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Brrrr. It's Cold
In Here...
LETTER FROM THE
EDITOR
Email:
Michael
Aubrecht Website:
Pinstripe
Press
YOU
KNOW THE OLD SAYING
"When Hell
freezes over"? People say that
when referring to the impossible.
Well my friends, we have
witnessed it. Just look at our
poor logo. It will take months to
thaw out. You'll also notice we
are running a little late and a
little "thin" this month as many
of our contributors are still in
shock from the "sudden drop" in
temperature.
Now first, I want
to do the right thing. So here it
goes... ahm.. OK, to my friends
in the Red Sox Nation: As
disappointed I am in the Yankees,
I am equally impressed by your
team's tenacity and feel
privileged to have witnessed such
an amazing spectacle in my
lifetime. There isn't a Yankee
fan on the planet that can deny
the fact that Boston earned this
and deserves all of the praise
and historical credit that goes
with it. I'm probably one of the
few NY fans that stuck around to
watch the post-game shows. Theo,
Francona, Ortiz and Damon were
all class acts as well as Torre
(who may be looking for another
job). As much as the Sox
outplayed the Yankees in clutch
situations, Boston's skipper out
managed Torre time and time
again. Congratulations.
Now that I have
shown good sportsmanship, let's
move on to the state of our own
Nation. So what happened? I'll
tell you, the better team won. I
said all season long that
pitching would be the death of us
in the postseason and I stand by
my word. You want to see a solid
rotation and a clutch bullpen?
Look at Boston, we used to have
that. You want to see that in New
York again? Pray that George's
arm heals (from his commercial)
and he starts writing checks
again.
Bronx Cheer
by
Chetan Dave
EDITOR'S BOOK
REVIEW
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I
HAVE TO ADMIT, I've never been
a big fiction reader. However,
that may change now that I have
read "Bronx Cheer" by Chetan
Dave. The book is set in the fall
of 2003. After years of
unsuccessful attempts at
obtaining big game tickets, three
ordinary fans embarked on a last
minute do or die mission to seize
the passes to see the main event
in person. Battling shrewd ticket
brokers, crooked government
officials, and so called
“friends”, the question remained
whether they would be able to get
their hands on the tickets before
time ran out.
What really
impressed me about this book, is
Chetan's true-to-life depiction
of real and relatable baseball
fans. The game is actually
secondary to the character's
tenacious struggle to make it
there and the adventures they
experience are totally
believable. These hurdles that
they face make this one a real
page-turner and I found myself
literally "Cheering" these poor
guys on. Inevitably, I asked
myself "What would I do?" and
that's what makes Bronx Cheer
such a good read. We would all
love a chance to be in these
character's shoes and Chetan Dave
knows that.
"The Yankees
pitching staff has reached a
stage where I must gamble."
-
Miller Huggins in spring training
1927
55
Hideki Matsui
PLAYER
PROFILE
Born: 06/12/1974,
Kanazawa, Japan
MLB Debut: 03/31/2003
AS A
KID, Matsui was always
much bigger than his classmates
and he quickly excelled at
baseball (or yakyu as it's known
in Japan.) Hideki went to high
school in Kanazawa, which is
where he first picked up the
nickname Godzilla. He once hit a
ball in a batting practice that
cracked the tiles on the roof of
his principal's house, nearly 450
feet away. Matsui's Godzilla-like
reputation became legendary
during the National High School
Championship when he was
intentionally walked five times.
Hideki was drafted by the Yomiuri
Giants of the Japanese Central
League in 1992. Over the next ten
years, he became one of Japan's
greatest baseball players and
most recognized celebrities. He
later led the Giants to four
Japanese Series titles, won three
league MVP awards and three
homerun crowns. Matsui also made
nine straight All-Star
appearances and played in 1,250
consecutive games. In 2003, he
decided to leave Japan and play
Major League Baseball in America
for the New York Yankees.
Did you
know… Matsui's
fifth-inning grand slam in
home-opener win vs. Minnesota on
4/8 made him the first Yankee in
franchise history to hit a grand
slam in his first game at Yankee
Stadium. He s also the fifth
Yankee whose first Major-League
home run was a grand slam,
joining Frank LaPorte (on
10/7/05), Frank Gilhooley
(5/31/16), Gil McDougald (on
5/3/51) and Horace Clark
(9/21/65). Source:
Yankees Sportszone
Biography
Yankees
Trivia
NO
QUESTION THIS MONTH
(NOV/DEC ISSUE -
BEST OF 2004 + PRESEASON
PREDICTIONS
REVISITED)
Fast
Facts
HISTORY 101
YANKEE STADIUM
II
In late December
2001, the New York Yankees and
Mets reached tentative agreements
with the city to build a pair of
$800 million, retractable-roof
stadiums. Plans called for razing
the House that Ruth Built and
building a new home for the Bronx
Bombers right next to it. Under
past proposals from 2002, if
built, the Yankees ballpark would
seat 47,000 people, feature a
retractable roof, and be ready by
the 2007 season. The interior of
the Bronx ballpark would include
the facade from the existing
building, and the dimensions of
the field would be identical to
those of Yankee Stadium. Soil
from the outfield would be moved
to the new stadium. In past
years, proposals have also been
made by organizations about
remodeling Yankee Stadium. As
part of a $700 million
renovation, the stadium's
exterior would be restored to its
original ornate facade, with
historic entrance porticos,
perimeter wall at upper deck,
open windows and copper frieze.
An expanded footprint with new
40' wide circulation concourse,
enclosed by a transparent glass
and steel outer wall could create
panorama of parks, Manhattan and
waterfront while maintaining view
of stadium from street. The
interior would be renovated to
seat 50,000 people, and would
include 120 luxury suites. A Hall
of Fame could also be added in
the renovation.
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