World Series
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Sun 10/26 G4 TBR @ PHI
(Blanton v Sonnanstine)
Mon 10/27 G5 TBR @ PHI*
(Hamels v Kazmir)
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(Myers v Shields)
Thu 10/30 G7 PHI @ TBR*
(Moyer v Garza)
PHI 2, TBR 1
League Championship Series
TBR 4, BOS 3
PHI 4, LAD 1
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BOS 3, LAA 1
TBR 3, CHW 1
PHI 3, MIL 1
LAD 3, CHI 0
*if necessary
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Infielders:
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W. Betemit BR BP E MLB mi
C. Ransom BR BP E MLB mi
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X. Nady BR BP E MLB
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B. Gardner BR E MLB mi
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F. Cervelli BR BC mi
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A. Pettitte (L) BR BP BC E
P. Hughes BR BP BC E mi
C. Pavano BR BP BC E mi
A. Aceves BR E mi
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M. Rivera BR BP BC E
J. Chamberlain BR BP BC E
D. Marte (L) BR BP BC E
J. Veras BR BP BC E mi
E. Ramirez BR BP BC E mi
B. Bruney BR BP BC E mi
D. Giese BR BP BC E mi
C. Britton BR BP BC E mi
P. Coke (L) BR BC E mi
D. Rasner BR BP BC E mi
S. Ponson BR BP BC E mi
D. Robertson BR BC E mi
H. Sanchez BC mi
15-day DL:
C. Wang BR BP BC E
60-day DL:
J. Posada BR BP E MLB
J. Albaladejo BR BP BC E mi
A. Brackman BC
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R. Thomson (Bench) BC
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D. Eiland (Pitch) BR BP BC
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T. Peña (1B) BR BP BC
M. Harkey (Pen) BR BP BC
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AAA
S. Duncan BR BP E MLB mi
J. Christian BR BP E MLB mi
I. Kennedy BR BP BC E mi
C. Wright (L) BR BP BC E mi
J. Marquez BR BC mi
Designated for Assignment:
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Select Minor Leaguers:
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B. Castro BR mi DL
C. Basak BR BP BC E MLB mi
E. Duncan BC mi
N. Green BR mi
B. Broussard BR mi
M. Carson BC mi
C. Stewart BR BP E MLB mi
J. Brown BC mi DL
K. Igawa (L) BR BP BC E JB mi
M. Melancon BC mi
J.B. Cox BC mi
S. Strickland BR BC mi
S. Jackson BC mi
E. Milton BR BC mi DL
V. Zambrano BR BC mi DL
AA Trenton Thunder:
K. Russo BR mi
R. Peña BC mi DL
C. Malec BC mi
M. Vechionacci BC mi DL
A. Jackson BC mi
C. Curtis BC mi
E. Gonzalez BR mi
P.J. Pilittere BC mi
J. Jones BC mi
G. Kontos BC mi
J. Nuñez BC mi
B. Smith BC mi DL
A. Claggett BC mi
O. Perez BR BC mi
M. Gardner BC mi
K. Whelan BC mi
W. Arias (L) BC mi
A Tampa Yankees:
E. Nuñez BC mi
C.J. Henry BC mi DL
T. Battle BC mi
K. Anson BC mi
J. Gil BC mi
A. Horne BC mi DL
Z. McAllister BC mi
W. De La Rosa (L) BC mi
C. Garcia BC mi
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J. Snyder BC mi
M. Cusick BC mi
B. Suttle BC mi
A. Romine BC mi
J. Montero BC mi
D. Betances BC mi
J. Heredia BC mi
J. Ortiz BC mi
C. Heyer BC mi
Low-A Staten Island Yankees:
D. Adams mi
P. Venditte mi
Rookie Gulf Coast Yankees:
C. Joseph mi
C. Smith mi
K. Higashioka mi
Key:
BR = Baseball-Reference
BP = Baseball Prospectus
BC = Baseball Cube (past mL stats)
mi = MiLB.com (current mL stats)
E = ESPN (current splits, game logs)
MLB = MLB.com hit charts
JB = Japanese Baseball.com
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R. Sexson BR BP E MLB
M. Ensberg BR BP E MLB CLE mL
A. Gonzalez BR BP E MLB mi WAS
K. Farnsworth BR BP BC E DET
L. Hawkins BR BP BC E HOU
S. Patterson BR BC mi SD
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R. Ohlendorf BR BP BC E
D. McCutchen BC mi
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J. Lane BR mi BOS mL
G. Porter BC mi WAS mL
J.D. Closser BR mi SD mL
S. Henn (L) BR BP BC E mi SD
H. Phillips (L) BR BC mi TB mL
S. White BR BC mi
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J. Torre (Mgr) BR BP BC LAD
D. Mientkiewicz BR BP BC E MLB PIT
A. Phillips BR BP BC E MLB mi CIN
J. Phelps BR BP BC E MLB STL
M. Cairo BR BP BC E MLB SEA
K. Thompson BR BP BC E MLB mi PIT
B. Sardinha BC mi SEA mL
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R. Clemens BR BP BC E mi
T. Clippard BR BP BC E mi WAS
L. Vizcaino BR BP BC E COL $7.5m/2yrs
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M. Myers (L) BR BP BC E LAD mL
R. Villone (L) BR BP BC E mi STL
S. Proctor BR BP BC E LAD
J. Brower BR BP BC E mi CIN mL
C. Bean BR BP BC E mi ATL mL
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E. Durazo BR BP BC E MLB mi
A. Cannizaro BR BP BC E MLB mi TB mL
A. Chavez BR BP BC E MLB mi LAD mL
K. Reese BR BP BC E MLB mi
R. Chavez BR BP BC E MLB mi PIT mL
O. Santos BC mi BAL mL
T. Pratt BR BP BC E MLB
T.J. Beam BR BP BC E mi PIT mL
B. Kozlowski (L) BR BP BC E mi Japan
Molina Trade:
J. Kennard BC mi
Abreu Trade
M. Smith (L) BR BP BC E mi PHI
C. Monasterios BC mi PHI
J. Sanchez mi PHI
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When you talk to fans who grew up in the Sixties, many of them chose between Sport magazine and Sports Illustrated in the same way that Rock N Roll fans picked either the Beatles or the Stones. Sport was a monthly, SI a weekly. There was no pretense about Sport--the writing was lunch pale, no frills and featured writers from around the country. The photography was wonderful too. When Andres LaGuerre took over SI, it became literate, the New Yorker of sport magazines. No matter which you prefer, together, they helped define a golden age of sports magazine writing.
The launching of the SI Vault earlier this year was a terrific occasion for all of us who love sports writing, although navigating the site is still a painful and frustrating experience. Sport hasn't been around in years, but they do have a website and recently, a handful of articles have been posted, including this 1953 profile on Mickey Mantle by Milton Gross:
There have been few more exciting rookies than Mantle was in 1951. Yet Mickey could have become one of the greatest busts simply because he had had so much ballyhoo. Until the end of last season there were many who viewed Mantle with misgivings, because he was a kid who was asked to walk before he could crawl and run before he could walk in baseball. There was question of his maturity for a role so large as the one in which he was being cast and it is entirely possible that what veered Robinson so firmly in his praise of Mantle was not what Mickey did over the entire Series, but his reactions on just one play.It happened in the third game of the Series, a game the Dodgers were to win to take a two‑games‑to‑one edge, but it is entirely possible that the Series was decided right there in the Yankees' favor as Mantle met and passed his most severe test. In the eighth inning, Robinson slashed a single to center. As Robinson made a sharp swerve around first base, Mickey fielded the ball on one hop and then was faced with a choice that every National League outfielder has had to make. He could throw to second, forcing Robinson to retreat to first base, or hold his throw until Jackie had committed himself irrevocably when it would be Mantle's arm against Jackie's speed, daring and know‑how on the bases. When it is you against Robinson, it is no simple decision to make.
Mantle elected to hold his throw. Whether it was a deliberate or instinctive decision, none can say, but Mantle watched Robinson and Jackie, watching the fielder, came as much as 25 feet toward second. He slowed down, pretending to go back and Mickey, meanwhile, came in several steps with the ball before cocking his arm as if to throw to first base.
With that motion Jackie went into high gear for second, yet Mantle still held his throw. Suddenly, it seemed Jackie sensed he could not make the base. The Dodger stopped, stumbled, got to his feet again and then scrambled back to first.
It was a war of nerves on the bases, Robinson drawing on his years of experience and Mantle drawing from some inexplicable well of wisdom that seems to be his despite his youth, and it was a war Robinson lost.
Among the 66,698 spectators at the Yankee Stadium that day were some who sensed the importance of the play as it related to the Series, but at least one among them, Branch Rickey, interpreted Mantle's reaction to Robinson's maneuvering in a much broader sense. Rickey brought Robinson to the majors and many times saw how Robinson's running could kill the confidence of one man and, through him, his team. As the play unfolded Rickey turned to his companion and said: "Maturity is something that cannot be measured in years. That young man's arms and legs and eyes and wind are young, but his head is old. To me it is the final proof of the boy. Mantle has the chance to make us forget every ballplayer we ever saw."
For more on Sport, check out Mark Armour's 2007 tribute over at The Baseball Analysts.
Learned to read and love the game from those two rags. I also read, intermittently, Baseball Digest (I still subscribe to the latter.) Milestones. Heroes and Goats. The preview issues.
Subscribed to SI. Mother got Life. Dad read Newsweek. Bought Sport off the rack at the newsstand.
Remember the Sport Corvette given to the Series MVP.
Early SIs had baseball card in centerfold. Stat page was pretty wierd, but I cannot remember how. Tough for a weekly to stay current. Spent as much time on the photos as the writing. Sport also had great photos, but not as glossy.
Who would you say was the best baseball writer to write regularly for SI?
I believe this was true. I believe he could have been the greatest to ever play the game.
Earlier in life, Mickey got a leg infection so serious, the only thing to save his life was to amputate. The family put off the operation in hopes of a miracle, and it came in the form of a new drug.... penicillin.
Then he was injured in his first year. Look what injuries did to Junior and Donnie. The leg continued to be a problem his entire career. If his injury wasn't enough to derail his career, he became a full blown alcoholic, partying like there was no tomorrow. Both his father and grandfather died before they were 40, and Mantle was determined to 'live a full life' before he too died young.
And still, look at the numbers he posted.
Oh what might have been.
My favorite story was when Mick game to a game too hung over to play. Casey was pissed. He took Mick out of the lineup, but to embarass him, put him in to PH late in the game. Mickey was in poor shape. He grabbed a bat then proceeded to trip on the dugout step as he went to the one deck circle. He then came to the plate, and proceeded to hit a long HR.
"He should lead the league in everything. With his combination of speed and power he should win the triple batting crown every year. In fact, he should do anything he wants to do." - Casey Stengel
"If that guy were healthy, he'd hit eighty home runs." - Carl Yastrzemski
"On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived." - Nellie Fox
"If I had known I'd live this long, I would have taken better care of myself". - Mickey Mantle
I cried when they booed The Mick at the Stadium. He remains my all time favorite player. Nonetheless, the Bronx cheers at times were well deserved. Don't forget the strikeouts and his failure to show up for the 61 World Series. He didn't like the fans much either. And he was, despite hitting a record 18 HRs not a commanding presence in the post season.
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