In my home office I have a picture of George Brett being restrained by teammates at home plate. The incident occurred in a game between Kansas City and the Yankees played in 1983. There was a rule in baseball that if the pine tar on your bat was too high you would be called …
Month: April 2014
On Wednesday, April 16, in the day-night doubleheader against the Cubs the Yankees shut out the Cubs in both games. This was the first time since 1987 that the Yankees swept a doubleheader with two shutouts. Tanaka had his best game as a Yankee pitching eight shut-out innings allowing just two bunt singles in the …
What a strange beginning to the 2014 season for the NY Yankees. The opening day Yankee lineup had two career minor leaguers. Dean Anna and Yangervis Solarte had the distinction of being the only two players in a major league starting lineup that played in 500 minor league games. After only three appearances Mariano’s designated …
On Sunday April 6, 2014 my wife Tara and I attended a game between the New Britain Rock Cats, a Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins and the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, at the New Britain Stadium in Connecticut. According to the Fan Cost Index, the cost of …
In my blog called “Professional Baseball for a Bargain Price”, I talk about my afternoon at the New Britain Rock Cats game on Sunday, April 6, 2014 against the Rickmond Flying Squirrels. Below are a few photos to go along wiht that posting. The New Britain Rock Cats Stadium I never realized how …
As we all look forward to the 2014 baseball season, one of the biggest changes to our beloved game is the introduction of instant replay. The reviewable callswill exclude balls and strikes (see my last blog posting on umpire errors), check swings, foul tips, interference calls, and the infield fly rule. Also, the neighborhood call …