drop dead tampa bay

it's spring training, for fucks sake. how rude!

Labels: baby bombers, douchebags, horseshit

best contest ever?

probably! too bad i'm not reading through 300+ comments to see what the guesses are so far, that ball would look real nice next to my phil hughes bobblehead. or under my pillow. under my pillow next to the bobblehead..... umm. what?

Labels: baby bombers, less than three, things i watch that i love

from the trenton thunder e-newsletter:

The Thunder will host the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, the Class AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees, in a special pre-season exhibition game at Waterfront Park in Trenton on April 1 at 7:05 PM.

Tickets to this event will go on sale by phone, 609-394-3300, and online starting Monday, January 21 at 9:30 AM.

This game will give fans the chance to see the top levels of the Yankees Minor League system while reuniting players from last season's Eastern League Championship Thunder team who have moved on to the AAA level.

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a moment of silence plz

matty deweirdo is no longer with us:

Righty Matt DeSalvo, who was 1-3 in seven games (six starts) for the Yanks last season, signed with the Braves. [daily news]

in other news, i'm watching a yankees classic from april 25th 2005 right now and a) i'm mildly excited to have the third baseman here for the long haul b) some dude named carl pavano started a game that went on to be a yankees classic? whoa

in old old like november old land of make believe alex rodriguez news:

Alex Rodriguez is in the final stages of contract negotiations with the L.A. Dodgers.

At 9AM (Pacific time) Rodriguez’s management was grabbing an early brunch with friends, one person in the party being an undisclosed high ranking MLB official, in Los Angeles. At this brunch terms of Rodriguez’s soon to be signed “5 year contract” we’re discussed in detail.

Our source in the brunch party “overheard” that Rodriguez will take a small pay cut, in relation to his actual market value which was said to be estimated at “$33 million dollars per year,” because he has faith that Joe Torre will bring the team to the World Series with in the length of his new managerial contract.

Rodriguez is signing this new contract with the L.A. Dodgers because he, “wants to play in another major market team that has World Series potential.” [coed mag]

overheard? at brunch? maybe somebody had one mimosa too many? i dunno, maybe the mag's supposed to be like the onion or something.

Labels: baby bombers, team a-rod, things that are funny

um

did jose tabata quit baseball or get abducted by aliens or something?

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just got this in my inbox and

thought i'd share with yall:

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Labels: baby bombers, yanquis

favorite thing of the day

There's a great little story about Roger Clemens and Joba Chamberlain courtesy of the Omaha World-Herald (hat tip: Baseball Prospectus). Chamberlain joined Clemens at the Texas-Nebraska game over the weekend. Joba spent the weekend with Clemens, and stood with the Rocket on the Texas side of the field before moving over to his preferred Nebraska sideline.

Clemens is quoted: "We had this date circled on the calendar. Joba came down yesterday. We've a good time. He's probably going to drag me to Lincoln next year, so that'll be fun." The World-Herald points out that Texas doesn't go to Lincoln until 2010, but we're not about to argue with the Rocket.

Think Andy Pettitte is jealous of Roger's new BFF? [pride of the yankees blog]

Labels: aww, baby bombers, people i don't want dead

oh my

While you may have heard that Yankees Joba Chamberlain, Tyler Clippard, Ian Kennedy and Jeff Karstens were hanging at The Plumm last week celebrating Joba's 22nd birthday, the best part was left out: The fellas were having such a good time, they took turns giving each other lap dances.[rush and molloy]

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:)

Labels: baby bombers, squee, yanquis

dead of cute

(eta this delightful pic i found in my inbox this am)

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woo

Thunder Top Portland In 4 Games, Win Series 3-1
Your Trenton Thunder have moved past the Portland Sea Dogs to advance to the Eastern League Championship Series! Games 1 and 2 will be in Trenton on Tuesday, September 11 and Wednesday, September 12. The game times will be announced on Sunday.

The Thunder will face the winner of the Southern Division, the Akron Aeros. Akron, the Double A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, defeated Erie 3 games to 1 on Saturday.

Labels: baby bombers

okay i know historically i get all frowny about rushing the kids, but i just saw this:

A leading candidate to start Tuesday is righthander Ian Kennedy, 22, the Yankees' first-round pick in the 2006 draft. He picked up his first Triple-A victory for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday with six innings of shutout ball in which he struck out nine. Kennedy has allowed two earned runs in 17 Triple-A innings, striking out 19. He would be pitching on five days' rest. [newsday]

and i may or may not have squealed a little bit, as i will be in the house tuesday and the idea of seeing a second badass baby bomber make his mlb debut is, selfishly, more appealing than poor jeff karstens.

Labels: baby bombers, squee, yanquis

favorite thing of the day

the way joba chamberlain goes from his Major Leaguer Face to infectious little boy grin back to Beisbol: Serious Business.

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qotd

"I don't even know what the kid looks like. I've seen him on television." - joe torre on joba chamberlain

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curiouser and curiouser

The Yankees today took a significant step toward making Joba Chamberlain a part of their bullpen down the stretch when they took him out of the rotation at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Chamberlain, who struck out 10 over five innings Wednesday in his Scranton debut, was scratched from his expected start Monday night and moved to a relief role. [star ledger]

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:/

If I could give out awards on this blog, the poster known as Scooter would currently be wearing a gold medal.

As he wrote in the comments section, the Yankees have promoted two of their biggest prospects to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre while sending down two guys who pitched in the big leagues earlier this season.

Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy, each of whom was drafted last year and started this season in Class-A Tampa, have been promoted to Triple-A.

Chase Wright and Tyler Clippard have been sent down to Double-A.

Apparently, while I was writing a quick story for the paper, Scooter was writing about the in the comments section. I sent my story then then logged on here. . . and the news was already broken! Well done. [SWB blog]

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:)

The cast was different, the performance the same.

Jose Veras and Daniel McCutchen combined on Tampa's second no-hitter in four days Sunday as the Yankees blanked the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 4-0, in the opener of their doubleheader.

After Veras struck out four in two perfect innings in his debut for Tampa (21-9), McCutchen (11-2) fanned two and walked five. He benefited from three double plays and tied Clearwater's Andrew Carpenter for the Florida State League lead in wins.

McCutchen has had his way with the Flying Tigers this season, having pitched 11 scoreless innings over two outings. The 24-year-old right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.50, which ranks fourth in the league. [milb]

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kevin whelan and the tampa yankees pitch a something something

[kevin] Whelan (2-0) went five innings in the Yankees' combined no-hitter Wednesday, striking out four and walking one in the 3-0 shutout at Legends Field.

The 23-year-old right-hander, who was able to use his fastball and slider for strikes, lowered his ERA to 1.73 in his sixth start for Tampa.

Whelan was a reliever for the past two seasons before beginning this year with Double-A Trenton, where he was 3-0 with four saves and a 2.90 ERA in 18 appearances. He made his first Minor League start June 12, giving up four runs on four hits in two frames, but has yielded just one run on six hits over his last 24 innings. [milb]

in other milb news, his awesomeness' line from his cursed day start:

Hughes 4.0IP 2H 1R 1ER 2BB 5K 0HR

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Labels: baby bombers, pocket rocket

pocket rocket update!

from the aforementioned shannon! yes, you have to register to read. don't be a baby.

i'll be there friday night, and i probably won't blog about it. i predict rain, as is mother nature's cruel wont whenever i go to waterfront for a hughes start. or at least it feels that way.

Labels: baby bombers, pocket rocket, squee, yanquis

milb's pitchers of the week

include this guy:

Eastern League
Joba Chamberlain, Trenton
2-0, 0.82 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 17 SO
Joba Chamberlain proved why the he's on top of the Yankees prospect list last week. Making his first two starts in Double-A after being called up from Tampa, Chamberlain dazzled and blew away more experienced hitters. The former Nebraska Cornhusker had 17 strikeouts in just 11 innings of work. His best outing came on June 12 when he pitched five innings without allowing a run. The husky righty fanned eight and scattered three hits.

which reminds me i haven't been to a thunder game since phil hughes bobblehead day. what is WRONG with me?

Labels: baby bombers, milb