Hey Yankees: Post your 2010 game times! #Yankees #MLB #Yanks

January 16th, 2010

It’s just 56 days until the Yankees raise their 209 World Championship flag over Yankee Stadium on Opening Day 2010. But the Yankee home schedule still doesn’t list any game times. Why?

First, it makes it hard for anyone trying to make plans for the spring or summer. Like for your kid’s birthday. Or on a holiday weekend. I’m just sayin’

Earth to Yankees: Some of us plan our lives more than 2 weeks ahead!earth-face

Second, it makes it difficult to buy or sell tickets, such as on StubHub. How can you buy tickets when you don’t know if a Thursday game might be at 1 PM, when you’re supposed to be at work.

Earth to Yankees: Some of us work 9 to 5 on weekdays!!
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Here’s a sample few games posted right now on the “preliminary schedule” at the Yankee Web site:

Note that the game times for road games in Boston, Tampa Bay, Oakland, and Los Angeles, are already posted. Hmmmm. But the Yankee Stadium game times are all TBD. It’s January 16, folks. How come those four teams can post their game times, but the Yankees can’t?

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OK, let’s take a look at StubHub, MLB’s official site to buy or sell tickets. Surely that would show game times; how else would they expect people to buy and sell? But lookit this:

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As Scooter Rizzuto would say, Holy Cow! holy_cow

…or maybe even….holy_cannoli

All the Yankee Stadium games are listed at 1 PM.

Come on Yankees! There’s a recession on, loyal fans are sticking with you, despite your having hiked prices and pushed us into less desirable Yankee Stadium seats last year. And not built a dome over Yankee Stadium, so that we have to put up with rainouts for the rest of our lives.

The least you can do is post your game times so we can make plans and buy/sell tickets. The least.

Get with it!

Don’t forget to check out my book on the Final Game at Yankee Stadium.
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Photo of Don Mattingly@today’s show #Yankees #NY

January 16th, 2010

Here’s Donnie signing autographs today. There were hundreds and he had to stay overtime. Note the goatee. (Tomorrow it will be Nettles, Chambliss, etc.)
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Will we see Donnie in Yankee Stadium again in the near future? Stay tuned. Don’t forget to check out my new book: Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

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Yankee fans: See program from FIRST Mickey Mantle Day #Yankees #NY #Yanks #MLB

January 15th, 2010

The Mickey Mantle Day held in Yankee Stadium in 1969 wasn’t the first of its kind. The first one was in September 1965, at Yankee Stadium, and I was there.

Below is a page from the official program from the REAL one at Yankee Stadium, not the hokey one they repeated after he retired.
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I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 16, and 17. Don Mattingly will be there. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

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Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

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Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

See you this weekend at the baseball show!

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FREE: Download Pedro Martinez dart board here #Yankees #NY #Yanks #Redsox #Mets

January 15th, 2010

Yankee Stadium fans:
(and Red Sox and Mets fans, too…)
Download your free Pedro Martinez Dart Board here.
Loads of fun. Happy tossing!

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I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 15, 16, and 17. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

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Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

See you this weekend at the baseball show!

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Exclusive: Yankees scorecard from 1963 World Series #Yankees #Yanks #NY #Bombers

January 15th, 2010

I hate to admit my age, but I went to Yankee Stadium in October 1963 to see the Yankees play the Dodgers in the 1963 World Series. My ticket to the Yankee Stadium left field bleachers (bought after waiting on line on 161 St. for hours) cost $2(!)

Below is my filled-in scorecard.

Unfortunately, the Yankees fell to the Dodgers, 4-1. Johnny Podres beat Al Downing. It would be 45 years more before I would finally see the Yankees win a World Series game at Yankee Stadium–in 1998 against the Padres.

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I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 15, 16, and 17. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

See you this weekend at the baseball show!

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“Yankee Stadium Final Game” book goes global #Yankees #NY #MLB #Yanks

January 13th, 2010

The story behind my book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, is now featured on the site of renowned photographer and teacher, John Paul Caponigro, with whom I have taken two photography workshops. The link is: http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/workshops/alumni/?p=77

You can buy it at Amazon.

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Yankee fans: Don’t forget to visit me this weekend at the baseball card and memorabilia show in White Plains (Fri-Sun). My booth is Veridico Publishing.

Exclusive: Topps Yankees stamps from 1962 #Yankees #MLB #NY #Yanks #Bombers

January 12th, 2010

Yes, I was obsessive enough to fill my Topps baseball stamp album in 1962 and keep it for lo these 48 years. Lots of Yankee Stadium stars here. I also have the 1962 Mets and all the other teams.

That’s a lot of bubble gum to chew (and quite a dental bill!).

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I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 15, 16, and 17. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

See you this weekend at the baseball show!
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These two Yankees could kick McGwire’s butt! #Yankees #MLB #NY #Yanks

January 12th, 2010

Big man McGwire! Five years too late (and and 11 years after he fraudulently “broke” a record in front of his kids and Maris’s family) he comes clean. Mantle and Maris, shown below when they were ten times as good as him and hitting home run after home run at Yankee Stadium, could kick McGwire’s drug-infested butt…even in his prime!

Now bring on ol’ “shoot me up” Barry Bonds! Pipsqueak!

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I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 15, 16, and 17. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

See you this weekend at the baseball show!
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Yankee challenge: Who did Yankees trade for Maris in 1959? #Yankees #NY #Yanks #MLB

January 12th, 2010

On December 11, 1959, the Yankees obtained Roger Maris (now the undisputed single-season record holder — unlike Mark McGwire, without steroids! — with 61 home runs) from the Kansas City Athletics in return for which Yankee Stadium heroes?

Attention Mets fans: The answer, shown at the bottom of this blog, might surprise you!

I will be signing my book (and selling my historic Yankee Stadium photos), Yankee Stadium: The Final Game, this weekend at the Winter Extravagana sports card and memorabilia show. It’s in White Plains January 15, 16, and 17. Look for my booth; it’s Veridico Publishing. See you there!

Historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.

Here’s the answer to the Yankees quiz, from a 1961 book about Roger Maris.
Who’d a thunk it?

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See you this weekend at the baseball show!
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McGwire out, Maris in (historic newspaper headline) #Yankees #NY #MLB #Bombers

January 12th, 2010

With Mark McGwire’s admission that he used steroids to set his 1998 home run record, Roger Maris is still the 162-game home run champion. He hit his 61st home run at Yankee Stadium On October 1, 1961. Here’s a souvenir of that time that I saved, the New York Daily Mirror from September, 1961, when Maris hit his 56th home run at Yankee Stadium.

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More historic images of Yankee Stadium to be posted here soon. Check back.

Check out these reviews (by noted Yankees bloggers and experts) of my new book, Yankee Stadium: The Final Game

The RiverAveBlues Yankees blog

The Yankees Examiner blog

The New Yankee Stadium Insider blog

Scott Pitoniak blog (Best-selling author and sportswriter)

NorthJersey.com (Bergen County newspaper)

book-cover-for-sell-sheet

Available at Amazon.com and bookstores.