CC’s not the only big guy at Yankee Stadium
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 06, 2010 
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Just an early heads up. I’m sure we’ll have a reminder as we get closer to the event, but the Yankees sent this announcement this week and I wanted to pass it along.
Yankee Stadium will host a very special “Breakfast with Santa” on Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
All in attendance will be able to enjoy a hot breakfast buffet at Hard Rock Cafe, a personal photo with Santa Claus and an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of Yankee Stadium. Each child in attendance will receive a special gift bag directly from the North Pole.
Fans interested in attending “Breakfast with Santa” at Yankee Stadium must register in advance by visiting www.yankees.com/santa, calling 646-977-8400 or e-mailing events@yankees.com. Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. The cost to attend is $60 per person or $200 for a family of four.
WHAT: BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
DATE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010, AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010
PLACE: HARD ROCK CAFE YANKEE STADIUM
(Next to Gate 6 Entrance – corner of River Ave. and E. 161st St.)
TIME: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
can’t wait for “Brunch with the Easter Bunny”
Can’t believe Romine let that fastball clank off his glove. Come on, man, you’re supposed to have the defensive tools !
I hope he takes a step forward next year. He can’t keep living off the POTENTIAL of the glove. That kind of makes me think he becomes trade bait. If the Yankees have to live with below average defense, I’d expect they’d rather take the bat of Montero over Romine.
He’ll be ok.
Him and Montero.
Agree, Jerkface.
Are you implying CC is playing the role of Santa, Chad?
First time seeing ManBan tonight and really liked what I saw. Very good action and arm speed on his change and seems to have pretty good command and life on the fastball. He threw and great sequence and painted up a very good hitter in Ackley in that first inning. Looked good.
Laird looked pretty descent in the outfield from what I saw.
Nice piece of hitting by Romine and he looks good.behind the plate…needs to cut down the PBs but that correctable..
blake November 6th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Laird looked pretty descent in the outfield from what I saw.
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He didn’t look bad, did he? I expected him to be slower and less agile out there. I know his bat is worthy, and he is acceptable at 3B, but he was better in the OF in that short stint than I expected.
Gutierrez with a mid 90s sinker is more like Wang than he is Derek Lowe. Low walks, low strikeouts.
Tony Sanchez replaces Romine behind the plate.
Those last three pitches to Laird were just nasty. 99,99, and 101 on the corners. OUCH.
Too close to take and too hard to hit.
GB7
Those were some nasty pitches
just talking ..lets just say..Jeter & M0 leave..Andy retires…what happens
I’d like to have seen some camera work on Romine’s eyes when he’s catching, just to see if he’s blinking or closing his eyes on the fast balls. Those are the pitches that he usually drops or boxes.
# GreenBeret7 November 6th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
I’d like to have seen some camera work on Romine’s eyes when he’s catching, just to see if he’s blinking or closing his eyes on the fast balls. Those are the pitches that he usually drops or boxes.
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he blinks..who don’t…WTF
joeman November 6th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
just talking ..lets just say..Jeter & M0 leave..Andy retires…what happens
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Well, after some frolicking on some sandy beach with the SI bathing beauties … I’d wake up, cause I’d be dreamin.
“just talking ..lets just say..Jeter & M0 leave..Andy retires…what happens”
They sign Soriano and Lee, maybe Crawford or Werth, and trade prospects for a SS. They’ would be fine.
I think they’d start Nunez , sign Lee and Soriano.
Hi everyone! This is my first post on this Yankees fan site. Since the season ended I’ve been having really bad insomnia so I guess I’ll be here up late at night surfing the board mostly reading people’s opinions. I think this is an interesting place so I will be reading your thoughts.
Welcome back, CR9!
jk
It’s like watching the kids play ball down the street but in uniform and bright lights. I’m really into watching the players of tomorrow (top prospects or not). So much fun to watch a game of baseball without having preconceived expectations of a player.
Anderson gets the job done.
Those darn Rays. Just reiterates why I hate them.
assisting the runner by escobar there with the swift boot to the bum. Come on he is out. LOL
FiretheUMPIRE:
Welcome ! Overall, this is a pretty solid place to be. There are the occasional internet annoyances, but for the most part we are all very passionate about the Yankees. A lot of people here are very informative and not a lot about the game as well as the Yanks. Feel free to not just read, but also contribute, the more people in the discussion the better (well, most of the time!).
Really strange seeing the 1954 Giants World Series in HD but still black and white. Oh the nostalgia crossed with modern day technology.. !
Lost: Hong-Chih Kuo. What do you think of him as a target to replace Damaso Marte?
So transparent.
FTU:
Maybe after his 6th elbow surgery? No seriously, I don’t know anything about him at all. Is he even available ?
joeman November 6th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
just talking ..lets just say..Jeter & M0 leave..Andy retires…what happens
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Hal starts drinking heavily and sells the team
Lost: I don’t know. I was hoping you would know of some possible targets to replace Damaso Marte. Thanks if you do. If you don’t then no problem.
Watching the ’54 WS broadcast with the great Jack Brickhouse announcing. One of the best ever.
Kuo drinks too much sake.
hahahaha!!!!
I miss Chien-Ming Wang. Stupid national league rules injuring our players.
Watching Hal Newhouser pitch in Game 3 of the ’54 series brings to mind that he almost cost the yankees Derek Jeter. Jeter would have been an Astro if Newhouser had his way. Quite an infield that would have been. Bagwell at first, Biggio at 2nd and Jeter at shortstop.
Tony Sanchez looked good behind the plate, you’d never know he missed so much time this year.
GB7 -
What did you think of the Robinson kid in CF, looks like he’ll be a player.
OK then, good night.
I see CR9 found his way back to the blog.
Al, tough to tell. Not a lot of tough plays. Sort of like Laird in left, hard to say how well he plays in left without many tough plays. The anderson kid seems to have a decent bat but, a few flies dropped in front of him on defense. Adams, unless it was just a bad day was less than impressive at third and Romine’s issues haven’t really changed in 3 years. Still can’t catch a fast ball cleanly.
No, Firetheumpire is not another of my 20 screen names on here.
Ive taken a break from posting on the blog for a while, but still read it.
If my screen name had to do with umpires, Id be even more transparent than Firetheumpires. Id be either
KilltheUmpire or
FiringSquadtheUmpire
very surprised the jeter deal was not completed this weekend. even if Casey Close pulls a Boras/Damon on his client, Jeter will square up.
I just don’t see how a 37 year old player that’s loved expects to get paid and years of a 27 year old.. just plain outrageous!
seriously jete we love ya but 3/45 w/milestone achievement bonuses is beyond fair.. even if giants were VERY interested they aren’t paying over 12 mil per season.. for frog sake man, just be happy that NYY aren’t like the redsox otherwise you’d get a 3/27 tops and a pat on the butt with a “we wish u all the best” with ur new club.
Get over it Casey, this isn’t sentimental big bucks george’s team anymore.. and Hal/Hank are being very loyal and xtra generous offering 3 years for even if it was 3/38
stop acting like a greedy stuck pig Mr. Close!!!!
Give it a rest. You have no clue as to what, if anything was asked for and no clue as to what if, anything was offered. Or, is The Amazing Kresking channelling through you to let you know the details.
GB7:
I was expect the Jeter deal to get done by this weekend. This is one that the longer it lingers the more of a stink it makes. From what I’ve heard is that they’ve been very active talking already and the Yanks prefer to have it done by tomorrow. If it’s not, then it’s because they are far off.
I do think P. is being a bit dramatic, but Casey Close is expecting a grand slam here based on intangibles. No pun intended.
I’m off to sleep. When sentence structure is as bad as above, the goose is cooked.
The information that I have is that the Yankees have been busy trying to wrap up a real deal They plan to announce the signing of david Mantle to a long term, multi-million dollar deal to play center field for NYYs. Jeter’s contract will be dealt with within the month.
Good Morning.
Here’s a few dates to keep in mind with respect to the Hot Stove season:
•November 7th – Free agents can negotiate with any team
•November 16th-17th – GM Meetings, Orlando, Florida
•November 23rd – Deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their own free agents
•November 30th – Deadline for players to accept or decline arbitration offers from their former teams
•December 2nd – Deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players
•December 6th-9th – Winter Meetings, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
•January 18th – Teams and players exchange salary arbitration figures
I don’t generally read what the “mediots” have to say, except for Chad and Sam of course, but here’s a link from Madden on “plan B”
should the Yanks fail to sign Lee.
Basically he seems to imply there isn’t one. Fat chance of that being true.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....lan_b.html
Got a chance to see ManBan for the first time last night.
Good FB, really nice CU. Is he old enough to shave ?
MYU aren’t you the guy who was out celebrating your birthday last night ? Lots of pep in your step this morning.
‘Basically he seems to imply there isn’t one. Fat chance of that being true’ Nice comment there meaning we will not be denied. Gotta luv it.
typo: s/b MTU…………………..more coffee.
Tom-
Actually, I’m celebrating today. Leaving soon.
MTu,
Did you get to watch? I really enjoyed it. ManBan didn’t disappoint….it was a small sample but I really liked what I saw. He seems to generate velocity pretty easily for a guy his size and has pretty good command of his fastball.. that change up though is what could make him special…great action and arm speed.
Also thought Laird and Romine looked pretty good. Romine moves well behind the plate but he does have to work on the pass balls….I don’t know if its just a concentration lapse or what but GB has been talking about it all year…
SJ’s boy looks like a natural back there…..I think his future is bright.
MTU,
Oh and happy birthday man! Hope the wife is making your favorite pie today
Good morning.
The business section of the Dallas Morning News filled in a few blanks of the financials being debated about the Texas Rangers:
The ownership group consists of 30+ people with more than 50% of the money coming from 2 guys who made their fortunes in the energy industry. Ryan and Greenberg are the front men but not the money men.
The new TV deal starts in 2015 (the 5th year of a Cliff Lee contract
) and is worth $80M a year – the current TV/Radio deal brought in $60M last year.
Rangers revenues in 2009 were $167M and they showed a $12M loss on that. Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist estimates a $12-$14M dollar boost in that for 2010 because of the Rangers success and an additional $15M carry-over into the 2011 season from increased ticket sales/signage/ sponsorships.
There will be more money spent too. Payroll added to the $55M in 2010 on free agents and existing players raises, all front office personnel will be added into MLBs pension system and upgrades are planned to the ballpark estimated at $20M.
The Rangers have a very low season ticket holder bases- 8000 plans sold last year. More than doubling that base and sustaining it beyond the afterglow of 1 WS appearance will likely determine the long term financial security of a team that has aspirations to spend with the big boys and field a winning team consistently.
MTU -
I’m just popping in to say Happy Birthday (I know it was yesterday). Enjoy your day.
Doreen
Blake-
yeah. it came as pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect to be able to see the game.
Agree on Banuelos. Gotta love the CU. Guess they mature early in Mexico.
Laird looked Ok in the OF- SU guy ?
Romine does need to cut down on the PB’s. Just needs some polishing.
Doreen-
Thanks. Glad to see you are still lurking. Don’t let the bad guys chase you off.
Blake-
Thanks El Mucho.
Pat,
Thanks for that. It really seems like it would be a risk for them to go where the Yankees likely will in the bidding for Lee. With the money they will likely have to spend in the coming years to keep that team together….seems giving Lee 25 million per could lead to Nicks/Arod part 2…..I guess we will see how.much they are willing to gamble of themselves increasing revenues.
Texas is already shedding payroll. They really can’t afford to let Guerrero leave. he may not be able to play the field, but he can still hit. He made 49.5 mil this season and he had an option. He’s not taking less. lThe Texas pitching isn’t so great or so deep that they can unload offense. That’s going to give Lee second thoughts about the ability to keep that team together over the next 3 years.
***$9.5 mil***
Gb-
Who stole that other 40 Mil.
Also, if what pat posted is correct then the Rangers new TV deal will have very little impact on their ability to pay him.
I think the Lee camp has made an effort to get it out there how comfortable Lee is in Texas in order to best assure that the Yankees will
exceed the Rangers offer.
I was disappointed in Romine’s defense last night, but not surprised. He still has the same issues with catching fast balls and that not only leads to passed balls, but more importantly, to all of the stolen bases.
MTU, that was “Killer” adding in his comments, not me. If he isn’t more careful, he’s not going to be allowed on here again. Either that or he gets his own computer and sign-in name. Getting tired of covering up his mistakes.
Bottom line: to.keep the current Ranger team together over Lee’s contract….Texas will.likely have to get into the big market payroll range….and they will have to increase and sustain revenues pretty significantly in order to do that…
GB-
I should have known. Usually he only posts when he knows you’ve passed out for the night.
Gb,
You’ve seen Romine a lot more than I have but if those are the kinds of issues that he’s having (just whiffing on fastballs) then you have to think that’s correctable….maybe just concentration lapses?
Also, thought Laird looked fine in the outfiekd the little bit I saw him. He could be a valuable player for the Yankees if he can fill a corner infield and outfield utility role….
MTU -
I thought you couldn’t grt MLB channel, glad you got to see the game.
ManBan looks like the real deal. Romine not what I expected to see, thought he was the better catcher in the minor leagues.
Laird show nothing with the bat last night, and looked bad his last AB.
I’ve seen Montero play a lot more than Romine.because Scrantons games are televised but I honestly don’t.see that much difference defensively between the two.
MTU, good for you, tear it up.
8000 season ticket plans is amazingly low for a team who averages almost 30,000 fans per game.
Very risky proposition but….. if the Ranger’s really wanted to show a commitment of sustained winning to Lee and their fanbase, they would buy out a few arbitration years from some guys who are likely to cost them significantly into the future- Hamilton, Wilson, etc….
Good morning to Killer, looks as if he’s got the inside track on the computer.
Tim-
Will do. Literally. 300 miles of driving, 60 miles of ATV’ing, and 5 miles of Hiking.
Al-
It was featured on the Computer.
You gotta love these computers.
MTU -
300 miles of driving? Wow, I hope that’s round trip. What do you have planned after lunch then?
Al-
Sure do. They kept me in beans for my whole career.
MTU -
You must have a large fuel supply with you for the ATV’s. That’s a long ride on an ATV. Don’t forget the extra pillow.
Al-
Yes. That’s RT. Fortunately.
You got to be motivated that’s for sure.
Definition of getting old.
When it’s too much trouble to go out and have fun.
Al-
5.5 gallons yields a range of approx. 150 miles.
The extra pillow is for the passenger.
Definition of old, I thought that’s when you look in the mirror and can’t remember who that person is looking at you.
Al-
Nope. That’s the Alzheimer’s test.
Nothing says Christmas and the Holiday season like tossing a few back with Santa at the Hard Rock Cafe. Is beating up elves part of the activities too?
MTU -
The last ATV I had was an Polaris 800cc, it was huge and fast.
Al-
I’ve ridden them. They’re brutes. Mine’s a Sportsman 500. My buddy
runs a CanAm 800 twin. Now that is some machine.
I’m trying to remember if I passed that test, I think I did.
MTU -
CanAm makes a great 3 wheel MC, love ‘em.
Al-
I gotta go. Have a great day.
MTU -
Can you get to the places you’re going to by ATV alone, or is it too narrow and you need to hike?
MTU -
Safe trip – Enjoy!
I think what it boils down to for the rangers is whether they will make several moves in the FA market or will they rely on their well stocked farm system for their team going forward. The new TV deal in four years only gives them an extra $ 20 mil. and their season tickets sales don’t look very good. Based on Pat’s post I think the Rangers are relying more on good will than hard dollars to land Lee.
MTU November 7th, 2010 at 8:21 am
‘The total hike’, by vehicle and foot that is.
Good will would cost about $20-25 mil a year.
If Lee leaves the Rangers, I expect the As to come out of the west next year for the play-offs. Their young pitching staff has tremendous upside, and I think they will deliver in 2011.
Which I don’t think they want to pay.