Teixeira continues work with Harlem RBI
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 06, 2011 
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First, good news for you Subway Race fans. The regular subway cars will be back tonight after an agreement between the Yankees and the MTA.
Second, good work by Mark Teixeira who continues to work closely with Harlem RBI. This afternoon, Teixeira will hold a press conference to discuss his latest contribution and fundraising initiative. If you contribute, you could be chosen to have lunch with Tex. Here’s the announcement from the Yankees.
NEW YORK YANKEES’ MARK TEIXEIRA LAUNCHES ‘DREAM TEAM’ TO LEVEL THE FIELD FOR EAST HARLEM KIDS
All-Star First Baseman Calls On Fans To Help Underprivileged Children
(Yankee Stadium, New York) – April 6, 2011 New York Yankees first baseman, Mark Teixeira, today announced that he has made a $1 million donation to East Harlem charity Harlem RBI, and he is calling on his fans to help raise additional funds through his Dream Team campaign.
The fundraising campaign will help the organization build a state-of-the-art facility for the children that Harlem RBI and its partner DREAM Charter School serve each year. The groundbreaking project will include a 450-seat public charter school facility, a new community center, 87 units of low income housing and a rebuilt public park, and will serve as a model of urban development in one of New York City’s toughest neighborhoods. Fans of the four-time Gold Glove Award winner will be able to take part in this exciting campaign by joining Teixeira’s Dream Team online or via text.
“I’ve seen firsthand how Harlem RBI and DREAM Charter School are making dreams real for East Harlem kids. I’m calling on my fans to help build a home and resource for this vibrant community,” said Teixeira. “When fans donate to my Dream Team, they will also have the opportunity to spend part of the day with me at Yankee Stadium.”
Harlem RBI, an academic and baseball/softball program which focuses youth on gaining college acceptance, recently opened a DREAM Charter School in 2008. Teixeira joined the Harlem RBI Board of Directors in 2010 and has gotten to know the organization’s work by participating in workshops and programs with Harlem RBI’s youth, motivating them to reach their potential and realize their dreams. Harlem RBI is part of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program, which is the Major League Baseball youth initiative designed to provide opportunities to play baseball and softball, to encourage academic success and to teach the value of teamwork and other important life lessons to underserved young people, ages 5 to 18, from urban communities.
Nine lucky donors to the fundraising campaign will be selected to have lunch with Teixeira, along with a behind-the-scenes tour of Yankee Stadium, on-field recognition with Teixeira and suite tickets to a Yankees game. Interested fans can visit www.dreamteam25.org to join Teixeira’s Dream Team or text “RBI” to 50555 to make a $10 donation to the campaign. Teixeira will personally document the campaign’s progress on his new social media sites, which include a Facebook fanpage site, www.facebook.com/teixeiramark25 and his Twitter account, @teixeiramark25.
MARK TEIXEIRA & HARLEM RBI
Mark Teixeira, the New York Yankees first baseman, and Harlem RBI entered into a strategic partnership in May 2010 when the two-time MLB All-Star and 2009 World Series champion became a member of Harlem RBI’s Board of Directors. Teixeira will serve as the honoree with Howard Lutnick from Cantor Fitzgerald/BGC Partners at Harlem RBI’s annual 2011 Bids for Kids Gala at Cipriani on June 6, 2011.
In addition, as the Honorary Chair of Harlem RBI’s $20 million Capital Campaign, Mark assists Harlem RBI by participating in various events to support the organization, including activities with Harlem RBI youth. He will work with Major League Baseball to connect with RBI programs nationally through in-stadium appearances with fellow Major League Baseball players and seek to support local RBI programs around the country.
TEX’S DREAM TEAM
As a member of Harlem RBI’s Board of Directors and as the Honorary Chairman of the Capital Campaign, Teixeira has stepped up to the plate in support of Harlem RBI and DREAM, personally committing $1 million in support of this project. Teixeira’s goal is to engage the public to join his Dream Team to collectively meet or exceed his gift. Nine lucky supporters will have unique access to Teixeira, joining him for lunch and a tour of Yankee Stadium, enjoying batting practice on the field prior to a game, then receiving suite tickets to the Yankees game that evening. In addition, he will work to secure additional supporters over the coming months to join him in his efforts to level the field and build the future for East Harlem youth.
HARLEM RBI AND DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL
Harlem RBI, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that is celebrating its 20th year of service, began in 1991 when a group of volunteers transformed an abandoned, garbage-strewn lot into two baseball diamonds for the youth of East Harlem. Since then, Harlem RBI has grown to serve more than 1,000 boys and girls, ages 5-21, with year-round academic, sports and enrichment programs. Harlem RBI’s comprehensive approach to youth development replaces the barriers inner-city youth typically face with concrete opportunities to build the skills and confidence needed to graduate high school, matriculate to college and break the cycle of poverty. Since 2005, 97% of Harlem RBI seniors have graduated high school, 93% of seniors have been accepted into college and 99% of participants have avoided teen parenthood.
In 2008, after 17 years of working in East Harlem and producing exceptional results, Harlem RBI opened DREAM Charter School. DREAM’s mission is to educate East Harlem children through a comprehensive K-8 program that builds a community of passionate, lifelong learners. DREAM is a model learning community with high expectations, a strong culture of care and a vision of student success and excellence. Today the school serves 200 students and will grow one grade each year until it reaches capacity at 450 students, grades K-8.
Associated Press photo
Good job by Tex.
Nice job by Teixeira.
And glad that the subway race game issue has been resolved
if you ever wanted to sit ‘inside the moat’ but couldnt afford it, today’s your day. $118 gets you a pair in row 4 of the last section in LF tonight!
The yankees let you exchange unused season tickets for later games? I thought you could only get a $5 voucher for them…
oh you are a tease Ys Guy…if I left right now I still wouldn’t get there before first pitch!
Irreverent,
Yes, if you are a season ticket holder this is a perk you get. You cann’t do it for Sat-Sun games or “premium” games (i.e., Red Sox & Mets).
http://mlb.mlb.com/nyy/compone.....change.jsp
But just to be clear you have to do it before the game. You can’t do it with tickets to games that have already been played.
I think you can get a $5 voucher if you miss a game and still have the unused ticket.
Afternoon everyone, Have we all recovered from last nights heresy yet?
Thanks eric, looks like you have to do it 2 weeks before the game is played, but good to know.
ASD – It could be worse…
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/.....na-go.html
“Asd April 6th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Afternoon everyone, Have we all recovered from last nights heresy yet?”
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hahahahahahahaha! what a kidder….
just the usual scarred for life, nothing new.
Bonds trial proceeds to closing arguments without Barry taking the stand.
For the many years of handwringing by the media and the hundreds of thousands of column inches written and PEDs, this trial lacked juice.
upstate kate aka pretendboyfriendstealer-
I am guessing you didn’t like my trade proposal??
There are OF grandstand seats on Stubhub for tonight’s game…for 98 cents. That’s right…CENTS. So so tempting. But I must resist. Must…attend…class….tonight. Must…remain…focused.
I also agree that weather is playing a factor in the low actual attendance at the games so far this season. You have to remember that it has been bitterly cold here since November. That’s 6 months! We’re still below normal temps even today. I think perhaps New Yorkers are simply sick and tired of being cold. They’re hunkering down and waiting for warm weather. I think (and hope!) that attendance will get back to normal once the temperatures do.
I’m a pretty hard core fan, and I’ve sat through 2 complete games at YS so far this season. And I have to tell you that I was uncomfortable and pretty miserable. I was praying that no game went into extra innings because I didn’t want to sit out there any longer than I had to.
Hot chocolate is $10 at the stadium, btw. Ugh. True, it comes in a reusable cup. But $10? For water and chocolate-flavored powder?
$10 for hot chocolate????????!?!?!?!?!
Is there a sign underneath that says “Yes, we know we are screwing you”?
tarheel – bronx water flavored hot chocolate? no thanks lol…
The main level is a great place to go hide from the wind. Spent all day sunday there.
Hot chocolate is $10 at the stadium, btw. Ugh. True, it comes in a reusable cup. But $10? For water and chocolate-flavored powder?
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that’s pretty bad
“Spent all day sunday there.”
You are not a REAL FAN! Shame on you and your corporate fat cat behavior.
Hot chocolate is $4 if you take it in a normal cup.
It’s 10 if you want the souvenir cup.
sorry Erica I didn’t see it
Tom in NJ – If it makes you feel better, I had a $5 ticket I bought sunday morning. Then i paid an usher $20 to let me sit down in 225
I remember when they used to give away that hot chocolate in the bleachers in the old stadium for free when it was cold… still wouldn’t drink it. Bronx water is nasty.
You can get a cup of hot chocolate on stubhub for a nickel.
who were you willing to trade…besides Chase Utley!
upstate kate April 6th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
sorry Erica I didn’t see it
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Oh okay. I was just curious about why I never saw a response.
I don’t know how trade proposals work on ESPN
Think it over pretendboyfriendstealer
LGY,
I saw no $4 hot chocolate on Thursday. The only hot chocolate that came around with the vendors was $10 in the souvenir cup. I went to the refreshment stand hoping to find some cheaper hot chocolate, and it was not on the menu. Just the $10 stuff. I think they saw an opportunity, and they took it.
Were you there and had $4 hot chocolate? I’m going to be so irritated if it was there, and I missed it! LOL
upstate kate April 6th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
who were you willing to trade…besides Chase Utley!
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David DeJesus
I figured OF for OF.
Chase Utley makes me sad. Third round pick…. Stupid Erica
Oh dear, we’ve reverted back to the attendance issues lol..
I’ve noticed a lot of empty seats too but its always in the same places. Right around the field, of course, but the other places that makes the whole stadium look dead are the sections set in front of the bleachers. That must be a great section to sit in (not sure as I can’t afford it..), but the price disparity between those and the bleachers right behind them are insane. A couple nights ago I saw two full sections in front of the bleachers totally empty aside from one couple lol. It was kinda sad.
Then again, I’m a Devils fan, so I’m used to my team playing to a half empty house
ID:
http://www.esquire.com/feature....._20DOLLARS
I was there on opening day. A friend and I got a hot dog each, a 12 oz draft beer each and a small order of fries to share. $43.
“You can get a cup of hot chocolate on stubhub for a nickel.”
Arrange to pick it up at will call though because it makes a mess of the printer when you get electronic delivery.
Tarheel
Yeah. I bought a $4 hot chocolate. I was told and I saw on the menu $10 if I wanted it in the souvenir cup.
I saw a little girl eating ice cream on Openng Day. True Fan.
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what, no Joey Votto?
PBFstealer
I would pay $10 for the cup even w/o the hot chocolate.
we used to go see the Expos on $1 hot dog nights…now there was a deal!
Rich
You can buy the cup by itself for $6.
upstate kate April 6th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
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what, no Joey Votto?
PBFstealer
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I drooled over Joey Votto’s stats all season last year wishing he was an Avenger… now he is
You are a funny one, pretendboyfriendstealer
(On that note, I am going to stop playing and do the return that I really don’t want to do now)
I was completely unaware the button atop a baseball cap had a “name” (squatchee). Now I know.
LGY – There was a line 30 people deep at the carvel stand (main level) on sunday. unreal.
LGY,
Crap! I guess I just wasn’t persistent enough. Thank you for the tip! I’ll remember that next time, now that I KNOW they have it, regardless of what they might imply.
Other than the way-too-high concession prices at YS, I really do love being there. I’m on a grad student’s budget, so for now, I usually have to avoid the concessions there in the stadium. Otherwise, it’s a great experience for me.
LGY April 6th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Tarheel
Yeah. I bought a $4 hot chocolate. I was told and I saw on the menu $10 if I wanted it in the souvenir cup.
I saw a little girl eating ice cream on Openng Day. True Fan.
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The last time I got ice cream at the stadium, it was a warm day and the entire thing melted before I got back to my seat.
I wore more of that ice cream helmet cup than I ate.
And my fingers were sticky for the rest of the game
And don’t even get me started on how awful the pretzel was the last time. I waited 20 minutes for it. Missed a whole inning and it was ice cold.
Okay… doing work now
LGY
I’m a skilled negotiator.
Girardi should have brought in Cookie Puss instead of Soriano. #scarredforlife
I know it’s the Mets and all, but I got to say I like the logo’d stirrups: http://farm6.static.flickr.com.....35c6_o.jpg
# Asd April 6th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
I know it’s the Mets and all, but I got to say I like the logo’d stirrups: http://farm6.static.flickr.com…..35c6_o.jpg
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I need the Mets to start losing some games
Ubaldo Jimenez going on the DL, but supposedly back before end of april.
Hey kid! Your dad is a total jerk. Way to stand up for yourself! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....r_embedded
It takes more than a little courage to sit through a 3 hr ballgame with wind chills at freezing/ Football is different and that isn’t for the faint of heart either.
Some day major league baseball will wake up to the fact that it is cold or beyond cold at Northern venues at night. It is patently ridiculous that the Yankees have 19 home games at the Stadium in April.
Will computers humming and new apps available daily this should be no challenge for the schedulers whatever.
>Will computers humming and new apps available daily this should be no challenge for the schedulers whatever.
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Amen. I watch all the games on my Itouch right now, even though the computer is right there. It allows me to post here without slowing up the video feed. And it comes through much, much clearer.
I keep warm with my Yule Log app. Plus it brings me holiday cheer year round.
Have you played that Tiny Wings game? It’s hella good.
It’s a good night for Ten-Cent Beer night in Cleveland ……………..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night
Simulated open flame is strictly prohibited from Yankee Stadium.
“Have you played that Tiny Wings game? It’s hella good.”
Better than Angry Birds?
It’s on par with it, I’d say. I like Tiny Wings better.
You can play all your little mobile games, but the fact is our team has yet to win a game this season and now we’re sending Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound?????
Oh wait, that’s Boston.
Pete Abe guaranteeing a W tonight
or else what? he gives up donuts?
Lol, kinda sad when your sports writers are the ones guaranteeing the fans a win..
Does Pete Abe have the authority to do that????
I feel like the lessons of the Brady Bunch have been lost on Pete Abe. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver.
Girardi seems to have lost some faith in DRob. I’m not sure why.
“Sox 7, Indians 3 tonight. Mark it down. Take it to the bank. Bet the house. Go all in. I had a lengthy conversation with Daisuke Matsuzaka and he said, “Tell the boys to get on my back. We’re winning this game or else.” Either that or he said, “Get out of my way and get a real haircut you joker.” But it sounded good.”
I think if I were going to guarantee a Sox victory then id wait until tomorrow when its Lester and not Dice K on the bump
“Girardi seems to have lost some faith in DRob. I’m not sure why.”
Probably because he’s struggled to find the strike zone pretty frequently….I like D Rob but he walks too many and falls behind too often…….he’s very effective when he throws strikes and comes after people.
“Tell the boys to get on my back.”
Hehehe….hehehehehehehehhehe…hehehehehehehehe…Yes. I’m 5.
So Nick. You betting the house based on Pete Abe’s advice?
Hellickson with 9 K’s thru 4 against the Halos…..but he’s down 2-0
I wouldn’t mind betting Pete Abe’s house, but I put a little of my own coin on the Indians +1.5 runs.
Rays have 5 guys in their lineup today who are hitting below .100.
(Manny, who isin’t playing today, is below .100 as well).
“Rays have 5 guys in their lineup today who are hitting below .100.”
Too bad Hellickson ain’t facing them.
Damon with a 12 pitch AB against Haren. Grounded out, but he’s still got some scrap in him.
hmmm if Johnny D could hit a 3 run HR, it would be a win for me, as I have both him and Hell-boy on my fantasy team
Andy P. Sighting. He is at the Cards game today in the stands. Must be watching his buddy Sir Lancelot in RF.
He looks like he is having a good time with this whole not playing anymore thing.
Good for him bad for the Yankees.
Andy sighting!
YankeesWFAN RT @AdamtheBullWFAN: Just saw Andy Pettitte in the stands at the Pirates/Cardinals game.
Girardi should have brought in Cookie Puss instead of Soriano. #scarredforlife
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I’m thinking about buying my mother a Cookie Puss for Mother’s Day #frednorris
The good news?
In his first start of the season last year Garcia faced Minny and went 7 innings and gave up only 2 runs.
In his first 3 games against the Twins last season he pitched 20 innings with a 3.15 ERA.
The bad news?
In his final start vs the Twins last year, Freddy went only 2.1 innings and gave up 6 runs.
Bats need to come alive tonight.. keep tacking on throughout the game.
What a perfect marriage between MLB, the Harlem RBI charter school, and one of the good guys. I like how Tex is asking the fans to get involved, too.
so where is the line up?
I saw someone complaining about $3.75 gas. Our is $5.11 a US gallon. Be grateful for small favours.
Robertson was going to start the ninth. Girardi said he didn’t want to use Mo so who else was he going to use? In his mind, Soriano and Robertson were his options (Joba being unavailable) and he decided to go with Soriano first. If the $8M spent on PF had been spent on a healthy high-end relief pitcher, Girardi has one more option with the lead and maybe Soriano isn’t annoyed from the get-go about being overused.
Both Mauer and Thome are out of tonight’s Twins lineup.
Mauer is .419 .486 .774 against Garcia. Thome has a .471 OBP against Garcia.
Yankees dodge abullet
is Gardenhire trying to lose!!! what is he doing not playing Mauer and Thome!
More wonderful ways to understand bullpens.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs.....wns-saves/
“Both Mauer and Thome are out of tonight’s Twins lineup.”
Maybe they figured they already won one game here at the stadium so they’ve achieved their main goal..
” Soriano had thrown 19 pitches on Monday night and admitted that his fastball isn’t where it ought to be thanks to the frigid conditions. ”
i think this is a good time to point out to those who have poked fun at the notion that cold april weather makes a difference to baseball players that it indeed does affect players.
weather affects different players to different degrees. a player jeter who grew up in michigan isn’t as likely to be affected by cold weather as someone who grew up in a tropical climate.
how big the cold weather factor is can be debated, but there is no question it is a factor.
personally, i think they should either shift the schedule to warm weather cities and teams with domes or else shorten the season.
but they’re not going to do that so teams and players will have to deal with it. i think it tends to hurt hitters in general more than pitchers, but it affects everyone.
where did you see the twinkies lineup?
Shame-
Is Mauer’s knee still bugging him?
Michael Kay has already pissed me off in 2011.
He needs to lay off his criticism of Girardi using Soriano in the 8th inning last night.
It was a 4 run game in the 8th.
Why not go to Soriano to pitch the 8th?
He is the 8th inning guy and last night was the perfect opportunity to take C.C. out of the game and insert Soriano into the 8th.
I wonder how many games Mauer’s really going to play this season.
# upstate kate April 6th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
is Gardenhire trying to lose!!! what is he doing not playing Mauer and Thome!
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get one 1 win and leave
I blame Nick for not sending the Yankees their pinstriped snugglies in time…no wonder they were cold. Actually there would be more fans in attendance if they had a snugglie give away night…didn’t the Angels do that?
Randy,
Weather is of course a factor. Players should not be scared of it though, and it shouldn’t force them to hide their top prospect in the tropical confines of scranton
a little quid pro quo for last night’s debacle, maybe?
Gardenhire and Girardi worked this out well in advance.
/removes tin foil hat
randy – thank you. I never played the game at anywhere the level as you or many others (I plateaued at the 6-7th grade level). But, it ain’t football, where you can out-muscle the other guy, and just run with the ball. There’s a certain finesse about baseball, holding the bat, throwing pitches, commanding pitches, that is lost when you lose feeling in your fingers, and maybe not get loosened up in your muscle groups.
I don’t take too much from early April baseball in the northeast. They have to play the schedule, and each team faces the same weather conditions on any given day, so it’s a fair fight. But, certain players may be more or less affected.
Again, JMO.
Kay runs a sports talk radio show. He needs to generate some controversy.
Hellickson struck out 10 in less than 6 IP. Still in line for the loss tho. TB down 3-1.
Michael Kay has already pissed me off in 2011.
He needs to lay off his criticism of Girardi using Soriano in the 8th inning last night.
It was a 4 run game in the 8th.
Why not go to Soriano to pitch the 8th?
He is the 8th inning guy and last night was the perfect opportunity to take C.C. out of the game and insert Soriano into the 8th
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The reasons are multi-fold. Soriano is Dominican, so should not be used when the temperature is below 80. Second, its a 4 run lead and David Robertson has been getting warmed up every single game and only gotten into 1, if you cannot trust your relievers with a 4 run lead replace them. Third, David Robertson was warmed up BEFORE Soriano, if he falters you can always bring in Soriano to clean up, the alternative (D-Rob cleaning up for Soriano) is much worse. Fourth, using Soriano for that game knocks him out for a day or two, so he should really only be used in DIRE situations. He is a high leverage reliever, the 8th inning only became high leverage when soriano loaded the bases and then walked in a run.
There is such a thing as overkill. If you’re facing the Red Sox in fenway no lead is safe, doesn’t mean you bring in Mariano to close out a 5 or 6 run game.
nice summation of the day’s comments Jerkface
Soriano is Dominican, so should not be used when the temperature is below 80.
Jerkface – are you serious? Is that like the line that Mark Sanchez can’t play in the NY cold because he’s Mexican and grew up in California? So, Girardi should consult weather.com. If that’s the case, then throw away a third of the schedule.
Times when relief overkill is ok: Its the playoffs. You absolutely have to win the game to make the playoffs. Beating the team you’re facing knocks them out of the playoffs and they are a direct rival.
To me the “bonehead” play was when Swisher foolishly left his feet for that blooper to RF.
Swisher was very aggressive when he needed to be much more conservative.
When he left his feet I wanted to jump into the screen and ask him why he did that!!
Pedro Martinez grew up in the Dominican. Seems like he had a few good years in Montreal and Boston.
Try and keep up Joe from Long Island.
eboland11 Lots o’ changes in lineup tonight…Gardner 7, Granderson 8, Teixeira 3, ARod dh, Cano 4, Swisher 9, Chavez 5, Nunez 6, Molina 2.
And, I forgot this guy from Panama. Something Rivera.
Girardi taking a pass on todays game:
Gardner 7, Granderson 8, Teixeira 3, ARod dh, Cano 4, Swisher 9, Chavez 5, Nunez 6, Molina 2
Oh, I do, jerkface.
maybe randy is right.
joe from long island-
it’s a fair fight in the sense all teams have to deal with the cold weather, but it sucks from an individual players stand point . it’s uncomfortable at best and causes injuries at worst.
i posted soriano’s comment because it really gets annoying listening to know it all people on this blog who have never played at any level in really cold weather and then say it doesn’t matter.
it matters.
again, how much it matters can be debated , but to say it doesn’t affect players and game outcomes is just plain wrong.
and yes, i’m glad to see montero down in scranton where stats don’t matter because i’ve seen nothing that indicates he’s a cold weather player yet. people can say he has nothing else to learn down there.
actually he can learn how to play in cold weather quite nicely without having to worry about slumping at the mlb level because of it.
that said, i think cold weather bothers catchers less simply because they are generation a lot of heat because they are working hard back there. still i think when the weather heats up, montero will be more ready to come up if the yankees decide he’s ready.
“To me the “bonehead” play was when Swisher foolishly left his feet for that blooper to RF.”
I also think this is the real reason we lost the game (besides the walks and lack of offense after the 2nd).
New Post w/lineup
Joe,
I am disappointed you took the comment literally, and not as part of my shadow war against Randy, who thinks that the Yankees should bring Jesus Montero up in the summer because he is from south america. This would conveniently make it so his first time adjusting to major league cold weather is in the playoffs.
actually he can learn how to play in cold weather quite nicely
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How is he going to do that in the minors? Minor league pitchers aren’t getting in on his hands consistently. Its a different experience.
eboland11 Lots o’ changes in lineup tonight…Gardner 7, Granderson 8, Teixeira 3, ARod dh, Cano 4, Swisher 9, Chavez 5, Nunez 6, Molina 2.
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What.
This is a joke right?
No one would have guessed tonights line-up.
It’s unfortunate that more people in central Florida didn’t go to watch the Rays play the last few yrs. That was a very talented and dangerous team.
Now they’re on their way back to being also-rans.
Their pockets and system aren’t deep enough to dig out of the hole they’re in. If they weren’t drawing w/a dynamite team, who’s going to go now? It’s just a matter of time before they move or are contracted.
jerkface – oh, I have a sense of humor.
The one thing I admit not spending a lot of time on, is the ongoing war you have with randy. Although, it is better than some of the gametime comments from the well known morons.
“Oh, I do, jerkface.
maybe randy is right.”
joe in long island-
not only am i right about that cold weather affects players to different degrees, but i was also right that i could bait jerkface into an argument where he would poke fun at the idea that players who grew up in warm climates and have little experience in frigid weather can sometimes have problems with the cold weather.
i can play golf when it’s below freezing and still score pretty close to what i do in 80 degree weather, but i’d be very surprised to see a player who grew up in florida be able to play in below freezing weather. some could do it , not many.
it’s no different in baseball. it’s a skill to play in really cold weather. you have to do some things differently. you have to keep it simple for one thing and not try to do too much.you also have to keep moving and stay warmed up once you get loose. once you cool down , it’s hard to get loose again.
Trade Montero to the Marlins.
“How is he going to do that in the minors? Minor league pitchers aren’t getting in on his hands consistently. Its a different experience.”
jerkface-
now that i’ve drawn you into an argument that shows how you like to argue really ridiculous positions knock yourself out. it’s clear to anyone who is paying attention to what is going on with soriano that weather is a factor.
if you want to argue that the sky isn’t really blue, have fun, time for me to play some 80 degree golf and see if i can stay in the high seventies with my new swing changes. i probably can’t because like jeter changes make me worse for a time before i get the hang of them.
we’ll have to save that jeter debate for another time.