Month: March 2008

  • March 17, 2008: Another winner!

    The Yankees beat the Red Sox today. Yeah, sure, you can say it was only spring training and that the games don’t count and that if it were a real game, for example, Andy Pettitte probably would have pitched more than 3 1/3 innings. But it was the Red Sox, which always adds excitement, and…

  • March 16, 2008: Run Through

    Today’s game at Legends Field (soon to be re-christened George M. Steinbrenner Field, but they haven’t had the official ceremony yet, though the local government already voted in the change) was almost like a Real Game! With Real Excitement! It’s difficult for fans who live and die by the Yankees to grasp just how laid…

  • March 15, 2008: Duncan Donuts, and other Tampa tales

    Shelley Duncan, the player who landed at the center of the controversy after his slide into Rays 2B Akinori Iwamura, had the following to say after the game. “It was a normal baseball game. We could just play baseball.” When asked if conversations at first base were any different than usual, he said no, there…

  • March 13 2008: Live from Tampa

    It’s a gorgeous day in Tampa, Florida, today. Sunny and warm and dry, not humid or hot, nor chilly or rainy. And with Spring Training games about half done with, it was a perfect day for some diversion. CRYSTAL CLEAR Much of today’s hullabaloo revolved around Billy Crystal, who lived a dream for his 60th…

  • March 8, 2008: Spring Rolls

    It is raining, freezing and cold here in the North, but I am heartened as I spend this Saturday afternoon listening to Spring Training broadcasts from Florida. As it turns out, it’s chilly and rainy in Florida, too, which is not really what I want to hear, but, well, there are many things about the…