Bernie to appear in Westchester
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 29, 2009 
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If you’re in Westchester tomorrow, Bernie Williams will be at the Borders on East Main Street in Mount Kisco at 7 p.m. signing copies of his new CD Moving Foward. He will be performing as well.
If you’re going, Bernie will only be signing CDs. Leave your ratty old jersey at home.
For more in Bernie and how to get the CD (which is very good) go to Bernie Williams.com
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Also, now that he has time on his hands, Angel Berroa will be at the Social Security office in Yonkers signing copies of his new book Cap Anson: My Best Friend in Baseball.
It’s official. GGBG is not an everyday player based off of his 0-8 the last two days. No everyday ballplayer in the history of baseball has gone 0-8 in two games. The way people jump to conclusions on here is unbelievable.
Angel Berroa @ the S.S. office——Good one Pete
Exactly how old is Berroa?
I get out of White Plains at 6:30…I just might have to go get myself a copy of Bernie’s CD. The wife loves her some jazz.
Bernie will also be appearing at the Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway & 50th in Manhattan tonight standing for Les Paul during his regular Monday night gig.
Haven’t caught one of the shows yet, but he’s done it the last three weeks.
The Berroa line might have a bit of humor in it, had Anson not been the player/owner/manager behind having Fleetwood and Welday Walker banned from baseball and the “gentleman’s agreement” on keeping blacks, Indians and other non-whites out of baseball.
Berroa birthdate 1/27/1978, but that was in Dominican Republic, so add a few more years.
Bad Scooter,
Glad you took on that post! lol
The kid is hitting .350 since May 1 and he’s now not an everyday player because he didn’t get a hit the last two games.
Personally, I’d play Melky in right, Gardner in center and Swisher at DH more games than not because I think its the best lineup for this particular Yankee team.
Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922)
I thought Berroa founded baseball. So that was a myth?
My life will never be the same after this shocking revelation.
wow low blow for berroa there. he isnt even on the team lol
SJ44-I like that lineup.
I liked Gardy before the year started. I always contended that he had the ability to surprise a few people and become an above avg. to really good every day player.
i think the verdict is still out on wether gardner is an everyday player but i don’t think melky is.
girardi should play gardner more to see exactly what we have or don’t have.
i can’t wait for the day that we have a dinamic cf playing with tec,jeter,cano,arod & the rest.
if we had a real good cf now we would be nasty.
Im still bitter Berroa won the 2003 ROY and that Matsui got gipped. Particularly considering how Ichiro won a ROY. Ichiro qualified as a rookie but Matsui did not? Still burns me.
“Berroa birthdate 1/27/1978, but that was in Dominican Republic, so add a few more years.”
Good thing I passed math this year — dont know numbers for the life of me…
Its ok to play hot hands though. You don’t have to have a set lineup every day.
With the OF they have right now, guys like Damon and Swisher need some time off. Having Gardner and Melky allow for that.
Also, Matsui as a DH is entirely dependent upon his knees. When they flare up, he’s a PH. When they don’t, he can DH.
Its good to have options. Especially when guys like Swisher, Matsui, Melky and Gardner can be streaky at times.
I want to see how Matsui responds with having 10 days off first before I have Swisher take some of his at-bats at DH.
I have a feeling that Matsui is going to come on strong in July.
bru-Our two headed CF has actually done quite well.
Our biggest offensive hole (and we have remarkably few) is DH.
Hey Pete, be careful with the Angel Berroa cracks, he and Izzy Mandelbaum are tight…
And our DH position isn’t doing that bad.
SJ: Respectfully, I disagree with you.
I think BOTH Melky and Gardener are at their best when they are not assured of starting every day. Sitting one of Melky/Gardner/Swisher per game would, IMO, keep the spirit of competition up.
Gardner especially, to me, has played best when coming off the bench or otherwise not playing every day.
i like gardner in cf,melky in rf,swish at dh also.
gives the team a nice different look.
the dh spot is better & gardner & melky both in the lineup gives us better defense.
Filling in for Les Paul at Iridium is pretty cool.
Bernie’s gotta be happy with that.
Rebecca-the thing with Gardner is that it’s tought to tell. He started playing full time at the start of the year, and he hit a cold streak and was taken out. Now he’s een platooned and got really hot recently. But since this only his first season we have no idea if this is a result of him being platooned or because he had a normal cold start.
From the last thread:
“So are you saying that Beane is washed up?
Innovation is one way to win games. But if that’s going to be your strategy then you’ll need continuous innovation or you’ll wind up irrelevant.”
No, I’m saying that an innovator is more likely than others to keep bringing forth worthwhile ideas, even if any particular innovation becomes less valuable over time because it is copied by others.
The repositioning of the Oakland farm system into one of the top systems in baseball is a case in point.
I like
cf-melky
lf-swish
rf-dye
dh-damon
Gardner spots starts
Gardner has been great he lead AL rookies in average, obp, runs, walks & stolen bases. He might be 0 for his last 7 but he got 2 walks last night he is not going to get a hit every game no player is.
“Rebecca-the thing with Gardner is that it’s tought to tell. He started playing full time at the start of the year, and he hit a cold streak and was taken out. Now he’s een platooned and got really hot recently. But since this only his first season we have no idea if this is a result of him being platooned or because he had a normal cold start.”
Agreed. However, every scouting whatchamacall it projects Gardner as a 4th OF–thereby ideal for a platoon.
“Gardner has been great he lead AL rookies in average, obp, runs, walks & stolen bases.”
Seriously?
I like that outfield/DH alignment too.
Tim Boat, Matsui did qualify for ROY. He wasn’t elected though, coming in second to Berroa.
Pete,
Personally, I would have went with “Happy Felch” over Anson, but that’s just me.
I’ve got an innovative idea.
As between Gardner, Cabrera, Swisher and Matsui, on any given day I would start the three I thought most likely to hit the opposing starting pitcher well.
Right now, I think Matsui would be the odd man out, but it wouldn’t necessarily remain that way.
Yes he does..I heard that the other day and was quite surprised.
I’m with Rebecca, they both have seemed to be at their best when the competition is on going.
Rebecca-Just because scouts say that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. This has been mentioned hundreds of times on this blog, but scouts passed over Pujols because he “couldn’t hit breaking balls”.
My point, and I’m not even really arguing with you, is that we should wait and see how Gardy’s rookie year turns out.
Gardner as starter: .255/.338/.362 Gardner as a sub: .556/.600/.889
As a starter: 9 SB in 40 games. As a sub: 8 SB in 26 games.
Gardner has a .643 (!!!!) BABIP as a sub.
http://www.baseball-reference......;t=b#stsub
I don’t recall who posted the link to the article where people around baseball were praising Mo, but thanks! That was a nice article – very gratifying.
Joe Benigno sounds like a dope – he thinks it’s so easy to close games in the post season, so easy that Frankie would have a few rings? LOL Shows how much he knows….whatever, he sounds like a bitter old man.
IMO, Matsui is done, or close to.
Rebecca-You even agreed though. He had hit a cold streak when he started at the beginning of the year. We need to wait and see.
Wait till they come: Agreed. Absolutley agreed Just saying what I think will happen–but that’s no reason not to try.
And, uh, guys, this on Twitter: RT @swbyankees: Ivan Nova making Triple-A debut has no-hitter through 4 innings.
I don’t think Matsui is totally finished. I think this should be his last American year, but I can recall two times this season he hit a cold streak and was “finished”, and both times he came back strong.
Matsui can still be a very useful player.
That was funny Pete the Berroa joke
Yes these guys have their moments but I keep feeling about CF like I felt about 1B for the longest — like could we just get an actual 1B-man? Instead of hoping for the best from a bunch of fill-ins, some more absurd than others? I was beyond thrilled that they got MT, an actual 1B-man if ever there was one, and I watch him play his position with great pleasure. But now like any insatiable NYY fan I want more. I want an ACTUAL CF!!! Somebody there’s no mistaking for something else.
Please. Would it kill you, FO? I’m begging.
My invitation to Derek’s Turn 2 Foundation Dinner was clearly lost in the mail…please report in tonight if you attended!
Gray suit? Minka? Eyes especially green?
What do I watch tonight? The Mets on SNY or Halladay vs. the Rays on MLB.tv?
The Angel Berroa jokes have become so pathetically lame — if I may add my 2 cents. . .
These games vs. the Mariners should be pitcher’s duels.
I say this w/o knowing the Seattle starters. only that all of their wins (and a lot of their losses) are pitcher’s duels.
Halladay – Rays
Rebecca-How about the second Melky walk off on Yankees’ classics?
“I want an ACTUAL CF!!! Somebody there’s no mistaking for something else.”
Do you have anybody in mind? Unfortunately, most of the good CF talent in the league are cost controlled first contract types. I think most of us are hoping Ajax will be ML ready next year, but it will probably take him 3 years to reach his full potential. If he can even hit ML pitching when he gets there, no sure thing.
Beningo was asked if Rivera was the most important Yankee during the dynasty and he brought up the fact that they won 1 with Wetland as a closer and if they had another good closer like K-Rod, they would have still won.
The “most important player of the dynasty” opinion varies. Don’t kill the guy for having an opinion.
Everybody still talks about Holliday, something I don’t get at all.
Wait Till They Come:
Ah, but I was at that game in person and nothing can top seeing it in person! But I’ll probably flip it on in the end.
I think maybe I’ll watch both the Mets and Halladay, and just play sound on whichever one entertains me more.
People here said that people like Francessa and co. shouldn’t “worship” the Sox.
So why should Beningo, a Mets fan, worship the Yankees?
Just be a little fair.
Earl-I heard that and had no issue w/it. I respectfully disagree, though. Mo has been better than anybody else ever was in the postseason and WS.
You can make a strong arguement for Andy Pettite as the most important player on the dynasty teams.
I love how people are killing SNY for not going overboard on praise for the Yankees.
Have any of you listened to Kay on his show? He doesn’t even hide the fact that he hates the Mets.
I have no idea why Mets fans listen to Kay or Yankee fans listen to SNY to try and find praise for the other team. These guys are going to stay within their boundaries and protect their own team. That’s how the media works in this town.
Um, Betsy… If you watched the segment with Beningo, you would not be that offended by what he said. He just had a different opinion, that’s all. He wasn’t “bashing” anybody.
Yanks 172– Because the Yankees are A) in a different league than the Mets B) In a different division than the Mets C) Not currently holding a playoff position that may stop the Mets from playing in October or D) All of the above.
The way Francessa slurps the Red Sox and their farm system he may as well come out and admit that he is a front runner and no longer roots for the Yankees.
I know, Mark from Tampa. It sounds like a delusional fantasy… an ACTUAL CF of our very own. But it hasn’t been that long ago that an actual 1B was considered beyond hope, and here we are. So I can’t help looking larcenously at other people’s lawfully owned A-CF’s and wondering if there isn’t some how, some way, to pry one loose.
Your reminding me how long it will be before our infant prodigy will be a full-fledged major league CF of the sort that I have in mind does not help!
I don’t take Pete’s jokes too seriously, they are kinda amusing.
Skip Bayless is a nutcase though.
He was trying to construct an arguement that Tiger Woods had trouble under pressure.
Seriously. Tiger Woods. The single greatest athlete in the clutch I’ve ever seen.
Then there were his insane rantings on the Yanks…
Online, rotoinfo.com says that they have a “rumored” list of the 103 players that failed the 2003 steroid test.
http://www.rotoinfo.com/read_a.....icleId=318
I don’t know why they only have 103 when mlb says they have 104.
Remember last time we faced Brandon Morrow (tomorrow’s starter)? September last year… he took a no hitter into the 8th inning and it was broken up by Betemit.
You’re welcome, Betsy
How dare a Mets fan not gush over a Yankees milestone!!!
Rob-I disagree. He’s a Yanks fan. He just wants to attract viewers.
Facinating:
4 (8) Rays 42-35 Tropicana Field is the only stadium with at least a home run in every game (39) this year.
From now on, I decree with my powers as King of the conceited that Tropican Field will be known only as the Homerdome.
TropicanA Field.
Joey’s Poodle,
It doesn’t help that BJ Upton, Adam Jones, and Alex Rios are in our division. Notice I left out Ellsbury, he seems to be kind of a cross between Melky and Gardner. Rios plays right, but would probably be CF if Wells wasn’t there. I thought there might have been a chance to get him earlier this year, Toronto seemed disillusioned with him. But in-division trades are awfully tough. Granderson would be nice, but no way Det gives him uip either.
“He’s a Yanks fan. He just wants to attract viewers”
Can he at least find other ways to do it? I turn on Brandon Tierney 1050 who’s a Yankee fan and he doesn’t kiss the RS fanny just to get calls.
mark from tampa/joey’s poodle – I’d say Brett Gardener is pretty close to being an actual CF. What more do you want or need?
Has anyone seen the supposed list of 104 steroid users that was reported to have been leaked?
Apparently Jeter, Rivera and Posada are NOT on it, which is expected but still good to have verified, if the list is real.
Trevor-Yes well he’s not quite as arrogant or pompous.
I’m turning on the Yankees’ classic now.
Our House — I’m sure that is probably why he does it but I can’t help but look at him and get disgusted by how he fawns all over these rookie bullpen arms. It’s sort of a joke. I guess that’s the gimick eh? Trying to get me to call up and call him a moron so people will watch him on YES give me the handwave.
BTW CB I went to Barnes and Noble last week and they didn’t have DeLillo’s ‘Underworld’. I went with ‘Americana’ as a substitute, it seemed interesting enough. It’s been great so far.
Vrsce, I just posted it up above…
http://www.rotoinfo.com/read_a.....icleId=318
Discounting Mo’s role in 96′ is a major oversight.
He pitched about 50 more innings with nearly a 1 run lower ERA. If you remember, Mo was the 7th AND 8th inning guy.
It’s easy to say any good closer could have closed out all those post season games but if you had a choice, who would you want.
Trevor Hoffman is an excellent closer. Do you think he closes out all those games from 98-00?
Every manager in baseball would pick Mo.
Like I mentioned, you could probably make a very strong case for Pettite having been the most important dynasty player.
Rebecca–Optimist Prime
June 29th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Gardner as starter: .255/.338/.362 Gardner as a sub: .556/.600/.889
As a starter: 9 SB in 40 games. As a sub: 8 SB in 26 games.
Gardner has a .643 (!!!!) BABIP as a sub.
http://www.baseball-reference......;t=b#stsub
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He only has a small sample size to judge that. This year he was only the starting cf in april for 18 games and last year he was horrible until Kevin Long changed his batting stance. It is impossible to judge a inexperienced player with that small of sample size. He might be a good 4th outfielder or he might be a everyday player who knows.
Vrsce: Indeed, Jeter, Rivera and Posada are not on the list.
Is it wrong that I feel bad for the Mets…’cause I do…
It’s not like Francessa’s praise for the Sox is unwarranted. Look at what they have become since 2004.
Not every fan of a team has to be a homer. Look at Beningo… he always bashes his team and is never positive, but nobody ever questions his fandom.
Francessa is just one of this cynical fans who has been shell shocked form 04 and has decided to accept the Sox as superior rather than trying to convince people otherwise, in a losing effort. I don’t think that makes him less of a fan.
Sean,
Thanks.
A quick review does not reveal any glaring Yankee sins, other than Pettite, Clemens and Arod. I am not fussed about Damon, Boone, Sexson or any other part time Yankee. Ortiz and Manny are there and a cross section of good players. If this list is authentic it can serve to put the whole thing to rest, as most MLB players did PED’s, however the very top Yankees did not, i.e. Jeter, Rivera, Jorge.
Time to let it go, with a great big asterisk.
David Cone said that he told Maddux and Smoltz they would have 4 rings if they had Mariano Rivera.
K-Rod is not in Rivera’s league. K-Rod has yet to win a championship being the teams closer.
Postseason stats are all about opportunity.
If we had Trevor Hoffman in the 90s, would we not have won those WS and would he not have gaudy postseason stats?
The Padres had Hoffman in ’98, that didn’t work out so good.
K-Rod won a championship in 02 and played a big part in doing so.
It’s not his fault that the Angels bent over for the Red Sox every October since then.
Kyle CA
Not really. A save as a Yankee probablly entails a tad more pressure than Trevor’s venues.
Not sure if people realize… but Papelbon has started his postseason career with 25 scoreless innings.
Bob Raissman is the worst.
Probably more but 2 problems with the “list”.
The Federal government has already said Bonds did not appear on it and that’s why they retested his sample yet his name appears on the linked list.
David Segui said he was on it and his name is missing from it.
More likely someone’s guess than fact.
sevrox, not for nothing, you seem like a fine blogger, but if you don’t know the difference between Gardy and what I’m calling “an actual CF”, major league level, one that can’t be mistaken for anything else — I’m not sure I can help.
The reference to Teixeira should have made it at least a little bit clear though: a guy that is to CF as MT is to 1B.
Too much to ask?
MO played a huge part in us winning. However, how can you say he was THE most important guy?
Would we have won without Scott Brosius? I would say Brosius was more instrumental during the dynasty because he was an everyday player. He influenced every postseason game, not just a handful of tem.
Same reason why people say you can’t vote a closer as the league MVP… he just doesn’t appear in enough games to dominate like an everyday player can.
The Dynasty teams did not have a “Most Important Player”, that is why they became a dynasty.
K-Rod won one WS, but I doubt he could duplicate Mo’s incredible run of postseason sucess.
That “list” is not actual information, it’s a bunch of random names on a site with no credibility. Have you not noticed that not one legitimate news site has reported on it?
You have pay better attention that that.
Very good point Pete.
Vrsce, I’m a little surprised Albert Pujols wasn’t on the list.
“Angel Berroa will be at the Social Security office in Yonkers signing copies of his new book Cap Anson: My Best Friend in Baseball.”
Sigh…
someday Angel Berroa and his geriatric posse are going to cap Pete’s anson.
Peter,
Perhaps the list is bogus; if so, it illustrates the necessity of releasing the authentic list. Once Arod was named, the rest were sure to follow.
If the “list” were the real one, it would have had A-Rod on it, which it doesn’t. The real “list” would be 104. Its just supposition.
What I got out of this:
If you’re in Westchester tomorrow, Bernie Williams will be at the Social Security office signing copies of his new CD Moving Foward. He will be performing for the seniors there as well. If you’re going, Bernie will only be signing CDs, and hearing aids.
Sean, make your own list, its about as valid as that one that was linked above.
It can’t be imagined what a horror show it would be with Francesa having Gammons on his show for a full afternoon.
>If the “list” were the real one, it would have
>had A-Rod on it, which it doesn’t.
>The real “list” would be 104. Its just supposition.
51.Alex Rodriguez
Took less than a second to find his name.
No matter what, this list is bogus.
Pathetic –
I would check #51 if you are looking for Alex – now I’m not saying it’s a real list…but he’s on it.`
Pathetic,
The list may indeed be fake, however you missed Arod’s name it is there. look again.
The Mets roster is so bad, it’s not even fun watching them lose anymore.
ahhh bernie!!
Rays over Halladays 2-0
Man, the Rays are on fire. We’re going to regret not burying them when they were 7 games behind us before that Boston series.
>Here is the real Steroid list:
ICWUDT
Didn’t we win two of three from the Rays before the Boston series?
“RS
June 29th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
The Mets roster is so bad, it’s not even fun watching them lose anymore.
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Agree. I kind of feel bad for them now. This is like 2003 when they were just so bad you couldn’t even root against them anymore.
Pathetic, I bet if I was to make my own list, I’d probably get 75 percent of the players I listed right.
Perhaps I’m evil, but I really hate the Mets. I love watching them lose.
Rays are a good team
When you throw out Shields-Kazmir-Garza-Price-Niemenn every night, along with the top run scoring offense in the league… you are going to win plenty of games.
People were foolish to bury them prematurely. We’re going to be in a war with them all year. I’d bet it comes down to that final series in Tampa in early October to determine who gets in to the playoffs.
TylerKepner (Twitter):
No cheating: name the 3 Yankees relievers who appeared in Mariano Rivera’s major league debut. None played in the 1995 playoffs.
Something to consider if/when the real list comes out. Many pitchers, including a few pitching staffs en masse, refused to test, thus ending up a “positive” test. They did this, as I recall, to attempt to ensure that the numbers would be high enough to enact the testing. I don’t know if they are part of the 104, or if they are a separate list, but that could skew things. I am sure they never thought this list would become public when they did that, otherwise I am sure they would have re-thought their decision.
I like watching the Mets lose just to hear the WFAN/SNY reaction.
It was not smart for anybody to bury the Rays prematurely. But I don’t think they’re making the playoffs.
I really like the new MLB.Network, however how long can they employ Mitch Williams…Also they have one lead moderator during the ealier show that just sucks……
Mark in Tampa-Where did you get that information?
There were many pitchers talking about that back then. I believe it was the White Sox staff who refused as a group. I can’t cite sources from 6 years ago, sorry. Likewise, if the list ever does come out, there probably will be many players not on it who were using; and they will be able to use their non-outing as proof they were clean. We will never know the entire picture no matter what ever comes out.
Mark in Tampa-Interesting. I never heard that.
Mark in Tampa is right. In 2003, “16 members of the 37-man Chicago White Sox roster set out to refuse testing for steroids yesterday in an attempt to force more serious testing next year.
”It wasn’t because they were on steroids,” Kelly Wunsch, the White Sox player representative, said. ”What they are saying is we want an even playing field.”
Were there at least 16 CHISOX on the list?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03.....tests.html
Really? I thought it was pretty much common knowledge, though I haven’t heard anybody talk about it since the test year. I guess refusal positives tainting the results aren’t as good a story as real positives.
How can we start anywhere other than with Mariano Rivera, who reached base for the first time in his career Sunday night, in his 15th season, via a bases-loaded walk? Loyal reader DJ Simons reports that Rivera was the first AL reliever to draw a bases-loaded walk since the Tigers’ Fred Scherman worked one against Pete Richert on June 28, 1971 — 38 years earlier to the day.
• And in case you were wondering, the pitcher who issued that walk — K-Rod — had never issued a bases-loaded walk to any pitcher in his career.
• One other Mariano nugget, courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau: He was the fourth Yankees pitcher to collect a save and an RBI in the same game — but the first since Roger Hambright did it on Aug. 17, 1971. Hambright did it on the day of his first career save. Rivera, of course, did it on the day of his 500th save. So this will be the last time you see those guys mentioned in the same sentence.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....ark_jayson
Oh, nevermind The 16 White Sox ended up taking the tests:
“The players ultimately decided to take the test after consulting with Gene Orza, the No. 2 official of the players’ union.
“There were some ideas floating around that got shelved quickly. It wouldn’t be fair to the union,” Kelly Wunsch, Chicago’s player representative, said in Tucson. “If we do anything to subvert that process then we would be unfair to the union, and what was agreed upon in the agreement.’
http://articles.latimes.com/20.....-bbnotes12
So to clarify: All players took the tests who were asked to?
“Oh, nevermind The 16 White Sox ended up taking the tests”
That’s why I never heard about it again. Sorry for the false alarm!
So Beningo totally discredited Mo for 96 since he wasn’t the closer. That was the year Tom Kelly said he should be in a higher league. Maybe he should look at the stats. I’m so tired of that homer.
If you could refuse the test to make a stand, why even bother taking the test? You had to know that there were going to be enough positives to institute testing.
Cap Anson was a raging racist so I doubt they were best friends…
berroa is supposedly younger than me?
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