Rodriguez happy — but not too happy — with fast start
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Mar 04, 2012 
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First pitch. First swing. Alex Rodriguez sent his first spring training home run to right field this afternoon. It was a solo shot off Roy Halladay, either a good omen or a good result that means nothing.
“I don’t know,” Rodriguez said. “Look, last year I stood here and had a really good spring, felt really good and the results during the year weren’t what we all wanted. Definitely one day a time. A good start, hopefully the first of many more days to come.”
Rodriguez finished the day 3-for-3, a triple short of the cycle in a 7-4 Yankees win. He used the whole field, drove in two runs and scored twice. He said he felt good in the field though no ground balls were hit to him. As usual, Rodriguez stressed that his biggest need is to stay healthy, and Joe Girardi said he’s planning to treat Rodriguez more or less the same as everyone else. He’ll play every other day for a while, then start getting into some consecutive games later in the spring.
“You just take it slow,” Girardi said. “There’s no reservations about doing that, (no plan of) treating him any different than anyone else… I think a guy like that is just not going to get too carried away with at-bats and hits, but I look at how well he hit the ball. That’s what I like to see. He’s probably not going to hit 1.000 for the year.”
Fair enough, but a home run is better than a strikeout, right?
“Okay, I’ll give you that,” Rodriguez said.
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GB7,
Is Montero catching?
Tom, he’s DHing today
Get used to him doing that.
Seattle has three catchers with Montero, Olivo and John Jaso.
GB7, (or Compass Rosy)
Are they working him out at any other position?
Wife’s stirring up a big batch of venison chili. Smells great, and my attention span is flagging, stomach growling. Cool day here today, perfect supper.
Not that I’ve seen, Tom.
Venison anything is always welcome, Tom. Fried potatoes and venison gravy on homemade biscuits. The thought makes me lick my eyebrows off.
GB7
Biscuits make a prime bed for any kind of gravy, I’ll admit that venison sausage gravy is at the top of the list, and home fries complete it. March a long way after that meal.
Apologies if this has been posted, but Klapish wrote a great piece on Cano.
http://tinyurl.com/7pyk265
tomingeorgia March 4th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
GB7
Biscuits make a prime bed for any kind of gravy, I’ll admit that venison sausage gravy is at the top of the list, and home fries complete it. March a long way after that meal.
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Unless you’re a pig for it like me and have 4 plates of everything
Tom, not sure when you got out of service, but all vehicles now have food heaters in them. Plug them into an outlet on hehicle, pour water into it and put in the MRE food pouch. A little better than heating it up on a manifold or starting a little fire with a chunk of C-4.
So how was the game? How’d the second stringers do?
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Pretty good game for the Yanks. DJ Mitchell and Zoilo Almonte were very good. Rodriguez was 3-3 with a double, homer and 2 RBI. Of course RBIs don’t mean anything.
Almonte will be nicknamed “Zorro”.
GB7,
How about C4 and Korean C-rats? In a steel pot?
Tough day for Brewers. Weeks out with an injury and Corey Hart tore up his knee…surgery scheduled.
I was in a while after, but didn’t have to do that anymore.
Never much for Korean or oriental food, Tom. Unless I’m desperate.
GB7,
We were.
Have a real fondness for C-Rats. Especially the chocolate chip cookies. Ham and eggs and boulders and wheels were great, too.
I’m really rooting for Phelps/Warren/Mitchell. I hope those guys get their fair shake if they earn it. No point in rushing Banuelos/Betances past them.
GB7,
I always liked the Lucky Strikes.
I lost any desire for oriental food when I saw the ‘Yards skinning dogs and cats and putting them in a pot.
Pall Malls, Kents and Lucky Strikes almost always. On a good day, you got surprised with Marlboros.
what could a phelps/warren/mitchell package get in return? you gotta think at least two will be decent ml starters, like noeisi hopefully.
maybe a young, cost controlled bat?
“Get used to him doing that.”
Montero dh 3 0 1 1
get used to him doing THAT
Only three young, cost controlled outfield bats that would interest me are Ryan Raburn of Detroit, David Murphy of Texas and John Mayberry of Philadelphia. Not sure I like the idea of helping those three teams, though.
GB7,
Whole live ducks, feathers and all, tossed into the fire is what I remember. We brought a very stale pallet of Ballantine Beer, just so we didn’t have to drink that rice stuff they brewed up.
gb7,
there’s a dh in seattle….
ok, kidding. don’t mean to poke the bear.
what about choo from cleveland?
Cost for Choo would be really high. higher than NY would pay.
tomingeorgia March 4th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
GB7,
Whole live ducks, feathers and all, tossed into the fire is what I remember. We brought a very stale pallet of Ballantine Beer, just so we didn’t have to drink that rice stuff they brewed up.
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Roasted rat on a stick wasn’t the most appealing, either.
I did find out that the nastier the bottle was, the better the rice wine was.
also, the old village chiefs usually brewed the best stuff.
GB7,
Got the best women to chew up the rice.
gb, tom – you guys are real gourmets….bless you, both.
i won’t taunt you with what i’m making tonight….that would be too cruel.
i’m going to keep an eye on almonte this season….
Not too many “best women” in the villages, though. It’s a wonder we didn’t go blind drinking bomiba, though.
Joe from Long Island March 4th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
gb, tom – you guys are real gourmets….bless you, both.
i won’t taunt you with what i’m making tonight….that would be too cruel.
i’m going to keep an eye on almonte this season….
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Joe,
As soon as I typed that, “Killer’s” ears stood up and he took off running.
GB7,
When I was in the city, it was “”33″, a fresh baguette from the market, a bowl of pho, and Skippy peanut butter for breakfast. Do you know that “33″ has an international quality rating now? Not bad, but I still like Tiger better.
Joe, good stuff. I could have that breakfast tomorrow with relish (or a little pepper paste).
33 is the same as Bomiba, right? Has 1/3 part formaldahyde?
Tom, here’s a documentary for you to check out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788347/
Here’s something for you Tom
http://www.mrfa.org/Beer.Soda.htm
GB7,
Bah mui bah is 33 in Vietnamese. Bet you remember what “lah de ko” means, though.
here’s a tee shirt, tom
http://www.zazzle.com/vietnam_.....4095214925
Crawdaddy March 4th, 2012 at 8:50 am
Yesterday, I bought my tickets for the Yankee games at Comerica Park in early June.
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I got tickets as well to Yankee games at Comerica Park. But I am going to the series in August. Hopefully they will play well there this time around.
GB7,
A fun link. You should know that along the roads in Vietnam, draft “biere” was about 15 cents a liter, and it was cold, too. I’m going to get that tee shirt.
Tom, I don’t. that was 40 years ago and I remember so little about the language. I do remember tu do street and the Majestic and Palace Hotels in Saigon, though.
I was always leery of buying anything that could be recapped and always checked the cans to make sure that it hadn’t been crimped.
GB7,
You would have used that phrase on Tu Do Street!
Ah…ok. I still have some habits left over. Used to drive my ex crazy when I’d turn my shoes upside down and put them on a stick at night.
Almonte is a switch hitting outfielder?
If he progresses in AA/AAA this year i wonder if it makes putting $$ out for Swish in free agency less likely?
GB7,
Good move.
Took her about 3 years to break me of sleeping with my shoes on…just in case I had to run to the bunker.
That venison chili is ready! See ya!
You Rat. Bragging about your chili. Care packages are always welcome, Tom.
GB7,
Come up and get some. Doesn’t ship well.
dogface March 4th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
knicks cannot beat the celts
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Beat ‘em at MSG on X-mas day, no?
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without pierce the assassin.
rb from LI March 4th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Apologies if this has been posted, but Klapish wrote a great piece on Cano.
http://tinyurl.com/7pyk265
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rb, thanks, great story. Cano-Montero back to back would have trumped Manny-Ortiz. The mind boggles, the blood boils, the heart aches, the liver roils.
ac1 March 4th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Almonte is a switch hitting outfielder?
If he progresses in AA/AAA this year i wonder if it makes putting $$ out for Swish in free agency less likely?
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Yeah, power on both sides, too.
seems like hal is intent on getting under 189m….too bad the budget precludes winning at all cost mentality we are used to.
without pierce the assassin.
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They lost today because of their coach plain and simple. How does one not foul on the last play in regulation when up by 3?
seems like hal is intent on getting under 189m….too bad the budget precludes winning at all cost mentality we are used to.
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Especially when he doesn’t let his GM do his job. The reason why we might have to make a decision between Granderson and Cano is because of people not named Cashman blowing the payroll up like Arod,Jeter’s 4th year and Soriano
They lost today because of their coach plain and simple. How does one not foul on the last play in regulation when up by 3?
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perhaps the Zen Master can change the culture.
Valentine not too gracious with his comments on Nishioka:
“I came to Fort Myers last year to have dinner with him to tell him they’re going to try to break his legs and tried to show him how to get out of the way because he didn’t do that in Japan. He played second base for me the first year. We were doing the show. I actually got up to show him where he had to be on that double play because in Japan you don’t have to worry about the inside slide, only the outside slide. When a guy comes inside and rolls, he had to be out of the way. He gave me the old ‘Ya, ya,ya work harder, work harder. I understand I understand’ and he often did when he played for me,” Valentine recalled..
“He broke his leg,” Valentine said.
“I saw him I had him as a baby in Japan. I had him when he was one of the worst players on the field and I had him when he was one of the best players on the field. And sometimes it was within the same season,” Valentine recalled.
Nishioka was today’s starting shortstop for the Twins.
http://mobile.boston.com/sport.....ne_talks_1
They lost today because of their coach plain and simple. How does one not foul on the last play in regulation when up by 3?
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pierce would make all 3, they still don’t realize how clutch he is.
The zen master didn’t like fouling when up by 3. He thought there were too many ways to score, including missing the second free throw on purpose and making a 3-pointer.
Those cheap SOBs. How dare they not wanting to spend $200 mil every year and then get taxed another $50 or so mil. You don’t know who they are keeping or getting rid of.
Hank has been under lock and key since the Arod deal.
Hal feels he has spent enough to win every year, just needs cheaper newer parts.
If they lose Cano the fanbase will revolt.
He is looking to drive the salary base down and profits up.
Being cheap isn’t the problem, being stupid is.
Valentine needs to keep up running his mouth about other teams players. He’s going to get one of his own players hurt or get fined and suspended. I’ll settle for fine and suspension. You can bet that it’s not being well received by the other teams…and Christ…it’s still the first week of ST games.
For those interested: The Son and his new team vs. Anaheim on MLB network Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.
Valentine needs to keep up running his mouth about other teams players. He’s going to get one of his own players hurt or get fined and suspended
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What did he say now?
Valentine runs his mouth about other teams player more than Showalter does and that’s plenty.
Read the 7:46 pm post
the more bobby chirps, the more he diverts their media from dwelling on the collapse.
Valentine isn’t ingratiating himself with his own players, either. A guy like Pedroia is not going to respect him for that.
GB7,
Urp, better than ever.
If they let Cano walk, I’m giving up baseball.
Thanks, Tom. Sounds like you got plenty of Chili in you.
They aren’t letting Cano go.
the yanks driving salaries down does baseball a favor , they will always be the top payroll.
“the yanks driving salaries down does baseball a favor , they will always be the top payroll.”
There have been very few periods in recent MLB history when the Yankees were salary drivers.
yanks set the limits on salaries
No, they follow other teams, by and large. They don’t set limits or set new standards.
Hal would like nothing more than to have a 150m payroll and win it all.
If they got it down that low, they would still be the top payroll.
Maybe we are talking about two different things. I am referring to x dollars as the standard for a 1B or an elite pitchers or whatever. They usually let other teams set those standards. You’re talking about aggregate payroll? If so, my bad.
As for the latter, point, if they want a $150m payroll, they can’t do it all at once with so many bloated contracts, and they need to draft and develop at a higher level. It’s possible, over time, but they probably can’t develop that kind of talent unless they are willing to risk taking a step back now and then, and they don’t seem willing to do that.
They have set the standard with their HOF IF which is 1/2 their payroll.
In the future you may be right, if they don’t develop their own, but mediocrity could be the price they pay.