Tagged: Blogging the Bombers

November 22, 2009

Which MVP Candidate Did Mark Feinsand Vote For?

Mark Feinsand’s “Blogging the Bombers” blog in the Daily News is one of the best, so I went straight to the source to find out who will win the big award.

(That’s Mark on the right. Not sure who his friend is.)

Will it be….

Or…

Or…

Or even….

I asked Mark which player he voted for. As you’ll see, I really, really tried to get answers, but I guess I’m a really, really lame reporter.

http://www.xtranormal.com/site_media/players/jwplayer.swf http://www.xtranormal.com/site_media/players/embedded-xnl-stats.swf

Update: Congratulations, Joe Mauer! (And interesting that Tex came in second ahead of Jeter.)

October 3, 2009

It Was Meaningless….Or So Everybody Told Me

If I had a dollar for every time somebody on Twitter (or my husband) said, “Tonight’s game is meaningless,” I’d be a rich woman.

No matter what happened during the bloated, slow-as-molasses marathon, I was reminded over and over that the game didn’t count, that the series in Tampa wasn’t important, that the Yankees were just marking time, getting everybody some work and settling on their final roster moves.

We lost 13-4 to the Rays? No problem. It was meaningless!

CC couldn’t go three innings, let alone win his 20th game of the season? Who cares?

Tex was hit by a David Price pitch that sailed near his head? So what?

The Yankees only managed two hits off Price? Yawn!

Not one of the six Yankees pitchers could shut down the Rays except Bruney? Not even Hughes? HAHAHA!

OK, you get the point. I’d like to be one of those people who shrugs off losses, but I’ve never managed it; I’d prefer that the Yankees win every game. Since that’s not possible, I kept my goals for tonight very realistic.

* I wanted #20 for CC.

* I wanted the offense to kick it up a notch.

* I wanted the pen to stay dominant.

* I wanted the regulars to avoid any conceivable injury.

My goals were not met. Well, Tex is fine; he said the ball only grazed his hand and that he was more shaken up than injured. That’s a relief, obviously. But after he got hit, I wished I could put the Yankees in a protective bubble until next week.

I also wished I could cheer CC up. He hadn’t lost a game since July and was due for a stinker. I’m sure he’ll be great when he takes the hill at Yankee Stadium for Game 1, but he did make my stomach hurt tonight.

I wished he and the other pitchers could refrain from doing their best imitation of a batting practice machine.

There were a few reasons to smile. BJ Upton hit for the cycle – the first player in Rays history to accomplish the feat. Congrats to him. And Juan Miranda hit the longest damn homer I’ve seen in a while – the first of his major league career. Otherwise, the game was meaningless. Yeah, sure it was.

P.S. Since Pete Abe’s departure from the LoHud blog, the Daily News’ Blogging the Bombers blog by the always dependable Mark Feinsand has stepped up its Yankees coverage. Mark not only knows the questions to ask but asks them. Check him out.