Sabathia heading back to where it all started
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Jun 01, 2011 
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
While the rest of the Yankees were suiting up for their flight to Los Angeles, CC Sabathia put on regular street clothes after today’s game. He’s heading to his old Little League field to throw out a ceremonial first pitch tonight. Sabathia has remained remarkably involved in the local Little League program, and he helped to rebuild the field about a year and a half ago. Here’s the information from the Yankees.
New York Yankees pitcher and Vallejo native CC Sabathia, who underwrote the rebuilding of North Vallejo Little League’s Thurmon Field through his PitCCh In Foundation, will return to throw out the ceremonial first pitch as part of the North Vallejo Little League Spring Classic on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:05 p.m. The facility is located at the corner of Whitney Ave. and Mini Drive in Vallejo. The game is presented by Pepsi, All Star Rents, and Toro Mowers.
Festivities prior to the game between the Yankees and the Cardinals of NVLL’s Majors Division will include a mini baseball fanfest for all to enjoy.
“This game represents the achievement of another major milestone in the 43 year history of North Vallejo Little League and our PitCCh In Foundation,” explained Sabathia. “I certainly look forward to it and will enjoy the change of pace for me to be able to take in a night game in my home town in the middle of the Major League Baseball season and not be in uniform.”
Over 350 youth enjoyed this year’s All Star Baseball Clinic presented by the PitCCh in Foundation last January and a record number of youngsters signed up to play little league.
The efforts to revitalize the field culminated in late January 2010 with the opening of a new field that includes new irrigation; new infield dirt; new bases, pitching rubber and home plate; new dugouts; a black vinyl coated chain link fence, and 37,000 square feet of new sod. Adjoining the field is also a new snack bar.
Associated Press photo
CC gets it, bless him.
Cc is the man….
From the last thread:
blake
“I think Cashman does a great job as the GM…..I wish he’d talk less in public but he knows what he’s doing personel wise IMO. ”
I agree that he does a very good job especially given the constraints imposed on him by ownership (e.g., I think he’d like to offer more patience to young players), however, I like his candor a lot.
nobody I’d rather have atop the rotation. There are guys with better stuff and there are guys with better command…..but hardly anybody is money in the bank every year….will take the ball whenever you ask him to….and lead by example like CC. Maybe Doc Halladay….but that’s about it.
Rich,
it’s kinda funny that some of the restraints Cashman has to deal with aren’t monetary…..they are time related regarding having to win all the time.
Everybody thinks GM of the Yankees is the easiest job because of the money….the problem is that you can’t just go buy whoever you want…often times the players you need aren’t available to buy.
That problem is compounded by the difficulty developing from within because of the impatience of the fanbase and ownership and by never getting high picks in the draft.
blake
Exactly. As Hal or Hank said a few years ago, if it was up to Cash, they’d spend less money.
I hope he can convince ownership how important it is to develop and retain starting pitching because they’re not always going to luck out as they have with Colon and Garcia, as we saw for much of the ’00s.
btw, The still have an advantage in Latin American signings and their willingness to pay over slot, which doesn’t eliminate the inability to have high picks, but it does mitigate it to varying degrees.
*
Granderson, infield lead early All-Star Game voting
By Mike Axisa
MLB released the early results of the AL All-Star voting today, and Yankees claim the top spots in six of nine positions. The entire infield – Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez – lead at their respective positions, as does Russell Martin behind the plate. Curtis Granderson is second behind Jose Bautista in the outfield voting, which is enough to earn a starting spot. These aren’t small leads, either, we’re talking hundreds of thousands of votes between first and second place at most spots. Cano has more than twice the votes as the runner-up at second. You know what the cool thing is? Aside from Jeter, you can at least make a case that all those guys deserve to start. · (25) ·
http://www.riveraveblues.com
Nice! I really hope Martin makes it. It would be awesome to see the entire Yankee infield out there to start the game.
Rich,
the Yankees can make up for the draft now because of the reasons you mentioned….paying over slot and the international market. What may make it difficult is if those systems change in the future…..and international draft etc.
CC is truly a guy who remembers where he came from. Kudos.
For Charleston, Jose has made one mistake. A solo homer in the first inning. 5 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts.
GB
I wonder if theyll give Ramirez a second shot at Tampa anytime soon. He seems to have figured it out down in Charleston.
GB – ten strikeouts are pretty good in any league.
So I get home ( avoid any scores all day) sit in front of the TV and hit the DVR…..
It didn’t record!
I hate that!
Well at least they won.
TY, I’m thinking at maybe the half-way point. Black is the real shocker with his struggles, lately, including tonight. Ramirez is finally healthy and really pitching well. He has a real good fastball tonight, and a nasty change-up, which may be better than Banuelos’.
Interesting that they have Segedin playing in left field again tonight. heathcott hasn’t hit a bit since the 5 game suspension.
GB :
Have you had a chance to see Nik Turley yet ? I’m sure you know he’s the grandson of “Bullet Bob” Turley.
I saw him in a GCL game last year. Big kid and it doesn’t hurt his cause to be a LHP.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=543867
Joe from Long Island June 1st, 2011 at 8:22 pm
GB – ten strikeouts are pretty good in any league.
———————————————————————————————————————-
Yeah, it is Joe. People forget just how young he really is (just turned 21).
As i type this, he’s walked his 2nd hitter and added another strikeout. Unfortunately. he just gave up a 2 run homer, and Charleston isn’t hitting at all. Add a misplayed flyball (double) behind first base. He’s out.
5.2 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts and 2 homers allowed.
I’ve seen Turley once and he’s got a good arm, tends to get a bit wild on occassion, though along with being homer prone. Big kid, though at 6’6″ and about 240.
“Nice! I really hope Martin makes it. It would be awesome to see the entire Yankee infield out there to start the game.”
———
I got about 200 votes in so far.
Let’s make it happen – vote early and vote often (just keep tossing different email addresses in and vote 25 times per)
An All-Yankee All-Star infield!
BoJo June 1st, 2011 at 7:07 pm
On that note…..many mock drafts are predicting the Mariners to take Cole with the 2nd pick. Felix, Pineada, and Cole……talk about rotation upside.
____________
“Makes me sick.”
******************************
Makes me smile
Ghostwriter June 1st, 2011 at 7:10 pm
“A succession of 12-game Cy Young Award winners, with that offense.”
*******************************
I’m thinking that 2-3 years down the road (when/if that pitching rotation comes to pass) the offense could be markedly improved via various means. As for this year – there may be help on the way soon from 30 miles south (Tacoma)…
~ Carp – .325/.387/.619 w/15 HR and 5 SB
~ Ackley – .287/.394/.466 w/7 HR and 6 SB
Thanks for beating the A’s.
Now have a nice day off and then go to work on those Halos!
GB
Yeah, Sean Black has had some issues lately. He has only put together a few good starts but none that I have seen where he has dominated. I cast my player and pitcher of the month votes. I voted Mahoney and Marshall. I know that Lyerly will get it and maybe Whitley, but I figure I might as well just vote for who I thought should get it. Lyerly was good in April but Ibarra won for that month. Mahoney hit 3 home runs and batted .292 in May so I thought he deserved a shot. Marshall has put together the best month for a SP and Whitley just continues to dominate.
And manny Barrada has come in and walked the first 4 batters he’s face to score 2 more runs.
anybody know what’s up with Mark Prior?
havent heard his name in a while
Something in the Toronto and Cleveland game. 3 straight triples by Toronto
Prior’s still trying to get through a groin pull. No arm issues