New York YANKEES spring training thread......... 2 days until season starts: LETS GO YANKEES!

[briannnnn]

Originally Posted by venom lyrix

Does anyone else besides me hate our CF situation?

I kinda like Gardner more than Melky...Gardner certainly has the speed...he just needs to do a better job of putting the ball into play. I hope he is a MUCHbetter bunter this year than he was last year.

BTW, I just saw this...the early phases of Yankee Stadium's demolition have begun.

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[h2]Wednesday, February 11, 2009[/h2]http:// [h3]The Destruction Begins...[/h3]
(photos from Flickr member Daniel, Peralta with a hat tip to River Ave. Blues)

I know it's only the initial stages of the demolition, but it still bothers me seeing it.

Posted by Greg Cohen

Tags: Yankee Stadium


http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/search/label/Yankee Stadium

 

[onewearz]

Originally Posted by briannnnn

Originally Posted by venom lyrix

Does anyone else besides me hate our CF situation?

I kinda like Gardner more than Melky...Gardner certainly has the speed...he just needs to do a better job of putting the ball into play. I hope he is a MUCH better bunter this year than he was last year.

BTW, I just saw this...the early phases of Yankee Stadium's demolition have begun.

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[h2]Wednesday, February 11, 2009[/h2]

http://
[h3]
The Destruction Begins...
[/h3]


(photos from Flickr member Daniel, Peralta with a hat tip to River Ave. Blues)

I know it's only the initial stages of the demolition, but it still bothers me seeing it.



Posted by
Greg Cohen

















Tags:
Yankee Stadium

http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/search/label/Yankee Stadium





omg, i just threw up all over my desk. this is too early .......

 

[bkmac]

Originally Posted by onewearz

Originally Posted by briannnnn

Originally Posted by onewearz





it's awesome to see my cousin is still with the yanks

#63 jonathan albaladejo

I had forgotten he was your cousin...

yeah i mentioned before that i only met him once when i went to puerto rico in 95. i just got in touch with his side of the family in puerto rico through facebook. we're definitely gonna hook up this year so that should be pretty cool.......

You'll have to update us throughout the season.

I was very impressed with Albaladejo for the few appearances he made last season before he was injured. Looking forward to see how does this season. I can seehim, Phil Coke, and a new look Brian Bruney all putting in work out of the pen'

.

 

[onewearz]

no doubt i'll have pics. the ultimate goal would be to weasel my way into the nys clubhouse

 

[T0INE]

Just got the The Yankee Years today, looking forward to reading it.

 

[onewearz]

theres like 2 boring chapters on moneyball and steroids. other than that book is very good. david cone was that dude, when you read it you'll see

 

[bkmac]

Originally Posted by onewearz

theres like 2 boring chapters on moneyball and steroids. other than that book is very good. david cone was that dude, when you read it you'll see

I really want to get to picking it up. I honestly thought it was just about A-Rod and how Torre his relation ship with Big Stein and Cashman after the 2007season.

 

[onewearz]

i thought so too, but it has alot from the world series games , lots of details like clemens after throwing the bat at piazza went to the clubhouse and crieduncontrollably . how knoblauch after one of his throwing errors just went into the clubhouse between innings and started getting undressed and cleaning out hislocker saying he was done and quitting. torre had to talk him out of it.

the arod chapter is real brief and not as bad as people made it out to be. the one who gets torched so far, from what ive read, is david wells

like i said so far its a very good read if your a yankee fan and have fond memories of those championship years ......

 

[venom lyrix]

Originally Posted by onewearz

theres like 2 boring chapters on moneyball and steroids. other than that book is very good. david cone was that dude, when you read it you'll see

yea im like 50 pages in an he already is made out to be awesome, just some of what he said.

 

[halfwaycrook]

It's kind of sad to see it go, but once we start playing game, no one will remember it.

 

[venom lyrix]

^ thats a lie

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by HalfwayCROOK

It's kind of sad to see it go, but once we start playing game, no one will remember it.

You're out of your mind

Even when I'm sitting IN the new stadium, I'll still be thinking about the old one every time.

 

[jordan201]

Damn, seeing those pics hurt.

Why don't we all go and just protest like idiots? They can't demolish the stadium with us in the way, can they?

Maybe I'm just thinking too much.

 

[jrp44]

It sucks to see the stadium come down....they have to do it though...it would make no sense to have a new stadium when the old one will stay up

 

[im cool c]

True story I'm at like page 150 & David Cone is the man.

Rick Helling is that dude too even though I always felt bad for him when the Yankees would just beat the Rangers #%# every year.

 

[venom lyrix]

interesting read on Nick Swisher...hes gonna kill it this year

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PARKERSBURG - The twinkle is back and Nick Swisher can't wait to tackle another Major League Baseball season.

Swisher returned to his old stomping grounds on the campus of Parkersburg High School during Monday's press conference inside Jack Stephens Memorial Gym toannounce the former PHS standout as the spokesman with Broughton Foods Company.

Not only was Swisher excited about having his face on bottles of chocolate milk, but the 28-year-old slugger was looking to make amends for last season when hehit .219 in a one-year stint with the Chicago White Sox.

It's a new year with a new ballclub as the switch-hitting first baseman/outfielder leaves this week for spring training in Tampa, Fla., and joins his NewYork Yankee teammates=

"Last year was kind of a bump in the road," Swisher said. "The only thing that was down last year was my batting average, and a lot of peopleput a lot of stress on that. I know after last year, I could have not worked any harder than I did this past offseason.

"My father (Steve Swisher) told me about a week ago that I have the twinkle back. Somewhere along the line either the twinkle got taken from me or I lostit myself. But I'm back. I feel good - I'm smiling a lot more and I'm excited about playing baseball once again."

The Yankees acquired Swisher through a trade last November. With the White Sox, he hit 24 homers and drove in 69 runs while batting in every slot in the lineupexcept clean-up.

The Yankees may have added All-Star first baseman Mark Teixeira to their roster during the offseason, but Swisher still feels confident about nailing down astarting spot in the outfield.

"Obviously I will be back in the outfield somewhere," Swisher said. "I'll just go from there and see what happens after springtraining."

One thing is for sure, Swisher will have plenty of chocolate milk to keep him hydrated. He is part of a campaign being launched for the regional BroughtonDairy, which is about to announce to the world the natural goodness of chocolate milk as an energy drink.

"To represent Broughtons and the chocolate milk side of things, I absolutely love it because this is all I drink," Swisher said. "I don'tdrink white milk - not skim, not 2 percent. I drink chocolate milk.

"I guess now I have a pretty good supply coming to me."

Chocolate milk served as part of Swisher's post-workout regiment this past offseason. Not only did he train at Hall of Fame Chiropractic, but he alsopracticed at his father's hitting camp in Williamstown.

"I've lost 16 pounds and got myself into good physical shape," Swisher said.

Even though he owns two homes - one in Oakland, Calif., and another in Scottsdale, Ariz. - Swisher lived in his parent's basement this past winter. Keepinga low profile once he arrives in the Big Apple is one way he figures to stay away from the gossip of the New York tabloids. He has called Jason Giambi andJohnny Damon to get insight.

The first order of business is taking care of the facial hair and shaving the goatee.

"I'll look like an eighth grader again," Swisher said.

He is also ready to embark on The New Yankee Stadium, which features the same dimensions as the original Yankee Stadium where Swisher hit his onlyinside-the-park home run.

"It will be great to be a part of history," Swisher said. "The biggest challenge for me is to stay within myself. One of the greatest thingsabout playing for the Yankees is that every city you go to - whatever day it is - it is always a packed house because everyone wants to see the Yankeesplay."

 

[proshares]

Don't ask me why, but Swish always reminds me of the Juggernaut.

 

[tbone95860]

This is the 2009 Spring Training Roster

2 Derek Jeter INF
11 Brett Gardner OF
12 Cody Ransom INF
13 Alex Rodriguez INF
14 Angel Berroa INF
17 Shelley Duncan INF/OF
18 Johnny Damon OF
19 Kevin Cash C
20 Jorge Posada C
22 Xavier Nady OF
24 Robinson Cano INF
25 Mark Teixeira INF
26Jose MolinaC
27 Joe Girardi MGR
28 Melky Cabrera OF
29 Kei Igawa LHP
30 David Robertson RHP
31 Ian Kennedy RHP
33 Nick Swisher OF/INF
34 A.J. Burnett RHP
36 Edwar Ramirez RHP
38 Brian Bruney RHP
39 Dan Giese RHP
40 Chien-Ming Wang RHP
41 Jose Veras RHP
42 Mariano Rivera RHP
43 Damaso Marte LHP
45 Jason Johnson RHP
46 Andy Pettitte LHP
47 John Rodriguez OF
48 Phil Coke LHP
50 Mick Kelleher COACH
52 CC Sabathia LHP
54 Kevin Long COACH
55 Hideki Matsui OF
56 Tony Pena COACH
57 Mike Harkey COACH
58 Dave Eiland COACH
59 Rob Thomson COACH
60 Todd Linden OF
61 Sergio Mitre RHP
62 Joba Chamberlain RHP
63 Jonathan Albaladejo RHP
64 Andrew Brackman RHP
65 Phil Hughes RHP
66 J.B. Cox RHP
67 Anthony Claggett RHP
68 Wilkin De La Rosa LHP
70 Christian Garcia RHP
71 Eric Hacker RHP
72 Juan Miranda INF
73 Doug Bernier INF
74 Justin Leone INF
75 Francisco Cervelli C
76 Kevin Russo INF
77 Humberto Sanchez RHP
78 Mark Melancon RHP
79 Colin Curtis OF
80 Steven Jackson RHP
81 Kyle Anson C
82 Austin Jackson OF
83 Jesus Montero C
84 Austin Romine C
85 Michael Dunn LHP
86 P.J. Pilittere C
90 Ramiro Pena INF
91 Alfredo Aceves RHP
92 Eduardo Nunez INF
93 George Kontos RHP
94 Kanekoa Texeira RHP

 

[DeadsetAce]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860


94 Kanekoa Texeira RHP

 

[proshares]

Originally Posted by DeadsetAce

Originally Posted by TBONE95860


94 Kanekoa Texeira RHP

Off by one letter but still pretty odd

 

[bkmac]

Happy Spring Training everyone!

- Nick Swisher looks like such a great dude to be around

.
- http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2009/02/13/thats-dedication/http://yankees.lhblogs.co...9/02/13/thats-dedication/

David Robertson got married on Jan. 30. He and his wife went to Disney World for a week.

Robertson bailed on his honeymoon several times to drive to Tampa and throw bullpens.

"She understood," he said. "I want to make the team."
Gotta love hearing something like this.

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Bruney looking good

"no %%$+". Lost some weight, def. will bea big part of the pen' this season, I feel it.

 

[venom lyrix]

hell yea i hope Bruney is healthy all season...96-98 MPH 8th inning guy with Veras!!

 

[venom lyrix]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860


This is the 2009 Spring Training Roster

45 Jason Johnson RHP
48 Phil Coke LHP
64 Andrew Brackman RHP
66 J.B. Cox RHP
72 Juan Miranda INF
82 Austin Jackson OF
83 Jesus Montero C

Names to look out for in the future ^^^

 

[bkmac]

Originally Posted by venom lyrix

Originally Posted by TBONE95860


This is the 2009 Spring Training Roster

45 Jason Johnson RHP
48 Phil Coke LHP
64 Andrew Brackman RHP
66 J.B. Cox RHP
72 Juan Miranda INF
82 Austin Jackson OF
83 Jesus Montero C

Names to look out for in the future ^^^

I know what you mean, but Coke is here already.

Who's down for a "minor league team" for Team Yankees? We'll be "The Phil Cokeheads"

 

[venom lyrix]

I'm saying, I know hes up but he is just still one of those "unknown" to regular fans, i think he will blow up