Ticker Tape and Modern Art
by jscape2000 on Nov 7, 2009 7:02 AM EST
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Only a Yankee fan could complain about a victory parade.
It's partially my fault, I know. My train didn't reach Penn Station until 10 o'clock. I walked onto Nassau around 10:25. I followed the crowd until we came to a stop around Isamu Noguchi's Red Cube.
I've always had trouble with modern art- my taste for the aesthetic is apparently underdeveloped. I prefer stories, narratives, or portraits. I look at El Greco or Henri Matisse or Salvador Dali and I begin to invent cause and effect to explain how we got it. I can't really enjoy just what is.
Which is why I was disappointed by the parade. I didn't want to just be there- I wanted to see my heroes and celebrate them, and I went into the city to see them acknowledge being celebrated. And standing 15 people deep along Broadway, I didn't get to see that.
Double decker busses rolled by with Yankee employees standing on top. I could see those guys. But I didn't take the train in to cheer the hot dog man.
Mr. Cashman, I know you read the blog from time to time, so here's my suggestion: next year, put the players on top of the buses and let the little guys ride in the little cars.
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David Wells calls Joe Torre 'such a tool'
by Travis G on Nov 6, 2009 10:19 PM EST
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In an article he wrote for the NY Post -
Right before Game 5 (of the 2003 World Series), I had back spasms. I threw five or six warm-up pitches and told pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre to get another pitcher ready because I wasn't going to make it. Mel was like, "No, you can do it."
I threw maybe 10 warm-up pitches total in the bullpen -- I spent most of the time lying on my back -- and said, "If you guys want me to pitch, so be it."
I went out there and my first pitch was like 78 mph. I soon came out of the game, and here is why Joe Torre is such a tool: I came out of the game and some guys were mad. I went in the training room and had no trainer, no doctor, no coach, nobody. I had to have one of the clubhouse kids put an icepack on my back. Then I had back surgery a week later.
If my back is healthy we win that World Series.
The only problem is that he was bragging before that game about how he didn't need to exercise, unlike those workout freaks Nolan Ryan, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens.
He also goes on to say the Yankees are the team of the decade. (h/t to BTF)
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Parade photo gallery
by Ed Valentine on Nov 6, 2009 2:41 PM EST
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Check out a slew of photos from today's New York Yankees ticker-tape parade.
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Share your parade stories, photos
by Ed Valentine on Nov 6, 2009 8:57 AM EST
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I am jealous of those of you heading to the New York Yankees victory parade down the Canyon of Heroes today.
Feel free to share your experiences by dropping a 'FanPost.' Or, if you get any photos you would really love to share use the 'FanShot' option and let us see them.
Enjoy, gang!
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"Long is the way...
by Travis G on Nov 6, 2009 8:15 AM EST
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And hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
That's how it felt in 2001 and 2004. The way those seasons ended were the equivalent of baseball hell. An error and bloop single in the ninth inning of game seven in 2001... and of course the (in)famous and unprecedented collapse in 2004.
Because of those tragedies, the recently ended drought (eight years to the day, in fact, since game seven in 2001) seemed about twice as long.
Even the additions of Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Hideki Matsui, Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez weren't enough. We had the best player in baseball and couldn't get it done. He couldn't get it done.
Then it got even worse for Alex. He had a messy divorce, hooked up with a crazy woman, and got exposed as a cheater. On top of all that, he received news that he might miss the whole 2009 season with a hip injury. It was his own personal hell.
No one could have predicted at the time, but that sequence of events was probably the best thing to ever happen to him.
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I'm happy for...
by Travis G on Nov 5, 2009 11:36 PM EST
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I was happy for a lot of our guys when they won the pennant, but I'm positively giddy thinking about the team now.
We can now look at every guy on the team and say: 'He's got a ring.' No one will ever take that away from them. When they're 50 and retired, we know they'll have at least one incredible memory from their playing days. And although I'm just a fan, it makes me happy.
The young duo of Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. They were drafted by the Yankees in 2004 and 2006, respectively. What fortune they had! What if Pittsburgh or Washington had taken them? They'd be settling in for a career of last place finishes and nary a playoff appearance. Instead they're at the pinnacle of pro baseball in just their third big league year. They'll both go on to hopefully have long, successful careers, but last night was something they'll never forget.
Alex Rodriguez had, to say the least, a tumultuous season. From Selena Roberts to hip surgery to Kate Hudson to postseason MVP. So many doubters... and he showed them all with a monster playoff run.
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Belated Words on the 27th World Championship Victory...
by CrazyYankeeChick on Nov 5, 2009 7:17 PM EST
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I wrote this when I finally got out of bed circa 2:30 in the afternoon.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
My fellow crazies and I were out celebrating the World Series Championship of the New York Yankees up until about 7am. None of us wanted the night to end.
Ball game over. World Series over. Baseball season over.
Listening to asinine hating anti-fans drop the "who's won more in this century" over.
Having to hear people say they "can't wait til the Yankees choke" over.
First year at new stadium over.
Nine years without a ring over.
Ball game over. The Yankees win.
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Playoffs MVP?
by Travis G on Nov 5, 2009 6:00 PM EST
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Hideki Matsui won the World Series MVP by going 8-13 with three longballs and eight RBI. CC Sabathia won the ALCS MVP by going 2-0 with a 1.12 ERA.
But it begs the question: who deserves the postseason MVP?
The candidates are -
A-Rod: .365/.500/.808, 6 HR, 18 RBI, 15 R, 2 SB, 0 CS
Sabathia: 3-1, 1.98 ERA, 36.1 ip, 32 k, 9 bb, 28 h
Matsui: .349/.462/.674, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 5 R
Jeter: .344/.432/.563, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 14 R, CS
Rivera: 5 saves, .56 ERA, 16 ip, 14 k, 5 bb, 10 h
Pettitte: 4-0, 3.52 ERA, 30.2 ip, 25 k, 11 bb, 26 h
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