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Try Seatwave for Tickets

Just a quick tip for saving a few bucks on tickets (which can be really useful in tough times such as what we are currently facing): Next time you need sports tickets (or tickets for musical/theater events) you may want to check out a new service called Seatwave. Shopping around is always the best when it comes to tickets so that you can get the best price available since they can get very expensive (especially Yankee tickets.) Seatwave is a sort of Ebay for tickets, where sellers post their tickets meaning that you may be able to find good bargains on it. If you are looking to sell tickets you can also post there. The service seems kind of like StubHub, but again it is best to shop around, so looking at both places (as well as others) is probably in your interest if you want to get the best bargain.

I know the blog has been kind of dead lately, but look for more posts to start coming soon. I have been really busy and that has kept me away from the blog, but I will try to post at least once a week from now on. Thanks for the patience and I hope you stick with this blog.

Teixeira a Yank!

The Yankees have agreed to a deal with free agent Mark Teixeira on a 8-year, $180 million contract. Can I hear World Series 2009? We were already the favorites after the Sabathia and Burnett signings and this move certainly gives us another huge boost. It’s a great day in Yankee land and I for one am ready for that 27th championship and the end to this World Series drought.

Rays knock out Red Sox

The Yankees didn’t make it and neither did the Red Sox. At least there was some good news for the Yanks this postseason. The Rays finally overcame Boston in a 3-1 victory tonight.

Yankee Stadium: the Legacy

And here we are. The last game at the historic Yankee Stadium has just begun and emotions of all sorts are swirling all around the stadium as well as in the hearts and minds of Yankee and baseball fans across the world. It is a day that we have been dreading, yet looking forward to, a day that brings happiness, but also sadness. It is a gate to the future, but it is not the exit to the past. The edifice may no longer stand, but it will live. It will live on in all of us and will be passed down through stories and memories until it becomes immortal.

We will never forget the “house that Ruth built,” a place that has been host to so many great moments, both baseball and history related. From the rise of baseball to three papal visits to George Bush’s opening pitch shortly after the September 11th attacks, the stadium has been more than just a place. It has been spirit. It has been life. It has been the world. The stadium is more than a building, it is a symbol.

Yanks season update

I haven’t posted in a while, partly because of me announcing earlier that I would not be able to update daily anymore and partly because the past 10-or-so days have just been depressing for me as a Yankee fan. The playoffs are still within reach, but something better start clicking soon. With tonight’s abominable 15-3 loss against the Jays and Carl Pavano scheduled to start Saturday we really need a miracle just about now.

First it was Hank giving up on the team, then it was Gerritt Cole going to UCLA instead of signing with the Bombers, and now it is the still injury-plagued Yanks sitting 6 games behind the Red Sox for the wildcard with huge holes in the rotation. I am an optimist, so I haven’t given up just yet, but things aren’t looking the best at the moment.

Kennedy sent down to minors

Ian Kennedy has been sent down to the minors after another abysmal performance in the bigs. The Yankees used the option they had when they called him up, which will send the young pitcher to Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre. He is being told to focus more on improving his pitches than winning games in the minors.

And with that the Yankees are left with the same hole in the rotation that we had prior to Chamberlain’s injury. Who will take the spot is still uncertain as there really aren’t any great options left. In place of Kennedy, the Yankees called up Billy Traber to help out the exhausted bullpen, so again the rotation seems to be one short. Darrell Rasner may jump back in after making a few starts earlier this season, but he hasn’t been playing very well lately. If it isn’t Rasner, then it will probably be, gulp, Kei Igawa or Carl Pavano. Sadly, that is the state our pitching staff is currently in.

On the bright side, Chamberlain is scheduled to start a throwing program this Wednesday as he eagerly anticipates returning to the team that needs him so much. Hideki Matsui is also getting better, as he ran the bases today. Let’s just hope we can stay alive before these two can get in and give us the boost we so severly need. Stay tuned to this blog for more information on who the starter for Wednesday will be. Anyone have any suggestions that haven’t already been thrown out?