YANKEES: John Sterling’s World Series Winning Call
November 6, 2009 at 12:30 am | In Yankees | Leave a CommentWant to see the actual video of John Sterling calling the final out of the World Series last night?
Great job by the Yanks.
YANKEES: Opening Yankee Stadium for Game 3
October 18, 2009 at 6:10 pm | In Yankees | 1 CommentI haven’t written much about the Yanks lately (keep starting Molina with Burnett, be careful with the bullpen, Girardi), but I had to write about this:
The New York Yankees announced today that they will open the Stadium Field Level and Great Hall to the public to watch the broadcast of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) Game 3 from Anaheim on Monday, October 19. The decision to open the Stadium was made after consultation with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
Turnstiles between Gates 4 and 6 will open at 3:30 p.m. for the 4:13 p.m. Game. Fans can watch the Game in the Great Hall or in the opened sections of the Field Level.
“We wanted to provide a place for our fans to come together to cheer for our team even if the game itself is taking place across the country,” said Hal Steinbrenner, Yankees Managing General Partner. “This is a way of saying thank you for their continued support.”
“I thank the New York Yankees for opening their amazing new Stadium to the community, and I hope that people from all over the city will come out to cheer for the Yankees and share in what’s sure to be a great night right here in The Bronx,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Food and concession stands will be open and available to fans. NYY Steak and Hard Rock Cafe will also be open.
YANKEES: Cablevision to Begin Steaming Games
June 24, 2009 at 1:27 pm | In TV Sports, Yankees | Leave a CommentThe Yankees and Cablevision are the first team-cable company partner to begin streaming games on the web. This stuff is complicated, and I know there are readers out there who are interested in this, so here are the details:
Major League Baseball announced Wednesday it will launch this July a landmark pair of in-market subscription products, including Yankees on YES, to deliver live games online within their respective home broadcast territories. Upon launch, these will be the only live in-market streaming products in professional sports to include games with local broadcast television deals.
“These agreements are an important part of our global effort to give fans greater access to our game,” said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. “It is important that fans in local markets have portable flexibility to stay connected to their favorite team if they can’t be at the ballpark, and I believe this represents a significant step in that direction.”
MLB Advanced Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball, has entered into a partnership with the YES Network and Cablevision to provide eligible Cablevision customers throughout the Yankees home broadcasting territory with access to YES Network Yankees telecasts live on their computers. The offering, which will be implemented through an authentication process managed by Cablevision and MLBAM, will be available exclusively to Cablevision customers who subscribe to the Family Cable (expanded basic) level of television service and Optimum Online.
The Yankees on YES package, available for a one-time fee of $49.95 for the remainder of the season or $19.95 for any 30-day period, is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, July 8 at 8 p.m. (ET) with the YES Network’s Yankees-Twins broadcast. Beginning immediately, eligible Cablevision subscribers can review FAQs for the product and purchase Yankees on YES at Yankees.com, YESNetwork.com and Optimum.net.
Major League Baseball became the first professional sports league to make every game available online for out-of-market fans in 2003 and since that time has delivered over 250 million live video streams. It now is also the first to make this number of live games available online for fans living in a home team territory such as the Yankees.
A second in-market live game streaming product is expected to be announced the week of June 29.
For those that have further questions, there is an FAQ on the matter here.
GUEST BLOG: Lenny Neslin
June 11, 2009 at 8:16 pm | In Golf, Guest Blogger, Yankees | Leave a Comment(Lenny Neslin, my colleague in student media at Quinnipiac operates a Yankees blog.Since I occasionally get tired of putting together thoughtful posts, I let him take over for a post.)
Watching the Yankees lose last night reminded me of my golf game so far this season. One of the most important parts of golf is hitting a good tee shot. Even as an 8-handicapper, I have struggled mightily so far with the driver. The other aspects of my game have been pretty decent—ball striking, chipping and putting—but without a good start, those skills are worthless.
It’s been the same way with the Yankees. Their starters (my driver) have been downright awful against the Red Sox this season. With a 7.01 ERA in seven losses, I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that the two numbers have some correlation.
It’s amazing how the this analogy continues to work as it goes deeper. My strengths in golf are similar to the strengths for the Yankees. Take my good short game as an example. Chipping and putting are the last steps to each hole, so it’s the same thing as closing. Just like my short game, the Yankees are very good at closing too. Mariano Rivera is one of the top closers of all time—not to say I have one of the best short games of all time—and he is having another good season.
The last analogy is my ball striking compared to the Yankees offense. Both are key components to their respective sports, and we are both good at them. One of the best stats to judge ball striking is how many greens in regulation (GIR) you hit. On a really good day, I’ll hit up to 13 GIR, but I’ll go as low as 4-5 on a bad day. Obviously, the best judge of a good offense in baseball is how may runs the team scores. The Yankees will score four runs or less on a bad day and will score over 10 on a good day. I think it’s pretty cool how close my number of GIR and the Yankees’ number of runs per game compare to each other.
That’s all I got! Thanks, Jeremy!
YANKEES: Joba to the ‘Pen!!!!
May 27, 2009 at 2:53 pm | In Yankees | Leave a CommentThe following is very freaky. I wrote the post you’re about to read 368 days ago, on May 24, 2008. The people in it may have changed, but it’s surely kinda relevant now, isn’t it?
“So the transition has started, the move of Joba Chamberlin from the New York Yankees‘ setup man in the 8th inning to starter in the rotation.
Many, from diehards, ordinary fans, sports talk radio in New York, and just baseball fans from all over are against this decision. And I agree.
The Chamberlin-Mariano Rivera 1-2 combination is (I guess I have to say was, now) the most dominant one in all of baseball. If the Yanks had a lead by the 7th inning, the game was effectively over.
Now this year, that combo has been stronger than ever while the Yankees’ starting rotation has faltered. That, coupled with a sometimes anemic offense, has caused them to fall into last place. However, with Phil Hughes coming back soon, Ian Kennedy looking stronger after a stint in the minors, and Darrell Rasner giving us great help from Triple-A, going 3-0 now while Hughes gets healthy, I thought Joba could stay in the 8th inning role for the rest of the year. But I guess I’m wrong.
I want to stress: I have no problem at all eventually turning Joba into a starter. But I just don’t think, by eliminating one of the strengths of your team and taking a risk into making him a starter mid-season, you are helping the Yankees. Now they must trust Hawkins, Farnsworth, Veras, and whoever else Joe Girardi tries to lump into that bullpen to precede Mariano. It’s just not trustworthy.
We’ll see how it plays out, and I just hope it does play out successfully or else the Yanks may just miss the playoffs.”
YANKEES: The State
May 9, 2009 at 12:20 pm | In Yankees | Leave a CommentThe state of the Yankees is absolutely abysmal. Thankfully A-Rod came back last night and actually did something positive — hit a HR in his first appearance for the season. The bullpen is worse than Tiger’s driver, and the hitting has been untimely at best. And with Posada going down, and Molina following, a AA catcher is now doing the duties.
This team needs to get back on track and pitch like its supposed to and hit like its supposed to or else Manager Joe Girardi’s job is going to be at risk. And maybe it should.
MLB: Overpricing and Charity
April 22, 2009 at 3:52 pm | In MLB, Yankees | 1 CommentEditor’s Note: I originally wrote the following post for my friend Andrew Vazzano for his Mets blog.)
No, this is not another blog post about the overpricing of tickets or the lack of perfect attendance at early Yankee and Mets games this season. This post is about ideas.
NBC Nightly News has been doing a segment for about a month and a half now called “Making a Difference” – how average Americans are helping their neighbors in tough times. It’s by far the most popular segment Nightly News has run in a long time.
So let’s have these teams make a difference.
There are hundreds of charities out there which would love to go to a baseball game. Give the tickets to them.
Now I understand that yes, this comes with a financial loss. But you know what – hopefully they’ll pay it forward, and eventually, it’ll all come full circle. No one wants to see empty seats in a ballpark, no one. So why don’t we fill it up with worthy people – baseball’s next generation.
Does this next generation care about tax-exempt bonds, personal seat licenses or obstructed seats? I bet you not. Most just want a day out in the sun and fun, seeing America’s pastime, and a time away from all their troubles.
Change was the keyword for a good 5 or 6 months in this country in late 2008. So why don’t we CHANGE the lives of Americans by giving them prime seats, the expensive seats that no one wants, to worthy charities and letting deserving people see a baseball game.
That is the American way of doing things.
YANKEES: What is Happening? Part 1
April 19, 2009 at 1:03 am | In Yankees | Leave a CommentI wanted to write a Yankees post today….then they lost 22-4. Then I decided not to write a Yankees post.
It’s embarrassing, ridiculous, and inconceivable. Go read Fletcher’s blog. He covers this stuff a lot more extensively than I do. I’ll get a Yankees post up. Soon.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Bernie, Bruce, Patti, and “Glory Days”
March 2, 2009 at 7:20 pm | In Springsteen, Yankees | Leave a CommentYANKEES: A-Rod
February 18, 2009 at 12:14 am | In Yankees | Leave a CommentI’m short on time, and short on patience, so I’ll make this real quick:
A-Rod is a traveling road show that has to end really, really soon. Press conferences like these with continued lies doesn’t do him or the Yankees any good…not sure what will end this, but today didn’t do anything to help.
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