because I can't have today's LJ entries just be about the Mets...

[ravensgurl211]

(if you see this a lot, Semagic is being a bitch)

Though I wouldn't mind it just being about my hate for Atlanta.

So. Let's see. Things I loved tonight with the 24-hours of Yankee coverage it seems on YES and/or ESPN:

- Yogi Berra & Whitey Ford telling stories in the broadcast booth. I told my mom to come pick me up from papa's because ESPN's announcers were/are shit and I couldn't take it anymore, I'd rather run home to Suzy's smokers voice (and that's saying a lot). But, Yogi and Whitey together were amazing.

- David Cone and A TAN AND NICE LOOKING Boomer Wells talking nonstop to each other. More BFFEs.

- Johnny Damon not realizing they called him for the lineup and someone having to go into the dugout to find him.

- Joba being RIGHT THERE for the pre-show things and just WATCHING all the legends.

- Pettite, no matter how shitty he's been this year, getting the final start, Mo getting the final close. Awesome.

- Paul O'Neill being the first player to go into the crowd with the bleacher creatures.

- ESPN being awesome when they literally showed the Bleacher's roll-call and Joe "Imma Idiot" Morgan, talking about it to the people at home and not mentioning the last part. And then the cut to the "game" for the last part. AKA: When the chat turns into a big FUCK YOU to the boxed seats <333333.

- Bernie Williams. Like. Bernie Williams. Okay, I have to say more than that. He is one of my favorites, one of my crushes, I thought it was shit what they did to him in his last year (for one thing, they should've had him retired the year before). And then the almost crying. And the pointing to his heart. And MY heart breaking.

- oh cap'n, my cap'n. Derek played hurt. I don't mention it enough but, I love Derek Jeter.

- I can't wait to see the random Yankees parade on the field on my tape. It sounds amazing on the radio.

- Mussina gets his peons to steal dirt for him. God, I love him.

- "Yeah, everyone wants to stick around for awhile. It says so much about the fans here..." - Derek Jeter on the radio.

- Oh God. Mussina just told me that he's been here for 8 years. I can't believe it.

- Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. They are playing "Goodnight Sweetheart" awww.

- Joba's stealing dirt. And and and supposedly his hands are shaking. I want to give him a hug.

- madlikerya: Derek with tears in his eyes! his circuits are gonna short if he isnt careful about that shit.

- "Thank god for them (the fans)" - Mo.

- Posada, Tino, Derek and Mo took pictures of all four of them together wtih their own cameras so they could have pictures. Aw. My heart.

- Brian Cashman is being talked to too. He said that Tino was at the game yesterday with his family in-cognito in the stands to see a game that way <3.

[Yogi] Berra, a 10-time champion often considered the greatest living Yankee, didn’t really need any more souvenirs—although he said he wouldn’t mind leaving with the final home plate of the ballpark he loved.

“I hate to see it go,” he said. “It will always be in my heart.”

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[moonprism.livejournal.com]

I'm a diehard Cleveland Indians fan, so I'm definitely not the biggest Yankees fan in the world. However, too often in baseball, and sports in general, do people forget that they're fans of baseball first, and their teams second. In spite of the disdaining opinion I may have of the team itself, Yankee Stadium is a piece of history. A lot of the greatest players to ever put on a uniform have made livelihoods there, leaving a paper trail in the record books that few can match. You'd be hard pressed to find a mountain hermit who didn't know who Babe Ruth was, hate baseball or not.

Yes, I care a great deal. I watched the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game, and both of those had tremendous moments to give it a proper sendoff. Something about a stadium full of Yankees fans chanting for a Texas Ranger was just special, and the game itself was awesome as well. Throw in what's called the "greatest football game ever played", and just the fact that it's the House that Ruth built, where DiMaggio, Berra, Ford, Maris, Mantle, Guidry, Nettles, Jeter, A-Rod, Gehrig, and countless others have called home, it's a monument to the sport itself.

I certainly don't mind that the Indians were the last team to win a playoff series there, will be the first to face the Yankees in the new stadium, and posted two of the most lopsided victories in history there, but that's just my own personal attempts at positives considering my team hasn't won a series since '48.

It was like watching Ripken run the victory lap back in '95. It was something special, and I'm glad I watched it.

[elusivecharades.livejournal.com]

I can't believe they're getting rid of the old Yankee Stadium..

You're heavy into baseball, so I'll ask you (you have such a wide range of knowledge ;): can you tell me how the Cubs are doing? I admit, I don't follow them strictly, I mostly see the late night news scores and watch to see if they played and if they won, but I have no idea how they're doing overall. I heard they were doing really well but that was like a few weeks ago - and I know how the Cubbies are. =/

So do you have any idea where they're at or could point me in the direction to find out?

[ravensgurl211.livejournal.com]

The Cubs just won the NL Central title a few days ago (Friday maybe?). I think if they win again tomorrow or tonight then they get home field advandage.

I usually get my baseball news from either yahoosports (they have a pretty good site for baseball) or AOL Fansite / Fansports thing. if you google it, you'd be able to find it.

Also, they have a pretty good team this year (obvs. if they won the title already). The Cubs are in my second tier of favorite teams when the New York teams are out. I think my second tier is usually the Cubs, whatever team Jeff Weaver is playing for, and Boston.

[elusivecharades.livejournal.com]

Really~!? Oh thats fabulous..maybe they have a real shot this year..*starry eyes* I'm a 3rd generation Cubs fan - my grandfather & grandmother, my mom, now me. Aside from them, I like Boston, the Yankees and the Mets.

Thanks for the info!