Growing up in Baltimore, I didn’t make my initial baseball pilgrimage to Yankee Stadium until the age of 27, but I’ve been fortunate enough to spend a little time there over the last decade. Working long, strange hours for “labor of love” level wages and having a diaper age daughter prevent me getting to the ballpark [...]
Archive for April, 2008
You Can Love Yankee Stadium & Still Hate the Yankees
April 9, 2008Reds Pitcher Johnny Cueto – 3rd Best Major League Debut by a Dominican Starter
April 4, 2008Before 22-year-old right-hander Johnny Cueto took the mound for his major league debut on a rainy Thursday afternoon, Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker told him ‘Con calma y confidencia’. “It means confidence and be calm,” Baker explained. “And he was”.
Indeed, for the first five innings Cueto was perfect, and he struck out ten without a walk [...]
The Top 10 Post-Season Pitching Performances in Baltimore Orioles History
April 2, 2008I think I can safely speak for the vast majority of my fellow Baltimore Orioles fans when I say that we aren’t entertaining any realistic hopes of making the playoffs this season. So, with the dreaded off-day following the season opener, we have to look backwards in search of October glory…at least until the future [...]
