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The Yankees Are Coming
1931 New York Yankees Team Photo All is quiet on the Northwest front as the surprising Seattle Mariners prepare for the huge three game series with the visiting New York Yankees. This series is where the rubber hits the road as far as the surging Mariners are concerned here in the young 2011 season.This series comes down [...]
Great Pitching on deck for the postseason but what about hitting?
There is a lot of discussion online and in the mainstream media about the great pitching talent that will be on display starting this weekend. Yes indeed we have Cliff Lee, Tim Lincecum, CC Sabathia, and Roy Halladay combined with Mariano Rivera, Roy Oswalt and a large second tier of starters and relievers. [...]
Confession of an occasional Yankees fan
THOUGHT I WOULD REPOST THIS AFTER THE YANKEES BEAT THE TWINS TONIGHT. I AM OFFICIALLY ON THE YANKEES BANDWAGON FOR THE REST OF THE WAY THOUGH IF THE GIANTS MAKE IT TO THE WORLD SERIES I MAY HAVE TO SWITCH WAGONS! The Seattle Mariners are in New York resting up on a travel day before [...]
When it was a game
I thought I would try to cheer some of you [as well as myself] up with this odd photo taken from my collection of photos that I inherited from my grandfather Gordon “Dusty” Rhodes taken in 1933 during the height of the great depression. In that time period the game of Baseball was indeed America’s [...]
Slow News Day for Mariners
Yesterday I took a nasty tumble at second base while I was playing softball, after I shook it off the first thing that came to my mind was I’m to old at 52 to be playing shortstop. Jack Wilson is 20 years younger and he is thinking the same thing, Ken Griffey is 40 and [...]
