Greetings from Gate B-14
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 16, 2009 
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Here we are at the Downtown Freddie Brown International Airport and Coffee Shop in Seattle. I’m waiting on a flight to Oakland.
The Seattle airport is uniquely Seattle. There is a “Meditation Room” near the check-in counters and lots of bearded dudes in their 20s with backpacks, sandals and skateboards.
There are also containers labeled “compost.” Please forgive me being environmentally ignorant, but what does that mean? I thought compost was that pile of grass cuttings, leaves and orange peels my dad has in the backyard near his garden. What sort of compost are people carrying around? I’m confused.
As for the Yankees, nobody seemed particularly upset about the loss. When a team has won 12 out of 13, a loss is coming. It’s just a matter of how. Seattle scored every run with two outs today as Joba, Aceves and Gaudin were unable to make pitches when they had to.
Joba never gained control of his slider today. After getting seven outs in a row to start the game, he needed 65 pitches to get through the next 2.2 innings as he put 10 runners on base and allowed four runs. His line in the last three games:
16 innings, 18 hits, 12 earned runs, 12 walks.
Now he has nine days to think about it and try to get better.
The other issue of the day is the status of Hideki Matsui’s left knee. He had it drained during the game and was limping afterward. He will not play tomorrow and is day-to-day after that. Matsui had the knee drained in April, so hopefully this latest procedure will get him through the rest of the season. He didn’t seem too concerned.
Beyond that, not much else to report. We will be back here next month, which seems a little strange. But Safeco is a great place to watch a game.
Anyway, my flight will be boarding soon. Off to Oakland and more baseball. Check back tomorrow.
The other issue is will the Yankees sign their picks by the 12:01 deadline?
Thanks for your tireless work this series.
At least we won’t have to hear about Ichiro for a while.
How does Seattle get the Yankees for a 4-game home stand and then another 3-game home stand, both over weekends, while Oakland only gets 3 games during the week?
If Oakland is only going to get a single visit from the Yanks, shouldn’t it at least be a 4-gamer?
It’s ok! We’ll pick it back up in Oakland! Amazing streak right now!!!
My condolences on going to the Oakland Coliseum for the series. I hear its not such a fantastic ballpark. But how bad can I feel for you, you were just at Safeco!
You know when your at the airport and your plane gets delayed and you have to wait a long time and then you get really hungry so then you buy some food at the airport but it’s gross and you try to eat it but you can’t so then you decide to throw it out?
Well that’s compost.
But just the food. The wrapper is still just garbage.
Matt Cain looked very, very upset when he hit David Wright – unless I can see a quote saying it was no big deal because he wasn’t taken out in an ambulance, I don’t believe it. Look at Cain’s reaction……that’s not a kid who doesn’t care. I read that he did tip his hat to Mets fans, but they were booing the heck out of him…..he was upset. He knows he didn’t do it on purpose, but that Wright could be hurt -his reaction to the fans was somewhat understandable.
Could be that you’re supposed to deposit your weed before you board the plane.
Still 7.5 games up, move on to Oakland. CC then AJ, not too concerned.
What I want to know is why the Yankees are not playing a day game on Wednesday. Joe said on the Joe Girardi show that they won’t get into Boston on until 9 am Thursday…..so, it’s not even a full day off. What a joke.
How long did it take Matsui to recover and perform well from his previous knee draining?
Joey
It seems like it:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08.....htm?page=2
It’s AJ, then CC………..AJ hasn’t won in a few starts, gotta get the team back on the beam and get the guy win #11.
“Could be that you’re supposed to deposit your weed before you board the plane.”
Assuming you get it through the security checkpoint lol
Betsy,
I think there’s an off day before the Boston series.
Betsy
MLB has historically messed with the Yankees in terms of scheduling on getaway days.
If we were playing the next day, then we would have a day game in Oakland. But we have an off-day the next day, so they kept it a 10 PM start (7 pacific).
MLB doesn’t like to schedule day games during the week, it hurts their revenue. The only time they do is getaway day unless the home team requests it.
did Joba give the usual “well the hit good pitches/thry are good hitters” routine?
have a safe flight.
safeco is a great place to watch a game, oakland is one of the worst. was an awful park to go to, in a crappy area to boot.
Nick in SF in Larkspur
August 16th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
How does Seattle get the Yankees for a 4-game home stand and then another 3-game home stand, both over weekends, while Oakland only gets 3 games during the week?
If Oakland is only going to get a single visit from the Yanks, shouldn’t it at least be a 4-gamer?
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no because oakland is a dump and so is the stadium. no one wants to go there.
We have an off-day after the Oakland series. As Pete says, only a few players actually fly to the next city the same night. They usually go home or somewhere else for their off-days.
We’re facing Tomko tomorrow. The bats need to get AJ a nice east win.
As has been pointed out there is an off day after Oakland. That’s the last time I put my blind faith in you Betsy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j/k
I wonder what the record is for largest number of bullpen wins as a percentage of total teams wins. We’re on track for 97-102 or so wins and we might not get a single starter winning more than 15.
“did Joba give the usual “well the hit good pitches/thry are good hitters” routine?”
no…he seemed very annoyed with himself and was saying that he wasnt doing his job and it is very frustrating and that he needs to do better..
Might not get MORE THAN a single starter winning more than 15… I have faith that CC will get there.
Nor sure airport food is even biodegradeable, let alone compost.
As for the weed, airport security is too busy looking for water bottles and making sure your toiletries fit into a nice quart size bag.
tj, I was really asking from the point of view of the Oakland ticket office, but thanks for your input.
No, Besty was not saying that. She said they won’t get in til 9AM Thursday so they won’t have a FULL off day. If they played a day game Wed, they are in Boston by Midnight or so. Now a 730P game PDT gets them in by 9AM EDT. It’s crazy but they are going to basically get the whole rest of the day off I guess.
Yankees are a not so hot 4-3 in Day games following a night game, since the All star break.
They’ve lost 7 games since the break, half of them being day games after a night game.
CC will almost certainly get 15 wins… nobody else might though.
The starters gave 46 wins. The pen has 28.
Thankfully there are no day game after night games in the playoffs
M, that Thursday is the off day – they have a night game on Wednesday. LOL I just hope the game is not an extra inning affair. If they leave CA at 1 am, they would get in at 9 am Thursday – our guys had better get some sleep on the plane. It stinks.
Most of the players won’t even take the team charter into Boston anyway, they will spend their off-day somewhere else. Usually only the coaches and the younger players take the charter.
A lot of these guys are from the West Coast or will decide to spend a night in Vegas or LA rather than spending all night on a plane to Boston.
Hey guys, I know that the Thursday is an off-day….but the game won’t end until, say 11pm, on Wednesday. Whether they go to Boston or go home, they’re still not getting alot of rest. In fact, it doesn’t make sense to go home. If they do that, they will still have to travel that night (Thursday) to get to Boston. I can’t imagine any of them traveling on Friday to get to Boston to play a game that evening.
So, what does Sea-Tac do with the compost?????
Hope we can play well in Fenway next week. Sox are a different team in Fenway, especially offensively.
Betsy August 16th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Matt Cain looked very, very upset when he hit David Wright – unless I can see a quote saying it was no big deal because he wasn’t taken out in an ambulance, I don’t believe it.
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So why did Cain mock Citifield fans when he came off the field, if he was so sensitive to the situation?
I explained that, Tunnel Man. Cain tipped his cap to the fans because he was probably annoyed that they thought he did it on purpose. If they had even bothered looking at him, they’d tell that the kid was very upset, distraught even. Who wouldn’t be?
Many plastics are now made from non-petroleum sources, such as corn and other fiber-based materials. So, they will break down as compost. So will most paper products. Seattle is big into reducing the amount of plastic generated and going into landfills. They just imposed a 20 cent fee on plastic shopping bags to encourage the use of paper or reusable bags.
The 2004 Yankees won 101 games with no starter having more than 14 wins:
http://www.baseball-reference......2004.shtml
Thanks for being a road warrior for us Pete. I’m thinking we win this series too and set ourselves up for a Fenway showdown…I think I’ll grab a ticket for one of the games, wear my colors and give the crowd some grief…
These players have faced MUCH more brutal travel schedules than what they will do on Wednesday night.
Last year, we flew from Tampa to Seattle with no off-day. A couple weeks ago, we flew from Tampa to Chicago without an off-day.
We flew from NY (after a tough loss to the Phillies in extra innings) to Texas on Memorial Day and played a 1 PM game there.
In April, we played a 4 PM game in Tampa that ended at 7 and we probably only left at 9 PM and opened NYS at 1 PM the next day.
Atleast when they get to Boston, they can sleep all day. In most of these other cases, they had a game later in the day and had to be on a normal gameday schedule with limited sleep.
“Nobody expressed more concern for David Wright than the man who beaned him Saturday, yet Matt Cain now is Public Enemy No. 1 among Mets fans. They booed him every time he batted and as he came out of the game in the eighth inning.
“It’s New York,” Cain said, suggesting he did not care about the reaction.
Upon leaving the game, Cain appeared to tip his cap to the booing crowd. National and local broadcasters chided him for a supposedly sarcastic gesture in light of how seriously Wright was hurt. Cain said they were wrong.
“I was just adjusting my cap,” he said. “They can take it how they want. All I know is I wasn’t trying to hit David Wright on purpose. If they think that, that’s their thought.”
As Wright lay face down at the plate getting assistance, Cain squatted halfway between the mound and the plate and watched.”
“Obviously, an 0-2 pitch, it’s a situation where I’m just trying to go inside to him. I got out of my mechanics and left it up and in on him. Hopefully, he’s all right. They said he walked to the ambulance. Obviously, he walked off the field. I hope he’ll be all right and get back playing soon.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....1997RN.DTL
I have to see for myself what exactly he did as he left the field
Players typically go home on the off-days but I would assume that they will head straight to Boston since they are traveling on the west coast. I’d have to agree with Betsy on that. It wouldnt make much sense as they would be home for very little time anyhow. I guess a few could make the trip, but based on that silly article in the post by Posada’s wife, I would assume that many of the guys travel with their families so seeing them isnt an issue for most.
Tom: the Yankees played baseball in 2004?
Maybe that partially explains why the bullpen ran out of gas during the troubled period. Not just Torre’s fault?
There are compost bins at Yankee Stadium as well, I think some of the packaging (like the drink trays) are made of compostable materials.
Christina, are you referring to the wive’s club? I saw that on another board and I clicked off it just as soon. That’s sickening to me, a bunch of snobby women – ugh. Give me their husbands any day of the week……..
I mean wives, not wive’s
I knew we were losing that 04 LCS when Torre left Weaver in to pitch to Alex Gonzalez when he had MO in the pen…
Girardi better not make boneheaded decisions like that in the playoffs…
I am going to bed! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Good night Yankee people!
Mike’d up has Beck interviewing Mark Malusis?
Yikes.
I think that “Yankees Wives Club” is neat. The chemistry of the team extended to their wives as well.
Erica, did you get my email?
I don’t like the Wives thing because it’s very cliquish – no girlfriends allowed? Are these ladies in high school?
I’m waiting for the “Yankee Mistress Club” — now THAT would be entertaining.
Big next 24hrs for the Yankee farm as they try to lock up the overslot kids they picked back in June.
Pete you are hilarious. I’m a NYC transplant in Boulder….and compost bins are everywhere here. I really have no idea what constitutes compost either, but everyone here is VERY serious about it. Have a safe trip!
I’m not familiar with any of the kids, but it sounds like the Yankees are going cheap with this kid Lyons, a lefty who’s been pitching in the Cape Cod league. Apparently the Yankees told him that the $$$ just isn’t there for him – they didn’t expect that to be the case.
On the other hand, these kids have done nothing and they are looking for big $$$, lol.
If Lyons doesn’t end up signing it could be about something other than the budget.
“I’m waiting for the “Yankee Mistress Club” — now THAT would be entertaining.”
A-Rod will need his own club LOL
Why should girlfriends be allowed in the “wives” club?
I just don’t get the point of a “wives” club……..seems snooty and exclusionary.
Betsy -
Why would we know anything about the Yankees kids? It’s not like YES bothers to give any info, or any of our commentators bother to. All they do is lick the other team and the other team’s young players clean. Never anything about our farm system.
The only time I get information is from SJ44 and others on this blog.
By the way, please shoot me next time we play in Pittsburgh. Last time, all I heard was Allegany River or however you spell it, roberto clemente, blah blah blah.
I never thought I’d say this, but Please be there tomorrow Michael Kay. John Flaherty is absolutely annoying. He thinks that he knows what he is talking about, when he speaks nothing but sheer stupidity, being a career backup catcher…or starting catcher of the loser Devil Rays.
In Europe and in Futbol,
it’s the WAGs. Wives and Girlfriends.
Phil, it could be that the Yankees just don’t think this kid is worth what he’s asking……and that’s fine, that’s their decision. Hal is clearly serious about the budget, though – I hope it won’t cost us down the line as other teams spend through the nose in the draft.
Swisher’s “girlfriend” had drinks with the rest of the wives. Kate Hudson obviously close to them as well and she isin’t married to A-Rod.
I think that “rule” means that you have to have a serious commitment to the girl. Like Melky couldn’t bring his former porn star girlfriend to the club or any cast-ons just looking for some attention that may not fit in.
Betsy, I happen to think they might have found something wrong with his shoulder and not said anything about it, only to have the kid say they didn’t have the money. I have very good reason for thinking this, btw.
I think it would be cool if the YES devoted an occasional Yankees Magazine to the kids on the farm……or even just do a separate show, maybe twice or three times a year.
Jim, no one would know about these kids because they are all high schoolers……..that I don’t blame YES for. I’ve no idea who the kids we drafted are, if they’re talented or not, if they were good picks or nott.
JZ 45
Is Swish’s Joanna Garcia, the actress?
That’s what I read, and on Garcia’s twitter, she’s following Swish.
Betsy -
I didnt read your full comment at first, thought you meant about our farm system.
Well they are wifes of multimillion dollar athletes and never have to work a day in their lives and live a luxurious life… you shouldn’t expect them to be blue collar….
Jim,
Yep, Swisher is dating Joanna Garcia
Phil, do you post on NYYfans.com and also Pinstripes Plus (under another name?)……If not, sorry, I’m thinking of another Phil, lol…..
If the Yanks found a shoulder injury, then of course there’s a reason not to pony up the $$$. The Yankees have got to do a better job drafting. I understand that drafting where they do, they have to take chances. That said, enough with the TJ surgeries. These kids are going to miss a lot of time and who knows if they will ever make it? If they aren’t going to pitch, what’s the point in drafting these high risk/high reward types? That would be preferrable, however, to thinking they are messing these kids up on their own……
I for one think that John Flaherty has some insightful things to say and usually he is spot on. He’s not as speak-polished as others but he does have the goods. Even for a career backup.
Michael Kay should have been a player so that he would have a better baseball background.
I post in both places. The Yanks did a great job of drafting this year and have been making sound choices for the past several years. We’ll see tomorrow what our total haul was, but the Yankee scouts have been kicking up for the past several years. They just don’t have the relationship with BA and ESPN that some other clubs abuse.
I don’t see it as snobby… Posada and Damon’s wife helped CC’s wife when she first came here and they didn’t even know her. They showed her where to live, eat, schools etc. They didn’t need to do that.
They grew close and are just having a little fun. I don’t think its a bad thing at all.
Jon & Kate fans, digya read about their MELTDOWN?
http://www.usmagazine.com/news.....ht-2009148
Pretty funny — Kate wigged out, necessitating police intervention.
I actually think this draft was underrated.
Good to hear, Phil……..I enjoy your posts in all places, and you are a great source of minor league info. Thanks!
Mr. T, the whole no-girlfriends thing is silly to me. I know it’s a “wives” club, but really – excluding some of the players’ significant others just because is dumb. I don’t get it. I think I prefer their husbands, lol
Phil – you comfortable with the Giants’ WRs?
# Betsy August 16th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Christina, are you referring to the wive’s club? I saw that on another board and I clicked off it just as soon. That’s sickening to me, a bunch of snobby women – ugh. Give me their husbands any day of the week……..
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Yeah, I was referring to that. Biggest joke of an article if I say so myself. Couldnt believe it made the front page of the post. I guess there must not be much going on in the world or something.
All I got out of that article is that on top of all the plastic surgery Laura Posada has had, she basically is a spoiled rich girl who has developed a snobby little club for a handful of the wives. Michelle Damon is another one that rubs me the wrong way. I give Jeter credit though as Minka appears to stay away and isnt part of their silly club.
well obviously that rule is open to interpretation considering swisher’s and arod’s GFs are apart of their clique…
There was actually an article in the Post a few days ago that said there may be a “Minka-Hudson” fued and some of the wives are choosing sides (and apparently Damon and Posada’s wives strongly endorsed Hudson)
tisk tisk tisk…
Mr T, its one thing to be nice to the other wives, but if you read the article it seems as if you have to pass something to be part of this “club”. It is too much high school nonsense.
Plus I think it was lame of the post to reveal the name of Matui’s wife. Like who really cares wha ther name is? He didnt flaunt her out to the public and he clearly wanted her identity to remain on the down-low. Why bring it up, especially if very few of us even care?
I tried to tell you about Mr. Fister…
(and his great ML starting debut last week against the White Sox – 6IP – 1H – 0ER)
but, nobody listens to little old Rosy
Anyhoo – congrats on the series win Yankee fans. Definitely some team you got there – good luck the rest of the way (well, except for Sept 18-20)
“See” you next month!
~Rosy
Why is Brad Lidge warming up? Does Philly want to win this game or what?
Great blog Christina.. liked the Francessa exchange lol
thanks Rosy. same to you and your M’s
66 stripes: I was wondering the same thing myself. Should be interesting
Christina- Giants Camp and Mike Francesa August 17th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Mr T, its one thing to be nice to the other wives, but if you read the article it seems as if you have to pass something to be part of this “club”.
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They’re Princess Diana or something, which is hilarious, cuz you know each one of these players chase other women, especially when they’re on the road.
Hell, Billy Martin used to have his wife and TWO mistresses sitting in Yankee stadium. Talk about managing baserunners in scoring positions.
thanks Ralph
It’s certainly always a fun time trying to have a conversation with Mike Francesa about baseball. Especially when I become just as arrogant as he is on certain aspects of the game.
haha Eyre has to be taken out with 2 outs in the 9th.
Bag tax is not in effect yet… voting on it on Tuesday.
Residents in city have to separate food waste/yard waste into compost bins at home from recyclables and trash. Not too hard once you get the hang of what goes where. Lots of packaging materials, cutlery, trays in work cafeterias are also eligible for compost bins. Go figure.
On a more relevant note, I was happy to see my boys in person take care of the Ms. Looking forward to seeing them at the new stadium on my birthday next month!
Christina, you’re a Giants fan? Nice.
Oh – and I think Boston plays on Wednesday in a night game in Toronto, so I don’t think they will have any advantage. Who is up for their rotation this weekend? I know we have Pettite, Burnett and CC, right?
Rosy, congrats on the win. Ultimately, I think it would have been more exciting and memorable for you to have witnessed a sweep, but this will have to do.
Jill
Should be Penny, Tawaza, and Beckett.
Meow ladies. Are you all jealous because you can’t be a part of the wives’ club?
Put the claws back in. Get your own ridiculously wealthy sports player and then you can form your own wives’ club.
Brett Tomko pitching for the A’s tomorrow.
Tough love from raymagnetic.
I’m late to this conversation but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if quotes were taken out of context. I’m also pretty sure they wouldn’t actually call it a “club”–that is probably something the Post just made up to be cutesy. I never take anything gossipy that I read seriously unless there are multiple sources, and even then I’m wary.
Nick – I enjoyed that pic you provided a few weeks ago of John Henry on his honeymoon…
Maria,
Add to the fact that this “Wives only” club has 2 members that are not wives (Joanna Garcia – Swisher’s girlfriend and Kate Hudson) and the other ladies took it wayyy to seriously.
Whew, I’m hella late about Tomko, my bad.
Ha, thanks Dazz. I love that picture. I hope I get a framed copy for Christmas.
Hmmm, maybe John Henry lost his Twitter password while he was honeymooning…
Was that picture you’re talking about the one of that pig in the aqua-colored water?
lol i agree, that was great
Correction:
Oh – and I think Boston plays on THURSDAY (in addition to Weds night) in a night game in Toronto, so I don’t think they will have any advantage.
And thanks for the rotation update for the Sux…
Yes, that’s the one. Here it is again: http://tinyurl.com/mouo9s
Pete,
I’m sure an education on compost is forthcoming, but the idea is just to reduce how much gets put in the trash. Problem is, many things aren’t for compost, like hamburger meat or any meat, bones, fats, plastics (though I don’t know if there is truth to the above commentor’s thoughts on that). So, it seems like a poor place to actually create marginally valuable compost. One person’s compost is another person’s trash, despite that not being at all accurate.
Basically, you can throw it in the trash unless you are holding an orange peel and some certainty. But it is a good idea all the same. I’m sure that any gardening that happens around the airport uses the stuff–and that may even have someone to sift through it before it joins the motherlode.
Sincerely,
Crunchy Oregonian
LOL! Tomko is on Oakland now? Yankees should pound him after the way he left.
Here’s hoping that Slade Heathcott passes his physical (hopefully just a formality since all indications were his knee surgery did not slow him down).
Setting aside the “character issues”, who didn’t have “issues” at that age?, his tools on the field are encouraging. He seems to be very fluid, with an incredible arm and instincts that can’t be taught.
How nice would it be to have an outfielder capable of throwing a 95-mph fastball? Especially compared to the noodle arms to which we’ve grown accustomed.
Here’s a scouting report:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/.....=heathcott
nick are you meeting the other lohudders under the Bzndo Banner?
Greetings from Malaysia. Well it was a very good series in Seattle. 3 out of 4 is not bad. Moving on to Oakland I really hope that the winning momentum can come back. Closely monitoring the progress of Jerry Hairston Jr.
downtown freddy brown?
shouldn’t it be the Steve Largent INT’L airport
: )
From mlb.com, Tom Seaver doesn’t agree with the Joba limits:
Hall of Fame hurler Tom Seaver said Sunday that the Yankees’ treatment of Joba Chamberlain is stunting his growth as a pitcher.
“Everything is run by numbers now,” Seaver told the Bergen (N.J.) Record newspaper. “[The Yankees] probably have a lot of money invested in Chamberlain, it’s a financial thing and they want to protect him. But he won’t reach his baseball limit this way.”
Seaver is referring to the Yankees’ attempt to keep Chamberlain from pitching more than 170 innings this year and in giving the young right-hander extra rest. Chamberlain is already at 121 2/3 innings.
“Tell me, how does a pitcher get to the next level unless he’s tested under fire?” Seaver said to the paper. “Where are you going to find the next Bob Gibson or Nolan Ryan or Steve Carlton unless a young pitcher is pushed? You won’t.
“What really galls me is seeing a pitcher taken out of game that he’s dominating the opposing team,” Seaver continued.
“These people today don’t understand what it means to walk off the mound after holding the other team down for nine innings, the feeling of triumph for your own team — and the effect it has on the players in the other dugout.”
nice yankee minor league players weekly stats and commentaries here:
http://bleacherreport.com/arti.....st-15-2009
Although I agree with Seaver on certain aspects, you have to be careful with Joba being that he has already had a pitching related arm injury. Putting him out for the majority of the season and then cutting his innings has been the plan all along, so no one should really be surprised.
Now, the playoffs are a different story. How he is used in the post-season, IMO, will be huge part of how the Yankees perform.
tom seaver is just smarter than anybody else who’s ever played the game.
at least he’s sure of that anyway…
No, I don’t assume any of these players are cheating – I’m not that cynical. I have no clue about what happened with
Damon’s first marriage, but it’s none of my business…….CC, AJ, Jorge – they all seem to have very good marriages. Whether or not things are as they seem, I don’t know, but I assume they are……….I’d rather not see the worst in people.
Christina, that’s exactly how I feel. For all I know, they are very nice people…….but for Kate Hudson to feel like she has to almost pledge (like in a sorority) so she can join that club…..stupid. If these ladies want to be nice to newcomers, why can’t they be nice to all newcomers?
Watch Tomko pitch great tonight…..It would be nice to get some runs early. Aside from the first game in Seattle, the Yankees didn’t hit much…..
could this carton guy who’s on the fan in the mornings be any worse? i tune in to catch the update every now and again and its just unbelievable this joke has a job on the biggest sports station in ny, he must have naked pictures of somebody way up at cbs
about a month or so ago, paul simon called in and this guy carton basically begged him to be his friend, asked him to take him to ballgames with him. he also asked if simon would let him come onstage and sing with him. if was by far the worst radio interview i have ever heard.
Tonight will be a heavy remote control night for many. Flipping over between the Yankee game and Monday Night Football with the G-Men playing their 1st exhibition game.
Carton is pretty hard to listen too. Thus, I no longer do.
From the article: But Hudson, with her girl-next-door appeal, seems to be wooing the wives like an eager freshman pledging a sorority.
That part is not in quote, nor was it contributed to a source. It was the reporter’s take on what “seems” to be the situation in his/her eyes.
Besides, Kate is not a wife so they probably weren’t going to go out of their way to include her in everything. She made the first move and they seemed to be okay with it.
I read the article and it seemed to me the only thing a wife needs to do in order to be in the “club” is to not have a stick up her butt and be willing to socialize/ hang out.
Members of an “elite club” would not be hanging out at Nobu with the Ransoms, though I’m sure they are nice people.
“could this carton guy who’s on the fan in the mornings be any worse? i tune in to catch the update every now and again and its just unbelievable this joke has a job on the biggest sports station in ny, he must have naked pictures of somebody way up at cbs”
It goes way too long without hearing one thing about sports. LOL
Yeah, that Tom Seaver doesnt know what the hell he’s talking about. Its not like he was a successful pitcher or anything.
I guess those 99.3 % of Hall of Fame voters dont know anything, either.
Where does matsui’s knee fluid go? The compost bin?
BTW- I was sad to see Langerhans shaved his Paul Bunyan beard prior to the series- he had the whole NW thing down pat. If only he went to bat in sandals with socks…
Pemco insurance has a great ad campaign called “We’re a lot like you”, mocking Northwesterners…
http://www.werealotlikeyou.com/
Off to eat my organic carrots…