Traitor Tracker: .264

Traitor Tracker: .264
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Thursday, July 10, 2025

I Hate To Go Public


 ...with this, but that pitcher we brought up to start yesterday looked good. 

I will probably call him Shitlist for a while, just because I am bad with names.  

And because that is a document upon which my name was often included.  Just ask the principal of PS number 8 in Yonkers , NY, or many of the coaches whose team I was trying to make. 

Seriously, the dude looked like he can pitch. It was one of the few times in memory that a touted prospect ( although his touting....minor league pitcher of the year ... was unbeknownst to me) has delivered, so to speak. 

I would pencil him in for a start every fifth day right now.

Praise be to someone. 


35 comments:

13bit said...

At least we are transparent about our Yonkers roots, Alphonso, although I won't put the PS number I attended in Yonkers on the web because they are still looking for me....

As for Los Yanquis, I remember when Joba was the new phenom. I remember the Three Amigos. I remember a lot of stuff. Let's see how much of this pancake sticks to the wall.

ranger_lp said...

Back in the day, I went to P.S. 24 near the race track...

ranger_lp said...

In my case, they wont find anything on me...

13bit said...

We were not far apart - back in the day...

Doug K. said...

I'm not from Yonkers but my family was inordinately fond of

Bo Sun - for Chinese
Carlos - for Italian
and Adventurers for everything else.

Doug K. said...

https://www.cardcow.com/images/set786/card00292_fr.jpg

Adventurers before Nathan's took it over.

ranger_lp said...

I remember going there...

ranger_lp said...

We used to go to Luigi's on Central Avenue for Italian...

ranger_lp said...

And for Chinese Hunan Villiage...

Pocono Steve said...

Who knows where the threads go?

Doug K. said...

Bo Sun was near the library. All three on Central Ave

BTR999 said...

This has all the making of a no-hitter tonight.

BTR999 said...

The 3B platoon of Vivas/Peraza might be the worst hitting one in the history of baseball.

BTR999 said...

Game.

BernBabyBern said...

You know, the Yankees weren’t no-hit once this season when DJ LeMahieu was on the team ….

Just sayin’

BernBabyBern said...

I’ll be at the stadium tomorrow. Someone on this team better hit something tomorrow night.

Hinkey Haines said...

Is this a comeback or a tease?

BernBabyBern said...

This team loves to tease.

BernBabyBern said...

And the real question is … how early do I have to get to the stadium tomorrow to get a Billy Joel bobblehead?

Hinkey Haines said...

It’s a comeback!

Hinkey Haines said...

Oh well. Volpe falls short & now they’ll lose in extra innings.

BernBabyBern said...

The Scooter is looking down from Yankee heaven disgusted at that bunt.

ranger_lp said...

Yankees Win!!!

ranger_lp said...

It’s a Yankee Classic…

Hinkey Haines said...

What’s the opposite of a pineapple?

BernBabyBern said...

…. but he’s thrilled at that slide by Volpe

Hinkey Haines said...

I thought he was a dead duck - it was a nice slide.

BernBabyBern said...

This would have been an impressive WinWarble from The Master tonight.

13bit said...

Carlos...we didn't eat out much, but I remember the existence of Carlos. I was more familiar with the local pizza places and the delis.

13bit said...

I lost many quarters and years of my troubled youth to Adventurers and then Nathans.

Hinkey Haines said...

Oh, absolutely. Would’ve shown up on the Richter-scale.

Carl J. Weitz said...

This old NY lotto commercial reminds me of BaBoone making excuses for Peraza and the team.

https://youtu.be/MiZ3Uo-wUH4?feature=shared

BTR999 said...

A real comebacker, just like they used to do…and in x innings!

Big props to Volpe on that slide. Pro play!

JM said...

I remember that commercial! It was a good one.

Alphonso said...

Let's not forget Patricia Murphy's on central Avenue . For the big events.