Showing posts with label Spring Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Training. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Countdown Has Begun
Well, Spring Training is wrapping up, and the season begins for real next week. The Journal News ran it's 2008 season preview today, and it has stories on the final seasons of both Yankee and Shea Stadiums ... Among the many stories in it, Yankees beat writer Peter Abraham had five questions regarding the 2008 New York Yankees ... They also had the 10 best games that were played at the Stadium, that must have been a tough choice ... Also here is a scouting report for the New York Yankees.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Slackin'
Sorry no live blog today, running around and was away from the laptop.
But a few notes: Big win for Siena, there are good people up in Loudonville, and good luck the rest of the way ... Also UConn got knocked off and it makes me happy, since my team is not in it, and all of the UConn fans I work with can suffer like me now ... It seems that everyone's bracket took a hit today, with all the upsets.
Baseball Stuff: The Yankees added Morgan Ensberg to the 40-man roster, and put Pavano on the 60-day DL ... CMY is the opening day starter ... Joba is in the Pen, I think it is good for the short-term, as it helps the Yankees this season, and limits his innings for the future, but I do see him as a starter down the line.
But a few notes: Big win for Siena, there are good people up in Loudonville, and good luck the rest of the way ... Also UConn got knocked off and it makes me happy, since my team is not in it, and all of the UConn fans I work with can suffer like me now ... It seems that everyone's bracket took a hit today, with all the upsets.
Baseball Stuff: The Yankees added Morgan Ensberg to the 40-man roster, and put Pavano on the 60-day DL ... CMY is the opening day starter ... Joba is in the Pen, I think it is good for the short-term, as it helps the Yankees this season, and limits his innings for the future, but I do see him as a starter down the line.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Oscar Notes Edition
A few notes, while the Oscars play in the background.
Yankees stuff first: CMW and Joba each threw 40 pitches, split into two segments, during their second batting practice session on Sunday according to the AP ... Also Joba will start against South Florida, then Ian Kennedy, along with Phil Hughes and Kei Igawa ... Interesting Tino Martinez is a volunteer coach for USF ... Tyler Kepner of the Times had this note there are 28 right handed pitchers in camp ... Also LaTroy Hawkins (who is a big Joba fan) is also a big college basketball fan and was talking about the Memphis-Tennessee game last night ... This is interesting ... Mike Mussina put a poster of a window looking out side, and the clubbie, here is a picture of it from Phil Hughes ... He also previews something he has cooked up with Peter Abraham ... Wonder what it could be?
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Also college baseball started this past weekend, and I am glad to here the ping of the bat once again. Being in and around the biz for a little bit, it's good to get outside and hit the diamond ... Plus in two weeks I get to go south and get away from the cold of the northeast. Once we get going a little bit I will post some links on the news of the day from the college ranks. Who knows there could be another Joba in those stories.
Yankees stuff first: CMW and Joba each threw 40 pitches, split into two segments, during their second batting practice session on Sunday according to the AP ... Also Joba will start against South Florida, then Ian Kennedy, along with Phil Hughes and Kei Igawa ... Interesting Tino Martinez is a volunteer coach for USF ... Tyler Kepner of the Times had this note there are 28 right handed pitchers in camp ... Also LaTroy Hawkins (who is a big Joba fan) is also a big college basketball fan and was talking about the Memphis-Tennessee game last night ... This is interesting ... Mike Mussina put a poster of a window looking out side, and the clubbie, here is a picture of it from Phil Hughes ... He also previews something he has cooked up with Peter Abraham ... Wonder what it could be?
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Also college baseball started this past weekend, and I am glad to here the ping of the bat once again. Being in and around the biz for a little bit, it's good to get outside and hit the diamond ... Plus in two weeks I get to go south and get away from the cold of the northeast. Once we get going a little bit I will post some links on the news of the day from the college ranks. Who knows there could be another Joba in those stories.
Lined Up
According to the venerable Peter Abraham of the Journal News. Chien-Ming Wang looks be the opening day starter as Joe Girardi announced his pitching rotation for the start of games ... Mike Mussina will go against Jeff Karstens in the intrasquad game on Wednesday. Ian Kennedy and Joba Chamberlain will go against South Florida on Friday, and CMW will go against the Phillies on Saturday ... As Pete Abe notes; Of course he was lined up to start Opening Day last year and pulled a hamstring. "I better get a good stretch everyday," Wang said when told of Girardi's plans.
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While the Yankees had everybody in camp from the start, the media were down a beat writer, as Tyler Kepner from the Times stayed up north while his wife had the couple's fourth child. He returns to the beat on Sunday. In it he posted a few questions, and one that I forgot. The Yankees will be playing at Virginia Tech as part of spring training at Tech.
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Brian Bruney has come to camp slimmer and a better attitude according to several reports ... Chad Jennings has this report about an encounter with him last season.
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The Sporting News provided this update ... In the notes section the AP reports that ARod participated in all drills and took extra BP, one day after cutting back on his swings due to a sore neck. ARod said he slept wrong on Thursday, but felt better on Saturday ... From the oh god department Manny hired Boras as an agent ... The Bombers Beat had a recap of how much the Yankees are running.
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While the Yankees had everybody in camp from the start, the media were down a beat writer, as Tyler Kepner from the Times stayed up north while his wife had the couple's fourth child. He returns to the beat on Sunday. In it he posted a few questions, and one that I forgot. The Yankees will be playing at Virginia Tech as part of spring training at Tech.
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Brian Bruney has come to camp slimmer and a better attitude according to several reports ... Chad Jennings has this report about an encounter with him last season.
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The Sporting News provided this update ... In the notes section the AP reports that ARod participated in all drills and took extra BP, one day after cutting back on his swings due to a sore neck. ARod said he slept wrong on Thursday, but felt better on Saturday ... From the oh god department Manny hired Boras as an agent ... The Bombers Beat had a recap of how much the Yankees are running.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
…And there off and running (literally)
First full practice today for the Yankees, and according to Peter Abraham of the Journal News there were doing some running. Jeter had a good quote too. Also, even though Girardi is going to be tougher, as it seems, the running has to do with the new strength and conditioning coach, and the longer runs will help the players get their legs under them unlike the shorter sprints that did last year, which was why half the team had a leg issue coming out of spring training.
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Damon was ready to throw in the towel? SI had a report.
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A few notes from the Bombers Beat blog: Andy Pettitte threw 45 pitches in a bullpen session and says he can feel his legs a bit weaker than usual, thanks to those trips back and forth from Washington D.C. He's not worried about catching up ... OF prospect Austin Jackson is the first caualty of camp, suffering from back spasms. He's expected to return to action on Thursday.
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Kat O'Brien of Newsday had some notes on the first full-squad workout ... In it, Kyle Farnsworth's staph infection was real serious.
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In other baseball news, Jeremy Brown, who played five games for the A's retired last week. Who is Jeremy Brown you ask, he was one of the players the A's drafted and was featured in Moneyball. The venerable Murrary Chass had the story.
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This is great.
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Saw this on the ESPN Spring Training Blog.
According to Andrew Marchand, of 1050 ESPN Radio,
CASHMAN'S JOB NOT ON THE LINE IN '08 (12:49 p.m. ET)Hank Steinbrenner said Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., that Yankees GM Brian Cashman's job is not on the line this season, even though he has hinted at that in several of his comments this spring because of Cashman's decision not to pursue Johan Santana.
Steinbrenner declined to say how he plans on judging Cashman's performance this season. Cashman is in the final year of his contract.
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Joe Torre talked with Pettitte after he spoke to the media on Monday ... Oh and here is ARod being ARod again.
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Damon was ready to throw in the towel? SI had a report.
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A few notes from the Bombers Beat blog: Andy Pettitte threw 45 pitches in a bullpen session and says he can feel his legs a bit weaker than usual, thanks to those trips back and forth from Washington D.C. He's not worried about catching up ... OF prospect Austin Jackson is the first caualty of camp, suffering from back spasms. He's expected to return to action on Thursday.
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Kat O'Brien of Newsday had some notes on the first full-squad workout ... In it, Kyle Farnsworth's staph infection was real serious.
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In other baseball news, Jeremy Brown, who played five games for the A's retired last week. Who is Jeremy Brown you ask, he was one of the players the A's drafted and was featured in Moneyball. The venerable Murrary Chass had the story.
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This is great.
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Saw this on the ESPN Spring Training Blog.
According to Andrew Marchand, of 1050 ESPN Radio,
CASHMAN'S JOB NOT ON THE LINE IN '08 (12:49 p.m. ET)Hank Steinbrenner said Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., that Yankees GM Brian Cashman's job is not on the line this season, even though he has hinted at that in several of his comments this spring because of Cashman's decision not to pursue Johan Santana.
Steinbrenner declined to say how he plans on judging Cashman's performance this season. Cashman is in the final year of his contract.
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Joe Torre talked with Pettitte after he spoke to the media on Monday ... Oh and here is ARod being ARod again.
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