what an embarrassing mark on suzyn waldmann's career last week. most of us have heard it, but the gushing and drooling over the arrival of roger clemens during the 7th inning stretch was enough to make even a yankee fans stomach turn. every fan like to have an announcer who is a "homer". a homer clearly roots for the team he/she works for and often their opinions are biased by that homerism. waldmann just took it too far; and her voice is not easy on the ears. it sounded like she was eating McDonald's for the first 6 innings. the last thing i want to say about this is her declaration of clemens arrival as "one of the most dramatic moments she has seen with the yankees." are you kidding me?!?!? the most storied franchise in sports history with great players, great moments etc..jackson 3 HR's on 3 pitches in 1977 series...jeter head's up to nail jeremy giambi in oakland.. chris chambliss, the list goes on and i am only referencing moments from the late 70's to now. even off the field dramatics like the deaths of dimaggio, mantle, munson. surely the drama surrounding those events eclipses a 45 year old hired gun grabbing a microphone in the owners box and mumbling some texas trash.
moving on to things that matter...brearley.com lost last night. we are now 2-1 and have a nice 4 day layoff before our next game. we need some physical and mental rest right now. we got too jacked to beat the maverick's last night and it totally played to their advantage. starting now i'm over it.
i am obsessed with filling out this one year wonder team & i have the left side of the infield. the SS is pat listach. i considered 1965 AL MVP zoilo versalles, but he actually put together a nice career. listach was the ROY in 1992 for the brewers. his biggest asset was his speed and he stole 54 bases that year. it was all downhill from there. he never again stole half that many in a single season. also his 168 hits that year was almost double what he'd accumulate in any of his following seasons. this is what i find fascinating about these 1-year wonders. they own it for a season and then, for whatever reason, not only can't do it again, but they can't even come close to doing it again. third base is fernando tatis, and his 1999 season with the cardinals is quite unique. he blew up for 34 HR's and 107 RBI that season & even managed to score over 100 runs, steal 21 bases and bat .298. in 1999 he also became the only player to hit 2 grand slams in 1 inning. the guy was a stud. well, something here is unexplainable because his high's for the rest of his career was 18 HR's, 64 RBI and a career .260 BA. and the 21 steals account for almost half of the 43 career swipes. i do have to mention that he shared a locker room with mark mcgwire that season so maybe there was some magic potion floating around the room. next post i'll have the outfield and we'll put this 1-year wonder thing to bed.
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