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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sunday at George M Steinbrenner field

Sunday, March 15, 2009

[Blogging Live via the Steinbrenner Field Wifi] The weather is perfect again today. 81 degrees, breezy, and we were just treated to a special forces parachute drop. With any luck, we’re about to be treated to Jorge behind the plate and Pettitte on the mound. [I’ve now consolidated all the live blog posts into a […]

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Injury visit

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Hideki Matsui just hit a comebacker that knocked pitcher Alberto Arias from the game. The Yankees couldn’t do anything with him as it was, as he struck out the side in the third. Burnett has continued to impress. Four inings so far and not a single baserunner. The ‘stros are looking weak and foolish against […]

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Blogging live from “the Boss”

Saturday, March 14, 2009

So, today is my first spring training game. Renaming Legends field to Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees also made some renovations. There are new ribbon boards for video. And there is Wifi! So I am sitting behind home plate and typing this on my iPhone. Burnett looked really good in the first, punctuating his inning with […]

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Winter Is Officially Over

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Winter is officially over, because I’m on the plane to Tampa as I type this. My words look calm, but the excitement is bubbling as I look around me and all of a sudden everything seems to be about baseball. We arrived at Logan Airport with enough time to grab a meal before boarding, and […]

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