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Saturday, May 3, 2014 — Through the first photo days in Yankee Stadium the last two years, we’ve been amazed at the warmth and willingness of the players to interact with thousands of fans assembled on the warning track, but … Continue reading
April 27, 2014, Bronx, N.Y. — I’m not a big fan of the Yankees hosting ESPN Sunday night games, particularly in too cold April in New York. Two weeks ago, the Yanks prevailed over the Red Sox in three hours and eight minutes, while we got 20 more minutes of baseball this Sunday night against the Angels. But I’ll have to grudgingly give up that complaint, because both were hugely gripping games, and both were 3-2 wins for the home team. Continue reading
April 26, 2014, Bronx, N.Y. — Following a pitching and offensive breakdown the night before, the Yankees pulled off a taut 4-3 win over the visiting Angels Saturday afternoon on what will have to pass for a nice day, at least until something better comes along. The sun peeked out, the temps flirted with (not sure they ever reached, though) 60, and the rain held off most of the day. Continue reading
Bronx, N.Y., April 13, 2014 — I don’t know how the ESPN TV Sunday night game between the visiting Red Sox and the Yankees in the Stadium played out on screen, but it was among the most captivating contests I’ve witnessed, and the pleasant temps under a Full Moon (with a hint of relatively oh-so-close planet Mars nearby) set the scene beautifully. Having seen No. 3 starter Ivan Nova implode earlier in the week against Baltimore, Yankee fans were apprehensive. But “Super-Nova” thankfully made an appearance in a key AL East game, if there can be such a thing on April 13. Continue reading
April 9, 2014, Bronx, N.Y. — Yankee Stadium got its long-anticipated look at Masahiro Tanaka Wednesday evening and, despite an early bump in the road, the show was worth the ticket price, and more. Baltimore’s Jonathan Schoop turned on a 1-0 pitch with two on in the second inning, scoring three runs early against Masahiro, just as the Jays did in Toronto last week. Continue reading
April 8, 2014, Bronx, N.Y. — It’s a good thing the Yanks picked their second home game, and not their opener, to play a really bad game, as they dropped a 14-5 stinker to Buck Showalter’s Orioles Tuesday afternoon. It was also lucky that the weather, merely neither cold nor unpleasant early, provided the crowd of 35,000 the kind of [somewhat] sunny baseball day we’ve been missing for more than six months. Continue reading
April 7, 2014, Bronx, N.Y. — The Yankees beat the Orioles 4-2 in their home opener in frigid Yankee Stadium Monday afternoon, and after starring in the pregame, Derek Jeter played a key role in the win in this, his final year. He delivered the only Yankee extra base hit, a double down the left field that struck the wall inches below the top; had a key putout on a fifth-inning pickoff; and delivered the game’s first run with a sharp one-hopper back to the box. Continue reading
With Opening Day less than a month away, consider this a public service announcement…
Remember back when years were so unique and special that each one’s designation began with a “1”? Baseball, the finest spectator game on Earth, was played in venues where proximity to the action on the field was more important than vending opportunities, both edible and wearable; where polite enthusiasts — with true though harsh realities of place in mind — were not only engrossed with the wonder of the play before them, but realized that fellow fans were just as rapt, and that each had the right to continue this enjoyment without interruption. Continue reading
Bronx, N.Y., August 31, 2013 — Up at 7:30 on a Saturday to run a few errands because we needed to catch a train 90 minutes earlier than usual for a Saturday game, it was more with a sense of exhaustion than expectation that Sue and I sat in our Yankee Stadium seats at 11:30, awaiting Yankee personnel. Sue had received the call Friday: We were invited to be interviewed on the big screen as the ticket licensees of the game. Continue reading
August 14, 20113, Bronx, N.Y. — A friend who showed up in the top of the third inning of the Wednesday evening Angels/Yankees tilt in the Stadium looked up and said, “Look. Eight the hard way!” The gambling reference may be obscure, but there is no doubt the digits on the Scoreboard were pretty startling, side by side 4’s, with the Yanks up 8-0 in the third inning. Continue reading