Comments on: A-B-C Ya Later

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:03:02 +0000

I always used to get thrown when I saw that credit, “Associate Producer Jim Hunter.” Every damn time I’d do a double take and think of Catfish.

Also “Don Carney” would make me think Art and the Honeymooners…which usually came on next.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:45:40 +0000

Who is this William Juliano fellow? Sounds vaguely familiar.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:45:05 +0000

Thanks, William!

By: William Juliano

William Juliano — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:05:57 +0000

[26] I’d be glad to post more clips…I also have a few other games many hear might enjoy. Unfortunately, the software I have is clunky, but I’ll try to post more to youtube asap and let everyone know when they are available.

Regarding Rickey, unfortunately, he only has one AB in this game. In the first inning, he winds up getting injured after being thrown out home plate. I’ll post that sequence soon.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:39:49 +0000

“In one-plus inning, Whitson surrendered five runs, and the Yankees soon found themselves in an immediate 8-0 hole. Twins manager Billy Gardner, who earlier stated he might protest the game on account of glare from the Big Dipper…”

Hahaahahhahaah!!!

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:37:57 +0000

Hey, William, do you think you could post more clips from that game? I’d love to watch full ab of Winfield, Rickey, et. al.

This is a HUGE pet peeve of mine, the fact that it is so difficult to appreciate players’ talents because all we ever see in historic footage is of the one swing where the ball goes over the fence or whatever. FAR more interesting and instructive, of course, would be to actually watch the full ab.

I mean, I hear about how great Ted Williams was but I’ve never seen him hit to be able to know *how* he was so great.

Why does MLB seem to horde its footage like that?

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:34:28 +0000

[16] [17] Hear, hear.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:32:12 +0000

“And Frankie singing “New York, New York” after a win doesn’t get old after all these years.”

It never does.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:30:54 +0000

“Watch Donnie take ball one. Watch his head follow it all the way into the catcher’s mitt. A textbook come to life.”

Yes.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:30:06 +0000

I’m still amazed every time I see all those empty seats!

And some coach or random person is wearing Reggie’s number!

And it’s lovely to hear Bill White!

And finally, Don Mattingly was the real thing.

The archetypal baseball player.

By: weeping for brunnhilde

weeping for brunnhilde — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:25:15 +0000

Omg, I am *so* excited to see this video…just watched the first few seconds so far but have to say, my God, he was so skinny!

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:49:23 +0000

[14] One of the reasons that the players looked smaller is of course because they were. But also I think it is the effect of a slightly different camera perspective Compare the CF camera view from those days today: it seems to me that the camera is zoomed in so much closer these days, so the players occupy a larger percentage of the screen. In addition, the backstop wall at old Yankee Stadium was much farther from the plate in the 1980s than it was by the time the old place was demolished—as several rows of very expensive seats were added right behind home plate. and of course the OF was larger. In so many camera angles there is simply more field relative to the players, so overall, one gets the perspective that the players were considerably smaller. At least that’s my theory.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:45:10 +0000

[14] Are you saying that I have a small player?

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:02:17 +0000

bronx banter RULES!

period, end of.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:45:02 +0000

15) This wasn’t a playoff game.

16) I like it how it is! We rock. LOL

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:58:44 +0000

[13] I suggested that early on, but now I’m glad we don’t because we’d be too much like Yahoo and E@#$… what’s far more unique for a blog that discusses sports and NYC lifestyle among other sports blogs is the amount of respect we have for each other. We are largely civil and open with each other about our personal lives, the things we have in common and our difference. And it’s little things about here that make a big difference between this and other blogs; I’m finding harder and harder to find anything similar out there.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:48:48 +0000

How could a playoff game in NY have only 15,000 attending?

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:27:34 +0000

[2] Those empty seats are crazy to look at. And look how small the players look! (That’s for you, monkeypants.)

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:16:57 +0000

[5][7] I’m with both of you. Nothing like the old Stadium, Bill White and Donnie Baseball. But every time I think I’ve lost my love for the game something pulls me back. The other day I walked by a field here and saw some high school kids in t-shirts taking infield practice..it’s mid-winter and they looked so joyous. I wanted to join them!

[12] I’m thinking next step is avatars on the Banter?

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:27:13 +0000

[11] Good, because I was wondering since we share the same first name and last initial if the Banter would morph into a gif of a spinning musical top with lights if we indeed had the same last name, but I doubt Alex and Ken would let a thing like that happen… over same names anyway… >;)