NEW YORK—Thanks to his vaunted grace and tremendous skill, Yankees captain Derek Jeter was able Tuesday night to make a pop-up to shortstop look as routine as it actually was. "Look at him effortlessly settle under that ball and close his glove around it as it falls slowly in," gushed Yankees radio announcer John Sterling, who also had the privilege of broadcasting Jeter's catch of a soft humpback liner in 2002. Teammate Robinson Cano added that "watching him day in and day out, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that everyone makes that kind of play all the time… It's a joy just watching him glide up the middle, catch the ball on a stolen base attempt, and lay down the tag as if he's done it a million times before, which he has. What a teammate." Later in the inning, Jeter made an easy play look difficult with that jump-throw thing he doesn't need to do.
speaking of Captains, i left this on the last post (since i was already there...)
[2] my brother feels the same way about Gehrig that you do. in fact, one of the presents i got him for a recent birthday, was a replica of Gehrig’s plaque!
oh, also, at MLB Trade Rumors, their top ad lately has been the back of a #4 Pinstriped jersey! : )
"Newspaper men are such dopes anyway, headlining a scandal of no importance and completely omitting a new medical find."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
What sticks out to me is the language and tone of the letter. Much more formal than what you would probably see nowadays. Then again, that could be Columbia coming through in his writing.
Funny talking about formal. I generally start all of my e-mails or work correspondence with "Dear so-and-so" and I get teased endlessly for it. Just the way I thought you were supposed to start a letter.
History is awesome.
Lou Gehrig not only represented what is best among MLB Players, he represented what is best among men.
This is why to this day, even though I never saw him play, he remains my favorite Yankee of all time, and always will...
funny, funny from the Onion, re: Captain:
NEW YORK—Thanks to his vaunted grace and tremendous skill, Yankees captain Derek Jeter was able Tuesday night to make a pop-up to shortstop look as routine as it actually was. "Look at him effortlessly settle under that ball and close his glove around it as it falls slowly in," gushed Yankees radio announcer John Sterling, who also had the privilege of broadcasting Jeter's catch of a soft humpback liner in 2002. Teammate Robinson Cano added that "watching him day in and day out, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that everyone makes that kind of play all the time… It's a joy just watching him glide up the middle, catch the ball on a stolen base attempt, and lay down the tag as if he's done it a million times before, which he has. What a teammate." Later in the inning, Jeter made an easy play look difficult with that jump-throw thing he doesn't need to do.
speaking of Captains, i left this on the last post (since i was already there...)
[2] my brother feels the same way about Gehrig that you do. in fact, one of the presents i got him for a recent birthday, was a replica of Gehrig’s plaque!
oh, also, at MLB Trade Rumors, their top ad lately has been the back of a #4 Pinstriped jersey! : )
"Newspaper men are such dopes anyway, headlining a scandal of no importance and completely omitting a new medical find."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
What sticks out to me is the language and tone of the letter. Much more formal than what you would probably see nowadays. Then again, that could be Columbia coming through in his writing.
Funny talking about formal. I generally start all of my e-mails or work correspondence with "Dear so-and-so" and I get teased endlessly for it. Just the way I thought you were supposed to start a letter.
LOL
[6] Better to have formality as an inherent habit and get teased for it, than to be informal to a fault like everyone else.
Besides, I wouldn't begin correspondence with my doctor with, "Yo yo, wassup Doc," would you? Now that would deserve never-ending teasing!
: )
No Po, no Swish, no Gritner:
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Hinske RF
Cabrera CF
Molina C