Old Timers’ Day should prove to be especially sentimental this year with the Godfather Joe Torre in the House. Sweet Lou Piniella and Sweet Pea Bernie Williams will also be there.
Here are some pictures I took at last year’s Class Reunion:
Hot and sunny in New York. Nostalgia followed by Yanks and Rocks.
Enjoy everyone!
Goils were goils and men were men.
I'm excited!
Not the hair, Kay, the *stance!*
Love Bernie
Michael Kay says "a nice piece of ass errrr hitting"
Wow, Mendoza looks like he hasn't aged a day!
John Sterling credits Charlie Hayes with the final out of the "1966 world championship". Nice.
It's Mel!
Awww, look how happy Mo is for Bernie!
I'd expect Reggie to get a much bigger hand. Maybe it's 'cause he's always around.
I can't believe they didn't give Geno a fucking company watch.
YOu didn't like the hat? :)
Yeah, Geno was like, "Fuck the game, boys, I want to go drive that truck."
:)
Bernie!
NIce, right?
:)
Hhahaahah!!
Tino!!
Nice. Tino goes yard!
Tino to Coney: "Thank you!"
Is it exactly safe for a guy like Mel to be up there with no net?
I mean, really, guys could get hurt, couldn't they?
Ha! I love that Coney took some credit for Tino's homer, talking about the juice he put on the pitch!
Grooved one.
Oh, ffs!
Oh FER FUCK'S SAKE NUNEZ.
DRILLED!
Holy fuck!
Wtf?
Damn, Jason's hitting .279.
GREAT INNING from Nova (walk aside).
Nicely turned, boys!
Hmmm, let's hope we do a little better 2nd time around the order ...
Nova is doing well, but I don't think we'll win without getting a fucking hit.
I hate getting URP'd
Pirates load the bases with nobody out in the fifth. (Andrew Miller walked the pitcher.)
Man, Nova needs to buckle down here.
And McCutcheon singles in a run but the Bucs run into an out trying to score from second.
He's going to be very good, McCutcheon. Maybe great.
Jeez, too many two strike foul balls here. Put. Him. Away.
Nice.
NICELY TURNED!
Hey look! A no-hitter!
Good job, boys. Ivan Nova's best friend.
Goddam.
The first four Pirates of the inning reach base safely, but they only score one run!
[33] He's a fun player to watch.
Bernie!
Now, how about a hit?
Dude, let's settle for a walk or two. Don't over reach.
Meh.
OK, I'll settle for a baserunner.
By the way, I saw a review copy of a new HBO documentary on Curt Flood. They did a nice job. It airs in July.
James McDonald pitches to Darnell McDonald... Darnell grounds it back to James. James turns and fires to second... or anyway in the general vicinity of second... and into centerfield.
(They're brothers.)
Hey, Michael Kay: Shut the fuck up with your overly excitable calls.
James strikes out Jarrod Longname on three pitches. Two down, runners in the corners. (But I promise, I'm listening to Bernie.)
Man, this kid looks sharp so far.
Josh Reddick gets an RBI fly ball.
Reddick is odd. He looked like crap in Pawtucket, but he's red hot for Boston.
Blergh.
Oy.
0-2 homers are unacceptable. : /
Darnell CS to end the top of the sixth. Tied at 2.
For fuck's sake tag him!
That lead looks just huge, huh?
I don't care what all you naysayers say, I am v-e-r-y confident the boys will must a hit within the next few innings.
About fucking time.
Huzzah, Robinson!
I told ya'.
Kaboom!
Swish!
CORNFLAKE!!!
That was one sort-ass swing, Jesus.
[62][[63] My MLB.tv feed has a pretty good delay, thus making you two my happy messengers from the Future.
Greetings!
CLETUS!!!
He got it!
Off the bat I didn't think that was carrying out!
Jorgie!!
Normally I would feel the need to chastise Swish for such a selfish, immoral swing, but we don't have to be dogmatic about these things, do we?
[66] Kaboom! : )
[66] :)
Jorge!
So, therefore:
Swish HR ≠Rally Killer
[69] We most certainly do not.
Things getting a bit heated in Pittsburgh. Both benches have been warned. Apparently, Pedroia got upset at a high and inside pitch. Cameras caught him telling his teammates to "throw at their fucking heads."
[74] Poor little dusty. Still upset at tripping on his little hooves last night.
Damn it.
Fugh. I didn't think he got enough of that.
Hmmmm, with ex-Yankees in the booth, the Rockies are leading 4-0 and we don't have a hit.
Without ex-Yankees in the booth, we're up 3-0.
Wiggington manages to defeat Under-the-Weather Valley at (New) Yankee Stadium. Damn.
[75] Pittsburgh has sucked so long and so hard, and Boston was rolling. It must be a shock to the Sox that they're in danger of being swept today.
Oh baby, that was beautiful.
See, Brett. That ain't so hard.
Nice drag bunt. Righteous!
[78] Hahah! You're a kook.
[79] I am glad they've been fillling up PNC Park for 3 days and given long suffering Bucco fans a nice treat.
C'mon, Alex, get that run in.
Way to go Singles Rod!
Alex!
Simple ground ball RBI single. Pious.
I hate that walk around the plate schtick that Robbie does. Manny did it. That dumb ass Melky does it.
Oh, man, the pitcher made a mistake on that 1-2 pitch. His sinker looks good, but he'd better not hang one again.
Like I said, nice sinker.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hm. That was suboptimal.
Shite! Tulowitski sure has a cannon.
I for one would have far preferred a rally killer.
[84] MLB.com said yesterday was the biggest crowd ever to see a baseball game at PNC. Does that include the all-star game they hosed a few years back? If so, wow.
Maybe the Pittsburgh brain trust will realize that spending some of that luxury tax money to build a winning team can be as profitable as pocketing it.
Awesome, Girardi is in full Chessmasterâ„¢ mode. Oh, and Kay just noted that everyone in the bullpen is available. Yippeee!
[96] IIRC the Pirates spent the most money on the draft last year (something like 15 million) and were also active in the International arena.
If I were a thinking Pirates fan, I'd be excited that the team was committed to building a winning franchise through smart, aggressive drafting, rather than chasing mediocrity by over-spending to fill the roster with mid-level free agents ...
[96]
39,483 Saturday.
39,330 Friday
38,904 2006 All Star game
[96][99] Presumably capacity was lower for the ASG to accommodate the army of press. It was the same at (New) Yankee Stadium in 2009 during the WS.
Nuney.
Sigh.
Nunez took his eye off the ball. Looking at the incoming runner.
Anyone seen Jesus at SWB throw down to 2nd? I find it hard to believe his throws wind up in CF as much as I've seen from the big club this year. Bollocks.
[101] I had to step away...I assume I missed more stellar defense from one of the Yankees' BUIF?
[103] And don't get me started on Montero being buried in AAA behind....Frankie Cervelli.
Way to go Booneski.
[103] You know how there is a cutoff for CS beyond which a base runner hurts the team more by running than staying put (around a 70% success rate, right)? Are the Yankees catchers at the point where it would be better for them simply not to throw to second at all?
[98] That seems to be the way small market teams are doing it these days. Like the Reds spending $30 million on Aroldis Chapman.
I still have my doubts about the Bucs, though. There was that leak of their finances last year, that showed that they're a very profitable team, and have little incentive to win, because it would cut into their revenue sharing money.
But I hope the Pirates are changing their ways, if only for their long-suffering fans. With Crosby concussed and the NFL labor problems putting a damper on football, the city is ready to get behind the Bucs.
[107] This pitcher agrees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljgtxxUf50
[109] Wow, that was awful.
NUNEY!!!
The Chessmaster strikes!
Why PR with Dickerson rather than Peña?
Nuñez!
So, my question is "mute"?
[110] I just read about that yesterday. 5 minutes ago was the first time I'd seen that video, too. Scary stuff.
Yay Nunez!
OK, so now do you PR for Martin at 2B?
[103] I've seen quite a bit of Montero over the past couple of years, and he seems fine to me. I'm no scout, of course, but his arm is a hell of a lot better than, say, Chad Moeller's.
[113] I would guess it's because C-Dick will now be the actual DH. Whereas if Peña had... brrr. I get cold shivers just thinking about it.
[113] C-Dick is probably the fastest guy on the team not named Brett Gardner. He's Eric Dickerson's first cousin.
C-Dick Run
C-Dick Slide
C-Dick Score
Yuck.
Gotta take this series!
[118] OK. I don't know anything abut the guy. I figured as a BU-corner-OF he was not as fast as the speedy Peña.
[117] Who cares? It's the 7th inning and the DH may not bat again for the Yankees. If he does, he can be PH for later with Dickerson or Jones.
Now, if it's the case that Dickerson is really the fastest guy off the bench, then PR with him was no brainer.
[119] Unfortunately, that's usually followed by C-Dick go on the DL, or he'd probably have a much more successful career. ;-)
Hang tough, D Rob!
Come on Robbie!
Go upstairs
Wonderful job, Robbie.
High hard one. Atta boy, Dave!
Bout time! Way 2 go!
Followed by a nice easy, one pitch ab.
Giambi somewhat uncharacteristically swung at the first pitch his last two ABs.
Robbie heating up:)
ALABAMA HAMMA!!!
[122] Dickerson is probably a better CFer than corner OFer. Maybe he's one of those guys who can't read the ball off the bat from the corners or something, but he's much better in CF than left or right.
He gets really mad when people call him a backup OFer, but that's probably what he is...because he's so injury prone, and because he can't hit lefties.
D-Rob rocks.
Robbie. Onions!
Now there's something you don't see every day.
This is upsetting. Hope he's okay.
I bet he inhaled a gnat or something.
Cripes, this game is d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g. Now the umpires have wandered off.
Sweeeeeet.
Nice insurance run, Tex.
TESH!!!
Tex at it a-gan!
Yay!
Just beautiful, what a swing.
Tex be saying that's for coming up and in on me bruh! Ha
Holy shitski, what an arm.
Jeterian.
[149] Sad.
Damn ... MO is PUMPED ... 94 on the gun!
No HR for you.
Sit down, sucka.
Gotta love the MO-Zone!
Thanks be to Mo.
All praise to Mo.
Hm, this is not a good moment to be Michael Kay.
[157] ?
And thus ends another historic interleague matchup. Next up, the Brewers. Think how lucky we are today, since in past years the Yankees and Brewers would never meet during the regular season.
[158] Postgame with Kim, Mariano expressed unhappiness with Kay for not allowing him to come be introduced with his old teammates.