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Baseball’s Version of the N-word
Is It a No-No to Utter the Words ‘No-Hitter’ on the Air?
“This is the point in the ballgame, Bob, you start thinking about the possibility of a no-hitter,” John Flaherty said, addressing play-by-play man Bob Lorenz. “Two out here in the sixth, he has not given up a hit yet.”
Yes, Flaherty used baseball’s version of the N-word: no-hitter. With two out in the bottom of the sixth inning on June 6, with the New York Yankees‘ Javier Vazquez pitching in Toronto, YES Network broadcaster John Flaherty said something on the air about Vazquez he never would have said to Vazquez as a teammate.
“I wouldn’t have said it to him, but I would have said it to the guy sitting next to me on the bench,” Flaherty, a former big-league catcher, told FanHouse in recalling the moment. “I wouldn’t say anything to him, but when you’re having a conversation about it, you definitely say, ‘Oh, he’s got a no-hitter going.’ ” Read More >>
The New York Yankees Biggest Opponent
When the look in their rear-view mirror, they should be most concerned not with the tailgating Rays nor the blip in the distance known as the Red Sox.
The biggest threat bearing down the on the New York Yankees is Father Time.
If they don’t repeat as World Series champions, the reason could very well be age.
The Yankees went into their weekend series with the Mariners with the third-highest batting age in the American League (31.3) and by far the highest pitching age (30.9). By comparison, the teams that look like the rest of the AL playoff field — Texas, Minnesota and Tampa Bay — are among the five youngest offenses.
“Age isn’t a concern to me,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “Every year we’ve had old and young. At this point in the season, like every team, it’s got to come together. Read More >>
Yankees and Rays Clash in Pivotal Series
Who will come out on the other side of this weekends series on top as MLB’s best baseball record holder.
This weekend, in Florida, the two best teams in baseball this season so far, New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays, will meet in the headline series this weekend.
The champion of the World Series, the Yankees, will lead the 2008 American League champions by two games. Although the New York Yankees won best record in the majors, it won’t help them try to get to the World Series this Fall.
Here’s the lineup for the weekend with New York: Phil Hughes, on the mound Friday night with 21 ER in last 29 IP, Javier Vazquez Saturday with 4.54 ERA, and CC Sabathia Sunday with 10 straight starts of three ER or less. The lineup for the Rays will go as follows: Wade Davis, who has five ER last 21 IP, the No-Hit kid Matt Garza, and James Shields 154 hits in 135 IP.
When Hughes and Sabathia start, the Yankees will be a 29-11 this year combined, but when Vaquez hits the hill, it’s only 9-9. When Davis and Shields start for the Rays, they will be a combines 20-20, but when Garza takes the pill, its a mere 13-7. Read More >>
Awaiting A-Rods 600th Home Run
It took A-Rod, the New York Yankees third baseman, 2,354 games to reach number 599. It took another five games for the mini-milestone to happen.
His at-bats that lead up to number 600 would normally cause fans to cheer in anticipation. It wouldn’t just be baseball fans that waited in anticipation, but also sports fans. Every time he went up to bat, sports fans would be holding their breaths.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel that way anymore.
As soon as Wednesday night against the Indians, A-Rod could hit his number 600. If or whenever he does reach his goal, it would still be worth the celebration. It would be, after all, seventy-nine years before someone attempts to reach that number.
After twenty-three hits, the umpire decided to switch to a specially marked ball so that if A-Rod did make the potential historic at-bat, you wouldn’t miss it. Read More >>
Steinbrenner – A Tribute to Success
The infamous Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner, died Tuesday from a massive heart attack at his Tampa Bay, FL home. He was 80 years old.
Steinbrenner leaves an untouchable MLB legacy, gleaned not only from collecting titles but also from spending incredible amounts of money and firing people.
“There will never be anyone like George Steinbrenner. He was the greatest owner in pro sports. He was an inspirational figure. There are not many people like him in the world. He was very, very extraordinary,” Yankees president Randy Levine said. Read More >>
Mid-Term Honors to the top 2
Although the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves are the top mid-term honors in the Major League Baseball, the six-month season has just past the half way mark, teams are still continuing the season that follows the All-Star break.
As the American League East Tampa Bay arrive to the Bronx this week for a three-game series this week, world series champion Yankees set the bar with a 56-32 record. They will have little time to mourn the loss of their owner George Steinbrenner who passed Tuesday.
To honour the memory of “The Boss,” knowing how much he loved to win, the Yankees will attempt to expand their two-game lead over the champions who won the 2008 American League. They will also try to expand their winning margin over the Boston Red Sox who seem to be injury-prone. Read More >>
Pride of the Yankees
Fans know them as one of the winningest sports franchises in history. Detractors refer to them as the Evil Empire. They are both admired and criticized for using their buying power to land high-demand free agents year in and year out.
The New York Yankees are a sports dynasty unlike any other – a national institution known as much for their success on the field as they are for their unique uniforms.
When new players put on their Yankees jerseys, the sports media will talk at length about the Bronx bombers who came before. Such legendary hitters as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and Roger Maris have donned the pinstripes during the pinnacles of their illustrious careers.
The same is true of pitching greats Whitey Ford, Catfish Hunter, and Mariano Rivera.
Streamlining Baseball’s In-Market Streaming Service
Bud Selig has outlined terms in a June 19th memo that the remaining 30 Major League Baseball teams, aside from the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, and have been sent specifying details for an in-market plan that allows teams to offer live streaming games and resolve the current local blackout issues.
Selig called the framework, “a fair and practical outcome to break what I have called the in-market streaming ‘logjam.’” Although the deal did outline a 50-50 revue split between the MLBAM and the local interests that could very well be adjusted as early as 2011 in order to “determine the fairness of the allocation and the impact upon industry economics.”
With the onset of the Yankees and Padres deals as well as MLB President Bob DuPuy’s expectations that “a majority” of the MLB teams will have similar local streaming deals as soon as next year but most teams may have been waiting to see just how lucrative the local streaming services would be before bartering a deal.
Yankees Bold Streaming Move
With most teams looking for more ways to bring the fans to the staduim, the Yankees make a bold move by offering local streamed online games.
“We know there’s a demand” for streamed New York Yankees games, Bob Bowman, the chief executive of MLB Advanced Media, said in a conference call. “The No. 1 e-mail issue we receive is the out-of-market blackouts.”
Current available options for the service by the YES Network through service provider Cablevision at either a $19.95 a month or $49.95 price point, for the rest of the current season, giving fans streaming Yankees game coverage. The concept is laid out but how much convenience does the TV experience bring to a baseball viewer? I would say that on the job streaming may in fact be the ticket with so many computer related working professionals. However with the games only being streamed to New York Yankees fans in the local New York area, the reach may be slightly minimal for the time being.
Troubled Players – Darryl Strawberry
A prodigy and one of the most feared sluggers in the game of baseball with 335 home runs and 1,000 RBIs in a 17-year career with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Yankees.
Yet during his career alone his undeniable drug problem kept the potential of this star studded player from reaching his full potential. All together injuries, drinking and cocaine addiction sabotaged his career with 3 suspensions from the MLB due to substance abuse.
“The drinking and drugging, that was a way of punishing myself and the fans, too,” Darryl Strawberry said of his early years playing with the expectations and stress of his career with the New York Yankees. “I figured, ‘If you want to get negative on me, you won’t get the best out of me.’”
One of the games brightest stars, unfortunetly his personal life was that of a literal mess. From spousal abuse and divorce to federal tax evasion and battling cancer and his drug additions.
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