Good to see, especially on a day that was gloomy throughout.

That was sweeeeeeeet!

Less than two weeks your prayers will be answered again when you become husband and wife. Enjoy the countdown.

I'm so happy for A-Rod. Been smiling all evening thinking how blissed out he must feel. Way to go, bro! Please don't let those fickle fuggers in the seats drive you out of town.

ANyone read the AP story, amazing that they can still find trash to talk about Arod...

You nailed it on A-Rod's ABs. He's the only Yankee I root for at the plate for reasons other than the game situation. I'd love to see him carry the team until the rotation gets right, and even enjoy himself for a change.

On the AP, they are haters akin to the Boston Barmaids of Bristol, so no surprise when cheap shots like that appear.

Texas up on the Sawx 4-2, but it's early. Them holding on would be a nice capper to a memorable game at the Stadium today.

I miss Wang badly, however, with his hamstring problem, can't say I am not relieved he's in the much warmer state.

I believe we are are touched and thrilled about today's events, but honestly 7: There's no crying in baseball.

I happen to know the author of that AP article. Met him at a fancy dinner. When his wife asked him if he thought she looked good in her new dress, he said "You'ld look great hun... if it wasn't for your fat ass. And try not to pee your panties again like you did last October".

I broke my left pinkie finger playing racquetball the other night, and, when he hit that ball, I clapped my hands together. Not a great idea, but it was worth it.

Check youtube or

http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/index.php

Something will show up.

"Forget Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, even Ruth. Mickey Mantle is the king of the longball. In 1953 he hit a HR at Griffith Stadium in Washington which was measured at 565 feet.
In 1960 he hit a blast over the right field roof in Tiger Stadium that was measured at an astounding 643 feet! But the one Yankee fans remember was the one he hit against the A's in Yankee Stadium in 1963. The ball soared like a missile directed towards the heavens and was still on an upward projectory when it struck the upper deck facade. It hit so hard that it ricoched back onto the field. One computer projection estimated the ball would have traveled an unimaginable 734 feet! No one hit a longer ball than Mickey Mantle.

I've read a number of accounts of 'The Shot'. Some say it hit the Facade, but I've heard it said it hit the light stanchion above. Some say after it hit, that it bounced back, on the fly, almost to the infield, some 200'. Many years ado, I saw a grainy, black and white photo of the Shot, but I can't find it on the net.

Try this. I do this every visit (which are very rare these days) I go to the stadium. Look at home plate, then look to the top of the facade in RF. Look at home plate, look at the top of the facade. Imagine a ball traveling that distance, on a line, still traveling upward when it hits. Humanly possible? Seems hard to believe.

But Yogi saw it, and Kubek and many others. Kubek calls it a line drive.

"On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived." - Nellie Fox

"If that guy were healthy, he'd hit eighty home runs." - Carl Yastrzemski

When Detroit great Al Kaline was taunted by a youngster who said, "You're not half as good as Mickey Mantle," he replied, "Son, nobody is half as good as Mickey Mantle."

Some quotes from the Mic, a humble man.
"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part."

"After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases."

"Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

"Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been."

"You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth."

"Sorry Mickey, but because of the way you lived on Earth, you can't come in. But, before you leave, would you autograph these baseballs for me." - Mantle quoting St. Peter at the Pearly Gates from a dream he said he had.

/rant

Who goes down? Who comes up?

28 Probably Thompson goes up, but no idea who goes to Scranton. I'd send Myers but Joe won't. Not an easy call for Joe since he needs relievers aplenty based on how poorly the starters performed first time through the rotation.