New York Yankees news and notes: Ahh, great baseball weather

by Ed Valentine on Oct 16, 2009 8:44 AM EDT in New York Yankees News

Here are a few New York Yankees-related items to keep you occupied while you wait for tonight's Game of the ALCS.

Travis yesterday mentioned the brutal weather conditions that are expected tonight. Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News has an update on the forecast, and it is not pretty. It sure is a great idea playing baseball in the Northeast this late in the year, isn't it? You think privately Bud Selig might be hoping for an Angels-Dodgers World Series so he doesn't look like an even bigger idiot for pushing the season all the way into November?
There may or may not be baseball at Yankee Stadium tonight. There definitely will not be a Ronan Tynan sighting in the 7th inning, though. Seems Ronan is a great tenor, but his sense of humor could use a little adjusting.
The Onion had some fun with Alex Rodriguez this week, as only the The Onion can.
The Wall Street Journal, yes, the WSJ, has a piece on the wild and crazy Yankees.
Halos Heaven, SBN's Angels blog, has a post titled 'Why do you hate the Yankees?' It actually includes a pretty entertaining list. Just play nice if you go over there to comment, please.

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Ronan Not A Fan Of Jewish Peeps Huh?

Boy you cant say anything anymore. All In The Family wouldnt even had made it onto the air if it came out in the year 2009. No I dont agree with Tynans comments, but I hate this PC world we live in now.

by YankeesJets on Oct 16, 2009 10:03 AM EDT reply actions

Most sane people over at HH

claim to not hate the Yankees at all. I was surprised.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on Oct 16, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions

That's

only because they have had their way with the Yankees in recent postseasons. See how the views change if the Yankees spank the Angels…

by Buzzy on Oct 16, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Looking outside my window in New York

It looks like the weather is going to hold…..

by Ooofa on Oct 16, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions

Hope so....

I’m tired of this looong wait for the Yankees to play

by Yankz09 on Oct 16, 2009 12:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Can you guys just close the retractable roof? :)
Outdoor baseball in the NE in October and November, hmmm.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 16, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

Haha. Agreed.

I wished they spent the extra $200 million or so in the new stadium for a retractable roof.

I say Yanks take it in 7. Close back and forth series.

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by jeter2jeter on Oct 16, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

PLEASE ! NO BASEBALL IN OCTOBER !

I FOR ONE WOULD PREFER THAT THE WORLD SERIES BE PLAYED IN EARLY OCTOBER AND THAT THE PLAY-OFFS SHOULD ALL BE PLAYED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER . THE CURRENT BASEBALL SEASON IS WAY IS WAY TOO LONG. SEEING WHERE MONEY TALKS AND BULL – SHIT WALKS IS WHY WE ARE ENDURING THE PRESENT MESS !

by jessue on Oct 16, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

i agree

but enough with the CAPS please.

they extended the season to 162 games in 1961. ok, 8 games more, fine. then they extended the playoffs to 2 rounds in 1969. ok, 3-5 more games, all righty. then the LCS gets extended in 1985. there’s 1-2 more games. then of course, the LDS, which adds another 3-5 games.

so what used to be 159-162 game season (including playoffs) is now 173-181 games long! that’s a minimum of 11 more games and a max of 22 more! that’s more money for the owners.

i would have absolutely no problem with more baseball if we didn’t see snow-outs and players wearing masks, gloves and sweatshirts every October. and an easy way to fix that (outside of removing games which the owners wouldn’t like) would be to put retractable roofs on parks where the weather might be an issue.

by Travis G on Oct 16, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions