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Cory Lidle Plane Crash
I could not believe this happened. How can a plane, any size, fly around the New York City skyline? Especially after 9/11.
I thought for sure that the initial reports were wrong, but it actually happened. The plane Cory Lidle (New York Yankees pitcher) was flying was a Cirrus SR20, a small 4 seater equipped with a parachute for the plane itself.
I am sorry for the loss of life, but, someone needs to do something to stop this from ever happening again. There is no excuse to have a plane crash into a building in NYC. According to some reports there [...]
The Quick 10: 10 Things That Have Deflated the Macy’s Parade
I’m so looking forward to next week. Short week at work, copious amounts food, lots of naps, shopping… and, of course, enjoying the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while curled up on the couch in my pajamas. Unfortunately, it’s not always that cozy - very serious things often happen at the parade. Here are 10 of them, thanks to the research of Meg McGinn. 1. Kathleen Caronna might want to think about buying a lucky horseshoe or something. First, in 1997, she was the victim of the infamous Cat
U.S. election sets new record for Internet news consumption
On November 4 Internet users seeking news about the election set a new record for the number of visitors per minute downloading news. Akamai keeps records of world-wide news consumption. It is interesting that 6 of the top 10 peaks involved sports. The other four in descending order were the 2008 U.S. election day, the day following the 2008 election, Anna Nicole Smith's death, and Cory Lidle's light plane crashing into a New York City apartment building. Rank Date Approximate
2008 Season Recap - Jason Marquis
2008 Season Recap - Jason Marquis Submitted by Rob on November 5, 2008 - 12:30pm Jason Marquis In the 2008 season, our fifth starter won more games than he lost. He went 11-9, in fact, a year after he went 12-9 for us. He made 28 starts, pitched 167 innings. He ended up with an era of 4.53, which places him in the top 2 or 3 fifth starters in all of baseball. The Cubs won 16 of his 28 starts. Ask the White Sox, for example, if that would work for them? His high "game score" for t
Grading Gillick
Pat Gillick is no longer general manager of the Phillies. He came aboard in 2005, ridding the club of pieces that didn’t fit, while supporting a young foundation with role players who made them better. In three years, he put the team on the verge of the postseason, then took them there via a division championship, then won the World Series. Pretty good. Pretty damn good. Let’s look at his separate moves. I’ve graded each one using a -10 to 10 point scale, with all moves being grade-ready afte
No Need for Retroactive Ed Wade Praise
No Need for Retroactive Ed Wade Praise November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Media, Blogs, Internet, Philadelphia Phillies, MLB | No Comments » It wasn’t long ago when the phrase “Fire Ed Wade” was a regular part of the Philadelphia lexicon. In fact, a website under that exact title was created and laid out in great detail the extreme failure in his eight years as general manager of the Phillies. He was one of the most reviled people in Philadelphia for many reasons, but mostly for completely botching
Wade The Architect, Gillick The Remodeler Deserve Praise
It takes 25 men to win a championship in baseball, making it a difficult sport in which to build a champion. In basketball, you can acquire a couple superstars in one offseason and win the title — look at the Boston Celtics. In hockey, you can probably afford a few weak pieces, long as your goaltender is scorching hot in the postseason. And in football, while it takes dozens of men to build a team, a couple big names can turn the tide instantly. But baseball is taxing, grueling and testy. Yo
Blue Jays mail bag
With the World Series wrapping up and the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas still a month away, unfolding in the first week of December, the Mailbag is taking a month-long hiatus for November, returning with trade talk for the first two weeks of December at the height of the free agent season and with the meetings on the horizon. It’s been an interesting post-season with emerging young stars and reliable old ones taking centre stage. The AL balance of power will never be the same again, as the Rays
History's No Mystery
History's No Mystery October 22, 2008 A few historical tidbits worth pointing out before we get the series underway… Tonight’s game will be the first World Series game played on artificial turf since 1993, when Joe Carter’s homer soared over the fake grass in Toronto to beat the Phillies. This is the first World Series featuring two division winners since 2001 (Diamondbacks-Yankees). It’s the first East vs. East World Series since 2003 (Marlins-Yankees). According to Baseball Reference, 2
Cranky Large Medium reading, 11 October
Go away.What are you doing, still here? Haven't you done enough already? Go play in traffic, or something. Oh, you came here for a reason, did you? I didn't think reason could enter into it. That reason would be ... ? A reading, of course. Well, you asked for it: Your mind is not an analytical one. You are uptight, obsessive-compulsive, and bossy, you like to have a prominent part in whatever you do. You are miserable company when you're not in perfect surroundings.So, are you happy now
Blue Jays mail bag
I don’t know about you, but Tuesday night demonstrated to me how shallow my life is without sports. There was nothing happening on Tuesday. Baseball playoffs were between rounds. No hockey exhibitions. No NFL or CFL. The Raptors were in Cleveland but not televised. Around 8 p.m. my sons Patrick and Matthew were sitting in the family room when I walked in. Pat lay on the sofa in a daze after quarterbacking his Loyola junior football team to a gritty 23-0 loss to Assumption High School. The usual
Give Me Four Horses, Please
Back on October 1st, Brian Cashman was on WFAN with Mike Francesa - and Brian said something that has stuck with me for the last week now. Francesa had asked Cashman something along the lines of “Do you feel it was a mistake to count on Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy, two kids, to hold down 40% of your starting rotation this season?” And, to this, Cashman - somewhat defensively - offered something close to this answer: “No. What hurt us was losing our ace, Wang, and then losing the replacement-a
This Week In Yankees History
October 5th - October 11th October 5th 1895 - Former Yankees OF/3B Norman “Bub” McMillian (1922) was born. Norman hit .256 in 33 games in 1922 for the Yankees. 1912 - The Yankees win their final game at Hill Top Park, by the score of 8-6, when Hal Chase hits a 3-run HR to defeat the Senators. Next year the team will play at the Polo Grounds. Homer Thompson, in his only MLB appearance, is the catcher for New York while pitching is his brother Tommy, becoming the 1st brother battery in AL his
Why Bringing Cashman Back Was A Mistake
As we learned yesterday, Brian Cashman and the Yankees have agreed on a three-year deal that will keep him with the team through the 2011 season as their General Manager. Now, Brian Cashman has some great qualities. As I wrote back on August 29, 2008: Brian Cashman has value. He understands New York. He can navigate through the Yankees organization. He’s polished. He can take a punch. There’s nothing wrong with having Brian Cashman as the face of the front office - and being the person on poi
Funeral for a Friend - R.I.P. New York Yankees Dynasty (1994/1995-2007)
Just two years ago I wrote a eulogy of a dear old friend. The year was 2006 and a friend that I traveled through 14 seasons of baseball joy with was gone. The longest consecutive playoff run in the history of baseball had come to an end and the Atlanta Braves Dynasty was gone. Today, I commemorate another friend's passing. The New York Yankees Dynasty officially ended. Yes, I said 'friend'. Sure, we were never "tight" but we were always intertwined. I can't imagine baseball without having the
Funeral for a Friend - R.I.P. New York Yankees Dynasty (1994/1995-2007)
Just two years ago I wrote a eulogy of a dear old friend. The year was 2006 and a friend that I traveled through 14 seasons of baseball joy with was gone. The longest consecutive playoff run in the history of baseball had come to an end and the Atlanta Braves Dynasty was gone. Today, I commemorate another friend's passing. The New York Yankees Dynasty officially ended. Yes, I said 'friend'. Sure, we were never "tight" but we were always intertwined. I can't imagine baseball without having the
Let’s play the Brian Cashman blame game!
Via MLBTR, I see that Ken Davidoff has written a piece categorizing the Yankees moves since Brian Cashman became GM. This is something we’ve talked about, oh, 18 gazillion times in the past, but it’s worth a revisit as the season winds down. I’m not sure exactly how Davidoff came about this information, but he’s got a bit more access than we do. So let’s see how it breaks down. Cashman All The Way: Bobby Abreu, Alfredo Aceves, Armando Benitez, Wilson Betemit, Kevin Brown, Brian Bruney, Shawn C
A Brian Cashman Audit
From Ken Davidoff (Hat tip to Steve Lombardi): So I was watching The Show That Shall Not Be Named last week, and they were doing a bit, something like "The 5 Reasons Brian Cashman Shouldn't Be Brought Back." One of the reasons was Jaret Wright. And as I am prone to do sometimes, to the joy of no one, I yelled at the TV. "Jaret Wright!?" I shouted at the people who couldn't hear me. "I had as much to do with signing Jaret Wright as Brian Cashman did!" This seems to be very common among Yankee
Davidoff’s Cashman Audit
Ken Davidoff offers his take on which player moves should be on Brian Cashman’s ledger, and not. Here’s his list: Cashman All The Way: Bobby Abreu, Alfredo Aceves, Armando Benitez, Wilson Betemit, Kevin Brown, Brian Bruney, Shawn Chacon, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens (both times) Johnny Damon, Kyle Farnsworth, Glenallen Hill, Kei Igawa, David Justice, Al Leiter, Cory Lidle, Hideki Matsui (re-signing in November 2005), Damaso Marte, Tino Martinez (his return), Jose Molina, Mike Mussina (re-signing
Reviewing Cashman
Ken Davidoff from Newsday has a blog in addition to his normal byline. He does his best to assign "blame" or "ownership" to all of the Yankees transactions since 1998. He has three categories and how they related to Cashman's influence in each transaction.I've got to spend some time thinking more about some of these but here's his take: I've been struggling how to categorize these, and I've decided to put themin three categories: 1) "Cashman All The Way" (ideas that he conceived andexecuted); 2)
8/30 Minor League Report! MOVIEL, Welch!
Binghamton 1, New Britain 7 Jose Sanchez had a chance to tie the BMets franchise record for wins today (the record is 14, held by Bill Pulsipher and Cory Lidle), but he was not on top of his game at all, surrendering 9 hits and 4 runs in 5 innings to end his season at 13-7 with a 3.83 era. Elvys Quezada worked the final 3 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 runs. According to Joe Demayo, Fernando Martinez' HR was "a bomb, and I mean a bomb". He hit off RockCat starter Ryan Mullins, a lefty. Mike C
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