Easter with Yankee Fan Club Radio
Before spending some time touting Yankee Fan Club Radio, on which I thankfully appeared for about twenty minutes tonight, I have to say that we had a very happy Easter even beforehand. The kids got baskets full of chocolates, candy, books, stuffed animals, and a movie apiece. My wife's mother and her boyfriend were here, and my wife made a big, outstanding ham with all the trimmings--mashed potatoes and gravy, pasta salad, Brussels sprouts in cheese sauce, and her prize-winning apple pie--tremendous.
I have to thank Ty, (Uncle) Joe, and Tony from Yankee Fan Club Radio for having me on today. They have an excellent, lively show, they generate lots of good discussion, they know a ton about the Yankees and baseball generally, and they're really good people. I was honored to be on. At first, I felt a bit nervous, but thankfully didn't completely embarrass myself. They steered the conversation well between discussions about Joba, Pettite, Ensberg and the first-base situation, and The Mitchell Report. I greatly enjoyed all of it, and I did my best to tout and thank you, the good readers here at The Heartland, for making this modest corner of the blogosphere what it is. I even got to make brief mention of the HDLR, into which I'll be sure to extend an open invitation to Ty, Joe and Tony, as well as regular guest and resident statistical and baseball historical guru, Mike Sommer. I'll also add a list for Yankee Fan Club Radio tonight to the blog, and I intend to listen regularly to the show. It's well worth it, and I highly encourage readers to head over to their website at www.yankeefanclubradio.com to check out their many current and archived shows. They kindly offered to have me on again sometime, and I'd be honored to do so anytime. Great bunch at YFCR. I have to add that I was very impressed not only with their deep baseball acumen, but also the discussion near the end of tonight's show, when they had Mike Sommer on to discuss an all-time Yankees team by position. Mike and Joe especially went deep into the old-school bag of knowledge. That part of the show alone was well worth listening to.
Thanks to everyone for comments and thoughts of support the last few days. I'm deeply honored and touched. I'm sorry I didn't respond more and earlier, but I was busy hosting, and there was the show as well.
The Yankees struggled against the Pirates, losing 8-0 today. They managed only two hits, and Jeff Karstens did not help his cause to be the Yankees' long reliever, surrendering four runs earned on seven hits while recording no outs in the fourth. Veras allowed two runs on two hits, Ohlendorf a run on two hits, and Edwar a run on two hits and a walk though he struck out the side. Ensberg and Betemit were 0-3, Gardner was 0-1, Lane and Ransom were 0-2, and Woodward and Matsui had the only hits. In sum, it was a lousy day for almost anyone looking or needing to make an impression.
Also, and I wish I knew this before appearing on the show tonight, according to Pete Arbaham Andy Pettite did not play catch today as planned, meaning that the earliest that he will likely pitch will be Friday. If it's any later, his starting the second game of the year a week from Wednesday would be in jeopardy. He apparently would need to play catch tomorrow, then have a bullpen this Wednesday in order to pitch Friday. Keeping the fingers crossed for Pettite. The Yankees sure need him.
AS a regular listener of YFCR, a former radio DJ & a long time, born in the Bronx NYY fan, you have no worries---you were terrific on the show. Nice job.
I'll be stopping by here as often as my circa 1998 'net set-up allows ;)
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Jason,
I wasn't able to listen to the live broadcast of "Yankee Fan Club Radio" [last night]...
But, I just listened to the show this morning, and...
YOUR INTERVIEW WAS AWESOME !!!
Jimmy
http://baseballtheyankeesandlife.mlblogs.com/
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Why don't you just **** with your useless **** retard? Everything you say is useless ****, no wonder people don't post here. Everything you say is such garbage you couldn't be more wrong about what you say. What a gutless retard!!!!
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don't even bother replying to that unfortunate imbecile jason. he's more to be pitied than censured.
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This troll's comment above actually requires some attention, for reasons that will be apparent. Otherwise, I'd just delete the filth and move forward.
snentinelofgods/nkaeding, I know that you're the same person. You've trolled here now twice, with two separate e-mail addresses from the same IP address. Sure, I suppose it's within the realm of possibility that two different inmates from your particular asylum each got onto a computer separately, came here, and trolled. But no right-minded person would really consider that, or you, credible. What is more, you created a false e-mail address with one letter added near the beginning ("n") to try to hide by quasi-masquerading as a different Yankees fan, someone who has posted here before.
In every way, you've abundantly revealed yourself to be an abject, pathetically obtuse coward. You've also done much to reveal who you likely are, having slithered over from Bombers Beat. Don't worry, I have a gooood sense who you are. I did before, even more so now.
I'll keep your insipid screed from a few days ago and today posted, just so people know you by your sociopathic, craven lunacy. All other attempts to post comments from you or any other troll will be immediately deleted. This has become a quality space to discuss baseball with good, smart Yankees and baseball fans. You don't fit that profile in any way, shape, or form.
You're a gutless, stupid coward, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT AND IS LAUGHING AT YOU.
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jukeofurl and Jimmy, sorry I didn't respond to your kind words earlier. Monday is my busy day at school, and when I got home to The Heartland I had to take out the trash, so to speak. jukeofurl, many thanks and welcome to The Heartland. It's a good group here, and I'm grateful you came by. No Yankees fan, especially one born in the Bronx, is EVER a stranger here. Come back anytime. BTW, is your name a play on the great Gene Chandler tune from 1962?
Jimmy, lots of thanks buddy. Your kindness put a smile on my face this afternoon.
Mike, were it not for some important mitigating circumstances, I would have followed your sagacious advice. It was less out of retribution and more out of feeling a genuine need to expose this troll that my previous comment appeared.
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Hi, Jason. My son has been sick,and had to make yet another trip to the Doc. I didn't get a chance to listen to the radio show until earlier this afternoon. You were really great. You speak as good as you write.
I read the above comments, and laughed so hard at you addressing your troll, my stomach is sore. Thanks for the great ab workout.
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First Dianna, I'm really sorry to hear about your sick son. There's little as frustratingly helpless as a parent as a sick child. I really hope he's feeling better. It seems to have been a bad Winter and early Spring for illnesses all around.
Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it. On the troll, I felt some things really needed to be said. Plus, I haven't riffed on too many people for negative reasons. That person had it coming.
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