Goodnight and thanks for
the memories...Andrew Eugene Pettitte...who will announce his retirement from baseball at Yankee Stadium today. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: Baseball
Number 600
should have been another step in wiping Barry Bonds' name from the record books, OK wiping it down to 2nd. But A Rod admitted to taking certain substances when he was outed so it's just another roider hitting homers. read the rest of this rubbish
R.I.P. The Boss
George Michael Steinbrenner III. Three and a half months into the season and only my second post about baseball and it's about the death of the man who put the Yankees where they are now...oh and fired Billy five times. read the rest of this rubbish
Three games in
and one series win later. I hadn't blogged about any of the New York Yankees off-season moves but I was very happy at the arrival of Curtis Granderson even before his game and series winning homer against the Sux last night. read the rest of this rubbish
And in other news, today it was announced
a bear is catholic...and the Pop does shit in the woods. Oh and bulked up ,pockmarked home run hitting slugger Mark McGwire* took steroids through the steroids era of the game. read the rest of this rubbish
Number 27 means the end of the Toxic
Curse. As Mariano Rivera induced Victorino to ground out to Cano for the final out of the 2009 World Series the Yankees had won and finally ended the Toxic Curse. read the rest of this rubbish
Captain
Anytime you tie Lou Gehrig is a special time now Derek Jeter has just got to get one more hit to pass the great man's record. read the rest of this rubbish
Today I consider myself the luckiest man
on the face of the earth. It's 70 years ago today that Lou Gehrig gave that speech in front of 61,808 fans at Yankee Stadium. read the rest of this rubbish
Enter Sandman
exit batter...The greatest closer in the game of baseball - Mariano Rivera - notched his 500th save while also getting his first RBI. read the rest of this rubbish
It was 70 years ago today The Iron Horse
told the manager...I'm benching myself, Joe and that was the end of 2,130 consecutive games for Lou Gehrig. read the rest of this rubbish