A few more images from Monday night
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Before I go to bed, a few images and random tidbits from Monday’s DVD premier at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan.
The centerpiece of the red carpet was the World Series trophy, which came with a guy who stood right next to it at all times (unless someone was having a picture taken next to it, in which case he moved a few feet away). Notice the white gloves. Baseball doesn’t mess around with this thing.
That was the first stop for Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi who had a hundred pictures taken next to the trophy. It was like you see on TV and in the movies with photographers shouting, “This way Joe!” “One more over here Mr. Cashman.” Lots of popping and clicking sounds and flashes going off all around.
“Someone asked me what I was wearing and I had no idea what it meant,” Girardi said.
Reminded that the question is “who” are you wearing, not “what” are you wearing, Girardi lit up.
“Oh yeah, that’s what it was,” he said. “See, I don’t even know the question.”
To explain how uncomfortable he is in those situations, Cashman told this story.
“In the parade, I used to ride on that float when I was an assistant maybe, or even a little lower, maybe it was 96,” he said. “I was part of that, ‘Who are you?’ chant.”
From “Who are you?” to “Over here Mr. Cashman.” Such is the life of the Yankees GM.
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Here’s Timothy Busfield. He was in The West Wing and Field of Dreams. Two lines into the resume I’m sold on him as an acting Hall of Famer. My friend Chris told me I should have choked on a hotdog to see if he could have gotten Moonlight Graham to come to life and save me.
I’m including one more picture only because it lets me tell this story.
The International Daytime Emmys were taking place directly across the street — seriously — and their red carpet was much cooler than ours. When I got to the theatre, the Emmy red carpet was setup and the Yankees’ was not. Assuming there was only one red carpet scheduled for this particular block on this particular night, I went to the only red carpet I saw and explained that I needed to pickup my credential. People in perfectly tailored suits and long, flowing dresses pointed me to a table outside of a ballroom on the third floor of an adjoining hotel. It was somewhere along the way that I realized I was in absolutely the wrong place. But at least I got on the right subway this time.
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Sam Borden
Josh Thomson
Anybody read Pete’s posts.
Lying again about Yankees fans emailing him angry about Jeter finishing 3rd.
He says “only Yankees fans” could be upset about MVP voting after winning the Series.
What a joke and a half he is. Once again, he uses his position in which people actually believe him and think he is honest, to bash NYY fans.
While I could see fans discussing it, why would anyone be angry about Jeter finishing 3rd. Sure, he deserved one in 1999 and/or 2006, but in the end, it’s just a piece of meaningless hardware voted on by a Red Sox stinkstiffer like Pete Abe.
The awards have no integrity or legitimacy when people like him have a vote.
And IIRC, Youkilis got 2nd place votes. What kind of joke is that. Probably Pete’s vote!
Pete seemingly has forgotten a cardinal rule in life….Never forget from where you came from……He has this Boston gig on the strength of this blog site….Yes he started it, but for the most past the citizens of The LoHud is what made it famous……No site has a membership of such quality, as quite diversified as it might be, it remains the best Yankee site in the Nation and appears to be getting better as the weeks tick by……By turning his back on the hands that fed him, I find most disappointing…..The Jeter rip is a rather sad testament and disappoints me to a certain extent……Shame on you Pete…………
F U PETE
Its just Pete. Him and his 3 posters.
I’m not a fan of Pete, but I do believe certain Yankee fans are emailing him about Jeter not getting the MVP. Just read this blog for proof that Yankee fans can be an angry group as they continue to stalk Pete and his articles.
Thank you all for breathing life into the offseason
Did you ever figure out who Joe g was wearing?
Hey, I think that guy standing guard over the trophy in the photo is a Yankee security boss that we see all the time at Yankee Stadium. He may be the main security guy, actually. We went to one of the DVD events not in NYC and it was great to see the whole thing up there on a big screen. About 75-100 people were on hand and occasionally people cheered or, when Pedro was shown, hissed (they showed him knocking over Zim) or booed (when he said he’s one of the greatest players ever to step into Yankee Stadium) or laughed (when they showed his “The Yankees are my daddy” comment and when he got spanked by the Yanks in the WS… twice!). Some people were surprised that, in the early section about the Yankees’ season, that they said A-Rod elected to have surgery, keeping him out for a month. NO mention of the steroids admission. Later, after A-Rod’s in-season and postseason heroics, still no mention of it, despite the fact that every commentator heard or seen in the DVD — radio guys, TV guys, newspaper beat writers — had spoken or written about it during the season. The DVD is a MLB product, so they no doubt made the call not to mention it. Lastly, and not to be too picky, but I got nailed by teachers more than once for this, “premier” means a person of power or first or the top, as in “Mo is the premier closer in baseball,” while an opening night event is a “premiere.”
UPDATE, 9:58 p.m.: Girardi’s line about the need to address the rotation.
“I think the first thing you have to address is our rotation,” Girardi said. “Right now if you looked at our starters you’d say that we have two starters for sure and then you have a mix of some other guys, so I think that’s probably the first thing that we have to address. But I think that’s probably first on everyone’s list, pitching.”
Thank God Joe and Cashman understand . PITCHING !!!
ever since pete got the boston gig, the sox fans have been tearing him up about being a yankees stooge, and especially about his keebler elf jokes about pedroia, and nobody really seems to read or comment on his blog (except former lohud commentors) so he has to do all he can to separate himself from his yankees roots. and im sure more than a few whacked fans emailed him about jeter not winning. who cares anyway, unless you are more loyal to hims as a writer than to the yankees as your team, why would u be reading his globe blog anyway.
pete did great work here and i appreciate him for it, but he was never honest about his baseball past. his claim that he was never a sox fan always rang so hollow, he grew up a huge sports fan in boston and is a huge pats fan. why couldnt he just be honest and say he was a sox fan as a kid? it didnt affect his writing any more than any of us bring our pasts into everything we do. he did a fine job but somehow just couldnt trust his readers enough to be honest to them about his childhood team.
Let’s not bash Pete.Because if you do…you’re doing the same thing you’re accusing him of.
Let’s talk Yankees
Does anyone expect pettite to NOT be in the rotation next year?
i didnt bash pete, i made a comment about him. just like he made a comment about some yankees fans who emailed him.
thats not bashing on either’s part.
yeah, pettitte, he’ll probably make up his mind in about 5-6 weeks so we should stick to speculation on that or on where johnny damon is going (should be decided in 4-6 weeks.) since things are happening with such lightning speed we should try to reduce the number of posts that dont directly address these pressing issues…
Aren’t the winter meetings next week?
There should be a lot more to get into then. I would think that Cashman will have his budget and game plan in hand at that time. Not that he’ll make any deals or sign any free agents in that week, but perhaps more solid information will be available. And, perhaps other teams will make some moves, which will kind of start pointing to a logical direction for the Yankees.
I love the question, “Who are you wearing?” to Joe Girardi. Cracks me up. I think of my husband, who I sometimes think would benefit from a line of clothing for men on the spectrum of “Gr-Animals” I think it was called – coordinated outfits for kids. He just has no patience for “fashion” and definitely no patience for shopping. We get it done, but, I think life was easier for him when it was big-eight accounting firm power suit, white shirt & tie uniform, and no business casual Fridays.
Chad, that’s funny – International Daytime Emmys? Poor Joe – I understand his discomfort.
No, I don’t read Pete’s posts – why should I? He covers the Sox now and I’ve no desire to read about the Sox. The guy is a weasel, given how he said one thing while blogging here and is now saying other things while blogging there. Who cares what he says or what he thinks? He’s no more important than you or I.
Pat M, not only that, but talking down to Yankee fans? The same fans he used to blog to and converse with? One day if he ever leaves the Sox, he will talk down to Sox fans as well. Slimy.
Also, good for the Red Sox fans – they are absolutely right.
Doreen, the Winter Meetings start on 7 December.
I’m expecting Pettite back and wouldn’t have a coronary over # 4 and # 5 slots being fought over by Hughes, Joba, Gaudin, Aceves etc. The Yanks should sign one low cost potential high reward reclamation project with the three best candidates being Sheets, Escobar and, of course Wang.
If Pettite retires however they need to make a strong move on a quality starting pitcher and all eyes will be on Toronto. I didn’t want Derek Lowe last year and after his 4.67 ERA in the NL last season I’m even less interested now.
Anyone else have a thought or two on a quality pitcher who might be available? I guess signing Lackey makes the most sense. At AJ money ($ 16.5/year) he would cost about what the Yanks spent on Pettite/Wang last year. I’m somewhat concerned about him missing about 15 starts over the last two seasons so that elbow will need to be studied carefully. Who else?
Cashman was not implying Jackson to LF. He was suggesting that promoting him would be one way of filling the LF void.
If they do that Swisher is in LF and Melky in RF with Jackson/Gardner in CF. Not overly impressive offensively, but MUCH better on defense and if Matsui is the DH the lineup is still pretty stout.
The Yankees might miss out on some pitchers if Andy takes too long to make up his mind…….At some point, they are going to have to make some decisions.
Why wouldn’t Pettite come back?He want to pitch and the Yankees love to have him back
“After the past few years where he has had primary control of “the process”, I am sure that we are all very happy with the evolution, progress and results of the past 3 years, and we are eagerly awaiting to see what Brian Cashman does this off season.”
it’s good to see that there are some new readers of the blog
Roger(live from Amsterdam)
November 24th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Does anyone expect pettite to NOT be in the rotation next year?
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Good question. I really think Andy’s coming back. I’m hoping it won’t be such a dragged out process as it was last season. It would be nice if he’d decide soon.
betsy, the goal of any decent mlb player’s agent is to get the yankees involved in the bidding on thier fa clients. so if the yankees are still waiting on pettitte, the fa’s will wait on the yankees. i expect, however, that the yankees will do like last year and go on and made the big decisions and offer contracts where they think they should and if andy snoozes too long he’ll be left with no leverage like last year. im sure they’ll take him back but i think they will go on with thier moves knowing that andy takes forever to decide and other decisions have to be made in that void.
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Oh, December 7th. A whole week more of groundless (mostly) speculation.
86w183,
If Pettitte doesn’t retire, it helps, but not all the much, unless one of those 4 or 5 guys is able to pitch beyond 6 innings. The more I think about it, the more I think they need either another starter who can be counted on to go 7 plus on a consistent basis or they absolutely MUST leave camp with a solid long man in the bullpen (unlike last season, when it took a while before they called one up).
If Joba and Hughes take the 4 & 5 spots, and Pettitte the 3 spot, you’ve got 3, 4 and 5 who have a likelihood of needing the bullpen for 3 to 3-plus innings 3 starts in a row.
As much as I love Andy Pettitte, I sometimes think the Yankees would be better off if he retires, because then they are forced to make a move for another starter who is younger and better able to get through 7 innings. Because then you could have Hughes and Joba in the rotation, but split them up. CC, AJ, Hughes, New Guy, Joba.
Of course, that’s if they decide Joba AND Hughes will both be in the rotation. Which if Andy does NOT retire, probably shouldn’t happen.
A bitter, thin-skinned, 2nd rate journalist found his calling ….. in Boston.
Because of it, this board gained strength with the addition of Sam, Chad, and Josh who are giving their readers more than we ever could have expected with thorough, detailed, and very informative fresh approaches to Yankee baseball.
I love that somebody asked Girardi what he was wearing. That’s too funny.
Doreen, very few starters go 7+ on a regular basis – you’re looking for a Doc Halladay if you’re looking for that. We just need a solid, reliable innings eater.
Chin Mieng, good points.
As November reaches it’s final days, there’s key dates arriving :
* Dec. 1 — Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration
* Dec. 7-10 — Baseball winter meetings, Indianapolis
I could see Andy deciding to retire and go out on top off a World Series victory. I think the longer it takes him the more unsure he isof what to do.
people should remember that pete made this blog. without him, nobody would be here to bash him or read other people bashing him.
I appreciate what Pete did, but the blog is better than it was before. I have never visited his new locale and have no intention of doing so.
If for whatever reason, NYY opens the season with Austin Jackson, it would probably be better for him to start at one of the corner outfield spots and work his way into the center field spot. There would be less pressure on him than opening in a glamour position. It would be tough enough to get used to the opposing pitchers selection of pitchers, without dealing with how to play center in the majors.
Around here, as in many other places unfortunately, if someone disagrees with you or criticizes your point of view, the name calling and personal attacks start. Disagreement isn’t possible, someone has to be wrong and then wrong becomes bad. Merit and Reason have lost out to invective and insult.
Pete Abe is a working sportswriter, he never was the president of the Yankee Fan Club. He sought out the other side of every pro-Yankee idea and story (and I’m sure he was fed a ton of them in and around the Yankee Universe) and he gave us a closer-to-the-truth read on almost everything as a result because it was more objective. It was a better blog because he wasn’t a Yankee fan-boy and didn’t 100% pro-Yankee stuff.
I love Yankee baseball, but I love baseball just as much and I enjoy the amazing athletic abilities of all the players, not just the pinstriped ones. It’s not a zero-sum game: Mauer can win MVP and Jeter is still one of the truly great baseball players of all time. great. It’s not either/or. Broaden your horizons and embrace the whole game. You are missing a lot if you don’t.
Just to be clear, having three high quality sports writers contributing to this blog is amazing. The Journal New is to be commended for its commitment to this endeavor.
My comments about Pete, who toiled on this blog as a one-armed paper hanger, aren’t meant to diminish the current blog. It’s apples and oranges. Chad, Josh and Sam are really turbo charging this thing.
Thanks again, Journal News
murphdog, in a world where espn had become part of a media-wide conspiracy to promote the red socks and slur the yankees at ever possible chance, where the league and the umpires and the schedule-makers and the weather people are all involved in this all-encompassing anti-yankees bias, how can u come here, the one place where normal people can meet and discuss how the whole world is stacked against us yankees fans and our team and say that there are other players in this sport who are not yankees who we should appreciate?
you are a lohud blaspemer!
I love the picture of that guy guarding the Commissioner’s Trophy. I looks nervous! When you compare that immage to the stories about how the Stanley Cup is carried around from place to place and has the hell beaten out of it that picture is even funnier. Looks like the “Trophy” holds a bit less beer than the “Cup”!
I think we should just let Pete be and try to remember that if it wasn’t for his years of hard work and dedication that this blog might not even be here and that it certainly wouldn’t generate the volume and depth of response that it does. He’s writing to an audience up there that wants what it wants: “Sox rock and Yankees suck”. Let him bang the monkey in peace.
“He’s no more important than you or I.”
Betsy,
Pete is even less than important than any of us because he’s irrelevant to what happens regarding the Yankees. He is past history for Yankee fans and they should accept that and move on.
Good reminder Neil.
It will be interesting to see which teams DON’T offer salary arbitration, which is what happened to several players last season. For some, no arbitration will therefore result in no draft picks being offered in compensation. Some teams may be wary of the likelyhood of increased salaries through arbitration, if they are in cost-cutting mode, and just let them go.
If the Angels are are able to pull off a trade for Halladay, then they most likely will give up either Weaver, Kazmir, Santana or Saunders along with other young talent. The Angels would want them to take on some salary, so Kazmir may be offered, but probably not taken. And if a trade does happen, the Angels would have a pretty impressinve starting 4, but that almost certainly rules out a return of Lackey. IF, IF that happens, I’d be ecstatic, as it removes Halladay from the AL East equation, though not from the AL.
Going to be an interesting few weeks.
Saint
Did Pete always have disdain for Yankee fans or did we do that to him?
Ham Fighters,
murphydog was just expressing their love for the game of baseball, as well as the Yankees.
Face it. We all happen to be fortunate for being Yankee fans. We just won a World Series, are less than a decade removed from a dynasty, and have the most storied history in sports. Stop complaining about the media bias. It sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. Nor does it change what we all know to be true. And “all-encompassing yankee bias”? Really? Relax dude. Everybody gets hate on to some degree. But it’s relative. It’s the fact that the Yankees are so high profile (a good thing that the organization tries very hard to maintain) that the hate gets magnified as much as it does. It’s no surprise. Just enjoy the game. And enjoy being a yankee fan.
you forgot timothy busfield’s other baseball gig — in Little Big League
OMG, Chad, the wrong red carpet – love it!!!!
Chad, I’m with you on sending Busfield to the Acting Hall of Fame. Love The West Wing and Field of Dreams. But we can’t forget his stirring performance in Little Big League. He blows the kid who plays Billy Heywood out of the water.
Hey thas my friend Rich Mancuso their in that pic. He is a great writer and his years on WFAN were great! He needs a sports radio show again.
Chad do we need to get you a map of NY? And perhaps a TV Guide? =)