Today is the 17th anniversary of this blog.
The first post, by me, dated June 12, 2007, is here. It's awful. I'm embarrassed. But I was only 53, so I have to make allowances.
The first good post is a great one by El Duque. It appeared a day later.
Happy anniversary, everyone. Play us out, Janis.
Ah, but you were so much older then, you're younger than that now...
ReplyDeleteSo glad you guys decided to do this!
ReplyDeleteAnd to celebrate, The Daily Murdoch sports pages (such as they claim to be) headlined Rory McCelroy’s decision to NOT divorce his wife instead of the Yankees demolition of the Royals.
ReplyDeleteHis accountant probably told him how much it was going to cost him.
Happy birthday to the one place that brings me unbridled joy every morning amidst my ongoing disdain for ownership and management.
ReplyDeleteIn retrospect I regret the fact that I only discovered this blog about 6(?) years ago. It had been een daily compagnon since.
ReplyDeleteAnd like i said before, it is not just the Yankees and the humor that triggers me. This blog is a mirror of American culture. It is a daily version almost of the book Horace wrote in the sense that it connects the American way of life and its peculiarities with baseball and all other cultural phenomena.
Ah well, it is just great. Even commenters show wit and knowledge (at certain instances).
Thank you!
Amen to Dick Allen's comment, and I second that emotion. You guys do a great job of bringing the sour with the sweet. And the sweet just isn't as sweet without the sour. Something familiar there....
ReplyDeleteHear, hear, many thanks to you for creating the blog, and many thanks to all the great contributors here! It enriches all of our lives.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think that first post was just fine.
ReplyDeleteI've been a member of the Commentariat since the fall of 2010.
ReplyDeleteWow, we are getting old together. Like an electronic assisted living facility. With drinks.
ReplyDeleteAlphonso had a brilliant comment on 'Duque's first post!
ReplyDeleteHa!
ReplyDeleteJanis Ian?
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, IIH!! What did I ever do without you?
Take it away Frank...
ReplyDeleteThis blog is seventeen.
It is a very good blog.
It is a very good blog,
especially if you love/hate the Yanks.
So you have all our thanks.
Sincerely, we mean.
This blog is seventeen.
So true, Doug K. So true. [sniff]
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to the Huckleberry Tribune. An oasis in the desert of the interwebs.
ReplyDeleteI'm so grateful to have fallen in with you mugs. It was like finding the gang that I was always too nerdy to join, back in the depths of Yonkers.
ReplyDeleteAnd it makes me realize I'm not crazy for some of my crazy thoughts.
I love you all.
We need to figure out this game.
Even if Hoss cannot make it, I'm leaning towards August 22nd, the only weekday afternoon game - aside from July 4th, when I'll be in South Dakota. Also, I stay home and pray on George's birthday, so there's that.
We could do a "Hoss's Night Out" some other day.
What do you all think?
And has anyone seen LBJ lately? And who else was it who mentioned a ticket connection, was it Carl? My memory is getting spotty, lads...
Re Hoss: If he needs to be in Connecticut for an evening book signing he hopefully could still do the day game.
ReplyDeleteIf it's in the part of Connecticut that is near Westchester I will drive him there my self. There are also trains that go deep into the state that leave right from the stadium.
If not a Hoss night out is a good way to make sure he gets his due.
It was in fact connected Connecticut Carl with the contact.
ReplyDelete17 is a great year. It was for me, anyway. I hope it was&is for all of youze.
NEVER ask me about 18 though.
Wow...time flies! It was roughly 10 years ago when I first stumbled upon this blog. It felt great knowing that there were so many other neurotic, pearl-clutching Yankee fans out there. The icing on the cake was how witty and well-written it was daily. I'm still in awe. Completely a contrast to the opinions and comments I was used to seeing in the local NY papers where most couldn't string together a coherent sentence. And it was FREE!
ReplyDeleteYes, I have a contact who will, hopefully, ask her husband (a VP responsible for ticket sales/marketing) to enhance our stadium experience.
Oh, and if Hoss does have an evening book signing at night in CT, my friend Dennis and I will be driving to Stamford to take the " Train to the Stadium" or driving all the way to that wonderful Bronx bar. If his gig is in lower Fairfield County or further up in the Danbury area (where else could it be?), we could chauffer him there. Hoss, do you have a posse of young baseball groupies that follow you from venue to venue?
ReplyDeleteI heard that Hoss does a spiritual cleansing ritual before every book appearance. He may not be able to stand close contact with us on the same day. But it would great to see him. We could consider another game, but I think a day game is best for people who have managed to escape the clutches of NYC. Tell me if I'm wrong.
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ReplyDeleteMany happy returns the blog is great
I honestly learn a lot from the very informative posters on here and it is a lot of fun and I am genuinely happy that I found this place so thank you to you all
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