Around the Yankee Galaxy: The regular season awaits

by Travis G on Apr 4, 2010 5:00 AM EDT in New York Yankees News

Only about 15 hours until the 2010 season starts, and with a bang too as the Red Sox host the Yankees.

But their head-to-head schedule presents two significant oddities.

- They do not play each other in June or July. Fans will have to wait from May 18 until Aug. 6 to see them.

- The rhythm of their matchups, in which series usually alternate between Boston and the Bronx, has been replaced by a disjointed setup: two early-season series at Fenway, then three straight at Yankee Stadium, then the season ender at Fenway.

Then the teams and networks go on to complain about the schedule. It's hard to empathize with FOX Sports, who routinely screws its out-of-market fans on Saturday afternoons.

The roster was set yesterday evening. No surprises. Cervelli and Posada are healthy enough to make the opening-day roster. Mitre's the last pitcher and Pena's the UIF.
As if ESPN wasn't great enough, now they're adding Curt Schilling as a baseball analyst. Oh, the joy!

Joe Girardi now expects Nick Johnson to play tonight. He wasn't so sure on Friday afternoon.

"He should be okay [tonight]," Girardi said... Johnson said he's still sore, but he has no worries about being able to play [tonight].

Surprisingly, third-string catcher Mike Rivera was released while Chad Moeller was signed to be Jesus Montero's backup in Scranton.

A group of baseball fans traversed the country, stopping at every ML ballpark. The new Stadium ranked sixth (tied with Wrigley and Coors), ahead of places like Fenway, Citizens Bank and Comerica. Camden came out on top.

For those interested in the intricacies of strikeouts, it turns out the batter (56%) is actually more responsible than the pitcher (44%). [Article only available to BPro subscribers.]

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No don't start nick Johnson!...cut him now....we'll be better off...we ain't making the playoffs

AHHHHHH

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LETS GO YANKEEEESS!!!!

Get HWSNBN...and they will come

by FreeBradshaw on Apr 4, 2010 8:59 AM EDT reply actions

FIRE GIRARDI!

by YankeesPWNu on Apr 4, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Send him to teh pen!

by GMan83201 on Apr 4, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Girardi or Johnson?

Or both come to think of it…

"Son, Nobody is half as good as Mickey Mantle"

by ntrokel on Apr 4, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Starters and Mo stay healthy

Yankees win the division and get into post season.

The ofense and defense will take care of themselves

It is that simple.

by MSP Giant on Apr 4, 2010 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

ESPN

Whatever. It’s been years since I was interested in Sports Center, and I don’t watch Baseball Tonight regularly anymore.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Apr 4, 2010 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

First game tonight!!!! This Yankees Red Sox schedule is really screwed up. First and last series of the season, and no matchups in June or July? Also, remember last season when everyone was waiting for the biggest series of the season, August sixth against Boston in the Bronx? Well, this season, the Yankees start a 4 game series against the Red Sox, at Yankee Stadium, on August 6th. Two years straight with the exact same circumstance. Weird.

Still, can’t wait all the same. The only complaint I would have about the roster is that I would rather have had Greg Golson get the last outfield spot. He had a better spring than Thames, and his speed and defense off of the bench might have been more useful than Thames will be.

Can’t wait for the season. LETS GO YANKEES!!!!!!

by nyyrocks29 on Apr 4, 2010 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

Thames

I think the reason he made the team was that he could have opted out if he didn’t and the Yankees wanted to see him in the regular season before letting him go. Greg Golson’s never done better than a .767 OPS in the minors. He’s basically another Freddy Guzman.

Hopefully the Yankees give Gardner a good 6-week run of playing every day before putting Winn or Thames in there. I don’t expect him to be anything great – or even anything good – but Winn and Thames stink so we might as well do our due diligence in seeing what, if anything, Gardner has.

If any of the three are the starting left fielder on August 1st I’d be shocked.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Apr 4, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn't be shocked

but I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else is the LF. Unless Gardner is having a really impressive season, I expect Cash to look for a trade to bring a LF in. Hey, maybe it will be Johnny Damon! How ironic would that be?

by nyyrocks29 on Apr 4, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

How ~~ironic~~ awesome would that be?

by FloridaownsFSU on Apr 4, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, remember last season when everyone was waiting for the biggest series of the season, August sixth against Boston in the Bronx? Well, this season, the Yankees start a 4 game series against the Red Sox, at Yankee Stadium, on August 6th. Two years straight with the exact same circumstance. Weird.

And if the outcome proves to be the same this year as last year, none of us will be complaining. But I noticed that quirk on the schedule as well when it first came out, I had to have a bit of a laugh at it. That series last year was the turning point in the AL East.

by FloridaownsFSU on Apr 4, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Baseball Tonight is basically a subsidiary of NESN now

Thank god tonight’s game is also on YES. ESPN let Gammons go and added Nomar and Schilling, what next Jerry Remy is going into the Sunday Night Baseball booth.

by upstateNYYFan1984 on Apr 4, 2010 10:30 AM EDT reply actions

of course Gammons went to NESN too!!

Get HWSNBN...and they will come

by FreeBradshaw on Apr 4, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

My second favorite day of the year

(My first favorite is the day we switch from daylight to standard time.)

The Yankees-Red Sox schedule almost had the nice feature of having both home openers and both home closers against each other. Getting 3/4 makes it seem all lopsided to me. Does anybody else think Sandomir’s point that either team would sell-out their home openers against lesser teams is a bit misplaced with these two teams?

Usqueadbaugham! Anam muck an dhoul ! Did ye drink me doornail?

by Q-TDSK on Apr 4, 2010 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

i woke up this morning

and said happy opening day to my family. not happy easter. hahaha

I believe in the Church of Baseball

by Frank Campagnola on Apr 4, 2010 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

Same here!

by Leviticus6688 on Apr 4, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it 8 yet!??

GO YANKEEESS!!!

by Yankz09 on Apr 4, 2010 11:52 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

i hate ESPN how does curt schilling get a job there, he is an idiot, i will turn the channel every time he comes on tv. GO YANKEES!!!!!!! less than 8hrs.

"Now that you taste it, you just want to keep doing it again." - A-Rod on Winning the World Series.

by donnybaseball23 on Apr 4, 2010 12:19 PM EDT reply actions

Happy Opening Day!

Under 4 hours, can’t wait.

by WhatwouldJeterdo on Apr 4, 2010 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

3 hours.

lets go already. please!

I believe in the Church of Baseball

by Frank Campagnola on Apr 4, 2010 4:58 PM EDT reply actions

2 hours.

I believe in the Church of Baseball

by Frank Campagnola on Apr 4, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Curt Schilling as an analyst??

Wonder if they’ll call Pedro.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Vince Lombardi

by moose35 on Apr 5, 2010 9:34 AM EDT reply actions