Baseball Season is Already Over for Us Yankee and Phillies Fans

Posted on October 26, 2010 by itees

Last week the ALCS & NLCS baseball couldn’t have been more exciting. As a Yankee fan, I was thrilled to have gone to Game 5 and wanted my team to win so badly I wore a few good luck charms. I had hoped the Yankees were thinking the same way we fans were. Please don’t lose & let another team celebrate in our stadium.

The view from my seat in Yankee Stadium, October 20, 2010

Luckily, the game had all sorts of nail-biting situations, home-runs, great pitching, the makings of a great game. The yankees won and we were singing and dancing all the way home, “We’re going to Texas, we’re going to Texas!”

But once they got to Texas it all fizzled out so fast. Our wonderful high came crashing down and for the Yankees, their season was over.

Turning to the National League, they had the opposite happen. They lost Game 6 but in their own stadium and had to watch the SF Giants celebrate. It was awful watching and seeing the fans expressions, I knew just how they felt. While SF celebrated, there was an unreal silence from the crowd.

This wednesday the World Series begins between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants, but I wonder whether most baseball fans will be watching. Now that both the Yankees and the Phillies are out, I know that I won’t have the same interest as I would have if my team were in it. It’s because we follow our east coast teams and when they’re all out of it, for us loyal fans, it’s like the season is already done.

So, I’ll be watching, but I just won’t have anyone to root for and it won’t matter to me who wins, not the kind of baseball I like to watch.

Yankee Clipper Ruins Our Yankees Red Sox Game Day

Posted on August 10, 2010 by itees

Yesterday my family and I were thrilled because we were heading to Yankee Stadium to see our first Yankees/Red Sox game live! As you can imagine we paid quite a bit for our tickets and would be going by the Yankee Clipper that leaves from Hoboken, NJ.

The clipper arrived on time, but our outing soon turned into a nightmare. We took off from Hoboken and the ferry picked up more people at Pier 11 Wall Street and within moments we’re told that due to construction of a bridge on the East River, the Clipper will now have to turn around and go up the Hudson River. Yes all the way up, under the George Washington Bridge to the tip, and then waiting for a stupid train to go by so the train bridge can open for us, and then back down the east side of Manhattan toward the stadium.

We were fighting the current, had no air or a breeze of any kind and were stuck on this slower than walking, steam machine for 2 hours! When we finally arrived at the stadium we had missed 2 innings of the game!

How come there was no better plan? How come they didn’t know ahead of time about the bridge problems? For the cost and importance of this game, why didn’t anyone care that we missed part of the game?

Why didn’t the NY Waterway offer to give us our money back, or a discount on our next tickets? You can just imagine how angry everybody was.

Shame on NY Waterway for making an exciting trip to Yankee Stadium a bummer! I called today and complained, and I better hear from Upper Management.

Oh Yes, Baseball Season is Back!

Posted on April 8, 2010 by itees

I don’t know who’s more excited, the players, the announcers or me? This past Sunday the Yankees started their quest for championship #28 and who better to get the season going than the greatest rivalry teams in sports, Red Sox vs Yankees. It’s not easy hitting a home run over that Green Monster in Fenway Park! but… three games down and the Yanks are ahead 2-1. Whew!

It’s amazing how the anxiety quickly comes back. The nail biting, nervousness, walking back and forth, getting right up on the tv and I’m back to yelling at the players when they stink and praising them when they do well.

I CAN’T WAIT TO GET TO THE GAME!

new-yankee-stadium

There are some new graphics and spots from the YES network during the game. They’ve added other statistics to the menu, so we can track the pitch count and the speed of each pitch.

Of course there are the players that were traded away and I’m sure missing Melky Cabrera, Johnny Damon, and Hideki Matsui. This always bothers me because these are some of the players that helped them win #27. But I suppose the club has to do what it has to do, even if we (the fans) don’t like it.

One thing I’ve noticed from the announcers… they aren’t waiting very long to judge a player’s performance. It’s only been a few games and already they’re questioning if someone still has it? They’re already worried about David Ortiz, (is he too old, lost his oomph?) However the fact that Mark Teixeira hadn’t hit till game 3 wasn’t a problem, so is there age discrimination in baseball? I suppose it’s always been there but they usually waited more than 2 games to pass judgement. Of course when it comes to Mariano Rivera no one cares how old he is, and we hope he’ll pitch forever.

I’d like to send a cheer out to Andy Pettitte, Jaba Chamberlain (who’s back in the bullpen) and AJ Burnett for doing a great job against the Red Sox.

The first three match ups are tough ones and it’s a great way to test if the Yankees worked hard in Spring training and are ready to play. We’re sure ready to watch and cheer them to another victory!