First Time Winner

So the Series starts tonight between the Giants and the Rangers and I can honestly say I am not at all interested in it. Maybe it's due to my Yanks getting spanked by Josh Hamilton and Co. or maybe it's because I just don't give a damn.

The Yanks looked old and will look older still unless some pretty big changes are made. As much as I love the Captain I think it's time to consider moving him to 3rd. Make Arod the full time DH with promises of 600 ABs and either use one of our kids to man SS or find someone. They will also need to pull Posada from behind the plate where he has looked like a tired old man defensively. From what I've heard neither of the 2 stud catching prospects they have are ready for the big show. Montero can hit but can't field or throw any better than Posada and Romine may actually be the better all around option of the 2. I'd hate to stick Jorge on the bench as a pinch hitting stick but that might be what he has been reduced to as Texeira is going nowhere at 1st and is an absolute black hole over there defensively. Woe is the Yanks woe is them, lol.

Looking grim

So the Yanks today are facing elimination, and I'm hoping that the new stadium has just a little bit of the magic from across the street in her today. They need it as their bats have been turned off and the bullpen has imploded the last 2 games. Hoping to see it go back to Texas for games 6 and 7.

Also a guy I know tells me that a couple of the places he buys wax from are dropping the prices on most of the recently released Topps products. Guess having the Goldenboy hurt and a very edited auto checklist didn't impress the public much.

ALCS bound

Tonight the Yanks find out who they get to play in the next round of the playoffs. I'm divided on to who I want to play. If I had my druthers I think I would like a 19 inning affair with the Rangers pulling it out in the end. Tampa plays a great brand of ball and we don't fair very well against their speed. Let's go Yanks

A Great Listen

Today on WFAN Mike had Jane Leavy on talking about her new book The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle. It was the best hour and a half of radio that I've heard in a long time. For any Mickey fan it's a must listen. A ton of new revelation and twists on old stories.

It's unbelievable to think that he played the '52 and '53 seasons on a non-surgically repaired kneeas had been repoted. The whole knee was shot and he still dragged himself out onto the field to play day in and day out. No wonder they were such pedestrian years numbers wise. Can you imagine a guy today going out and playing on a hurt knee let alone a devastated one for 2 seasons?

I'm too young to have seen him play in person but was raised by my father to be a Mickey guy. The only Mickey story I have is the day of his passing. I was dating a girl and we were sitting in my den watching tv when the story came on. I burst into tears and my girlfriend couldn't understand why I was crying unconsolably. I told her of the stories my father would tell me at bedtime and how "The Mick" was my guy, almost a mythical figure in my formative baseball years. She just didn't get it. He was the guy in my eyes flaws and all. Hard to beleieve he's been gone 15 years now.