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A fun article about Yankee Stadium from a Boston Globe writer. Some great moments from the most famous stadium in the world on the eve of its final All-Star game. My first trip to Yankee Stadium was the 1960 New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Steelers game. What was your first game or best memory?
posted to Baseball at 6:31 AM CDT
Lecavalier signs 11-year, $85-million extension with Lightning Owner Oren Koules was ecstatic. "It's a huge day for this organization and this ownership group," he said Saturday night.
posted to Hockey at 5:20 PM CDT
The average career isn't 11 years. No wonder these idiot owners are whining they don't can't make money. On top of that ticket prices will increase and with gas going up as well, I will put my money in the gas tank & watch a game at home where I can drink 6 beers for $5 instead of 1 & relieve myself in a much cleaner bathroom
posted at 7:52 AM CDT on July 14
First round KO Philly's first "Flyin Hawaiian" knocks out Jose Canseco in the first round of a celebrity-charity boxing match. He treated him like the Giants goal-post in 1992, making Canseco look even more ridiculous then he already has made himself. Sikahema was asked if there were any surprises. "That it didn't finish in the first 30 seconds," he said.
posted to General at 5:07 PM CDT
Go Jose!
away!
far away!!!
Jose quit looking for an additional 15 minutes of fame everytime you do, you expose yourself as the idiot that you really are.
Besides, has anyone ever seen a good bench clearing brawl in baseball, all those guys do is hug each other & dance around. Its not like the good ol days when 40-some year old Nolan Ryan landed a good roundhouse to a batter's head that challenged him
posted at 7:46 AM CDT on July 14
Busch wins at Chicagoland as JGR ties series record JOLIET, Ill. -- Break up Joe Gibbs Racing! Oops! Tony Stewart has already taken care of that -- for next year, anyway -- but Stewart's departure at the end of the season, made official this weekend, couldn't slow Gibbs' momentum in the Nationwide Series.
posted to Auto Racing at 7:19 PM CDT
Good luck Tony. There has been very little success among owner/drivers. DEI was successful, but Dale Earnhart drove for RCR which is a different senerio and we have all witnessed DEI's slow decline since Dale Sr. passed away.
Initially the fans & sponsors will stick by Tony Stewert, but if he doesn't contend like he did with JGR his flame will die out
posted at 7:35 AM CDT on July 14
The Decline of the National League. By just about every measure, the 16 teams in Major League Baseball's National League are inferior to the 14 in the American League. The AL has won 11 of the last 16 World Series, including three of the last four. The annual All-Star Game, to be played Tuesday, has practically become a farce: Not counting a 2002 tie, the AL has won 10 straight.
posted to Baseball at 11:31 PM CDT
The annual who cares game has lost its roots there hasn't been a decent game in 20-30 years. I'll start watching again when you see home plate collisions like Rose & Fossee or Dave Parker throwing to Gary Carter to nail a runner at the plate.
The game has turned into a fan favorite with a bunch of overpaid SOB's with the exception of players like Josh Hamilton, but I'm sure he will bring his status up to that level with the way he is playing.
I can remember when an all-star bonus meant something to the players & they where excited to go. Now most of them are disgruntled because they don't get their 3 day break with the rest of their team mates.
posted at 8:13 AM CDT on July 14
What do you get the hockey fan who has everything? Well, Graeme Patterson in Halifax has hooked up a synthesizer/organ to a table hockey game.
"The sk1 somehow had each key hooked up to each player (eg: A=goalie, C#=right winger etc...) and when the keyboard was played they would move around and such."
(More pictures here.)
posted to Hockey at 2:29 PM CDT
That's almost as cool as the vibrating tabletop football game from the 70's
Seriously the ultimate hockey fan gift would have to be the Wayne Gretzky hockey camp where the Great One laces up the skates & joins you on the ice
posted at 8:18 AM CDT on July 14
Using pawns, brawn to nab chess-boxing crown Rarely do brains and brawn come together in this way. A Russian has been crowned world champion in the sport of chess boxing that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches. The loser said he was simply too punch-drunk to fend off checkmate.
posted to Extreme at 10:07 PM CDT
Let's modify this to include beer bongs & Yaeger Bombs just before entering the ring & promote the sport on college campuses.
Now featured on ESPN College Game Day "chess boxing with shots"
posted at 8:24 AM CDT on July 14
The Day Cool Died Phil Taylor's essay on the demise of Cool in sports.
posted to General at 2:52 PM CDT
I don't remember who made the original quote. When you score or make a big play, act like you've been there before. That's cool walk off like its just another play.
posted at 8:32 AM CDT on July 14
Finding the Hits, Avoiding the Errors: A culinary scorecard for all 30 major league baseball stadiums. Map View. (NY Times)
posted to Baseball at 10:43 AM CDT
Everyone's tried to go uptown on ballpark food. What happened to the good ol days of a luke warm hot dog cooked under a heat lamp and a cold beer
posted at 8:41 AM CDT on July 14
Video: Diamondbacks Catcher Chris Snyder Fractures Left Testicle Although the injury report just says that Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder is on the 15-day DL with a groin injury, the team revealed that he suffered a "left testicular fracture" Monday when hit by a foul ball. "Suspended in the scrotum, a skin pouch below the penis, each testicle is surrounded by the tunica albuginea, a tough, fibrous covering that often takes the hit of trauma to the gland," according to UrologyHealth.Org. "Like the shell of an egg, it can be easily 'fractured' or shattered when confronted by a blunt or violent force." See the video.
posted to Baseball at 2:14 PM CDT
Ouch!
Talk about (black &) blue balls
It's hard to imagine what the splint/cast would look like for this type of fracture
posted at 10:44 AM CDT on July 5
His cup runneth over: especially after the swelling set in
I thought I was sore after my vascectomy, I bounced back after a few days, he had to go on the 15 day DL
Oh the humanity & humility
posted at 10:51 AM CDT on July 5
First Class?
Excellent baseball writer Joe Posnanski proposes a question:
"If you could start over, who would make up your Hall of Fame first class?"
posted to Baseball at 7:55 AM CDT
Pete Rose
Stan Musial
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Cy Young
How can you not have the top 3 hits leader and #1 pitcher in wins and the Bambino's season and home run totals held up for years, also he wasn't too bad of a pitcher
posted at 1:20 PM CDT on June 30
3,494 and counting. The baseball-seeking savant from Manhattan has tricks galore to help him snare a prized souvenir at a major league game, like lowering his glove on a string to pluck up a ball resting far below on the warning track during batting practice. Or his “fumbling with a slice of pizza” ploy to sneak past an usher and move closer to the dugout.
posted to Baseball at 12:25 PM CDT
Who has the time or money to do all this traveling? This guy sounds like he needs a sponsor ala NASCAR
posted at 1:31 PM CDT on June 30
Scott Kalitta killed in crash at Englishtown. The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta — the 1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had 18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car — was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, where he died a short time later. (Video)
posted to Auto Racing at 7:33 PM CDT
YouTube has various video angles horrific
posted at 9:36 AM CDT on June 23
Pacman gives Dallas Cowboys a dual threat: This is what Pacman Jones can bring to the Dallas Cowboys on the field if he plays in 2008: A playmaker on defense as a cornerback and on special teams.
posted to Football at 12:11 PM CDT
Nashville is glad to be rid of PunkMan the Thug Jones
Since the Titans selected Pacman Jones in the first round of the 2005 draft, he's had multiple run-ins with police:
APRIL 2005
Where: Atlanta.
What: Jones is named on an incident report after a fight broke out at a strip club. The female involved said she had no plans of pursuing the case.
Outcome: A judge dismissed the case.
JUNE 2005
Where: Nashville.
What: Security officials at Regal Maxwell House hotel had trouble getting two friends of Jones to clear their room after checkout time. When police arrived, they smelled marijuana and found some of the drug on a table. Jones was in the room, but one of his friends took responsibility for the evidence.
Outcome: Jones was not arrested.
JULY 2005
Where: Nashville.
What: Jones was arrested and charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and a felony count of vandalism following an incident at a nightclub. The club's bouncer and his brother said Jones became belligerent, struck the bouncer, tore a necklace from his neck and shouted a racial slur because they asked some people at the private party to leave because they allegedly were using drugs.
Outcome: Less than a year later, charges against Jones were dismissed when the men who brought the case asked prosecutors to drop it.
FEBRUARY 2006
Where: Fayetteville, Ga.
What: Jones was charged with felony obstruction of police and two counts of misdemeanor obstruction after an alleged altercation with officers. According to police, Jones, sitting in a car outside his girlfriend's house at 1 a.m., became confrontational when approached by officers.
Outcome: Jones entered a best-interest guilty plea and was sentenced to three years' probation for the felony conviction.
MARCH 2006
Where: Fayetteville, Ga.
What: Jones was arrested and charged with marijuana possession after police said he admitted to smoking marijuana in his car. Police were conducting a search warrant at the player's home, where the drug was found.
Outcome: The Fayette County solicitor said there wasn't strong enough evidence against Jones to prosecute the case, and dismissed it. Two of four individuals initially charged were prosecuted, including Jones' mother. The vehicle in question was confiscated
APRIL 2006
Where: Nashville.
What: Metro police said a vehicle registered to Jones was involved in a drug trafficking ring — 1,653 pounds of marijuana, 128 pounds of cocaine and $608,000 cash was seized. "Pac Man" was embroidered on the leather seats of the 2004 Cadillac XLR, which was confiscated from a friend of Jones. Jones later bought the car back at an auction.
Outcome: Jones was not charged.
APRIL 2006
Where: Nashville.
What: Jones was at an Exxon at 1:50 a.m. when gunshots were fired following an altercation. Police questioned Jones but labeled him a witness.
Outcome: Jones was not charged.
AUGUST 2006
Where: Murfreesboro.
What: Jones was arrested and charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, after an incident at Sweetwater Saloon. Police said Jones yelled obscenities at them and was intoxicated when they arrived following an incident at the club. Jones claimed he was "an innocent bystander" after posting a $750 bond.
Outcome: Charges were later dismissed at the request of the district attorney.
OCTOBER 2006
Where: Nashville.
What: Jones was issued a citation on misdemeanor assault after being accused of spitting in the face of a Tennessee State student following a verbal exchange at a downtown nightclub.
Outcome: The charge was dismissed in general sessions court.
FEBRUARY 2007
Where: Las Vegas.
What: Police said Jones started a melee inside a strip club that led to a triple shooting outside, with one man paralyzed. Jones was never a suspect in the shooting but later turned himself in to face two felony coercion charges.
Outcome: In December Jones pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct in a plea deal that reduced the two felony charges. Last week police arrested a Washington man and charged him with the shooting after Jones picked him out of a lineup.
JUNE 2007
Where: Atlanta.
What: Police said Jones, his friends and a second party of three men were involved in an argument over a woman at a strip club. Jones left the club in one vehicle, his friends in two other cars and the three men in another vehicle. While the three men were waiting at a red light, two vehicles said to be similar to those of Jones' acquaintances pulled alongside, and shots were fired.
Outcome: Police said Jones was not thought to be at the scene of the shooting. He was not charged.
JANUARY 2008
Where: Atlanta.
What: An Atlanta attorney filed a warrant application requesting Jones be arrested. She claimed he sucker-punched her in the face at a strip club.
Outcome: The woman withdrew the application and police dropped their investigation.
posted at 5:31 PM CDT on April 24
I remember Dale Berra playing in pinstripes. Oops I guess the writer meant Yogi. Oh yeah and that time the Beatles rocked that place in the 60's, nevermind that was at Shea.
I've never been a Yankee fan but it was still a good article. I will bleed Cardinal red until the day I die