Greetings from Gate A-70

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Yankees-Tigers: 1:05 p.m. Flight from Detroit from Tampa: 9:24 p.m. Game called: 1:17 p.m. Stories finished: 2 p.m. Time to kill: 7:24. Ah, the exciting world of sportswriting. As I write this, I’m sitting on the floor at the gate, my laptop plugged into the only outlet within seven miles and I’m watching old episodes of the West Wing . As for the Yankees, they have a ... [link]

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Good Day For A Rainout
Published 5/12/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
Hopefully, today's rainout in Detroit will mean we won't be subjected to another Kei Igawa start, but you never know. One troubling thing from Joe Girardi today, even though no game was played. The lineup pasted below is what Girardi was going to trot out there to face Nate Robertson and Tigers: Damon Melky Abreu Jeter Giambi Duncan Cano Molina Alberto GonzalezI swear, Girardi must wake up every morning and try figure out a way to assemble a different lineup. Is it indecision on his ...

Monday Morning Musings: This week’s pitching rotation
Published 5/12/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Already, this is shaping up to be the topic of the week. Yankee bloggers, sick of writing about fist pumps and David Wells, have turned to everyone’s favorite game, Guess the Starting Pitcher. Our first two contestants were Peter Abraham and ...

The Evils of Blogging
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
From Peter Abraham's LoHud Yankees' Blog: Yankees-Tigers: 1:05 p.m. Flight from Detroit from Tampa: 9:24 p.m. Game called: 1:17 p.m. Stories finished: 2 p.m. Time to kill: 7:24. Ah, the exciting world of sportswriting. As I write this, I’m sitting on the floor at the gate, my laptop plugged into the only outlet within seven miles and I’m watching old episodes of the West Wing.Does Peter realize that there are casinos in both Detroit and Windsor? If he had adhered to the code of the old timey sporting press, he ...

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Igawa's completely clueless

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Ian’s busy week - Show to the farm back to the show

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