A few pictures from the Yankees playing the Phillies at Bright House Field in Clearwater last Thursday. Wanted to get them up sooner, but things have been crazy. Not the greatest pictures, I really need to spend a few hundred dollars on a good digital camera, but one step at a time.
Reggie Jackson
Derek Jeter And The Rest Of The Yankees Warming Up
From The Purist Bleeds Pinstripes, a picture of the old Yankee stadium with all of the grass gone. It really is one of the most depressing pictures that I’ve ever seen. Really don’t need to say anything more, I’m sure all Yankee fans understand my pain.
Peter Abraham had this quick post this week on LoHud. So not only are there lots of places where you can’t see all of the field at the game, but if you watch it from home, it’s not going to have the same views/quality as the old stadium. With all the money they spent, you think they’d really have done a better job on this. Seems like they really don’t care about the fans, just making more money.
Also from LoHud, the Yankees will be serving Budweiser products, as well as “beers from around the world” stands. Having had more than a few beers at the old Yankee Stadium, this was very important news to me. However, I’ll never forget the last beer that I had at the old stadium.
From the Chuck Knoblog, photos from the new Yankee stadium. I have to admit, it really does look beautiful. I can’t wait to go to a game there. And it almost makes me a little less depressed about the old stadium being demolished.
If you’re looking for the news and stats from the game, you’re probably reading the wrong blog, but I can tell you a few things that I noticed.
Joba Chamberlin looked a little rough in the first inning. By a little rough, I mean he let up a couple of home runs in the first inning. That’s never sexy, but at least it was better than what happened the last time I saw him pitch. It was in Cleavland, there was a bunch of bugs and it was during the playoffs. Need I say more?
I think Phil Coke pitched pretty well. I think he threw a bunch of strikeouts. I tried to find some stats after the game, but I couldn’t find anything. Like I said if you’re looking for stats, wrong blog. Sorry.
As far as hitters, the switch to have Derek Jeter leading off and Johnny Damon batting second seemed to workout well for both guys.
Got to see Nick Swisher for the first time. He knocked out a homer. I’d really like to see him as a starter at some point this season.
I would’ve liked to see more of Brett Gardner. He didn’t come in until late in the game. He’s another guy that I’m unbiasly rooting for. Also coming in late in the game was Shelly Duncan. I’ve never seen him play before so I was pretty excited about that.
Then my last note about the players, Cody Ransom knocked out a homer too. Who needs A-Rod. He can continue hanging out with strippers or whatever he’s doing.
This was my first spring training game ever. I just moved down to Florida last summer and I’m kicking myself for not going to any spring training games sooner. Brighthouse Field where the Phillies play is literally right down the street from where I live and the Blue Jays field isn’t far away either.
Thanks to a hook up, I had great seats, only a row back from the dugout. I was about five feet away from Reggie Jackson the entire game. Just had to share that. I was impressed by how much time he spent signing autographs before the game as well as many of the other Yankee players.
Loved the way laid back feel of spring training. There were lots of Yankee fans there (of course) and the Philly fans were pretty friendly compared to other cities I’ve seen the Yankees play, plus they seemed pretty knowledgeable about the game.
Not so happy about the sunburn I’m going to have, but I’ll deal with it. I’m definitely going to try catch a few more games before spring training is over.
I’m finally starting to get excited about baseball again. A-Rod, A-Roid and his circus show definitely put a damper in it for me. I didn’t want to admit it, but you can see the frequency of my posting definitely came to a halt after this second “admission of guilt.” Reading the Joe Torre book, “The Yankee Years” didn’t help much either.
But while watching the Yankee game tonight with the Yanks demolishing the Red Sox (yes, I know it’s only spring training and scores don’t count – but I’ll take any victory over the Sox), I started to get excited about the game again. Seeing the players on the field, even if it wasn’t the new or the old stadium, brought that good feeling back. It’s nice to see the names that I recognize playing again. I love watching players like Brett Gardner fighting for a spot in the big leagues. And seeing future all star Austin Jackson blasting a grand slam really put it all back in focus.
I’m finding it really hard to watch the Yankee spring training games. I seem to be getting distracted, especially after the third or fourth innings. I know the starters are playing more, but it just doesn’t seem like baseball to me yet…
So, I’ve been busy watching the NCAA Tournament. I have to say it’s living up to everything that I remembered for past years.
Anyways, came across this pretty funny video, way off topic, but I thought I would share it with you.
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