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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    edited October 2010
    Anyone see this?

    Oops! Forgot to post the link.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=a ... edplayoffs
    Post edited by Newch91 on
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    More bad news....Bill Shannon the official scorer at Yankee Stadium died in a house fire. Horrible year. Jesus.

    Best official scorer in the business. I just saw him last week and we were joking how Game Five arrived to the seventh inning stretch in a brisk three hours and 15 minutes.

    When I used to have to keep track of games on a pitch-by-pitch basis, he had a simple way for keeping track when at-bat reached five pitches on a non full count. He would briefly look at his scorecard, turn around and wave his hand to indicate we were at five pitches.

    When he signed his copy of the official scoring book four years ago, he inscribed it: "Thanks for all the fives".

    By the way I still keep score that way, partially because it's a way to keep your head in the game.

    Forgot to add the way he read the pitching lines was a treat. Here's the line on Pettitte, 7 IP, 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts, 1 home run. He would read that a second time and it would end with him saying after a pause and one home run.

    Plus nobody hated the sacrifice fly more than him. You'd hear in a low grumble say, sacrifice fly.

    Fantasic stuff. I thought you would probably have something great to add about him and was hoping you did. From everything I have read about him today and heard about him in the past, baseball lost a great guy tragically.

    I also remember MIchael Kay talking about him quite a bit during one of the Felix Hernandez games. It was the one that there was a passed ball (I believe) on a strike out and the runner reached first. No one could figure out if Hernandez was able to retire every other batter whether it would be counted as a perfect game or not because there were no no hits, errors, or walks but a runner did reach base. I believe Bill Shannon was not even sure and they finally figured out that it would not be a perfect game (which I didn't think it would).
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:

    Best official scorer in the business.
    only you yankees guys....... :lol::lol::lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    imalive wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:

    Best official scorer in the business.
    only you yankees guys....... :lol::lol::lol:

    I'm pretty sure the rest of major league baseball felt the same way.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
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    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... 0&c_id=mlb
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    CC has a small tear in his knee

    everyone was hurt...no wonder we bombed out
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    CC has a small tear in his knee

    everyone was hurt...no wonder we bombed out
    He'll be fine by pitchers and catchers.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    and hardly surprising news, the yankees declined the options on berkman, johnson and wood.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    and hardly surprising news, the yankees declined the options on berkman, johnson and wood.

    Wood? Seemed like he was huge for them. I don't know what his option was for though.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    and hardly surprising news, the yankees declined the options on berkman, johnson and wood.

    Wood? Seemed like he was huge for them. I don't know what his option was for though.

    $11.5 or some shit like that. Way too much. Would love to see him somehow back but he will find a closing role somewhere I would imagine.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    and hardly surprising news, the yankees declined the options on berkman, johnson and wood.

    i was thinking the other day, "holy shit, nick johnson is a yankee." he got swept under the carpet pretty quickly.

    surpised about wood though. thought he would be back.
  • tcaporale
    tcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I definitely think it would be worth it to bring Wood back. Our bullpen wasn't exactly a strong point for most of the season and he was a pretty damn solid eighth inning guy.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Would love to have him back but not for that money, that's crazy
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    looks like lee's value will be going down now. 7 earned runs.
    I miss igotid88
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Cliffy send me your address in a pm

    Gonna send you a cool thing
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Cliffy send me your address in a pm

    Gonna send you a cool thing

    why not just pm cliffy?
    :?
    :lol:
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  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    The Jeagler wrote:
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Cliffy send me your address in a pm

    Gonna send you a cool thing

    why not just pm cliffy?
    :?
    :lol:


    I'm stoned
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Cliffy send me your address in a pm

    Gonna send you a cool thing

    why not just pm cliffy?
    :?
    :lol:


    I'm stoned
    And you don't share with us?
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Girardi has been signed. Now please get Jeter done ASAP.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.

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