A silver lining
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Mar 07, 2010 
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No one likes long road trips during spring training. There’s no glamor in long bus rides and, as great as spring training in Florida is, the best part about the set-up in Arizona is the proximity of so many teams to each other. As more teams go west, the more teams still in the Sunshine State end up having to fill out their schedule with games against teams that are far away.
Anyway, the Yankees – like most teams – usually bring the bare minimum of four required “regular” players to road games and, for today’s marathon to Fort Myers, that meant Robinson Cano, Brett Gardner, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher – who, not surprisingly, found a positive in a day that began with a long bus ride at a very early hour.
The key, Swisher said, is to go to bed a little later the night before the trip. That way you’re just a little more tired in the morning so you can show up for the clubhouse report at 7 a.m., grab a quick breakfast and get on the bus at 8 a.m. “By 8:15, I was passed out,” Swisher said, “and I woke up when we pulled in here feeling great!”
Sounds terrific. Of course, I still don’t see Swisher volunteering for the next long-haul road trip, which comes Friday when the Yankees go across the state to play the Nationals.
Bodh, thanks for your comments defending me. I don’t know what that poster said as I skipped over his post, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
Perfect title.
“silver Lining”
Ever wish we could just wave a wand over the entire human race and then suddenly as if by magic people would all realize realize that we are all part of the same “human family”, and then there would be peace forever.
Of course, that is Utopian, and likely to never happen but that would be the ultimate “silver lining”.
Wouldn’t it ?
Nite all.
MTU
Thanks for doing your part (wand waving)
I think most of the games in AZ got rained out today.
I don’t think 2 hour bus rides are a big deal.
How long is the ride from Yankee Stadium to a midtown hotel on a Fri night or Sat afternoon? That could take an hour.
the yankees should be playing teams- they never see…like the dodgers/cardinals- during spring training…playin teams u see during the regular season…..dunno doesnt seem right
I am glad to have Ch.7 back (although not if it means a rate increase), but the AA kind of blow.
Betsy-
I am glad you didn’t see it. It was disturbing and unnecessary. Bodhi isn’t the only one that would have your back
MTU,
It will happen but…later.
A good night to all.
Tarheel-
As someone once said “we only pass this way once”.
And IMHO the fewer regrets we have, and more we can find the Love within us rather than the Hate the better off we’re gonna be.
Because there is so much more at stake than just baseball.
Baseball is just a game.
The other not.
“Ever wish we could just wave a wand over the entire human race and then suddenly as if by magic people would all realize realize that we are all part of the same “human family”, and then there would be peace forever.”
That “magic wand” exists.
It’s called nuclear holocaust.
This tributes are kind of cool.
all I know is my day was made when I saw the pictures in the Daily News of Yankee Stadium being torn down like an old useless tenement,Mystique and Aura are gone and I heard they are dancing at a topless bar off Gun Hill rd.
This awards show is neverending
Erica, that bad, huh? I hope Sam or Chad see it. In any case, I guess he wasted that whole rant then since I never saw it, lol.
Betsy – Romine wasn’t built in a day
March 7th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Erica, that bad, huh? I hope Sam or Chad see it. In any case, I guess he wasted that whole rant then since I never saw it, lol.
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Its oddly flattering in a way. He posts for the first time in months and all he does is talk about you. LOL
That wouldn’t put an end to anything, except kill life on the planet.
The rest would go on. And on.
Erica
“Its oddly flattering in a way. He posts for the first time in months and all he does is talk about you. LOL”
That reminds me of the words of the old Animotion song:
“Obsession, you’re my obsession….
btw, I missed it too.
“You have to admit there would be very little problems around here if GB did not post ”
let’s go yankees-
hahahahahahhahahaha.
how long have you been here ?
how long as gb7 been here?
if you never made another post here, it would be a long time before anyone noticed.
I hope none of the big players go away the 16th! I will be at the game and its split squad!..
Leave it to randy to take my quote out of context and not even copy and paste the whole thing.
Not to mention no one noticing my posts or GBs post had nothing to do with what I said. I guess you are at the selective reading thing again.
If GB did not post here (again not saying he should not post) there would be very few spats or name-calling as 99% of the time he is the one to provoke someone.
Erica, he’s obsessed, really; he simply can not ignore me.I personally think it reflects poorly on him, but if he wants to keep going at it and Sam and Chad let him, that’s his business. In my best moments, I admit I get a huge kick out of knowing that I irritate the heck out of him.
That is just the reality of the situation. If you want to deny it, the archives are right there for you. If you are going to call people out the first person you should be speaking to is your buddy.
“how long have you been here ?
how long as gb7 been here?
if you never made another post here, it would be a long time before anyone noticed.”
LGY did not say that people would not notice GB gone.
It is not a question of how long one has been here compared to the other.
It is a question of who starts more controversies.
So the questions should be:
How many controversies does LGY start?
How many controversies does GB start?
If LGY no longer posted here, would there be any less controversies?
But way to turn to attacking LGY!
randy l.
Were you a minor league catcher your entire career?
A major league catcher with no skills?
Are you John Flaherty?
Enough with all the nonsense. The “silver lining” in this post is that we are done with the negativity. It’s not good for anybody. If you want to continue, go back to the last thread.
I once wrote that there were certain Lohud “Rites of Passage”
Being berated by Pete…
Arguing with Trisha…
Getting called out by GB7
And yet our new generation doesn’t embrace these rituals.
Where did we go wrong?
Betsy, I must have missed whatever Erica was referring to…..Ms. Bigelow beats out her ex for the Oscar…Well done !!!! About time for Jeff Bridges as well…..Just trying to throw a change up here……
Bronx Jeers
March 7th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
I once wrote that there were certain Lohud “Rites of Passage”
Being berated by Pete…
Arguing with Trisha…
Getting called out by GB7
And yet our new generation doesn’t embrace these rituals.
Where did we go wrong?
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This is very funny.
Bronx Jeers
check, check and check. LOL
“This is very funny.”
agreed.
Well I am worn out-
Good night Yankee people!
I don’t know how you guys tolerated Pete.
Pat M
It’s about time for the west coast Posse to take over. Where are Nick and m. We could have used them around here tonight.
“It’s about time for the west coast Posse to take over. Where are Nick and m. We could have used them around here tonight.”
I think anyone who missed this nonsense is fortunate.
Leave it to Nick Swisher to figure out a way to make lemonade out of lemons.
Rich
Agreed.
As for Pete,
He was at times, very funny. Even his nasty e-mails to me were hilarious. But his attempts at bullying people who disagreed with him, got old. His Alex rants were especially tiring. He sometimes would post on here under an alias to stir things up. He wasn’t very good at hiding it. I like it a lot better now. Although, there have been a couple of rough days around here lately.
“I don’t know how you guys tolerated Pete.”
rich in nj-
i ended up l having a lot of respect for pete’s work and enjoyed the banter back and forth.
we butted heads at first for a while.
gb7 and him never hit it off.
just goes to show that everyone doesn’t have to agree about everything.
peter a. was pretty solid in his baseball awareness and knowledge, and he really put in the time on this blog.
we had a lot of back and forth emails on wang as we both had inside info from different directions . our opinions on wang and on his career with the yankees were similar.
as i said , i came to respect him as a solid baseball guy as time went on.
if i bump into him over at fort meyers or at logan sometime, i’d be sure to say hello.
Tarheelyank….Nick in SF is hing gliding or is sipping drinks with umbrellas in them on the west cost of Mexico..As for m, she is late to the show tonight…..After all the excitement tonight at the LoHud, I’m calling it……For all that went down tonight, the one thing is for certain, Randy I is a standup guy….For those who are ulta sensitive, if your going to be part of the scene here this season, you better get a thicker skin….Because as for those of us who’ve been hanging out here for awhile, GB is GB…There is much to appreciate when it comes to him, you just have to avoid taking it so personally……Now SJis another story, he’s a grille guy, your grille I mean
Pat M
As usual, you sum it up perfectly. With that, I am off to bed. goodnight.
hey pat-
on a non baseball note, i’ve been scuffling getting back my golf swing after my 8 year layoff, but half way through my round yesterday i decided to go with just my pitching wedge and putter and promptly parred the first par five that came up.
from then on all bogeys and pars. maybe one par in every three holes. a senior tour pro told me to do that back in the late nineties when i was first taking up the game. it’s really great for ball striking.
after about 20 straight PWs, you start hitting the ball pretty well and start nailing some of your approach shots. that’s how you get the pars. three shots to a par four and sink the short putt.
try it some time.
wont be able to check in tomorrow so here are my tomorrows GTLUS
@ pittsburgh
SS Jeter
CF Granderson
DH Posada
3B Rodriguez
RF Winn
1B Miranda
C Romine
2B Russo
LF Curtis
P Vazquez
vs philly
CF Gardner
DH Johnson
1B Teixeira
2B Cano
RF Swisher
LF Thames
C Montero
SS Pena
3B Laird
P Aceves
Chapman will pitch tomorrow out of bullpen in Cincy-KC game. Not televised.
Blalock is a Tampa Bay Ray.
Wynegar says Miranda belongs in the Big Leagues now, but we have nowhere to play him.
Said Miranda did everything asked of him, including clobber LHP.
Let’s teach him to play RF. He’s slow, but has a good arm. Just have him make sure the ball is in front of him. RF is short, and we need to make him more versatile to get his bat in the the game. He can PH and then DH when/if NJ goes down.
He looks great in ST.
I am saying my prayers before finally getting to bed:
“Please God, make Christian Garcia pitch in the game tomorrow/today that is actually televised.
Amen.”
Randy I, I;ve done something similier,,,,,To took a putter, sand wedge, 9-7-5 irons and a 5 wood…I’d play 4-5 rounds like this andthen I’d introduce 1 culb per round, i rought me back to basics…..I hope after tomorrows 2nd round of epridural shots in both tailbone will release all the pain and then I can get my golf life back……..
‘March 8th, 2010 at 12:58 am
I am saying my prayers before finally getting to bed:
“Please God, make Christian Garcia pitch in the game tomorrow/today that is actually televised.
Amen.”’
Amen to that.
And I’d start teaching Miranda RF if I were the Yankees. That bat needs to be in the batters box 4-5 times a night. Then there’s El Chato tough choice, and then there’s Curtis who’s actually shown power since the AFL. Who knows.
Miranda isn’t that slow,is he.If he could play the outfield that would be great.He seems to have a power bat
But are the Yankees really giving him a shot in the outfield?Are the really thinking about that?
Oh my god! I’m outraged that some of those poor millionaires had to ride a bus all day! Surely they should get some extra pay for that!
All day? It’s a 2-hour drive! Everybody is sounding so pathetic claiming that it’s “so far” and a “marathon”. Tough life.
I’m going to the game vs the Nationals. Is there any idea which ‘regulars’ will be in the lineup that day?
Last ST training game I went to in 2008 in Kissimmee vs the Astros, they only had Melky, Cano, Damon & (don’t remember).