Back From The Sunshine State

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Oh boy what a crazy couple of weeks. The gig has been nuts with the end of a run, which should have been, and the trip to Florida, which took years away from my life. All this has led the blog to go dark for a couple of weeks. But fear not I am back and ready to go at this with a vengence.

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Camp has appeared to be going well with the Yankees, save for the minor flare up against the arch rival, Tampa Rays? It got a little out of line for spring training, and pending appeals three players will miss the start of the season. But, other than that it has been what you had expected, the three young pitchers have had some good outings and some bad, but for the most part looked good. But from reports from what I have read, I like what I see and can't wait for the season to start.

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Now onto the notes: Looks like Joba will start the year in the bullpen. At first I like it, but after reading Peter Abraham the other day I would like to see him in the starting rotation ... The Yankees will play Virginia Tech tomorrow and Abraham had a few notes on the game The Yankees-Virginia Tech game will be seven innings and the Hokies will use wood bats donated by Louisville Slugger ... Both teams will use MLB baseballs that the Yankess are brining ... The players on the trip are leaving Legands Field at 8 a.m. for a charter flight, and will arrive back in Tampa at 9:15 p.m. ... In addition, the Yankees are allowing the beat writers on the charter, since comercial flights are a problem.

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Andy Pettittee who was held out of a start last week allowed three runs and three hits over three and a third innings as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 8-4 on Monday afternoon ... He even went inside on Big Pappi ... lhp Billy Traber has pitched 1 and two-thirds innings, giving up no runs on no hits no walks and two strikeouts since joining the Yankees ...

It's tourney time, will preview it here