Its funny, my firm does a lot of business with UT, particularly UT football but, I’ve never been Austin until this weekend.
Its a very cool and funky place. More like Berkeley and Boulder than Texas. It was a great ballpark and the people were really nice.
All in all, except for the results, a memorable weekend for the kids and their families.
Mark,
I don’t know. My guess and hope is that it’s just speculation. I don’t have a subscription to Baseball Prospectus so I couldn’t read the article quoted, just that one quote mentioned in Bronx Banter Blog.
Here’s a link to the article at baseball prospectus:
http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=8979
Someone Else,
I did. You know what all that means? Nothing! lol
You hear all kinds of stuff down the home stretch.
I expect more to heat up this week.
Brandon,
The good news is the Pirates seem like they don’t mind doing business with the Yankees. So, who knows?
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Looks like I’m not meant to see Bruce in the fall. Had the tickets. Had them. Clicked the continue button – and my browser just stopped. No movement whatsoever, as I helplessly watched the timer count down and then time out. So, I’m back on virtual line, hoping that there’s 4 tickets still to be had.
Sometimes, things are just not meant to be. I suspect October 3rd would be a pretty chilly night, anyway.
SJ:
Heard the two long relievers, and I do mean long, threw 169 (Texas) and 129 (BC) pitches respectively. How crazy is that? Makes you wonder about the coaches a little.
SJ,
I have been in that situation you describe with the umpires, only with Football officials. What good do they actually think can come from it. I could not believe that ESPNU never cut to that game Saturday night. I was watching the bottom line all night trying to see the result. It sounds like a great weekend.
“Are you saying that they should be giving him the direct signal to go more often?”
doreen-
exactly. you have to practice executing. the yankees have so many good hitters they don’t often play aggressively with small ball stuff. when they do , they haven’t prepared well for it.
that’s what happened yesterday.
the between a rock and a hard place that the yankees are in shows with what happened with robertson. for him to learn to play well while scared he has to go in over his head. he won’t learn if he doesn’t. on the other hand, the yankees will lose some games as he experiences this.
some players won’t ever learn to play under pressure. some can learn if given the chance to fail enough. this is just very hard with the yankees.
at times the manager has to pull a player when he just can’t even breath. that’s what robertson looked like to me. better to pull him and give him another learning experience elsewhere.
when i was younger i used to put myself in positions when i was in over my head on purpose. it’s the only way to challenge yourself and learn to handle pressure situations. i’ve called games against the two person world champion beach vollyballball team. got beat 15-1.
bet money against tour players in golf. lost it. challenged a top ten national pro long drive guy to a driving contest. almost beat him , but lost the bet. i tricked him though by saying one swing. he choked on the first swing and only hit it 340. we tied and the second swing he hit it 360 and that was that.
in baseball, i bluffed my way onto a pro baseball team managed by clete boyer as a bullpen catcher after only catching 30 games in my life. i was terrible at first, but i had picked up the ability to fail by then without it making me quit.
graig nettles was on that team and watching him and others like him play up close i noticed that under pressure these guys had what i call gunslinger eyes. it only happened at key points in a game, but it was easy to see. you did not want to mess with them when they had that look.
gardner and robertson can learn how to do this and play without fear, but they’ll have to fail alot of times before they get it. that’s just how it is.
ESPNU picked the wrong game to televise Saturday night. I had guys I know in the majors texting me during the game and telling me they had the game on their computer in the room when they heard it hit the 17th inning1 lol
The sad/crazy thing (depending on your point of view) is, those two kids are the respective teams CLOSERS. That’s just not the way to go, IMO.
I wasn’t a happy camper yesterday when Tony had to catch the last inning of the game because they PH for the backup catcher. Catching again after 25 innings the night before?
That’s why I said the other night, college coaches scare the crap out of both parents and MLB folks because they go overboard at tournament time.
It’s great to see Girardi and the Yankees promoting a good cause. It is refreshing to see this in a time where baseball in general has been taking a p.r. hit. Charles Fazzino created pop art for the Alzheimer Association and was honored at this gala, too. Coincidentally, he has also made some pretty cool 3d pop art for the Yankees, too.