tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post5276301342107731002..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: What a perfectly lousy Opening DaySubway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-84348983684809696202009-04-17T16:15:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:15:00.000-04:00Jeter just Homers in the 8th to take the lead and ...Jeter just Homers in the 8th to take the lead and it sounds like 1971 when 12,000 fans were in the ballbark and did anyone notice all the empty seats as noted and pictured on the blog New Stadium Insider.nutballgazettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953156266049373818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-19124518940837533772009-04-17T12:42:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:42:00.000-04:00I, too, was mystified by the lack of crowd partici...I, too, was mystified by the lack of crowd participation. As Pete Abe said, "It was like being at a funeral." And this was BEFORE the Indians scored all those runs in the 7th. As for leaving before the game was over? Out here in CA, that's the knock on Dodger fans; they leave in the 7th to beat the traffic.She-Fanhttp://janeheller.mlblogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-83763818694969828672009-04-17T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:27:00.000-04:00I had to follow the game from my work computer, wh...I had to follow the game from my work computer, where I had access to MLB.com's Gameday and stats and tendencies I didn't know could be obtained.<br /><br />And I noticed something: At least two of the Yankee (pardon me, I'm being loose with the language here) relievers had, according to Gameday, as their "out pitch," a four-seam fastball. And guess what kind of pitch at least three of the Indians were said to like: You guessed it, the four-seamer.<br /><br />It reminded me of the scene in "Bull Durham":<br /><br />Crash: What're you shaking me off for?<br /><br />Nuke: I wanna bring the heater! To announce my presence with authority!<br /><br />Crash: This guy's a first-ball fastball hitter! He's looking for heat!<br /><br />Nuke: So what? He ain't seen my heat!<br /><br />The scene is familiar: Crash tells the hitter to expect the fastball, and he crushes it.<br /><br />Nuke was played by Tim Robbins, and, aside from being a Met fan, Robbins was simply reading a script. What's Joe Girardi's excuse for throwing Phil Coke and Damaso Marte, four-seamer specialists, against those hitter?<br /><br />Joe, I will forever be grateful to you for 1996, but this has to stop.<br /><br />The scary part is, the next guy to be brought in as manager could be Saint Donald Arthur of Evansville, as a way of appeasing the cult. And then we'd never, ever, EVER win another Pennant, because you don't fire Don Mattingly, you just don't.<br /><br />And, of course, if Mattingly did become the manager, Michael Kay would probably react to that the way Suzyn Waldman reacted to Roger Clemens. It would make sportswriters' "mancrushes" on Brett Favre pale in comparison.<br /><br />Please, Joe Girardi, straighten this out! I don't want to see Donnie Regular Season Baseball as my team's manager! I want to win!<br /><br />Please, Joba, throw strikes and give us seven strong today!Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-18112672382152335232009-04-17T12:21:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:21:00.000-04:00You are right on target with all your comments!Thi...You are right on target with all your comments!This was not the perfect day that we all looked forward to.It looks like we have really turned a corner!Roger 9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09485489288615778547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-74682652758655625852009-04-17T10:51:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:51:00.000-04:00I'm with you.I'm with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-45066147761001864582009-04-17T10:45:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:45:00.000-04:00Anon, let us all not forget that if all of a sudde...Anon, let us all not forget that if all of a sudden all the hard-working average joes like us decided to not show up for work, the rich and powerful corporate entetites would be instantaneously paralyzed. Who the hell is gonna run their business?<br /><br />We have a voice, and we can take back our basic civil privelages if we all unite and demand change.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-14694544495490613692009-04-17T10:27:00.000-04:002009-04-17T10:27:00.000-04:00Trost and Selig are not living in the same world a...Trost and Selig are not living in the same world as average people.Money is no problem for them as it is for a working guy with 2 or 3 kids that would like to take them to a game. But the average joe is not Trost's target audiance--it is the corporate entities that will shell out the big bucks and ask for a bail out if things get tough. Average, hardworking people built this country but seems like all that is forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com