Bronx, N.Y., January 27, 2007 — Yankee individual-game tickets go on sale Wednesday, a fact that brought to mind the annual January 2 birthday pilgrimage to Yankee Stadium I took almost four weeks ago. As anyone who has known me for any time can attest, I am convinced that minus the occurring-every-four-years February 29, my birth date is the year’s worst. Lost in the Christmas/holiday crush some years, far removed from the glorious baseball days of summer, it’s also usually the day one goes “back to school” early in life, and “back to work” afterward. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2007
The Boys of Spring
Bronx, N.Y., January 14, 2007 — One of the highlights of the 2006 Yankee season for this avid fan came in a sleepy Florida town in front of a crowd barely 6,000 strong. On March 5, Joe Torre took the ball from Mike Mussina in a 1-1 game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays with two down in the third and a man on second. There was no question that the tall righty that took Moose’s place was nervous; his second warmup pitch sailed over Jorge Posada’s head and smacked the screen — hard. But Philip Hughes dispatched dangerous Toronto portsided first sacker Lyle Overbay on a bouncer to second on just two throws. Continue reading