Wrapping it up from The Boss
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Mar 11, 2010 
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Not much activity at Steinbrenner Field today, as rain got in the way of the much-anticipated return of Eric Hinske. Joe Girardi said, “we all get to go to bed a little earlier than we thought” and that’s probably a good thing, especially with the long ride across the state set for early tomorrow morning. Weather-permitting, another dramatic reunion will occur in Melbourne, as the Yankees will get to see old friends like Chien-Ming Wang and Brian Bruney.
Word is that rain is in the forecast for the east coast of Florida tomorrow, and the Yankees are expecting to hear something from the Nationals by 7:30 a.m. if the game is going to be canceled. If you’re planning to go to the game, check the blog early and often and I’m sure Chad – welcome back! – will be updating.
As for those folks who sat around in the rain (or never came out in the first place), here’s the ticket information on the rainout, via the Yankees. My understanding is that this game will NOT be rescheduled:
Season & Group Ticket Holders – If the game is rescheduled, the tickets for the rained out game can be used for the rescheduled game. In the event that the game is not rescheduled, the rained out game tickets will automatically be credited to the season ticket holder’s account. Group tickets will be refunded directly to the Group Leader. The tickets have no cash value and are null and void.
Tickets Purchased through Ticketmaster – If the game is rescheduled, the tickets for the rained out game can be used for the rescheduled game. In the event that the game is not rescheduled, a complete refund may be obtained by returning tickets to the original point of purchase. Ticketmaster, Internet and telephone orders will automatically be credited back to the purchaser’s credit card. Call the Ticketmaster Customer Service extension at 800-745-3000 for more information.
Tickets purchased at the Steinbrenner Field Box Office (1 Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614) – If the game is rescheduled, the tickets for the rained out game can be used for the rescheduled game. In the event the game is not rescheduled, a complete refund may be obtained by returning the tickets to the STEINBRENNER FIELD BOX OFFICE on any NON-game day from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. or by mailing the tickets to the Steinbrenner Field Ticket Office at the address below. When mailing in canceled game tickets, please include your name, address, day and evening phone numbers and e-mail address. The New York Yankees recommend using a traceable source when sending your tickets back (e.g., certified mail). Please remember that your tickets have a cash value and should be treated as such. The New York Yankees Ticket Department is not responsible for tickets lost or destroyed via mail. Tickets purchased via credit card, which are returned by mail, must be accompanied with the credit card information in order to obtain a refund.
http://tweetphoto.com/14060142
Cervelli Helmet
(psst, don’t tell JF, but I saw him write on another site that he sleeps in spreadsheets.)
If it makes you Floridians feel any better, in NY we are supposed to get hit with 3-5 inches of rain over the weekend.
They said that if it were snow it would be between 36-60 inches!
Leaving work-
Bye for now Yankee people!
safe home, Erica!
Bohdi-
Done. Enjoy. Let me know if want to see more.
I hope Cisco doesn’t take the kidding about the helmet seriously.
The game we didn’t seen:
Ledger_Yankees
Looking like AJ is just about done with his sim game. Posada is catching.
I’d rather be kidded for an extra padded helmet, than end my career early because of one too many concussions!!
I laughed at the man with the padded helmet until I met the man with the swollen cerebellum?
AJ & Jorgie are now inseseparable.
Sorry, inseparable. Too much exposure to GB7.
Jorgie’s critics were incessant.
NSF,
Not to be unkind, but his critics have fundamental misunderstandings.
another ho-hum day at yankees camp. cashman’s yankees run like a well-oiled machine; no drama, no backstabbing, no griping. a whole team just trying to stay in line behind the captain and get ready to go after another title.
meanwhile, over in manaya land….
Ledger_Yankees
“The fact that Georgie stayed this late meant a lot anyway. Showed you how much he wants to work too, with me. So that meant a lot.” AJ
Burnett threw 51 pitches, sat between 3 simulated innings, threw five curves “just to get a feel for it.” First time this spring. #live
1 minutes ago via TweetDeck “The fact that Georgie stayed this late meant a lot anyway. Showed you how much he wants to work too, with me. So that meant a lot.” AJ
Rich beat me to it, lol.
AJ is always appreciate of his teammates………I love that. Glad to see he threw in a few curves – more interested in his change
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1806877
Nick is going to be terrific..
Here’s the article:
TAMPA, Fla. – Nick Johnson went 0-for-2 with a walk Monday afternoon and was so irritated that several hours after the game, he sent Kevin Long a text message.
“[He] texted me and said, ‘I was awful, I was embarrassing’ and was pretty much beating himself up,” the Yankees’ hitting coach said. “I said, well, I didn’t see it, so that’s the good part.”
Johnson recovered nicely the next day against the Pirates, smacking two home runs.
Even more significantly, Johnson pulled both shots, perhaps the manifestation of something Long has been working on with the designated hitter since early in the offseason.
“When I watched his film, it was striking that his back foot was sliding out and collapsing, and I thought that was one of the first areas we’d address,” Long said. “And when he came out to Arizona, that’s the first thing we attacked was his lower half and using it more efficiently and using it more consistently. And what I felt when I looked at it was that he was going to be able to get to the inside pitch.”
Johnson visited Long in Arizona for two days during the offseason.
“Put me up at his house and everything,” Johnson said.
Turning serious, he added: “We talked about it when I was down there, watched some film to see how the guys who are really good do it.”
Long showed Johnson video of, among others, Albert Pujols, Joe Mauer and Alex Rodriguez to demonstrate how some of the game’s top hitters use their legs.
Johnson isn’t a slap hitter, but he said his “lower half” has been a problem throughout his career. The primary thing Long is trying to do is eliminate some of the movement of Johnson’s back foot in the box.
Johnson has been more at ease going opposite-field rather than trying to turn on the ball and drive it to rightfield.
“He’s always had a real good feel for going the other way; that’s always been a big part of his approach,” Long said. “I don’t mind if we hit it there, but I want it to be an explosive, impactful swing.”
Johnson said that even if he’s able to incorporate everything he and Long are working on into his swing, the inviting rightfield porch at Yankee Stadium doesn’t have him salivating.
“I just try to put a good swing on the ball,” Johnson said. “I’m not up there trying to hit homers. I just get on base and try to turn that back side; that’s all I’ve been working on.”
Long wouldn’t put a number on Johnson’s power potential. Johnson’s career high in homers is the 23 he hit for the Nationals in 2006. He hit 15 in 129 games for the Yankees in 2002.
“I don’t think we can concern ourselves with pulling the ball and getting pull-happy; that’s not what we’re trying to address here,” Long said. “What we’re trying to address is to get his swing to work efficiently and in the correct way and, certainly, a byproduct of that, yeah, there’s probably going to be some more home runs. But it could happen on the road, it could happen at home.”
As for the texts about being “awful” and “embarrassing,” Long said he expected that from Larry Bowa’s nephew.
“He’s got a little Larry Bowa to him, and that’s part of that family, which I like,” Long said with a smile of the fiery former Yankees coach. “He’s a guy who’s going to be hard on himself and expects a lot, and I think the great ones do that. That’s part of him I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s going to be my job to keep him somewhat positive and not let him grind himself and take his mind and really think negative thoughts.”
“To be honest there is only about 3-4 posters on RAB recently all posting with multiple handles. randy is a smart guy pointing out that there is a group think thing going on right now over there. Not smart enough though to figure out why.”
let’s go yankees-
if that’s the case, don’t be afraid to mix in a few female handles.
there’s like three total over at RAB.
lohud has too many to count- at least 20 .
you sabermetric guys wouldn’t be afraid to get in touch with your feminine side now would you ?
Nick’s capable of putting up a 140ish OPS+. I don’t know if he will, but it’s very possible.
Thanks Betsy
Carl, you’re welcome!
Well, my fretting was for nothing:
http://www.nj.com/yankees/inde.....jorge.html
I guess AJ will survive the rain and live to pitch another day.
Beckett looks like one the chipmunks Trisha finds on her terrace, begging for chocolate cake handouts.
Nick has had one year where he had 500 at bats. He could be in for a monster year. If he masters that balanced swing we could be in for something to see.
He was really special. At age 20 in AA, 525 OBP.
His scouting report
Power: 71
Batting: 65
Speed: 28
Contact: 46
Patience: 95
per baseball cube
Working groups in the minors. Of note – Perkins the Australian catcher signed two years ago at age 16 in with Tampa, ditto JR Murphy. Catcher Sanchez, 2009 3 mil IFA signing in with Charleston group.
http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/yankees/?p=3610
More on Cuban SS Hechavarria… sounds like the Yankees are the current favorites to sign him.
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/.....ofCIw2DuYM
The Post article suggests trading Cano at the end of 2011 to make room for Hechavarria. That makes little if any sense if the Cuban is the SS of the future. It also implies that Hechavarria will be ready to start within two years. Sounds suspect to me.
I own footie pajamas made entirely out of VORP projections
Things which make more sense then trading Cano to make room for some cuban guy who hasn’t proved a damn thing:
- Letting the cuban guy work his way onto the team in the minors
- Letting him take the backup IF spot as we transition off of Jeter at SS
- Keeping him under control for 6 years, and probably having him take over around year 3 or 4.
- Moving jeter off of SS near the end of his career and having this kid take his place
I mean really , any of those are better than trading Cano
unless its for Matt Kemp
The NYP article is by George King. Facts mean nothing to him.
Nardi raves about him.
Darn. I almost called long johns.
Drove past The Stadium on the Deegan today and from the front (“big bat view”) you can barely tell anything has been demolished. From the side, the destruction is obvious.
All minor leaguers will wear the Rawlings S100 this season by MLB mandate so everyone will soon be a Gazoo.
pat
That reminds me. I was trying to remember what I thought Cervelli’s enlarged helmet looks like:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbaS.....781675.jpg
kazoo
It’s GAZOO, and you’re 9 hours late. Borden put up the same picure at 6:00 PM
up the same ***picture***
it’s so good to see that all the town’s order of know it alls have returned. bandleader sj44, blog delta force hit-man gb7, arrogant randy, peter pan pat m, nerdy cb, trouble maker trich and class clown sf nick. and now there is another group of square heads and their nothing else to do in life but to play computer baseball.nervous breakdown betty. and then they are the frustrated bobby sox contingent..chip was right and i warned him,it is a conspiracy of the know it alls.every year they seem to get bigger, so many know it alls and they still get it wrong