Today, the city braced for the opening of the baseball season.
The defending AL East Champions took on the USF bulls. We won 11-0 and the Bulls had 4 hits and 2 errors. Three, if you watched the game live.
In terms of salient details, here is what this first game told us about the season ahead:
1. I saw 5 Yankee pitchers all wearing numbers in the 90's and none identified on the printed 40 man roster.
2. The Yankees began the game with 7 of 9 starters; Russell Martin and Cano were the absentees.
3. My buddy and I had seen Cano in a separate batting cage taking a form of BP and he was awesome. I knew from the workout that he wasn't slated to play at 1pm. There was another dude with him ( also a lefty hitter ) who was hugely impressive in terms of stroke and power. If I knew who it was, I would say. But he was pretty young looking ( who isn't ?).
4. After two at bats, all the regulars were gone. The only names I recognized were Colin Curtis ( outfielder with speed, who was 2-3 or 3-4 ) and Brandon Laird. Brandon played first ( he is a gold glove 3rd baseman at AAA) and looked very comfortable there. He might have been 1-3 with a single through the infield.
5. Jorge Vasquez did not have a good day ( I think he was AAA HR champ last year ). He had 2 or 3 at bats as DH and did little.
5-A Some dude named Almonte ( last name ) had a good day on offense and no problems on defense ( OF).
6. Nothing of note happened. No HRs. Not much offense from the Bulls. No special plays from the Yanks. A nice Dp or two, but no fantastic defense.
7. Pretty much what you want to happen against a college team. Not humiliating ( e.g. a 24 run Yankee inning ); not surprising ( e.g. yanks shut out for 7 innings on 1 hit ); not much.
So tomorrow, the season opens. We travel to Clearwater for Yanks/Phillies.
Maybe someone will play that has a chance to be in NYC next year.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Happy Days In Tampa
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When does the stool sample analysis come back?
I think that lefty hitter was Jon Weber.
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