Friday, April 20, 2012
Crashing the Party
I decided to make use of my field pass during Yankees' batting practice on Friday afternoon. I figured that I should make the most of it before somebody wised up and revoked it.
Trying to remain as incognito as possible, I snapped off a few pictures using my phone (hence the poor picture quality). Click on any of them to enlarge.
I took this shot just as the Red Sox were finishing up their BP - all the Yankees were still in the dugout getting ready to come out and stretch.
Papelbon is right, Mo has a great smile.
CHB asked asked A-Rod about his favorite Fenway moments. I believe A-Rod mentioned his first major league game in July of 1994.
One of the funnier moments I witnessed was when Nick Swisher came into the dugout before taking BP. Russell Martin was just about to sit down with a reporter from a Canadian news outlet, and Swisher started yelling out, "French time? Time for French!?"
Another interesting thing I caught was Swisher talking to Ibanez about the difference between Yankee Stadium's short porch and the wall in left at Fenway. He said something about how if you get jammed at Yankee Stadium, you won't be able to muscle it out; but you can get jammed and still go deep over the monster. Or maybe it was the other way around. The funny thing was that it almost looked like he got jammed in his first plate appearance on Friday and he actually took it the other way for a HR over the monster.
Kuroda sitting down for an interview with Japanese TV. I only caught one word: Ichiro.
Every time I get an assignment for a Yankee game, I hope to see Mariano Rivera take the mound. So when Cody Eppley came in with a four run lead in the bottom of the ninth, I was a bit disconcerted. However, it only took one single off the bat of Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Girardi to make the inevitable call to the bullpen, and I once again got to see my absolute favorite player in action. Two strike outs and a ground out was all the Red Sox could muster against the greatest closer in baseball history, and the Yankees took the first game of the season series 6-2.
Happy Birthday Fenway.
Comments
Awesome pix, Jonathan. Thanks for risking your very livelihood to satisfy us.
Nice.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate 100 years of Fenway. Thanks for the post, Jonathan.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate 100 years of Fenway.
And it’s not even a joke.
What could be more in tune with the history of that wonderful place than an opening full of hope and pride shifting immediately to getting pounded by the Yankees?
Soon the false blips will fade from the radar screen and become just another gratuitous sprinkling of salt in their hungry wounds.
Bravo Jonathan ! Don’t sweat the photos, however. Your livelihood is at much more risk from fistpumps than taking pictures on your spycam.
[4] Hear, Hear. They’re pretty much used to it, now. In fact, they don’t know how to behave when it doesn’t happen.
So, Fox has two games blacked out. NYY-TWN, and SEA-CHW. Since the SEA-CHW will be on local cable, and WGN, it only makes sense that they’ll show it on FOX as well.
Grrrrrrrr.
It’s not really important, but does it seem reasonable that a run scored on a can o’ corn to Swisher counts against Nova’s ERA?
It’s not really important, but does it seem reasonable that a run scored on a can o’ corn to Swisher counts against Nova’s ERA?
Thankfully, there’s FIP.
That shot of Mo is amazing.
[9] It is very good. Framed down just a bit and it’s a shot for an article.
I’m getting to really like Nova, I’m positive I’d hate it on another team, but I find his cocksure attitude endearing.
[11] A Nova-Cervelli combination could make the universe esplode.
[12] Nova seems to have the ability to back it up to a certain extent. Cervelli, not so much.
Speaking of cocksure, did anyone else notice a couple time the other night, Stewie was bolting for the dugout before the ump made his call ?
I saw it at least twice, and on close pitches.
Is this the kind of thing that goes against any unwritten rules, might piss off umpires, batters, Bobby V, or - Mo forbid - Dallas Braden ?
[14] Fortunately, Braden is still several months from being back.
In related news, the HP umpire in the MIA@NATS Game, has been hit with a 96-mph fastball straight in his nuts and is staying in the game.
Another setback for Pineda. That trade could be the worst trade ever. Imagine to have Montero DHing and catching once in a while, instead of having an injured pitcher
[17]
Link?
RAB
Thanks.
I’m not going to bother imagining that, though.
At least we have Jose Campos to dream on for a couple more years before he can be brought up to pitch teh 4th, injure himself, get out of shape, and lose all velocity.
[21] So, basically, you’re saying Campos = Fuse ?
Campos is Mexican for “fuse.” I just confirmed this with my 4 year old daughter, who is very reluctantly enduring a Spanish immersion program.
If Pineda doesn’t pitch this year at all, when does the MLB service clock begin?
As long as Joba is allowed to bring his stool to the mound with him, they can overcome losing Pineda for extended time.
[25] I’m almost afraid to ask which definition of “stool” you meant in that sentence…
[25] That’s gross. I hope they give him a plastic bag or something if he’s going to do that.
Shouldn’t be allowed, really.
Is Strasburg the best pìtcher in the MLB?
[28] Top 5, probably yes. Best, I’d still say Halladay.
[28] Yes.
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