Anaheim, CA (WFAN) -- Right before last nite's game, I walked by Joe Girardi and said, "You know what's good about Game 3? Game 4 starts in a couple of hours!"
No pitching changes needed last nite...CC Sabathia did it all. I'm not sure why everyone kept going back to his stats in the previous post seasons. The situations were totally different. CC told me on our pregame interview last nite that everytime he pitched on 3 days rest for Milwaukee going down the stretch, it was like the 7th game of the World Series. He was pitching to get INTO the playoffs every single time he went out there. He was mentally tired by the time he got to the playoffs. More emotionally drained than physically drained. But not last nite. The past does not equal the future.
Everytime another umpire blows a call (and wasn't last nite an amazing display of ineptitude?) the call goes out for Instant Replay. I have an idea...get better umpires. Tim McClelland, who is considered one of the games best umpires, was honest and emotional talking about the missed calls. Not that it would've made any difference, but that's not exactly what the Angels wanted to hear. The game was over. And home plate umpire Jerry Layne actually told Mike Scoscia that catcher Mike Napoli was blocking the plate in a way that didn't allow him to see the bottom of the strike zone....say what????
This Mariano Rivera spit-gate broohaha is disgraceful. Where are we in this world when some fan can stick something on a website as if it were the truth, and call it journalism? Well, I guess if they can do it to the President, they can do it to a relief pitcher. But it is over, MLB said there was nothing to it..Mike Scoscia and the Angels were stunned and angry, and Joe Girardi said the smartest thing: "I caught Mariano for four years. If you're throwing a spitter, the ball goes every which way. Mariano's ball does one thing...every single time." If I can been a little quicker, I would've asked him who it was who threw a spitter, since he seemed to know so much about it.
Off day today...the team has a workout at 11:30...I'm going to the beach...but after a trip to the Mall across the street...Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales and Nordstroms await...so many stores, so little time. There is something about standing by an ocean where the sun goes in the wrong direction....(think about it...you'll get it!)
Do you want the Yankees to wrap it up tomorrow...or bring it back to the Stadium and win in front of the home crowd???
Go back to 1997, the year after the Yankees won their first World Series under Joe Torre, and two of the most talked about players were a couple of kids who were less than two years removed from their big league debuts in Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
Welcome to February. It may not feel like it outside, but spring is right around the corner. Pitchers and catchers are just two weeks away, and if that’s enough to warm you up right about now then try another pair of socks and some hot tea.
I can’t imagine I’ll ever have the privilege of covering a player like Hideki Matsui again. The word “unique” is thrown around too much, but this was indeed a unique experience, right from Day One.
The Perks of This Job!!!!! The day started at 5AM. I had 3 alarm clocks and a coffee pot set, so I wouldn't oversleep. The call was for 7:30 at the Stadium to start getting on the 20 buses...
On December 26th, 1919, Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance the musical No, No, Nanette. Since that day, every time the Yankees win the World Series, it's because they have more money than anyone else...
The Yankees traveling party left the Stadium this morning on 3 buses to go to Penn. Station, for the Amtrak Trek to Philadelphia. As the buses turned down 31st Street, we saw the crowds...
Back in 1986, a friend of mine, a 20 year season ticket holder at Yankee Stadium, said to me: "Who do I root for in this thing...it's THEM against THEM!" I guess Mets fans think the same thing right now?
I’ve heard a bunch of different reactions to Mark McGwire’s “revelation” (seriously, if you were surprised by what he admitted, you need to stop taking your stupid pills). Some people were angry, others were disappointed, some were sick of steroids becoming a story again and other people actually felt sorry for the man since he kept crying.
Someone is going to have to explain this one to me. Why wouldn’t the same reasons the Yankees had for not signing Hideki Matsui also apply to Nick Johnson?
The Yankees should just close up shop, and pack it in until 2010. The only thing left to do is leave a contract offer on the table to Johnny Damon to think about over Christmas. Santa Steinbrenner should be fairly generous with a two year contract in the neighborhood of 20 million dollars. If another team finds him worthy of a three year deal, the Yankees should be content to watch him walk and
I hate to be the Grinch that stole Christmas for all you Yankees fans out there, but this is going to be a quiet offseason. There isn't going to be a CC Sabathia. There isn't going to be a Mark Teixeira. There isn't even going to be an A.J. Burnett.
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