Goodbye Greinke

I enjoy sports, but I’m not a sports fan. I will watch a game on tv if it has one of the teams I like and either nothing else is on, or it is suppose to be a really good game. Outside of KU Jayhawk basketball the sport I follow the most is baseball. I love the fact it is in the summer time and the rules are pretty much the same for the professionals as it is for little league. Movies about baseball are great to watch and my favorite has to be The Sandlot. I love history, and baseball has a great history.

I will confess I don’t know a lot about the different teams. My three teams are: KC Royals, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs, however, I can be persuaded to add to the list. Royals are the home team, and you must root for them. The Red Sox and the Cubs both have fans that even when they sucked they were still loved, and they have chosen to keep their stadiums. I have not yet seen Wrigley Field and I plan to tour/go to a game when I finally make a trip to Chicago. I did have the opportunity to tour Fenway Park in 2007, and fell in love. I have been told by some Yanks fans when discussing why I can never be a fan because they tore down their stadium – they had the nerve to say Fenway was going to be torn down. Uh no, the owners realize the history and are sinking a lot of money into Fenway – they realize it won’t be the same if they tore down and rebuilt. After watching Under Cover Boss I think the owners of the Cubs realize the same thing with Wrigley. The only team that got the “I will still like you even though you destroyed your history” pass is the St. Louis Cardinals. They are my second home team and many of my friends are fans of the Red Birds. I’ve gone to games in the old and new Busch Stadium. I should have added them to my list above.

I’ve grown up going to games at Kauffman Stadium since I was in elementary school. I pretty much wasted my role of film taking pictures of the fountains at that first game. Every time I go to a game I remember that first trip. They’ve done a major remodel and it looks great, but we still have the features that make it The K – a view of I-70 and the fountains. Walking in and near the top you can see Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Chiefs.

Sunday, the Royals made the news. Zack Greinke is leaving the Royals for the Milwaukee Brewers. He played for the Royals for 5 years, and asked to be traded. Apparently he didn’t want to be on a re-building team anymore. I’ve watched many great players start out with the Royals and move on to better teams. There are very few players in any sport that are willing to stick to a team. I don’t buy shirts with a player’s name on the back because I know it will soon be outdated. I know they can get more money elsewhere, but I would like to see a real competition of talent and not just talented players on a team that pays. I’m disappointed, but I understand. When I hear the name Greinke I will remember he once played for the Royals just like Johnny Damon and Carlos Beltran. I wish Greinke luck in Milwaukee, and hope he doesn’t forget his beginning.

-Disaster Chick, Weekly Coorespondent

Baseball Season

Baseball season is about to start this year just like spring and with it a newness and rebirth of optimism for the season ahead. This season actually kicks off this Sunday with the Yankees - Red Sox rivalry.
Pretty much everyone who reads this knows I am a huge NY Mets fan and after their terrible year last season I am really hoping for a bounce back in 2010 due to the lower expectations. They may not be able to top the Phillies but I think they can make a run at them if they stay healthy.
I was kind of wondering who your favorite baseball team is? Who do you pull for? I know not everyone is a sports fan but everyone should at least have a team they identify with a little bit. Give me your thoughts on this baseball season and how you think your team will do.

-Doc

Say it ain't so Sammy....

Wow Sammy is that you? While I was looking through the news yesterday I came across this article that wonders if Sammy Sosa is bleaching his skin. This is actually pretty scary looking check out the shots... Very eerie in a Michael Jackson sort of way. According to Rebecca Polihronis, one of Sosa's friends the picture was taken at the Latin Grammy awards:

"He is in the middle of doing a cleansing process to his skin," Polihronis told the newspaper. "The picture is deceiving. He said, 'If you saw me in person, you would be surprised. When you see me in person, it is not going to seem like the picture.'"

I think that is the way Michael Jackson started too... Hey Sammy Beisbol was berry berry good to you... Please there can't be that much of a "skin cleansing" process that will do that to your face... Maybe Sammy is just still trying to keep up with Mark McGuire. Yeesh.

-Doc

Is that C.C. Sabathia???

Go Yankees!

- TMC

Fenway Bias

The Angels shortstop lets an easy ground ball go under his glove and it is called a base hit??

Then Jason Fairytek lets a ball get by him that just misses the strike zone and it is called a wild pitch??? Bull crap!

God forbid Fairytek makes an error! Holier than thou Captain Fairytek! He couldn’t hold Thurman Munson’s Skoal tins.

The Boston Red Sox and the California Los Anaheim Angels of Anaheim, California north of San Diego are my least favorite teams in baseball!!!!

…And as I am writing this Fairytek drops the ball in a rundown and the runner is called out!! UGH, it sickens me!!

Go Rays! Go Phillies!

(Only on TBS. Very funny.)

Vince

Final Yankee Stadium Photos

My dad and I.

Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!

Derek Jeter leads the team around the Stadium after the game.

The team waves to the fans.

I hugged The Stadium for one last time.

- The Mountain Cat

Goodbye

Today is the final game at Yankee Stadium. I will be there and will be sad to see it go. I am going with my dad who took me to my first Yankees game 23 years ago. I have so many great memories of this stadium. Today's game may top them all.

- The Mountain Cat

- TMC

25 Years Ago Today...

George Brett went berserk when his home run was erased by the umpire because his bat had too much pine tar on it.

For those of you who are not familiar with the great Pine Tar Game, click here.

Also, happy 44th birthday to Barry Lamar Bonds. You are a fink but I still want the Yankees to sign you. We need a left fielder.

- The Mountain Cat

'Doc' Halladay

Yesterday afternoon I went to the Major League Baseball's All-Star Parade in midtown Manhattan. I took some amazing up close photos of Hall of Fame players and current All-Stars as they were transported down 6th Avenue in a series of Chevy Silverados on a red carpet. While I was editing my photos, I looked closely at the photo below of the Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay. The pitcher is in the pink shirt. But who is that guy with the black jacket and sunglasses behind him?

He looks like my blog partner Doc!!

Dude you were in New York and didn't bother to tell me??? How'd you become friends with Roy Halladay???

Doc, Maybe you are just this guy's evil twin. Too funny.

Any rate, please enjoy my photos of the All-Star Parade: Gallery.

- The Mountain Cat

Once a Yankee, Always a Yankee

Bobby Mercer 1946-2008

You will be missed.

- The Mountain Cat

Willie Got Canned!

- The Mountain Cat

Congratulations Ken Griffey, Jr.

On hitting your 600th Home Run last night!

We assume you did not take steroids to get there. Way to go Junior!

The 600 Home Run List

- The Mountain Cat