September 2009
Ok…it’s in the history books….done.
Jeet, is now the all-time Yankee hit leader, he surpasses Gehrig and now we must like the Bernie Williams album, to paraphrase “Move Forward.”
We have a postseason berth to clinch.
Thank goodness we have a sizable lead to where we can afford to lose a couple. Burnett had a decent outing but the second inning was what did him in. At least he didn’t allow anymore runs after that but the game was sealed seven innings before the last out was recorded. Bullpen only gave up one run. Much better than Friday….and yes I was at the game and endured BOTH rain delays…..I don’t even think I got home until three in the morning or so. Marte was clearly NOT on his game getting torched for four runs that night.
After the second rain delay, the stadium was deserted. there was only a few of us left. You were lucky if there were 1,000 fans total. That sucked but then again what would you expect with all the rain that coming down. It was pretty cool though to watch the grounds crew in action and to see what they do to keep the field in check.
Posada, Jeet, Swish, A-Rod, Tex, Robbie….were all pulled for the night after that and it was all the young guns, a veteran (Hairston), and a couple of regulars (Matsui and Cabrera). It felt like a minor league game…it was so sad. you’ll hear a hoot here….a holler there….maybe a clap or two maybe three and possibly a whistle. Oh well, that’s baseball for ya.
Well, I gotta bounce. Heading out to the 1:05 finale in the Bronx. Sabathia on the mound today…we gotta salvage something out of this series.
Until the next blog….
Move Over Lou!!!
YO!!!
HEY LOU!!!
MOVE OVER!!!!
YOU HAVE COMPANY!!!!
…..at least for now anyway for the next couple of days (day off tomorrow you know).
The outpouring and affecttion is crazy (but in a great way) over the fact that Captain is now tied with the Iron Horse. That record stood for 72 years….
…..until Wednesday night however.
As a fellow Cancerian myself, I can relate to “not stopping and smelling the roses” at times especially when I get too sickly focused on a goal or a mission I set out to accomplish whether short or long term…it’s as if we have these built in mental blinders that just kick in when we zone out everything around us and we get uber-determined to keep our “eyes on the prize” so to speak.
Now…..is simply not the time for that and even I got choked up knowing that he accomplished such a rare milestone. Even his teammates were too….especially Jorge.
So what we won 4-2 over the Rays and that Posada did hit the three-run homer…well…..I shouldn’t downplay it that badly to the point that it doesn’t matter….I guess the win makes it that much sweeter and it’s something that Captain expects every night when my boys hit the baseball diamond each and every game. I guess for me, It wouldn’t have mattered as much.
Players like the Captain are EXTREMELY RARE in this day and age….not only that they are always playing everyday and consistently healthy and have consistent numbers but that they have LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY played their ENTIRE major league career with ONE team….The only other one that I know of is Craig Biggio of the Astros unless I am missing a few…..which most likely I am….again the number being quite small.
They are definitely from the OLD SCHOOL without a doubt because nowadays, if a player gets injured, they’re always on a rehab assignment, on the DL, or they are so beyond physically f***** up to the point they trade them to another team and even then they don’t know if they are going to last there and they become journeyman players. It’s sad. So you could say that Craig and the Captain were blessed more than they know.
I know Lou is smiling from upstairs and he would be more than pleased to have someone like Derek to share company with (I can see him giving El Captain a firm handshake and congratulations)….the way they both play the game….with a hard work ethic, consistency, dedication, integrity, leadership and respect.
…..and both of these players are true masters and eptiomes of what makes baseball worth while.
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