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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 04, 2009 
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Jorge Posada’s comeback season continued last night as his four RBI helped the Yankees beat the Blue Jays.
The Yankees are being cautious with Mariano Rivera. This notebook also has updates on Brett Gardner, Jonathan Albaladejo, Joba Chamberlain and George Steinbrenner.
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Yes, I know I usually post last night’s stories first thing in the morning. This is what happens when you wake up late. Sorry about that.
I hope Mo is all right.
Mo for Cy Young.
I just finished watching the George Steinbrunner Yankeeography and it was really good. I really do miss the boss and I hope we win #27 for him this year.
This from poster Lawrence A. Herman on RAB (not me):
“Yankee Factoid of the Day: The Yankees have 28 games left and their magic number is 22. Over their last 28 games, the Yankees have gone 23-5. In other words, the way they are playing now, they would win the division even if the Red Sox ran the table.”
The nephew just got promoted to Lynchberg (High A) for the weekend and the playoffs.
Finished in West Virginia hitting .316 7 HR, 46 RBI .976 OPS in 41 games. He also hit .434 w/RISP.
He reports to Lynchburg tomorrow.
This blog is so awesome! Pete, even if you write late, you’re still going to get the same amount of readers
Congrats SJ.
Mo knows his body,he won’t take risk.
Your nephew, Sj?
benfica356
September 4th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I just finished watching the George Steinbrunner Yankeeography and it was really good. I really do miss the boss and I hope we win #27 for him this year.
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I watched it too.
Being a Yankee fan before the days of George, that helps you appreciate what he has done with this frachise.
franchise
SJ44 – you sound like a proud uncle! Congrats.
Is that Lynchburg, VA? My aunt and uncle used to live there, in the 60s, and I can remember spending summers there with my mom and younger brother, running around and playing ball. Ahhh, the memories.
Joe,
Yes, Lynchburg VA. Used to be a Mets affiliate in the 80′s.
They won the first half of the year and then promoted a bunch of guys. They are struggling in the second half.
I guess they want him to get some AB’s in a playoff atmosphere and see if he can help them.
Hopefully, he shows enough to make them consider skipping him entirely at Lynchburg next year and start the year in AA Altoona.
SJ, congrats! Tony has his own little rooting section here – he sounds like fantastic kid in addition to being a very good talent. You must be so proud…….
There’s a bittersweet story at the Times on Gehrig and his struggles before he benched himself.
A few parallels between Jeter and Gehrig, but sadly Gehrig never had a chance to play out the string.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09.....f=baseball
SJ44
When he makes it to Altoona I’ll make it a point to see him play when they come to Portland.
“The nephew just got promoted to Lynchberg (High A) for the weekend and the playoffs.”
Awesome. Seems like signing early and getting him (pretty much) right into Low A ball was the best possible move. Too bad more players don’t do the same.
Congrats.
My Lou Gehrig story….
When I was in college, my buddy and I used to go to a lot of games.
One afternoon, we copped nice seats to see the Orioles play the Yankees.
We did our usual routine. Get there early, watch BP (you could do that easily in those days), and talk baseball throughout the afternoon.
Sitting to my right was a well dressed older lady keeping score and watching the game.
In the second inning, we remarked to her how cool it was for her to be keeping score. She said, “my husband taught me and I’ve been going to games for a long time”.
We engage in conversation with her and she begins telling us some amazing stories about the Yankees. Gehrig, Ruth, Lazzeri, etc. We are blown away.
By the 5th inning, we get to actually introducing ourselves to her and she says here name is, “Eleanor”. My friend jokingly says, “Are you Lou Gehrig’s wife”, and she says, “yes”.
Needless to say, we were blown away. She couldn’t have been nicer, answering all kinds of dumb questions from 2 starstruck 19 year olds.
After the game, she told us she had a great time talking to us and left. We never saw her in person at another game.
One of my coolest memories of the Old Yankee Stadium.
Wow SJ, that’s some story.
congrats SJ
benfica/Maine Yankee-I have the Steinbrenner show recorded but haven’t watched it yet. Too many ball games to watch!
C’mon Pete, get it together, you know the NYY Universe is madly hitting refresh/reload & you’re sleeping? Seriously, get your rest, we all expect lots out of you in the coming weeks.
Congrats to SJ; I’ve really enjoyed learning about his nephew on draft day & keeping up with his progress, good luck to him.
SJ:
That was a great story about Mrs. Gehrig – amazing. Gives me chills to think about making that connection to history, but also that the old dame was so well-mannered and such a fine lady.
I know this is old business at this point, and it’s somewhat uinfair to single anyone out for perhaps a single lapse of judgment but compare sitting next to Mrs. Gehrig to sitting next to C-Rod the day she was wearing her obscenity strewn t-shirt. What memory will the fans around her that day have for posterity?
The story about Gehrig’s widow reminds me of the quote attributed to Joe DiMaggio: “There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.” Source: The Sporting News (April 4, 1951).
There are still plenty of class acts out there, but fewer and fewer, even in baseball. It’s a shame.
SJ,
Congrats to Tony
Neat story about Mrs. Gehrig
Just FYI Pete, love the mobile version of the blog. Works great on the Android phone.