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August 4, 2008

The Reason Behind Jim Hall’s Absence

Someone read the blog and emailed me to tell me Jim Hall (Yankees PA announcer) had a wedding. That explains his absence. (Note to the Halls – Bob Sheppard is 96, don’t schedule weddings on Old Timers Weekend).

Now we all love Shep, but he’s 96, so he’ll probably only be doing this another 15 years – so the Yankees need a much better plan the Ed Randall to backup Jim Hall.

Just about anybody can do a halfway decent Sheppard impression. It’s the sound of the stadium. Please no more excited DJ types saying “welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.” Awful.

August 4, 2008

What’s Black And Orange And Has Some Problems?

1. Swept by Astros. Bad.

2. Maine on DL. Very bad. Jump on my Jon Niese bandwagon now.

3. Wagner hurting enough that they brought up the closer from AA. I like my home grown talent, but an August pennant race is not the time to lose the closer.

A Niese win, Kunz save and a Daniel Murphy hit? Not really the plan was it, but I’d rather lose with these guys then win with someone like Manny Ramirez or Four Inning Pedro (you know, the guy that ran out on his championship team five minutes after the parade) or Tom Cylon Glavine of the Braves.

August 4, 2008

The Jets Are Not Only Losers but Evil Too

Well, bend over, the Jets have announced they too will be stealing money from you for nothing, in the form of PSL’s.

Woody Johnson has the gall to say this:

We understand the feeling of the fans. I think what we’re going to do is listen to the fans’ response from the questionnaires we sent out and we’re going to try to incorporate as many of those ideas into the way we package this PSL program to make it as fan-friendly as we can, recognizing the nature of our fans and how long they’ve been fans and where they sit.

See, it will be a fan friendly multi-thousand dollar check you will get to write.

August 3, 2008

Yankees: The Ed Randall Experiment Needs To End. Now.

I don’t know what caused the Yankees to have Ed Randall do the PA announcer job this weekend, but if you heard any of it, it needs to stop. Now.

Maybe Jim Hall has a cold or he’s on vacation.

If you heard even a second of Ed Randall, he’s totally wrong for the Stadium. If that’s what they want, then they might as well and go ahead and put names on the back and wear red jerseys on Sundays.

I’m sure Mr. Randall is a nice man, but he’s wrong for this job.

Get Hall (or Shep) back in there, now.

August 3, 2008

Who Should The Mets Have At An Old-Timers Day?

Some day, the Mets will grant my wish to be named Director of Franchise Integrity, and when they do I will return Old-Timers Day to Citi Field. (Or Shea if they hire me soon).

Who should be invited?

Top of mind: All 69, 73, 86, 88 and 00 Mets, John Stearns and Joel Youngblood.

Let’s hear some suggestions!