Spring Training Invites

20 names were announced today that will be attending camp in 27 days in Tampa. Two of those names are shocking; Duncan and Mirte.

Duncan, apparently was traded earlier this month but somehow must have cleared wavers, and is now back in Scranton. Surprising that this is the first time anyone has heard about it.

Mirte, I thought was coming off surgery and has a suspension. Did I hear wrong, or is someone pulling our legs by legitimately inviting him to camp. Either way its surprising.

This Spring Training also can mean a lot for a young pitcher since its looking more and more positive that Petitte is not coming back. Right now theres a race for that last rotation spot most likely either going to Hughes, Coke, or dare I say it, Igawa. Personally, I would like to see Hughes get it with Coke filling a long reliever position. But I'm probably going to get critized for even saying that.

Who knows what's going to happen one month from now.

Joba's new look

First it was Giambi and now this? Okay Joba, I love you to death, but that look is not you, not at all. The Giambi stache thing might have been a fluke (which I knew it was), he was good for a while with it, then it all faded into nothingness. But the full beard + stache? I don't think its you, Joba + your good without it, you don't need it.

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson! What can I say about him? I don't remember him as a Yankee. I wasn't even born when he came over to the Bronx, and when he left, I was 4 almost 5. But his legacy on the Yankees lives. He won the Silver Slugger award while with the team and is in a class with just one other in the 80/20 club. I wish I could remember him as a Yankee.

But I do have a memory of him as a player. He was with the Newark Bears in 2003 and 2004. I remember getting up one day and seeing that the Yankees were off, so I decided to go see an Atlantic League game in Newark who just happened to be playing Sparky Lyle's Somerset Patriots (I only live 10 or so miles away from Commerce Bank Ballpark). That game was something, Sparky kept coming out to the mound, but Henderson got on base every single time he was up. I remember him stealing second like it was nothing. Even as an older ballplayer he still had the speed that he was known for, and part of it got him a lifetime trip into Cooperstown.

I wish I could remember more of him, but thats really all I have. But Henderson's legacy will live on for all eternity enshired in the Hall of Fame alongside many many greats such as Ruth, Mantle, Gerig, DiMaggio and so many others.

Opening Post

On January 12, 2009, I decided to create my own blog. Its rare that you find someone like me, a diehard Yankees fan from suburbia, NJ and who has XX chromosomes in that person's cells. Yes I'm a lady, yes I love baseball, and yes I love the Yankees.