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Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: Irishman12] #478944
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 Originally Posted By: Irishman12


I'm not sure, that's why I was asking you \:p


It was the Indians. From April 17-19, 2007 Chase Wright, Kei Igawa and Sean Henn recorded their first career wins in that 3 game series.

I had to look it up.

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Kei Igawa got a win?? Wow! That is amazing!


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I missed this as I turned it on in the 7th inning, but...

Billy Crystal strikes out in new career—fans as Yankees leadoff man
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By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer 52 minutes ago
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Billy Crystal better stick to his night job.

The comedian, actor and Oscar presenter struck out in his new career as a baseball player Thursday—and promptly struck out as the New York Yankees’ new leadoff man.

Wearing No. 60 a day before his 60th birthday, and cheered on by fellow funnyman Robin Williams, Crystal gave himself a chance in the first inning in his only at-bat.

Swinging late against Pittsburgh’s Paul Maholm, Crystal bounced a chopper past first baseman Adam LaRoche that landed several feet foul. Crystal got ahead in the count 3-1, but then swung over a pair of 88 mph fastballs.

The crowd gave Crystal a standing ovation, and he raised his hand to salute the fans. Teammate-for-a-day Alex Rodriguez signaled Maholm, who tossed the ball toward the Yankees dugout for a souvenir.

Crystal’s debut—and finale—followed the likes of Garth Brooks and Tom Selleck, other celebrities who played in spring training games.

Johnny Damon took over the DH job from Crystal later in the game. Damon was in the spirit, saying it was fine that he sat at the start in place of Crystal.

“He’s been around longer,” Damon said. “He’s got credibility.”

Before the game, Crystal worked out on the main diamond at Legends Fields.

“I’m really relaxed, I really am,” Crystal said after taking pregame infield practice. “That’s until I see the 6-foot-2, 230-pound guy who’s going to throw who’s never been to a Seder.”

His only sign of nervousness: He chomped nonstop on bubblegum.

While fans rooted for a hit, Crystal’s actual goal was much more modest.

“I just want to touch it,” he said.

And that he did.



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Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: J Geoff] #479396
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The funniest Yankees story I ever heard Billy Crystal tell was when Joe Torre allowed him to sit behind the dugout and hand out the sunflower seeds to the players. He did that for a few games. He then invited Robin Williams to sit with him at a game. Robin Williams promptly started fooling around with the sunflower seeds, throwing them, etc.

Billy Crystal promptly lost sunflower seed duty.


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Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: Sicilian Babe] #479410
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Crystal, when asked what position he would playing, replied, "DH. Designated Hebrew."

Imagine if he got to play in the game with benches clearing brawl.

Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: klydon1] #479411
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 Originally Posted By: klydon1
Crystal, when asked what position he would playing, replied, "DH. Designated Hebrew."


He stole that line from Ron Blomberg, it was the name of his autobiography.

Copyright infringement, Counselor?

Sick 'em!


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Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: klydon1] #479490
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Well, Crystal's At-Bat was a feel-good story after that Yanks/Rays sillyness.

Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: ronnierocketAGO] #479543
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If anyone missed it, here's his at-bat:




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Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: J Geoff] #479548
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Sweet, thanks for the link Geoff

Re: How bout them Yankees!? [Re: Irishman12] #479639
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Nice link. It failed to show, however, that while Billy Crystal was taking his fourteenth bow for striking out, Elliot Johnson came running from the thirdbase line and slammed head-on into Crystal, breaking the aging comedian's right wrist.

Crystal may have to hang on the roster to cover for Duncan.

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The Billy Crystal thing shows how far baseball has come into the entertainment world. Being from NY and knowing Crystal's love of the Yankees, I think it was great publicity. Many baseball purists are upset about it, but they don't realize that pure baseball left when baseball on TV was introduced. The line between sport and entertainment has become very blurred. And in Billy's words, "it's better to look mahvelous, than to .... hit mahvelous."


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The Yankees are playing a game at Virginia Tech today. They donated $1 million to the Hokies last year after the shooting, and promised to play an exhibition game against the school's team. It will be on YES at 3:00 today.


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Yankees’ Matsui gets married, pulls fast one on Jeter and Abreu at same time
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Hideki Matsui chuckled Thursday while recounting his big week. Yes, the Yankees slugger really did get married and win a bet with teammates Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu at the same time.

Matsui made the wager at the start of spring training about who would wed first, then flew to New York on his off day Wednesday to get married.

Matsui said Jeter, who claimed not to have a girlfriend, has one year to get married to win the bet. Yankees outfielder Bobby Abreu, who said he has a girlfriend, has six months to win the bet.

Since Matsui said he knew six months ago he was going to get married, he was able to pull a fast one on his teammates, who both said Thursday they would play off their losses immediately.

“He won,” Jeter said. “I’m going to give him the money today.”

The amount of wager was not disclosed.

“I’m happy for him,” Abreu said. “I’ll have to send him a check.”

Jeter didn’t believe reporters at first when told about the marriage. He went to Matsui’s locker to confirm it.

“Yeah, I’m surprised,” Jeter said. “Good for him.”

Even Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who was informed about Matsui’s wedding this week, got a good laugh out of it.

“Sometimes you should get all the information before you make a bet,” Girardi said.

When asked if he got married just to win the bet, Matsui laughed and said “Maybe.”



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One of the New York papers had a headline, "Bride of Godzilla".


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The News did, I saw it later after my post



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Freakin' rain delay on Opening Day \:\/



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 Originally Posted By: J Geoff
Freakin' rain delay on Opening Day \:\/


First official whine of a Yankee fan in '08.


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Rescheduled for Tuesday, 7pm \:\/



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I feel bad for the people who took off work to go to this "historical" opening day. Actually, I'm pretty sick of hearing it referred to as "historical". From the way that the media is carrying on about it being "the last opening day for the original Yankee Stadium", you would have thought that Babe Ruth himself had come back from the great beyond to throw the first pitch.


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Its the curse of the Babe... and not the SICILIAN Babe.


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 Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I feel bad for the people who took off work to go to this "historical" opening day. Actually, I'm pretty sick of hearing it referred to as "historical". From the way that the media is carrying on about it being "the last opening day for the original Yankee Stadium", you would have thought that Babe Ruth himself had come back from the great beyond to throw the first pitch.


I'm glad that they are making a big deal about it because to me it's very historic. The Yankees are IMO the best sports franchise in North American history and Yankee Stadium is one of sport's most hollowed grounds. It won't be the same next year in the "new Yankee Stadium" and some will be crying to go back to the old one.

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I agree that a piece of NY history is being destroyed, but it really won't make that big of a difference to me. I haven't been able to afford to go to Yankee Stadium for a long time. I've found it's actually cheaper to go see them somewhere else and make a little vacation out of it.


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I need to get my butt up there sometime this season. I'd love to score some tickets for the all-star game but only if I can afford them. If not I'll settle for the game on my birthday

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I tried to get tickets to the Red Sox game a few years ago because they were playing in the Bronx on Mr. Babe's birthday. The game was sold out, so I went to Stub Hub. The halfway decent seats were going for $750 each.


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 Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I tried to get tickets to the Red Sox game a few years ago because they were playing in the Bronx on Mr. Babe's birthday. The game was sold out, so I went to Stub Hub. The halfway decent seats were going for $750 each.


Flashback to Opening Day, 1967. I cut school with some of my friends and went to the game (this was back when the Yanks really sucked and NOBODY went to their games). I think there may have only been about 20,000 people there to see the Sox vs. the Yankees. The Sox had a rookie pitcher, Bill Rohr, on the mound. He went on to pitch a no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings until Elston Howard blooped a single to break up the game. (What was odd was that Howard ended up on the Sox before the season was over).

For me, as a Sox fan, it was the best Opening Day I ever saw, and Boston went on to win the pennant (against all odds that year).


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 Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
I tried to get tickets to the Red Sox game a few years ago because they were playing in the Bronx on Mr. Babe's birthday. The game was sold out, so I went to Stub Hub. The halfway decent seats were going for $750 each.


Yeah, Stub Hub was a rip off. I finally went to a Sox/Yanks game a couple of years ago on my birthday. The Yanks were down early but rallied to win the game

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Farnsworthless et al.

Let's go METS!!!



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I saw Kennedy got rocked early. At least Hughes had a good outing yesterday

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I'm going to the game tomorrow. One of my coworkers was supposed to go with his wife, brother and brother's wife. His sister-in-law had a death in the family and has to fly down to Florida, so they've offered me the ticket. And since I live between my coworker and the Bronx, I even get picked up!

Pettite's pitching, so that's exciting!


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Have fun SB! I definitely need to get my butt to the Stadium this year to see it one last time

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