Surviving Grady brought this to my attention last month but I didn’t mention it here. With Wake’s start against the Yankees tonight, I figured now’s a good a time as any to mention that Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz wrote and recorded “The Ballad of Tim Wakefield“. It’s not exactly coming-out-of-the-bullpen theme music, but as far …
Since I don’t follow football, basketball, hockey or NASCAR, the months between October and March are just a countdown to spring training. So while I’ve heard that some Boston-area teams are doing well, I still follow only off-season baseball. So far the Yankees have signed both C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett — with more to …
Related to Wakefield’s start tonight, here’s a bit of Final Jeopardy from this week:
Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, an unapologetic Yankee fan, thinks the Mitchell Report is just a Red Sox conspiracy…
Uni Watch is a blog all about sports uniforms, and often has some interesting articles. (It’s where I learned about baseball’s “futuristic” uniforms…glad I missed those games.) Anyway, there’s a pretty good one about hidden elements in sports logos (inspired by a discussion of the FedEx logo’s negative space arrow). In it they mention the …
My First Day with the YankeesHere’s a great story of how a kid became the batboy for the New York Yankees, and his first day on the job. (via kottke)
You might already know that I’m a fan of sidearm & submarine pitchers. Yesterday Jill & I took Amelia to Fenway Park (for her first time) to see “Futures at Fenway”: a doubleheader of Sox minor league teams Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Red Sox. We only stayed for the Spinners game (who won 3-1), but …
Great Sox game last night! When the 9th inning came around with the Sox down by 2, I told Jill “If Ortiz gets a chance to bat, he’ll either tie it or win it.” Of course, I’m not the only one who thought that: But when Ortiz stepped to the plate last night, everyone in …
It’s official: baseball season is here.
I had a nice surprise when I logged onto My Yahoo today. My normally empty Scoreboard module was actually showing something:Spring training is officially here!