The packed and powdered city of Syracuse won last year's Golden Snowball by a healthy blizzard. But they have not rested on their laurels. This winter, they have already notched 81 inches, nearly double that of Rochester, the current runner-up.
Let us take a moment to ponder the Syracuse Snowball dynasty.
Aside from a recent three year blip - Binghamton won two years ago; Rochester and Buffalo before that - Syracuse has dominated the annual upstate snowfall contest in the manner of the great Yankee teams.
Since 1940, when the records began, Syracuse has won 50 Snowballs, including nine straight in the 60s-70s, and eight straight in the 70s-80s.
Over the first 20 years of this century, Syracuse won 15.
Listen: It's not close. Syracuse is a city of roof-rakes, winter rats and a giant dome. They claim the Eskimos have 50 words for snow. On the Tughill Plateau north of Syracuse - a place that barely exists between November and April - I once counted 51. And this could be the snowiest on record. (Though late this week, it's supposed to hit 40 degrees! Shorts and sandals!)
On a Yankee note, Toronto just signed the Japanese 3B slugger, Kazuma Okamoto. If he's any good - (and if they keep Bo Bichette) - you could argue that the Jays just bought the AL East.
As for the Death Barge, we won't do anything until Cody Bellinger signs. If he stays a Yankee, they'll shop The Martian and Spencer Jones. If Cody signs elsewhere, they'll probably see what they can get for Jazz Chisholm.
Either way, we'll soon see movement. A warning: We might not like it.
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This is a runaway win for Syracuse. It's like Denny McLain's 31 win season. Or Bonds' record-setting PED head (though Ortiz is right there with him).
Watertown must be shaking in its boots. And not from the cold.
If Syracuse were owned by Hal and run by Brian, they would have highs in the low 90s now, have sold their snow plows, and would be talking big about how "next year, it'll make the ice age look hot."
When I used to live in the Coachella Valley (Near Palm Springs) my East Coast Friends would ask me how I could stand the Summer temperatures that rarely went below 100 degrees and was often around 112 and I would reply, "Hey, you don't shovel heat."
These days, if I want snow, it's 90 miles to Tahoe and less to the foothills. Here's a little insight for you... I don't.
You want Cody Bellinger? Not on the menu. Try Paul DeJong.
.. ..The Yankees have dismissed Edgard Mateo, assistant to former international scouting director Donny Rowland. With 12 days remaining before the start of the international signing period, the Yankees currently have neither a director nor a deputy .
It’s not just the greed, it’s the incompetence.
So I guess you can’t call it a landslide victory. An avalanche victory?
Also, love it when a Beatles tribute breaks out. Though I have to add on to JM's "Number nine...number nine..."
The Yankee version should be, "None for nine...none for nine...none for nine..." reflecting our complete lack of a closer as of now. Huh, huh?
Dr. T, apparently in case of a lockout, players would still get deferred money, signing bonuses, and opt-out money. But I suspect it's more that Hal—and even Cohen or Stearns—are against shelling out for an extra year for a superstar that will just be wasted...
...And of course you're right to think that a GOOD way to save money would be to hire a really competent front office staff, and have them develop a great team mostly from the ground up, the way that the Holy Trinity of Stick, Buck, and Bob did, back in the 1990s.
But I swear, Hal is playing the long game here. He looked at what happened back then, and saw that his dad "had" to keep paying more for the likes of Mariano, Derek, Jorge, Andy, and Bernie, even as their skills (slowly) declined.
This is the sort of thing that Hal sees not as the price of doing business and developing a brand...but a rip-off. You have to remember, this is a guy who got $1.2 billion for his family's (second) subsidized stadium...but feels he is misused for having to pay taxes.
Eventually, he will see that his constant diminishment of the brand will hurt his product. But what does he care? It's almost impossible for him to lose money, in any event—and if he does, he can always sell the team to Jimmy Dolan.
It’s Paul DeJong
Yeah yeah Yeah yeah Yeah yeah
It’s Paul DeJong
Yeah yeah Yeah yeah Yeah yeah
It’s Paul DeJong
That’s all they’re gunna do
Or at this point, why not sell it to Don JR ?
Pinstripes would be gold then
Leave it to the giants to win two games when it won't count. Who do they think they are, the jets?
Although the hockey game breaking out was a nice touch.
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