PS I haven't been to Yankee Stadium since July 7, 2003. (Mussina-Pedro, Curtis Pride safety squeeze play).

I wanted to go see a game this summer, but the tickets were absurd. Prohibitive, even.

http://tinyurl.com/28wwmd

Stupid Angelos.

Man that was a great game- Mussina was brilliant, the Yanks overcame losing Jeter and Sori in the first inning to HBP from headhunter Pedro. And the heartwarming Curtis Pride story.

But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'."

FWIW;
Teams who finished @ home
Orioles
Indians
Rockies (strike year)
Astros
Phillies
Pirates
Padres
Cardinals
Rangers
Giants (Polo Grounds)

Teams who didn't
Braves (unless you want to count the playoffs)
White Sox
Reds
Tigers
Brewers
Giants
Nationals
Astros (Colt Stadium)
Dodgers (LA Coliseum, Ebbetts Field)
Mets (Polo Grounds)
Montreal

Midseason replacement
Reds (Crosley)
Pirates (Forbes)
Seattle
Toronto

I'm sure I'm missing a few teams, but there ya go.

who is he?

NYT: Was there any possible corroboration of what Brian McNamee said about Roger Clemens?
MITCHELL: Yes, it's in the report. He told Kirk Radomski contemporaneously to these events what he was doing. So it's a contemporaneous statement made to another person and each of them told us that separately not knowing what about the other person's statement.

However, what the report actually says is: "Although McNamee never told Radomski the performance enhancing substances obtained were for anything other than McNamee's personal use . . ." and that McNamee "never explicitly told Radomski that either Clemens or Pettitte was using steroids or human growth hormone." (Mitchell Report p.222, p# 174) The report says that Radomski knew who McNamee trained and suspected they were using, and that McNamee "dropped hints". That's a far cry from what Mitchell told the NYTimes.

So.... is Mr. Honorable getting senile? Or in denile? He told the NYT 'it's in the report', yet what is actually in the report is a direct and clear contradiction to his statement.

Maybe he knows people at the NYT won't bother to read the report???

And maybe take some photos. Do you think they'll give me a hard time if I try to bring a monopod in?

From a season ticket holder standpoint, the one nice thing this year is that Stub Hub is an official MLB partner. Which means I should theoretically be able to sell some tickets with repercussions from the Yankees (I'm going to contact the ticket office first though just to be sure). If I can sell off a few games I can probably make the money from the ticket increase back and maybe some parking case too.

But, I will also advertise any extras I have at face value here at the Banter like I did last year for anyone looking to get to the old Stadium one last time.

Can we still buy the repercussions separately?

In other news...MLB Trade Rumors points out this link:

http://listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=41210

It's in Spanish. It says the Yankees have pulled Melky out of winterball. Perhaps because he's trade bait?

27 I've seen people with telephoto lenses. Not quite sure what you mean by "big-ass" though. Are we talking something a photojournalist would use? I wish I could give you a clearer answer, but sometimes it just depends on which gate you go through.

One thing you do need to keep in mind is the size of your camera bag. If it's too big they might not let you in with it. If you have a woman going with you, your best bet is to have her carry it because we can get away with carrying purses and larger bags.

And make sure you don't mix them up with regular cussions. The prospects for those being useful for anything are quite grim.

http://tinyurl.com/3bx3hb

Yeah, of course I remember that. The Jeter and Sori thing.

Wow.

I swear to God I really can't remember!

I'm still in denial about it, actually.

"MLB is likely to focus on punishing those in the Mitchell Report whose violations took place after the 2003 season, ESPN reports.
George Mitchell had the right idea about how foolish it was to try to punish a few select players who were caught for infractions committed years ago, but Bud Selig didn't spend millions not to get a few attempted suspensions out of it. ESPN mentions Eric Gagne, Paul Lo Duca, Rondell White, Larry Bigbie, Ron Villone, Ryan Franklin, Cody McKay, Stephen Randolph, Jerry Hairston Jr., Bart Miadich, Matt Herges, Brendan Donnelly, Howie Clark and Nook Logan as players whose violations came between 2004 and 2006."

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If he goes this route, all my bets are off. Bring on the headsman for the head man! By the way, for those here who play fantasy baseball (horrors!) rotoworld is a vg on-top-of-things info site through the season.