Yankees
 

Raised in South Philly, you would think I'd hate the Yankees (bow Head), but they were always my #1 team. Why, My first LL team Jersey number in 1961 was 9, same as Roger Maris.
I'M a Yankee Fan!!!

BTW I think it's Yanks vs Mets World Series

When I played Little League Baseball I also played for the Yankees. The Orioles and the Yankees were always two of my favorite ball teams until I quit following sportsball quite some years ago...

I grew up in South Baltimore so I also know how it is to be a fan of the "other team"
I wore number two - which was Paul Blair's number - who had just left the Orioles in a trade for two shitty New York Yankees.

Coincidentally - Paul Blair's number when he played for the Orioles was number 9

Lifelong Yankees fan.

In late 70's I attended an Old Timers Game at Yankee Stadium and took a pregame picture of Mickey Mantle walking along the base line, bat over his shoulder and big smile on his face.
About 10 years later I had opportunity to have him autograph the picture.

Edited to add: Don’t watch sportsball anymore regardless of the size and shape of the ball.

Come home Box, the O’s are knocking on the door!

I believe it was Thomas Wolfe that said, "You can't go home again."
...coincidentally, Thomas Wolfe DIED in Baltimore.

The Colts left.
The Baltimore Clippers folded.
They tore down Memorial Stadium.
You need a parking pass to park in my old neighborhood.
John's Diner - down by 'the point' - where I used to get french fries and gravy - gone.
Middle School, Elementary School, and even the Kindergarten I attended - all gone.
They bulldozed the skateboard bowl at Riverside Park.
Tore out the monkey bars at Federal Hill Park.
Pride of Baltimore - lost at sea
Sportsball - dead to me.

You can't go home again, but you can read about it on the internet.

Box- When I saw the title of the post, I knew it was about baseball. Anywhere South of the Mason-Dixon line it is "DamnYankees"...

Keep talking like that and you'll end up at the bottom of the Delaware chained to a statue of Frank Rizzo.

(I stole that from another member here BTW)

Frank Rizzo, WOW!!!!

The only Mayor to fire bomb his our city to suggest to the "Move" movement......

......"Yo vinny, we gots guns too?"

And back to baseball, the yankees are getting their ass's kicked!!! I'm hoping its the new trades felling their way around, team/fit stuff, everybody's spanking them!

Ahhhhem.... I think you meant "utilizing a tactical deployment of fire" by Wilson Goode who was mayor during that operation....

Come home Penn - I'll meet you at the Passyunk border with our complementary Glock 17, 400 rounds, & 72 hour auto resupply slip.

Speak of the Devil!

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Ha! I would not propose a visit here now sage counselor, as they killin' mo's like its legal now.

Casey, about that As much as I dislike the City of Brotherly Love, that bounty seems worth the trip. If you get to Lambertville, dinners on me.

And back to BB...the Yankees are going to have their hands full if the Astro's finish in the ALCS, which would be a great match up, adding to that, watching the Yankees last night, 4/2 over the Mets, and the Mets have great pitching, they struggled. Not good this time of year to see.

There is some pretty fun stuff being played in Williamsport, PA for the last several days. And Texas (SW division) is for REAL!
:cool:

In the ALCS I don't think the Yankees, due to injury and the caliber of play by the Astro's, who have awesome pitching and great hitters, and likewise for the Rays, will be in the running for the World series. If the Astros or the Rays make it, the AL will win the WS. ymmv

For those following, the Yankees were every lucky to get by the Cleveland, but the ASTROS, like they may need divine intervention.

Hope the Yanks didn't party too much last night. They are going to need to be on the very top of their game, playing like they did in the first half of the season rather than the second half.

BBHead, The Astros pitching is amazing! A 5 to 0 shutout is beyond impressive. I was hoping that the Yankees bats would catch fire, wishful thinking. I think the season will end for them tonight.

But idk that the Yankees are about done and that the Phillies will not get past the Astros
I’m betting it!

Astros are a powerful team. The Phillies looks like they have peaked at the perfect time, but I don't know if its enough to beat the Astros 4 times.

For the Yankees...wait till next year?

Phils are plaYING LIKE TEY ARE FROM 3RD AND WOLF

Go Phillies!

Astro fan here!

Yankees tonight lost to the Mainers 10-2. Woo pitches 6 incredible innings for Seattle, leaving the mound with a shutout almost in hand. Woo will surly dominate as he matures as a pitcher, he was a joy to watch, and mind you, I am a diehard Yankees fan, but not the kind that records mental notes of players or plays in past games or seasons, I just love the sense of how the yankees always forge a team and how resilient they have been over time.
But, back to tonight, in their 10-2 lost, the bronx bombers ran through their entire pitching string, forcing them to use one of the field players as a pitcher.
Top of the 9th they send their 3rd baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the mound. Three up and three down, with one strike out. His pitching was skilled, with movement, curves, sinkers, and a fast ball. It was a blast to watch him, and watch the bench watching him, as the camera crew panned the dugout. The players were laughing, the score did not matter, high five on strikes, smiles and disbelief all around.
In its essence, it was the game they played as kids, win or lose, they were having fun. It wasn’t about the score, or the record, or money. it was about being in the moment, watching an event unfold, and wouldn’t you know it, when in the bottom of the 9th, the Yankees last turn at the plate Isiah Kiner-Falefa comes to bat and he hits a home run!!!
Pure joy, it was awesome to see that in major leagues.

Perfect Game
 

If you watched the Yankees and the A's last night, you saw Domingo German throw a perfect game, you also witnessed the that it would have not have happened without the incredible Team Effort, that put German's amazing pitching feat into the record books.

The video of that game would make a valuable example of teamwork, as each and every player made a deterministic contribution that retired every batter for the A's. From grounders to pop up's, double plays, etc., etc., every position punched that card for German

It was a helluva of an effort.

That's something special no matter who does it. Glad you got to enjoy it visually. And hopefully he'll keep his personal life together so that the game doesn't just become an asterisk.

I remember having Koufax' perfect game on in the background when I was young. I say 'background' because I was doing homework & cleaning the '03, and a perfect game on the radio can be B.O.R.I.N.G until you realize later what's happening.