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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 20, 2009 
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Ill-timed as it was after a loss, the Yankees had their annual rookie hazing today.
The theme was the old Batman television show.
Mark Melancon was Batman. Ramiro Pena was a disturbing Catwoman and Mike Dunn was the Riddler. Massage therapist Lou Potter was the Penguin and video man Anthony Flynn made a fine Robin.
The players had fun with it. Now those guys need to fly to Anaheim dressed that way.
thanks Pete, now Ramiro Pena as the Catwoman is going to replace Kevin Brown’s start in the ’04 LCS in my nightmares.
Where’s the Cisco kid????
What was Cervelli?
Doreen, was Cervelli involved in last year’s dress-up?
pat: I wouldn’t have said anything but I was wondering how the pick looked on the big video screen.
Cisco was a disturbing Village People biker last year.
Horrible!
Ahh, thanks, Pat. The Cervelli mystery is solved. How quickly we forget!
The Wizard of Oz hazing with Joba, etc, remains the most disturbing.
Cano and Wang in the Yankee Cheerleader outfits is still my favorite.
Nick in SF, I have a friend staying in the Wharf area, is there a good sushi place near there ???
Doreen
September 20th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Ahh, thanks, Pat. The Cervelli mystery is solved. How quickly we forget!
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People should be thankful that this wasn’t the theme in 2007 with Shelley Duncan dressed as Catwoman. The name would fit….just not the spandex.
at least Pena didn’t need to shave before getting dressed. He’s not old enough.
Disturbing was seeing the Red Sox hazing pictures this year. Wizard of Oz, all done in drag.
I’m sorry but that was just sad.
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Pat M.
September 20th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
GB, The one glaring difference between Gator and Chamberlain is that Ronnie listened and learned….I’m not getting that from Joba……You have to wonder if the Yankee Brass is getting just a tad fed up with not only the lack of progress, but the clear regressional path that Joba’s on……Maybe the club adopts the Halliday reclaimation program, and just tear it down and start all over…..Should be an interesting off season, as Chamberlain is not where they figured he’d be at this stage…
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Yes, but, that wasn’t always the case with Guidry. Nobody ever seemed to get through to him until Lyle took him to the pen (or woodshed). Lyle only told that part of the story and guidry corraberated it. I’m sure that Lyle had some other things to say, but, I’ve never heard it. Never understood why somebody didn’t snap Lyle up as a pitching coach. He was goofy as Hell, but, the man knows pitching. Guidry was able to pass whatever Lyle showed him to Dave Righetti. Something’s not clicking with Chamberlain and Eiland. I might be inclined to let Mike Harkey take a crack at him. They were the same type of pitchers. Maybe that common ground.
Where’s the Magic Number thread today?
no change to the magic number tonight, right…that’s probably why
Rishi the magic number for the playoffs is 1
but that post usually refers to the magic number for the division, right. If the Red Sox win and the Yankees lose – the number doesn’t change
It makes alot of sense.. Joba was auditioning for the role of the Joker today.
GB, After The Catfish got hurt in 77, Martin had to use Gator and he was outstanding….He pitched a gem in Game 3 @ Dodger Stadium highlighted by Pinnela’s leaping catch to rob Ron Cey of what would have been a game changing home run….Of course in 1978 Guidry was unreal
Man, Pena got the short end of the stick. Poor kid.
Rishi
Yes I know, but I have a feeling YUP was a red sox fan being a smart alec. That is why I pointed out were are almost assured of making the playoffs.
Pena looks more like CatMan than Catwoman.
Dunn clearly has an in with someone. He got the least revealing costume. Batman, Catwoman, and Robin. Lets just say, ….. hmmm don’t know how to say it.
Pat M.
September 20th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Bodhistattva….When I was watching the Jet swarming defense as they attacked Tom Brady from everywhere, it reminded me of Tex’s dad’s 4-6 box defense that the Chicago Bears ran that punished QB’s in 1984……Very impressive performance ESPECIALLY vs The NE Patriots……I’ll never rag on Tom Brady, he’s a special player….He’s the NFL’s version of Derek Jeter, a Class act….
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LOL. They were swarming, alright. Jenkins was obviously physically challenged today, but man how quick is that big man. Had him playing over left tackle a lot today. You have to be really pleased, under 50 percent completion for Brady and the Boys, not much underneath for them today, not much action on the usual NE crossing patterns.
Brady may be out of sync, but I’ll take my hat off to the Jets. I was mad at Rhodes for shooting his mouth off this week (I mean, just play) but that might have been a ploy on his part. Don’t think he ever crossed the line today. Am getting ready to watch replay and then muster the courage to watch Joba’s outing, lol.
jennifer- gotcha – I never understood why someone would choose to post on/read the blog of a rival team like that
I know they do this every year but its really nice to see everybody having fun after getting teabagged by Baltimore, Toronto, and Seattle.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....nkees.html
“Ramiro Pena knew something was up earlier this week when random teammates would walk by his locker in the clubhouse to “meow.” Exactly what was up, he didn’t know.”
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haha thats funny, but messed up.
more pics:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/te....._watw110:1
Bod, there’s a lot to compare with Guidry and Chamberlain. Guidry was a big pitching pick during his time, but, as good as he should have been earlier, something just didn’t click. From time to time, he was thought of as a bit of a problem child, but, God….what an arm. Martin sent him to the pen in ‘77 spring training and told him in front of everyone, “If you see a player that you think you can get out, let me know.” Lyle was so POed that he went with Guidry to the pen and Lyle showed him how he held his slider. They worked for about 5 minutes on it, and Lyle told Guidry that he was on his own and to work with the catcher, throwing nothing but sliders and to shove that curve ball. Lyle went back two innings later and watcged Guidry throw 5 straight. Lyle threw his hands up and said, There’s nothing else that I can teach you.” Lyle said the pitches were better than his or Carlton’s. Lyle went to Martin and told him to get Guidry in the game now. Two perfect innings and 6 strikeouts against the white sox middle of the order.
Martin was so upset, because he thought he was finally rid of Guidry, Guidry didn’t get his first start until the end of April. 5 complete game shutouts and 16 wins and Ron Guidry was born.
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Lol. Great story. And Guidry last for 9-10 years, and he got started rather “late.”
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....?q=yankees
I think this pic is my favorite
Is this the first time they’ve gotten the support staff in the mix? Were there not enough rookies?
with joba
could it be that batters are sitting on his slider & fastball only
can he throw any other pitches to keep hitters honest?
it seems like they are laying off the slider & sitting on his fastball
NYY626
haha where is that from? Did they get secuirty in the act?
Bod, the end kicker to that story was after the spring training game, Lemon went to gabe Paul and offered a trade for Guidry and the unknown pitcher. Of course, Lemon “couldn’t remember” Guidry’s name, just the kid that pitched today. According to Lemon, he said Paul told him to take a hike (in Lemon’s polite laguage). “If you can’t remember the kid’s name, he’s gotta be ok.” Paul had Lemon with the Indians in the 50s. Lemon said that he laughed all winter long in 1978.
Poor Pena
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/.....c1072b1db/
More hazing pics on that site too.
Jennifer – the pictures are from Daylife. Here is the picture caption:
New York Yankees rookie shortstop Ramirio Pena, dressed as Catwoman, goes through pre-flight security screening as he leaves Safeco Field in Seattle, following a baseball game between the Yankees and the Seattle Mariners, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The costume was part of the Yankees’ annual rookie hazing.
Pena is definitely getting the worst of it!
Manningham!
SUPER MARIO!
pat,
Kinda getting the feeling that the Captain is behind this somehow.
From Mark Feinsand:
I mentioned to Derek Jeter – who, by the way, never had to go through this ritual, since the Yankees didn’t do it in either 1995 or ‘96 – that the event seems to be more fun than humiliating now. Jeter agreed, adding with a smile, “I like the humiliating ones better.”
Bottom line is that the yankees should have sent joba down to AAA ( few starts) just so he could get some humble pie. Melky, Ian , Phil, all got sent down due to either ineffectiveness or injury. I agree that in 2010 joba has to earn his spot on the team.
Pat M, I don’t know the wharf area at all, can’t help your buddy. If he wants sushi without going too far, he should go onto yelp and then search by neighborhood.
I’m on the way out to dine on sushi too, but in Cole Valley.
GEEEEE-Men!
Great bit about Lemon.
I seem to remember Guidry wanting to quit at one point, and Bonnie Guidry supposedly talking him out of it. I saw Guidry a fair amount live in 1985, that last great season he had.
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I think they said last year that Jorge was in charge of the theme and the equipment manager took care of getting the costumes made.
Just heard the joba audio. Pete asked a great question and it think it bothered joba.
I think retroactive hazing should be implemented for the 95-96 rookies to show they are team players.
Haha, pretty funny. pimp!Matsui is still my favorite though
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
September 20th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Great bit about Lemon.
I seem to remember Guidry wanting to quit at one point, and Bonnie Guidry supposedly talking him out of it. I saw Guidry a fair amount live in 1985, that last great season he had.
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Exactly. I think he was playing at Syracuse at the time and told his wife to have the car packed when he got home from the park. They got as far as Harrisburg or around there, and his wife said, “Are you really sure this is what you want to do?” He said yes, and she told him to turn the car around and try it for one more season. Bless her sweet little heart.
It’s not a great question if it doesn’t get a real answer. Besides, no one wastes a “great” question with the cameras rolling.
What ticks the media off is Joba refusing to take the bait.
I have no problem with Joba not cozying up and crying on the media’s shoulders.
Here’s last year’s pic with Cervelli and Gardner, I think Aceves was the indian.
http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.....okies2.jpg
pat,
I meant the particulars with Pena. Heir who?
Pete,
Can we get Girardi audio please? Pretty please?
pat September 20th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I think retroactive hazing should be implemented for the 95-96 rookies to show they are team players.
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Pat, I had the same thought. I feel kind of cheated that we never got to see the old guard do this. Although we have all seen Jeter in a dress….
So does that mean Jorge, Mo, Pettitte and Jeter never went through it? Someone tell Swisher.
Wang as a cheerleader:
http://files.blog-city.com/fil.....252131.jpg
I never got the humor of all these sorts of things. Seems like some dorky frat boy stuff for simps.
Oh, my. Nothing is ever lost on the internet, is it?
Be careful kiddies! 
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo.....atman.html
check out a longer recap…
MB
September 20th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I never got the humor of all these sorts of things. Seems like some dorky frat boy stuff for simps.
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Maybe because nobody ever asked you to be part of a group.
Who was the other cheerleader with Wang ????
Doreen
I’m sure it was already asked and answered but the game thread was more than I felt like dealing with.
Did you have fun in SD?
Rishi
September 20th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo…..atman.html
check out a longer recap…
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This certainly explains what went wrong with Drew Henson.
“The players always have fun with it, even the rookies. The one guy that I felt bad for was Drew Henson, who was the only rookie on the roster in the fall of 2002. He was forced to travel from Tampa to Detroit in a full wedding dress. Poor kid.”
He went off his rocker and never recovered.
“GreenBeret7″
Been part of many teams, groups, and organizations. But I never did the whole peer pressure thing or dressed in drag. I do me. Maybe if we had less followers in MLB and some more individual thinkers we would not have the PED problems we do today.
I thought the playing pool, going to events together, etc have all been good for team moral. I just feel these things are bush and asinine.
Pat M.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Who was the other cheerleader with Wang ????
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Hopefully, you’re only asking for the chuckle, PAT. One thing’s for certain….it ain’t Paula Abdul.
MB
September 20th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
“GreenBeret7?
Been part of many teams, groups, and organizations. But I never did the whole peer pressure thing or dressed in drag. I do me. Maybe if we had less followers in MLB and some more individual thinkers we would not have the PED problems we do today.
I thought the playing pool, going to events together, etc have all been good for team moral. I just feel these things are bush and asinine.
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Put a cork in it. They’re all having a bit of fun at the end of a long season.
Go be you by yourself.
“Who was the other cheerleader with Wang ????”
Mike Vento?
pat -
We had a great time in SD. We were there for a wedding, but managed to squeeze in sightseeing and a tour of PETCO. The PETCO tour puts the YS tour to shame, I’m sad to say. (Not the ballpark – they’re apples and oranges – but the actual tour). But lots of Yankees represented there – Winfield, Nettles, et al. (Even Kevin Brown). Hey, even Babe Ruth has a link to the Padres!
I think that every team in the major leagues tries to link up with the Babe somehow. 
Wait.
Didnt that Yanks clinch something tonight?
Doreen
September 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
pat -
We had a great time in SD. We were there for a wedding, but managed to squeeze in sightseeing and a tour of PETCO. The PETCO tour puts the YS tour to shame, I’m sad to say. (Not the ballpark – they’re apples and oranges – but the actual tour). But lots of Yankees represented there – Winfield, Nettles, et al. (Even Kevin Brown). Hey, even Babe Ruth has a link to the Padres! I think that every team in the major leagues tries to link up with the Babe somehow.
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How can you forget the links to Homer Bush, David Wells and Hidecki Irabu? They are true legends of the game.
>Didnt that Yanks clinch something tonight?
They clenched their chests watching Joba pitch.
GB7 -
Are you kidding!!!! I’m surprised that right now my brain is working well enough that I could come up with Winfield Nettles and Ruth.
Pel,
My post didn’t show up, but I said they clinched their ears at the postgame. haha.
Were you able to capture Girardi’s postgame?
“Green Barrett
Put a cork in it. They’re all having a bit of fun at the end of a long season.
Go be you by yourself.”
Take a short walk off a long pier. I had an opinion that I said was different than what others had on here, you did not agree, now I am not free to express it? So I should just pretend I do and go along and say OH WOW COOL OMG like everybody else. If I had the same opinion as everybody else I would not bother posting it as it would be redundant.
I just said my two cents and you get all aggy and start trying to diss. I did not disrespect anybody else on here maybe next time you try to do the same.
Have a nice evening.
Doreen
September 20th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
GB7 -
Are you kidding!!!! I’m surprised that right now my brain is working well enough that I could come up with Winfield Nettles and Ruth.
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LMAO. I can’t imagine what possible link that Ruth would have to San Diego, unless it was “The Day Babe Ruth Drank San Diego and Tijuana Dry”.
long walk off a short pier lol
maybe I just did that myself
WOW!!! Tough call on Dallas and a huge break for the Gints.
GB7 =
Apparently he and Lou Gehrig (I’ve retyped the name 3 times, I’ll never get it right!) did — was it call barnstorming? They played ball in SD in the off-season.
Doreen
Never did the Petco tour but will have to on the next visit. Sounds fun.
I usually am there for business so it’s convention center and restaurants that I see the most of. Mexican food is always a must and we really enjoyed a restaurant with an outdoor patio in Seaport Village last we were there.
Glad you had fun!
Hilarious, but they used the wrong Riddler costume.
Hilarious……………but Dunn’s costume is all wrong
Doreen
September 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
GB7 =
Apparently he and Lou Gehrig (I’ve retyped the name 3 times, I’ll never get it right!) did — was it call barnstorming? They played ball in SD in the off-season.
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That must have been it, Doreen. The Bustin’ Babes vs The Larupin’ Lous
Chien Ming Wang should send Joba a thank you card.
Joba is making it almost impossible for the Yanks to not offer the Wanger arbitration.
I always thought John Astin’s outfit (the one Dunn is wearing) to be dopey…..and Astin was not as good of a Riddler as Gorshin, nowhere close.
Julie Newmar made a better Catwoman than Pena, lol
pat -
We had lunch at something called the Edgewater Grille at Seaport Village on their outdoor patio. Heaven.
And at the rehearsal dinner they served Mexican food the likes of which I’ve not had in a while. Great refried beans and guacamole.
PETCO tour is one and a half hours long.
Frank Gorshin’s outfit (tights, with a bit ? across the chest) was much cooler…..
Julie Newmar made a better Catwoman than Pena, lol
The Bustin’ Babes. How apropos that they should show the Cowbody Cheerleaders. Yankee versions (or visions) they’re not.
sorry….that was supposed to be COWBOY Cheerleaders.
pat,
We ate at a place called Edgewater Grille at Seaport Village, on their patio. it was heaven! PETCO tour is an hour and a half. We had a great guide.
Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt and Lee Meriwether?
I have to think about my Halloween costume this year. One year I dressed as Theodore Roosevelt (my fav President with Lincoln) and people thought I was Charlie Chaplin, lol. One year I dressed up as Lucy from the I Love Lucy chocolate factory episode, one year I was Spock from Star Trek and last year, I was Jaws……
Betsy
September 20th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Frank Gorshin’s outfit (tights, with a bit ? across the chest) was much cooler…..
Julie Newmar made a better Catwoman than Pena, lol
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Julie newmar was a beauty, as was Lee Merriweather, but, Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) was better.
Betsy
September 20th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I have to think about my Halloween costume this year. One year I dressed as Theodore Roosevelt (my fav President with Lincoln) and people thought I was Charlie Chaplin, lol. One year I dressed up as Lucy from the I Love Lucy chocolate factory episode, one year I was Spock from Star Trek and last year,
I was Jaws……
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Not a chance that I’m commenting on that.
Doreen, those were all the Catwomen, yep. Lee Meriweather was pretty good in the 1960′s Batman movie based on the tv series, but no one could ever top Julie Newmar. Not only was she gorgeous and sexy, but she even got the rolling “r” down (like when she would say “purrrrrfectly”). I never liked Eartha Kitt’s version. Oddly, Julie Newmar guest starred on an episode of Bewitched once as a witch who is really a cat.
GB, I never liked Batgirl….Yvonne Craig was cute, but I always thought the character was a waste.
This year, I’m coming home from Charleston and Savannah very close to Halloween. I may have to do something simple, like Sherlock Holmes…….
LOL and I forgot – two years ago, I was a smurf.
Doreen
Edgewater Grill is the place. Good margaritas, good food, good view and good people watching on the “boardwalk’ in front of the patio. I’m jealous you were there!
Eartha got the rolling r’s, too, but I agree, she was not my fav. Julie Newmar hands down. She was a tall woman, wasn’t she?
She was the sexiest, and I thought the most “equal” to Batman.
That’s a great piece of trivia about the Bewitched guest spot.
Betsy
September 20th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
GB, I never liked Batgirl….Yvonne Craig was cute, but I always thought the character was a waste.
This year, I’m coming home from Charleston and Savannah very close to Halloween. I may have to do something simple, like Sherlock Holmes…….
LOL and I forgot – two years ago, I was a smurf.
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I made a remark last night that my uncle was the great sleuth himself…..Sherlock Beret.
You could always go as Andromeda. Pictures are a must.
GB, You’re a piece of work….And I say this with great admiration….You and Howie Cosell, just telling it like it is…….Do kids dare come by and trick or treat at your fortress ???? Maybe the twins are going to soften you up a tad..Or least they’ll re-adjust your level of patience and tolerance…..If that’s the case, leave it at home and not here…I speak for myself of course, but I just love your frankness and then the one line ziggers…..If you ever decide to call it a rap here if things spiral out of control, you have to let us know where you go…I’m right behind you…….There’s only one GB7……
MB
dont pay any attention to gb
he talks nice to certain people & is nasty to everybody else
he is the know it all on the blog
all he is good for is his 1920,s memmories
once you snap back at him he disappears for hours & lurks waiting for his chance to ease back in
Edgewater Grille, It’s a must when hanging out at Seaport Village
>Were you able to capture Girardi’s postgame?
No, I was not. Joba turned me off so I left when Mitre came in.
Didn’t get back until a little while ago.
Makes me wonder if someone had it out for Pena. Bet it was a good laugh.
Pat M -
What was great is we had no plans to go to Seaport Village, no plans to go to lunch there. We were thinking of Balboa Park, which we’d already been to last time out. My brother suggested the Seal Tour which goes from Seaport Village. Once we got there, we decided that after the tour we would hang out there and eat and just “happened” upon Edgewater Grille.
GB, my uncle was Mo R. Iarty…………he always told me stories about his days trying to kill Sherlock Beret, lol.
As to Andromeda, the only Andromeda I know is a galaxy, lol
Pat M.
September 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
GB, You’re a piece of work….And I say this with great admiration….You and Howie Cosell, just telling it like it is…….Do kids dare come by and trick or treat at your fortress ???? Maybe the twins are going to soften you up a tad..Or least they’ll re-adjust your level of patience and tolerance…..If that’s the case, leave it at home and not here…I speak for myself of course, but I just love your frankness and then the one line ziggers…..If you ever decide to call it a rap here if things spiral out of control, you have to let us know where you go…I’m right behind you…….There’s only one GB7……
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PAT, I can deal with a lot of things, but, pure stupidity and trollism aren’t them. I can’t contain my thoughts at times, and, yeah, it’s cost me a lot over the years, but, nobody ever misunderstood where or what my thoughts were. I caught a lot of crap for it in the military, and I made mistakes….just never in people.
Anyway, I always try to tone it down, but, sometimes, it just pops out.
Has anyone been able to find pictures back from 2006 when the guys dressed up as Steinbrenner? Cabrera was one of them. Cant find any pictures anywhere.
Manning to Manningham seems to be a theme.
Betsy
September 20th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
GB, my uncle was Mo R. Iarty…………he always told me stories about his days trying to kill Sherlock Beret, lol.
As to Andromeda, the only Andromeda I know is a galaxy, lol
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You’ve never seen “Clash Of The Titans” with Harry Hamlin. The story of Persius and Andrmeda. Judi Bowker played Andromeda. Lawrence Olivier, Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) and Ursala andress.
Christina –
http://allthingsbubba.blogspot.....g-day.html
Christina:
http://allthingsbubba.blogspot.....g-day.html
Pel,
You’ve been walking far too much.
The Journal News,
Your webpage keeps directing me to a malware cleansing page.
Christina -
Story on “Steinbrenner” hazing:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
Christina -
One picture of Melky & Jose Veras:
http://sports.webshots.com/pho.....7746QxvRZx
My favorite Catwoman was Michelle Pfeiffer.
Melky as Steinbrenner:
http://sports.webshots.com/pho.....7746QxvRZx
GB, Nope never saw that movie, but I could go for the Princess Leia look – the one from Return of the Jedi where she is wearing a slave/bikini outfit, lol…..
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood fought to get on the “Batman” shows as villans.
“The bottom line is that we just have to try to keep playing well,” Johnny Damon said. “Lately, we’ve been losing some close ones, and it seems like no one else is trying to beat Boston. It seems like they’re having their ways with the Blue Jays and the Orioles. That’s part of baseball. I think we just need to worry about ourselves.”
you have to love Damon
Wow, thanks so much NYY, Tom, Doreen, and Vicki…My yahoo searching skills must be lacking as I had been searcing for this for a while with no luck.
You’re welcome, Christina.
Anyone watching this Cardinals game? Thought we had a game winner but my boy Matt Holliday screwed up and went out of the base path. Now they are into extras.
Betsy
September 20th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
GB, Nope never saw that movie, but I could go for the Princess Leia look – the one from Return of the Jedi where she is wearing a slave/bikini outfit, lol…..
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Believe it or not, I’ve never seen any of the Star Wars or Star Trek movies. Never had the interest in them. However, bikini/slave costumes do the trick. You could always go the Raquel Welch route in 1,000,000,000 BC. Not much money needed for the costume.
>You’ve been walking far too much.
I agree.
GB, One of my favorite off beat comedies is the movie ”The Freshman” with Brando, Bruno Kirby , Matthew Broderick…..There’s a line that Brando delivers” Everything I say is by definition is the truth”….I always equate that line with you…..Some here find you rude and abresive, and just a few minutes ago a know it all……Bottom line, you possess a vast amount of information, and you say it as it is….Some may not like it, but they’ll grow to respect it….If not, their loss in my opinion…..Randy I & SJ 44 are cut from the same mold…..The dimwit line is still this season’s best line….
Congrats Giant’s fans.
-dennis
Giants
Come on salute the winners at your new home Cowgirl Stadium!
Why aren’t they cheering the winning team? Texas where is your southern hospitality?
I just never feel satisfied after a tough back and forth game to see it end with a field goal. It just seems cheap somehow.
What a massive meltdown by that cardinals relief pitcher.
Carl
September 20th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
“The bottom line is that we just have to try to keep playing well,” Johnny Damon said. “Lately, we’ve been losing some close ones, and it seems like no one else is trying to beat Boston. It seems like they’re having their ways with the Blue Jays and the Orioles. That’s part of baseball. I think we just need to worry about ourselves.”
you have to love Damon
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I do!! I do!!!!
September 20th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
GB, One of my favorite off beat comedies is the movie ”The Freshman” with Brando, Bruno Kirby , Matthew Broderick…..There’s a line that Brando delivers” Everything I say is by definition is the truth”….I always equate that line with you…..Some here find you rude and abresive, and just a few minutes ago a know it all……Bottom line, you possess a vast amount of information, and you say it as it is….Some may not like it, but they’ll grow to respect it….If not, their loss in my opinion…..Randy I & SJ 44 are cut from the same mold…..The dimwit line is still this season’s best line….
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Thanks for that, PAT. Means a lot. I’m not sure that you really want to be likened to Randy, though. He’s just not right.
You’re right. a lot of funny and informative people from diverse backgrounds on here and all with one goal…..cheering for the yankees.
I’m aware that I can annoy folks, but, that’s me. Love me or hate me….you can’t ignore me, or, you can. I know there are at least three regs on here that don’t care for me at all, but, that hardly concerns me. I like the information available, but, I’d prefer it came without biases because of BS reasons like those that show up here. It’s really seldom that I read newspapers or internet stories because of those slanted views and biases. Just no use for that.
I’ve never tried to be a know-it-all, and all I’ve ever tried doing, like with reports on the kids is to tell what I see. I’ve been wrong, before and will again, but, if somebody asks, I’ll tell them what I see. I wish others with access to the young players and teams would give reports.
anyway, enough of that. Thanks again, PAT.
j/k, Randy.
WOW….watching the news and they reported a swimmer in South Carolina being attacked and killed by a shark. Really rare, especially this late. He washed up on shore today.
Dennis-Costanza……Thank’s again for the second overs tip tonight…..I hit it big today, 5 NFL winners….Lost on my fan Yankee wager though…..Never the less, a great weekend…..
I am off to bed! It looks like we are going to name our winners of the “Guess What Day The Yankees Clinch” game tomorrow. (Remember, the game was for the playoffs, not the division). There are two people who guessed 9/21
Until then… good night Yankee people!!!
PAT, loved “The Freshman”, too. Brando was great in those types of movies. His acting reminded me somewhat of George C. Scott, in that he didn’t care about anything except doing it write. James Whitmore was like that, too.
GB, I just cannot believ that the season is in it’s final weeks…..It just seems like a month ago we were all getting geared up for spring training…In fact, I recall that part of the excitement for the upcoming season was your reports from the farm…..This all dawn on me last night when Dave ( the med student ) wrote a real nice acknowledgement to Pete for this great Yankee site….It was then that I remembered Dave and his long winded ( well thought out ) postings that he wrote back in January & February…….So now October is right around the corner……By far the fastest moving season ever, at least for me…….I do hope that the core posters remain once Pete moves on…….
Pat M.
Congrats. It has been a great weekend…I hope my run continues.
GB7.
All with one goal, cheering for the Yankees…Not me, my friend however when the Yankees win I do feel good for the respectful regular posters here. You being one of them. Hope all is well in Midway.
All-
I think Joba could use a week of boot camp/therapy with GB7, Pat M and RandyI as well as some statistical feedback from CB. He would vastly improve as a result!
-dennis
Dennis-Costanza….I meant to mention this earlier..A buddy of mine, his son was inked by the Patriots a few weeks ago as a walk on rookie….Safety Brett Lockett out of UCLA…..
Pat M.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:13 am
GB, I just cannot believ that the season is in it’s final weeks…..It just seems like a month ago we were all getting geared up for spring training…In fact, I recall that part of the excitement for the upcoming season was your reports from the farm…..This all dawn on me last night when Dave ( the med student ) wrote a real nice acknowledgement to Pete for this great Yankee site….It was then that I remembered Dave and his long winded ( well thought out ) postings that he wrote back in January & February…….So now October is right around the corner……By far the fastest moving season ever, at least for me…….I do hope that the core posters remain once Pete moves on…….
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I love doing the minor league updates, but, I only have the Sally League to draw from and the far too few times that I get to Tampa and Ft Myers to see the kids. Really anxious to see the new crop next year. If I can ever figure how to include videos and pix by next year, I’ll try that. We’ve got fans in every minor league town, and it would be great to hear from them, too. Love your “watch for” reports on the California kids. I’m trying to dig out more of the high school and college sites to look over. The year has really blown past this year.
dennis-Costanza
September 21st, 2009 at 12:15 am
Pat M.
Congrats. It has been a great weekend…I hope my run continues.
GB7.
All with one goal, cheering for the Yankees…Not me, my friend however when the Yankees win I do feel good for the respectful regular posters here. You being one of them. Hope all is well in Midway.
All-
I think Joba could use a week of boot camp/therapy with GB7, Pat M and RandyI as well as some statistical feedback from CB. He would vastly improve as a result!
-dennis
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Dennis, we all know that you are a closet Yankee fan, but to keep peace in the family, you have pretend otherwise. Of course, if I had a beauty like your’s, I’d pretend, too. I might even pretend to be a Red Sox fan……
nahhhh….I can’t do that.
That brings up a good point, how did Dennis find his way here anyway ???? Of course he’s been a great acquisition by the LoHud, but sharing dual residence, Maine & Savannah are both a long subway ride to 161st & River Ave…..
GB7.
NO chance. I got hooked on this site as there are some very insightful posters in which I have enjoyed reading.
Amy’s folks are coming tomorrow from Cape Cod to the island in Maine.
I love them, but I did buy a bottle of Jameson today!
-dennis
How ’bout them Giants!
Jameson, Good taste…..
Jameson is fine… for an IRISH whisky.
Nick in SF, How did you hit em today ????
Nick.
Good weekend for you re: Cal, NYG. Congrats. Did you take either of my picks today?
Hope the sushi was excellent.
PAT M.
I found this place a few years ago when looking for Spring Training info as PA is the most diligent in providing info. I wanted to keep tabs on the rival. I got hoooked on his updates and some intelligent, respectful, regular posters..
-dennis
dennis, thank you. I did take your carolina/atlanta over, I forget what the other one was. I might have taken that one too? My day was undermined by the Packers.
Cal is now #6 in the land. Scary when there is so much farther to fall than there is to rise. Impossible for me, as a fan, not to look ahead to USC in two weeks… but Oregon in Eugene this weekend will be a handful too. I could honestly see us losing up there and then winning vs. USC at home… if we can beat them, we are then allowed one other loss.
Oh, and the sushi (sashimi, actually) was great. A little place in Cole Valley called Hama-ko.
Nick — I don’t usually eat fish, so forgive the dumb question. But what is the difference between sushi and sashimi?
Sashimi is just the slice of fish, unadorned by rice. Sushi, I think, mainly comes in either a roll with rice and a seaweed wrap or semi-attached to a wad of rice.
The sashimi is just the same fish but all by itself. But it’s basically the same thing and sashimi falls under the sushi umbrella as a sub-category. My rice just came in a bowl.
With sushi rolls you also get mixtures of things.
That game in Berkley in 2 weeks will be for the Roses ….Pac 10 is brutally strong this year with the rebirth of the Huskies…I knew they’d be improved, but didn’t expect them to bushwack the Trojans….Where do you play them ???
We play UW in Seattle on December 5, two weeks after the Big Game at Stanford. It would be very difficult to go into Husky Stadium needing a win to clinch the Rose Bowl… I’ve seen a game there, very intimidating.
Lines are up at pinnacle… Cal -7.5 next week at Oregon, I don’t like that at all. USC -43 hosting Wazzou.
Nick in SF, I can’t believe that conference games are being played in December and then to play @ Huskie Stadium….I’[ve been there as well, cold, wet and windy…..A very hostile environment, and it’ll be crazy there, as they haven’t had much to support in recent years…..
Many thanks, Nick. That was the clearest definition I’ve ever gotten.
My first experience with sushi came right after college when I worked for Mitsibishi and my boss “treated” me to a VERY expensive sushi bar for lunch. The darn stuff kept coming up on me(if you get my drift) and I just chugging down 7-up to get it to stay down. I had gone through two sodas before lunch was over. Finally, my very Japanese boss kindly asked the sushi chef to “cook” my fish.
Not a very auspicious start to my limited sushi experience.
No problem, Wang IS Taiwan. One more thing is that I think sashimi is always raw while some sushi can included cooked items. Not everyone likes sushi/sashimi, but it might be worth another shot, unless you don’t really like fish in general.
Pat M, I think the games spill into December because they added the extra game to the schedule… in years past each Pac-10 team would miss somebody in the conference, but now every team plays every other team. At least there will be a two-week break between the Stanford game and the game up in Seattle. It should be a great atmosphere for that one.
Wang,
For the squeamish, there’s other kinds of non-raw sushi. Unagi is eel basted with a teriyaki sauce. This a good one for the novice.
Then there’s California rolls with crabmeat, mayo, and avocado.
College hoops will be under way by then in earnest….
Pat M,
What are you doing up so late? Counting your stacks of money?
You really need to stop picking against my teams. It’s getting irritating already. Not a good weekend sportswise. Nearly every team I cheered for lost. Except for Rainbow Wahine volleyball, the Yankees behind CC, and the Steelers lost.
Hopefully, the Yankees win tomorrow. More importantly, though, is Pettitte comes through without any issues.
BTW, meant to ask you. Who was the first to call Phil, young Master Hughes?
I want to take credit for it, but I’ve seen you and Nick use it, so I could be wrong.
I take credit for Young Master Philip.
(sorry to answer a question addressed to another)
Nick,
Feel like I need to eat more fish for health reasons, and sushi is pretty easy to buy here in Taiwan. They love Japanese food in Taiwan — even though it’s a lot more expensive.
Hi m,
That California roll doesn’t sound bad. I think I’ve seen sthg like that here. Now unagi isn’t sthg I’ve tried. Thanks for the recommendation.
Gotta go back to work. I hate losses because it’s a bit of a downer for the rest of the day. I need to not care so much about the team, but I do. I admit I’m a rabid fan. Truthfully, I’d feel better if we could get back on our winning roll. We need to have a lot of confidence going into the playoffs.
Nick,
I’ll wait for Pat M to confirm. Just kidding!
I’ve had access to pre-statehood birth records. Boys born in the territory of Hawaii were called “Master”. Just the cutest thing. Just like my Phil.
Kepner had an interesting Bats entry today. Thought you might enjoy the comment by “Jeff S”. The NYT readers are very harsh on Joba. Nearly universally so. Bad fans.
He also compares Joba & Sergio since Aug. 1st. It’s pretty bad.
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....o-october/
Commenter Jeff S is well off the mark.
Falling asleep… goodnight.
m, I started the Young Master Phillip Hughes thing back during the off season……I clearly started calling him Young Master Hughes back in April when he was called up to pitch vs. Detroit…..Somewhere along the line many here believed that he was from a family of wealthy means….SJ44 made refernce to that by indicating that he was soft because of his life of priveledge….He’s just some kid who lives in Orange County in a upper Middle Class area of million dollar homes which really is the norm around the coastal area of OC…….Sorry to get back to you so late, but I was finishing up a RISK game…….Actually Betsy could provide you with the dates better than I…….
Anything in better rez? Can barely tell it’s them.
Should have made them fly commercial to complete the humiliation.