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Cecilia Tan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:01:00 +0000

Back at the ballpark. It's ever so slightly cooler than yesterday… Not by much. We got here early today trying to avoid the Dominican Day #
Parade, which is on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Good side effect, great parking and we were early enough to get free umbrellas! #
Unlike yesterday when I was too old to get the lunch box, today the guy asked if I was over 21. Hah. We came in Gate 8 and discovered the #
designated driver signup stand is over there. They don't give you a free soft drink any more, but the raffle entry looks much less sketchy. #
Bought a taro bubble tea–it's purple! And then fresh ripe plums at the fruit stand. Food options are vastly different nowadays. #
On the other hand, corwin is now eating a foot long beef dog with saurkraut, mustard, and ketchup. #
We visited Dylan's Candy Stand by Gate 2 and found NYY Mickey Mouse there. I assume he was the All Star Game statue from this year. #
Now a pregame tribute to today's Hall of Fame inductees up in Cooperstown, and the announcement today's ticket stub admits us free in 2010! #
Game started much like yesterday, with a Podsednik single. But Hughes got the next three. Now Jeter, Swisher, Tex. Arod DHing today. #
Did Jeter pick his at bat music or did the scoreboard crew pick it for him? The lyrics are kind of pointed. #
"I go on and on. Don't know how I last so long. I must have superpowers. I last for 25,000 hours." Jeter is 36 and I think last year of kt. #
Sean O'Sullivan sets Yanks down in order in the 1st. If he wins he will have beat them twice in one week in two different uniforms. #
O'Sullivan was traded from the Angels to the Royals the day after beating the Yankees. Let's hope they've figured him out a little by now. #
Hughes escapes a leadoff single with a double play. And now it is time for the Alex Rodriguez show. #
Arod grounds to short on the first pitch. The stadium goes back to sleep. #
Yanks hitless after 2. Hughes then hit with a comebacker, prompting trainer confab, but seems ok. One out, Getz steals second. #
Damn. Then Podsednik homered into the left field corner. Looked to us like it hit the wall but I guess it hit the pole. Bad break for Hughes #
There goes the no hitter. :-) Granderson gets a 3-0 count, takes a pitch, then puts one deep in the right field seats. 2-1 Royals. #
The Yankees take the lead 4-2! Pena singled, Jeter tripled, Tex hit a foul roller that came back fair, A-Rod doubled. Now Hughes again. #
Royals get one back on a Rick Ankiel solo shot, but Hughes keeps them in check otherwise. 4-3 Yanks. #
Granderson does it again! Into the second deck! 5-3 #Yankees #
In other news, the lights have come on and the breeze has died. It's muggy and the clouds are thickening up. Gardner almost beats a grounder #
@jay_jaffe they sell Turkey Hill frozen lemon and cherry ice. Had one yesterday and loved it. Haven't seen the vendor come by today yet. #
@jay_jaffe by the way, I'm in section 421. Hi! #
If it rains, at least now it is an official game, as the yanks are leading after 4.5 innings. #
@jay_jaffe If it starts to rain, come on up to section 421, row 9, we are in seats 5-6, under the roof. Row 10 is empty behind us! #
Flash bulbs a poppin. Arod must be at the plate. Sky is dark so we can really see them. Kids with signs holding them up. Everyone waiting. #
Ouch. He fouled it off himself. Trainer Steve Donahue out. #
No pitcher wants to be the guy. #
Long at bat, full count, but in the end Arod grounded to short to end the inning. Sky continues to darken. I'm afraid to look at the radar. #
As predicted, rain delay. Huge bolt of lightning just sent everyone scurrying. #
Delay now around an hour long. Scoreboard showed us Nick Swisher learning to be a hibachi chef, and now I'm hungry. Radar looks ugly still. #
We are probably looking at another hour of delay, at least. #
One hour and forty on the delay. Rain still coming down… They just announced that in a few minutes they will make an announcement. Huh? #
They showed a documentary on Yankees Fantasy Camp, and now Ron Blomberg touring the Hall of Fame. Coming up on two hour delay. #
5:05 pm and the ground crew emerges to cheers! Meanwhile a documentary on Mo plays which is actually interesting. #
They just announced the game will resume! In about 20 minutes. Grounds crew quite busy now. And I bet A-Rod is taking swings with K-Long. #
5:29 pm, Yankees take the field again! Boone Logan takes over on the mound with one out on the top of the sixth, facing Jose Guillen. #
Yankees get another run in bottom 6 on a cano single, Gardner double. Logan set down all 5 Royals faced. Now jeter up, A-Rod 4th possibly. #
Jeter is three for four today with the base hit he just got. #
Yanks get ANOTHER to make it 7-3. But A-Rod, although he gets the RBI, didn't homer. Now Joba in to pitch the eighth. #
Also, the sun came back out, but the temp has dropped to a lovely 75 degrees. Joba walked the leadoff man. Sigh. #
Joba serves up Podsednik's second two run homer of the day. Gets booed. Loudly. #
We didn't think we'd see A-Rod again. But Yanks have a big rally in the 8th. 2 runs in and bases loaded when comes up one more time. #
Pitcher Blake Wood came up and in, count went to… 2-2 I think? And then he hit Arod in the head, possibly the face. Alex out of game. #
Crazy game. Royals awarded a run when Posada couldn't find a wild pitch that ended up under his mask! Catchers interference. Two out though. #
In other news, chan ho park is not inspiring confidence. Two walks in inning. We want to go home. Dragging on. #
More craziness, the Boston at Seattle game is in the eighth. It might ends first at this rate. #
Full count on Podsednik. This is ridiculous. #
Finally! A fly ball to Gardner to end this wild day at the ballpark. I bet there won't be much traffic in the garage! #
corwin's reports that in the men's room everyone at the urinals was singing along with Sinatra. Die hards. #
Another observation from this weekend. Several "How may I help you?" employees appear to be wheelchair bound. Hal Steinbrenner serious about #
putting his money where his mouth is, not just lip service to diversity and support for all fans. Though I wish the captioning were better! #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:01:00 +0000

It's hot and muggy and beautiful at the Stadium today. The air is redolent with the scent of hot dogs and sausages. And the flags are down. #
In windows of shops nearby, signs proclaim RIP Mr. Steinbrenner. Now half hour before gametime, Ed Alstrom plays Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer. #
Last night Jorge Posada got his 1000th RBI, joining Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey and Ivan Rodriguez. Amazing!! #
The milestone we are hoping to see today or tomorrow is Alex Rodriguez hitting his 600th homer. Since hitting 599 he has been hot! But no HR #
It's lunchbox day! Oh to be under age 14 again. Lots of kids here today and a lot of them look kind of wowed by the lunchbox. #
Tomorrow is umbrella day! We might need 'em since the muggy weather guarantees thunderstorms. The heat index today is 105! Actual high 97. #
@LoHudYankees thanks! #
Game off to a rough start but they got out of it cheaply enough. Mitre put first two guys on, then a double steal. Ground ball brought in 1, #
when Posada couldn't hang on to the ball. Then a sac fly brought in another, but a nice ground ball double play ends the trouble. Jeter up. #
Granderson doubled which meant Arod could come up as the tying run. But although it's clear no pitcher wants to be a trivia answer, he #
worked the count full then hit a can of corn to center. Sigh. Mitre back on the mound. #
Mitre seems to have settled down. Three ground ball outs. People just want to see Arod though. Guy on phone behind me: "Might see history." #
Thames gets a seeing eye infield hit that rolled up the third base line and hit the bag. But otherwise the Yanks got nuthin off Davies. #
Mitre has induced 6 ground balls in a row for 7 outs. Now facing Kendall who is 5th on all time MLB games caught list at 1998. Ground single #
Feh. Is the ball a bar of soap today? Kendall scores, Posada tries to throw out Butler going to second and bobbled, then Cano drops it. #
Mitre escapes on another ground ball out. But the Royals lead 3-0 now. #
Davies sets the Yankees down easily. There seem to be a dearth of vendors today. 4th inning and no ice cream, Italian ice, soda, lemonade… #
Haven't seen the frozen lemon guy, and we usually see him 5 times. Where's hot dogs? Ah here's the first Turkey Hill ice cream guy of today. #
Meanwhile Mitre has lost it again. Three straight hits, two more runs, and nobody out in the fourth. Yawn. #
What's left of Mitre's bacon (or at least a run) is saved by another amazing full Superman snare by Teixeira. Except not since next guy… #
singles to bring in sixth run and extend inning. Heck, Albaladejo coulda done this. (sent down today to make room for Mitre) #
Mitre escapes at last striking out Kendall. 6 runs wouldn't seem so bad if the #Yankees were hitting Davies like they should. #
THAT'S BETTER. Tex takes Davies deep. Now Alex at the plate. #
A-Rod infield hit. I'll take it. #
Jorge also juiced one but a cracking double play meant it was a solo shot. Then Mitre gave one back on a solo shot by Jose Guillen. #
So Mitre is gone. Now bellyitching for the Yankees, Dustin Moseley. #
That's even better. Tex with a two run shot! 7-4 Royals. By the way, Arod grounded out. Sigh. He might be pressing now? #
I may have to retract the intimation that Moseley is a belly itcher. Retires Royals in sixth with little incident. #
Meanwhile the scoreboard control guys think they are funny, playing Let It Snow, Let It Snow. Cano grounds out. #
This could be good. Kyle Farnsworth now pitching for the Royals. And a lemon ice vendor has appeared one section over. Anticipation. #
Sigh. Yankees got nuthin off Farnsworth in 6th, Tejeda in 7th. A-Rod grounded out. Moseley still in, has retired 10 of 12! One more out… #
and he gets a grounder to third. So we now need a 4-run rally, and then Mariano for three outs. Right? #
To the ninth. Swisher pinch hit for Thames and looked like he had a gapper, but Ankiel laid out for it! Moseley to pitch another. #
We want pie. But it'll take a four run rally to do it in regulation time. Moseley went 4.2, gave up one hit. We now face Joakim Soria. #
Two outs. But if they load the bases now, Arod would be the winning run. Jeter up! #
Jeter ground rule double! It could happen! Granderson up! #
Granderson walks on four pitches! Tex up, arod on deck! #
Damn! #
Tex grounded up the middle, ball was snared and he was called out at first. Close play. Guy in front of us got text from a pal: safe on tv. #
Now we are at Yankee Pizza, fortifying ourselves for the drive to the north Bronx. We will be back tomorrow; so will Arod and the Yankees. #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:01:00 +0000

Happy Birthday Derek Jeter. Meanwhile… CC Sabathia is a very large human. 2-1 Yankees going to Mariano time, bottom of 9th. #nyy #yankees #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:01:00 +0000

At yankee stadium. Weather beautiful, team playing well… So where is everyone. Tickets were being scalped below face value & seats empty. #
RT @ed_price: #Yankees have five six-game winners at 62-game mark for the first time since 1939. #
@Ledger_Yankees what do you know about Huffman? I don't remember him from spring training. #
corwin has brought me a shake from Johnny Rockets! This game is going great! (1st pitch not for 20 minutes) We saw the museum, too. #
The #Yankees museum has a bunch of new stuff and rearranged exhibits from last year. Very worth visiting every year if they keep updating it #
Nice jay z / Alicia keys montage before the game. Audio from their live performance in the postseason we were here for last year. #
Jorge posada will catch today! #
Is ours the only national anthem that ends with a question? And as Scott Westerfeld pointed out: it has a plot! #
Hughes warns up to Metallica. I guess he figures it worked for Mariano… Starts off Bourn with a strike. Damn, infield hit though. #
@alysonfooter@ed_price any idea why Berkman sitting today? #
. @Ledger_Yankees: #rollcallnyy a.) Boston, but I'm at the game b.) I would catch Posada any day of the week, man! He hot! Ears sexy! #
Tex was hit by pitch according to my mom, who is watching the game at home and texting me on her new Blackberry. Ump didn't see it, though. #
Cotton candy man just came by shouting "Who wants a root canal?" #worstsalespitchesever #
Astros scratched a run in the first on infield hit, walk, stolen base,sac fly. Now after 2.5 innings, Hughes and Moehler kept all Quiet. #
Callup Chad Huffman at the plate for the #Yankees We know nothing about him other than he is 24. 6'1" 217lbs. #
Huffman legs out an infield single and gets huge ovation! Mick Kelleher collects ball to give him as a souvenir of his 1st big league hit. #
@Ledger_Yankees crowd gave him a nice hand, too. Are his parents here? #
RT @Ledger_Yankees: Huffman has a bunch of family here today. Cool moment for all of them. #
Cano hits his 100th homer! Are the Yankees finally getting to Moehler? Now two outs, back to back walks. #
Three walks in a row! Bases loaded for Ramiro pena. Meeting on mound. Stadium at max volume!! #
Peña with a two run single! Then rookie huffman got caught on the basepaths but still, 3-1 #Yankees now! #
Lights just came on. Are the wheels coming off? One out, Hughes walked #9 batter then Tex error let another man on. #
Hughes bears down and gets out of it! Ground ball and then gets hunter pence looking at strike three! Game half over. 3-1 yanks. #
Rain is on the way. Just checked radar and thunderstorms are moving east toward us. But it is an official game now. And my battery is low! #
Jorge Posada just hit his second grand slam in two days. There is rejoicing. This stadium is loud! Demanded a curtain call. Got one. #
Now 7-1 Yankees after ten men batted in the bottom of the inning. And it's starting to rain. #
Steady rain falling all inning. Hughes 111 pitches trying to get them out but labored. Astros back in it! score 4 runs w 2 outs! Marte in. #
The rain never stopped but neither did the Yankees. Final score 9-5 yanks! #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:01:00 +0000

@alysonfooter Looking forward to following your tweets this weekend during the #yankees series! -Cecilia Tan from Yankees Annual #
I will be livetweeting from the #Yankees game today. In the car on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx right now! About to look for parking. #
At #Yankees stadium. Didn't manage to quite see the parachute group. Man, they are young! I always think that when I see soldiers. #
@Ledger_Yankees you are cold!!! But true. #
Cmon Vazquez. Don't suck. #nyy #Yankees #
@Zellyanks that scene in spiderman made me cry. Ever since 9/11 I get flashbacks whenever I see new york in peril in movies. #
Vazquez strikes out Berkman! Scoreboard reads JAVY NICE DAY #nyy #Yankees #
RT @Ledger_Yankees: #rollcallnyy a.) City/State b.) Coolest car you've ever owned. c.) Has Javy been forgiven? #
#rollcallnyy @Ledger_Yankees a)Boston,MA b)1983 chevy camaro c)I'll forgive him if he wins today bc I am at the Stadium #
Jeter hits a solo shot to leadoff the game. Yay!!! Hunter Pence hits one to leadoff the second. Booooo. #nyy #Yankees #
RT @Ledger_Yankees: Scouting report on Wandy Rodriguez: Hella curveballs. #
RT @Ledger_Yankees: 24th career leadoff HR for Jeter ties the great Rickey Henderson for most in franchise history. Pretty cool. #
Rodriguez throws a lot of 74 mph curves. Dials the fastball up to 85. Thames walked Cervelli singled, but granderson got caught looking. #
After popping out on 1st pitch he saw before, Tex changes at bat music to Pearl Jam from I Want to Rock. He walks. Two on no out! #
By the way, jeter manufactured a run. Walked, stole, advanced on throwing error. Then swish cashed him in. #
That's #Yankees baseball. Swisher hit, Tex walked, cano infield hit, then POSADA GRAND SLAM. #nyy #
RT @KenDavidoff: Prior to Posada's slam, SS Manzella tried to deke Jeter with a fake throw. Isn't that like trying to out-sing Sinatra? #
RT @Ledger_Yankees: In clubhouse, Jorge said he'd been having a tough time adjusting to the DH thing. Didn't now what to do between innings. #
Carlos Lee hit a home run in the top 6. Jeter said, so what? And hit a three run shot in the bottom of the inning. Now 9-3 #Yankees #
One thing I really like about the new Yankee stadium, you can still see the train go by in the gap in right field. #
The cap game is way too easy with the ginormous videoboard. #
Posada hit by pitch. Meanwhile a beautiful yellow and black butterfly is flitting around our section. Everyone watching it. #
Can you tell the suspense is gone from this game? Everyone just enjoying a summer day out, now. #
Gaudin gets the strikeout and the yankees win! #
It's like the astros aren't even in our league … Oh wait. :-) #Yankees #
I've still got two tickets to tomorrow's #Yankees vs #Astros game. Make me an offer! Face value $25. Text 617-290-9043 #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:01:00 +0000

I will be at Yankee Stadium this Saturday and Sunday. I still have two tix for Sunday. Anyone want go? $60 for the pair. txt me 6172909043 #
@grazdanny They're totally doing it on purpose! And I thought I was the only one who wrote X-rated stuff as well as baseball… Jeez. #

Vazquez finally wins!

Cecilia Tan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:01:00 +0000

Javy Vazquez inherited the #Yankees curse of low run support from Mike Mussina. #nyy #
Orioles elect to pitch to A-Rod in a 1-1 tie with 2 out and men on 2nd & 3rd. Because if they walk him, Cano is next, hottest hitter in AL. #
A-Rod is only 1 for 8 off the pitcher they have brought in, but it doesn't matter. He grounds the ball to third, but Tejada munged throw! #
2 runs score on the Tejada error and poor Brian Matusz is burned again. But Javy Vazquez is now in line for the win. IF NY bullpen can do it #
And the Yankees finally win on a night Vazquez pitches well! Great pitching and one big Orioles error made the difference. #

Yankees at Mets, livetweeted

Cecilia Tan — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:01:00 +0000

Yankees at Mets. Beautiful sky over NY. I'm at a bar in Boston drinking beer, Newport Storm rhode island blueberry. Jeter stranded in 1st. #
Jeter trouble getting to a grounder and popup, but CC escapes trouble with nice K of Wright and a soft liner to Cano. #nyy #
When Santana bats it looks like he's thinking: I don't mind batting so much, I just hate facing the pitcher! #nyy #
CC had Cora down 0-2 then gave him too hittable a pitch, in but in the wheelhouse. Then same thing to Bay, low but right in the middle. #nyy #
CC hits! Then Jeter! He is now 8 for 11 off Santana as a Met. CC is particularly elephantine in road grays running the bases. #nyy #

But the rally is snuffed. Mets still up 4-0 as Gardner hits into DP and then Tex grounds out on first pitch. #nyy #
I predict lots of headlines tomorrow on Jeter getting old. Pagan singles on a ground ball that looked gettable for the captain. #nyy #
I don't like this 4-0 score, but I like the beer I'm drinking. Finally learning why beer and baseball go together? Fourth inning over. #nyy #
Oh sorry that was only the third inning. Beer messes with my time sense, I guess. #
Cora goes down 0-2 again and starts fouling off pitches again. But this time hits CC in the leg with comebacker, out 1-3. To the 5th. #nyy #
Okay, so, the scouting report I got was that Jason Bay couldn't hit homers at Citi Field. Didn't he just hit his second one this game? #nyy #
Bay's homer wasn't even off a strike! And now CC is losing his touch again. #nyy #
Midway through 6. Santana has retired 11 Yankees in a row. 12 if you count it started with a DP in the 3rd. Sigh. #nyy #
Mitre replaces CC and drills Jason Bay between the shoulder blades. Umpires stirred up and Girardi is cheesed off but not ejected. #nyy #
Swisher walks! First #nyy batter to reach since Jeter in the 3rd. It's now the seventh with two out. Then full count on Cervelli! #
Cervelli hits one off the top of the wall! Is it a home run? Umpires will review it. Santana might have been tiring? #nyy #
@ed_price what is the ground rule there? ESPN has us all screwed up. #
The dirt at Citi field looks extra dirty. Every guy that slides comes up looking caked with it. #nyy #
Mitre sits the Mets down 1-2-3 in the seventh. Yanks chasing five runs though. #nyy #
@ed_price thanks! #
Jerry Manuel is looking more and more like Morgan Freeman. Yankees with men on the corners two out in the 8th. #nyy #
Full count on Arod. Santana over 100 pitches. A nice time for a three run shot… But he walks. Santana hits the showers. Bases loaded. #nyy #
Offtopic. I Want to see the new Karate Kid movie. Not as much as I'd like to see Cano hit a grand slam, though. Also, Suns up on LA. #nyy #
Feliciano gets Cano to pop out, ending the threat. #nyy #
The food in this bar is really good, the beer even better, but whenever corwin comes here the Yankees play crappy. Sigh. #nyy #
The DJ has pumped out steady cheese dance hits. Lady Gaga, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Single Ladies, Boom Boom, Mariah Carey, etc. #nyy #
Igarishi on to finish the Yanks. Gets Swisher down 0-2, then throws 3 straight balls. Swish fouls off a few. Then he throws 1 away. #nyy #
Cervelli lines a single! Russo up there now but igarishi has lost the plate. #nyy #
Comebacker, they get the out at second, but it's men on the corners. Miranda at the plate! #nyy #
Miranda singles in a run! And the Mets are going to K-Rod to face Jeter with 2 on, 1 out and a 6-2 lead. #nyy #
Krod a wee bit wild. Jeter doubles in a run! But gardner looks tentative, grounds out but brought in one more! Joe arguing the call. #nyy #
Alex comes up as the winning run! Two on two out. Tex got on with Bsltimore chop. #nyy #
Full count. #
Huge battle but krod finally got arod to swing and miss at a curve ball. Good night. #

Today’s Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:01:00 +0000

*cries* Jorge Posada out for a month with broken foot. meanwhile, Nick Johnson having wrist surgery, Swisher out, Granderson out, who next?? #
RT @OzzieGuillen: I'm going to have lunch. I hope they don't poison me ha #

Today’s Game/Baseball in Tweets

Cecilia Tan — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:01:00 +0000

UMPS CARE charity has seats for games at Yankee Stadium! Buy now: http://www.umpscare.com/Buy-Now_80e7362342e8.html #