athe veterans committee is going to vote on twenty players for induction into the hall of fame.a there are ten players pre1943 and ten post1943.a today i profile mickey vernon from that group.a mickey passed away in september so i waited to profile him last.
dom dimaggio mickey vernon and ted williams
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playeda19391960 20 seasons
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news of the day 113008 Post Source: www.bronxbanterblog.com Posted: Nov 30 2008 13:45:28
sunday newsy sunday
suite city blue eyes the daily news has a report on demands made by the city for perks like a free suite at the new stadium in return for free parking spaces.
the yankees got the city to write a letter to the irs so they could obtain 942 million in taxfree bonds. the team plans to request 366 million more saving them a total of 247 million in lo...... [Show More]
kyle snyder september 2008 courtesy of baseball heavy just because
i cant sleep.a its just after 2am est and im wide awake.a which lends itself to my digging deeper through boston.com and other sites to see whats going on.
i usually check out what they were thinking the weekly photo by stan grossfeld with a description of what the subject of e...... [Show More]
for all the talk about the current face of the yankees whether it be arod derek jeter or someone else don mattingly was the clear symbol of the team during the 1980s and early 1990s. many of us grew up watching and idolizing donnie baseball and no topic generates more discussion than whether or not don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame.
for the most part yankee fans agree that don matt...... [Show More]
tim bogar will replace luis alicea as the first base coach next season. bogar a nine year mlb veteran with the mets astros and dodgers recently held a major league assistant coach role with the tampa bay rays.
for the grueling reality of bogars baseball career .228 average etc check out his profile at baseball reference ....... [Show More]
friday may 31 1991
jim caple had this note in the pioneer press which turned out to be a bit of sad foreshadowing
when asked about george bretts tremendous career achievements and how he won a batting title at age 37 minnesota outfielder kirby puckett said he has no desire to play beyond age 35 or 36.
the res more to life than baseball said puckett who turn...... [Show More]
...itter was than his peers adjusted for park effects and era.
with pitchersa adjusted era aseems pretty good but im not sure it captures everything.
heres what you get cribbed from baseballr eference.c om
rank
player aage
adjusted era
throws
1.
mariano rivera a38
199
r
2.
pedro martinez a36
154
r
3.
lefty grove
148
l
4.
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news of the day 112708 Post Source: www.bronxbanterblog.com Posted: Nov 27 2008 14:54:14
jimmy gobble turkey stearnes yam yaryan and i wish you a happy thanksgiving heres the news
boras talks but does anyone believe him the la times reports that scott boras claims to have received multiple offers for mark teixeira.a however
boras would not say which teams had extended offers or even how many. he characterized the offers as bids teixeira had ...... [Show More]
thursday may 30 1991
the twins jumped ahead of the royals early then held on for their third consecutive victory a 42 win over last place kansas city.
mark guthrie made his longest start of the season. he made it into the eighth inning allowing only a single run on six hits despite what looked to be major trouble in the fifth inning.
with the twins ahead 20 on the strength of a tworu...... [Show More]
jim baumbach of newsdays final score writes about the return of doc gooden to the public eye. up until this year the last i remember of doc is when he shut down the mets in game 1 of a daynight subway series double header in 2000.
below is a video that jim linked up where doc is interviewed at a nike event. take a listen as he discusses some of the memories of his big league career....... [Show More]
ok even if they dont get cc sabathia who continues to delay his decision by waiting for more offers ive tried to follow some of the young yanks as they play in various fallwinter leagues.
first however speaking of sabathia im getting pretty tired sitting here waiting for him to sign with someone.a every free agent in my opinion is waiting for sabathia to make some...... [Show More]
for the first time in three months no joke its raining here. well stay warm and dry as we rollout another set of walewanders
remember when the tigers announced that one of the coaches hadnt decided to return for 2009 whatever happened with that
almost a year ago the tigers acquired dontrelle willis and miguel cabrera and the playoff tickets were bein...... [Show More]
mussina its a tough call on the hall of fame in my opinion.a mussina has been consistently very good over a long career.a does that make him a hall of famera possibly.a was there ever a time in his career when an opposing team said oh crap.a moose is pitching today its going to be tough to win today.a i dont think so.a according to b...... [Show More]
wednesday may 29 1991
all of the buzz for the final game of the series in arlington between the twins and rangers was about the return of the 45yearold nolan ryan from the disabled list. by the end of the game however the story was about the twins offense.
after the rangers scored to take a 10 lead in the first inning the twins answered with a fourrun top of the second capped o...... [Show More]
odds and ends Post Source: royalsauthority.com Posted: Nov 26 2008 07:43:43
whats happening kind of difficult to believe thanksgiving is here. traditionally i do something cute with jimmy gobble this time of year but in the spirit of trey hillman ill misuse him and instead breakout the gobble metaphors around valentines day. im just thinking outside the box. anyway... here are some odds and ends compiled while drinking boulevar...... [Show More]
in 2008 henry blancos season went a long way towards restoring the pride of the hank white fanclub.a last year was rough for the boys over at desipio as blanco was only able to manage a .167 batting average during an injury shortened season.a this past season however blanco rebounded to post an impressive .292 batting average and showed solid second half power.a woo hoo hank white....... [Show More]
you might not know who ricky stone is but his story is one that folks should hear.a for every andy pettitte or roger clemens theres also a ricky stone.
stone spent 6 years in mlb and one year in the chinese professional baseball league.a stone was one of the many players outed for steroid use in the mitchell report in december 2007.a this past august stone was back in america an...... [Show More]
tuesday may 28 1991
for the better part of a week the baseball world has wondered when the texas rangers finally would lose another game. scott erickson has known for almost a week.
last thursday at the metrodome the rangers beat the twins for their 10th straight victory. the righthanded erickson was not exactly hammered but the four runs he yielded were the most he had given up since las...... [Show More]
joe dimaggio
joseph paul dimaggio jr.
nickname joltin joe or the yankee clipper
height 6 2 weight 193 lb.
debut may 3 1936
final game september 30 1951
born november 25 1914 in martinez ca
died march 8 1999 in hollywood fl
inducted into the hall of fame in 1955
career avg .325 hits 2214 hr 361 rbi 1537
allstar 1936 rf41...... [Show More]
apjust what the american league east wants to see.
it was over in a second.
thats the way i remember derek lowes unceremonious cutting of ties with the red sox following the 2004 season right after he played a big papisized role in getting to and winning the world series. you do remember he was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of all three playoff series that year r...... [Show More]
more than 10 years after he was shown the door by the rockies don baylor the clubs first manager returns to denver as the hitting coach for clint hurdle .
the rockies announced a slew of hirings today including former dodgers and pirates skipper jim tracy .
when baylor led the rockies to the playoffs in just their third year of existence 1995 many predicted a lo...... [Show More]
theyre both free agents they both have top notch power arms they have an equal amount of playoff experience zero innings yet one has been much more sought after this winter than the other. widely considered to be the best nonsabathia pitcher available this offseason aj burnett has been a hot commodity drawing rumored interest from as many as eight or ten teams. ben sheets o...... [Show More]
when the pitch is so fat
that the ball hits the bat
thats zamora
sung to the tune of thats amore
if youre not old enough to remember oscar zamora was a smallish 510 178 righthanded reliever for the mediocretobad cub teams from 1974 to 1976. a native of cuba he languished in the cleveland and houston farm systems for nine years and was p...... [Show More]
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