SEE IT: Billy Crystal's At-Bat with the New York Yankees

Kumar posted 3/14/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com [flag]

Billy Crystal officially made history today, as he was placed in the lead-off position of the Spring Training game between the Yankees and Pirates at Legends Field in Florida. Crystal struck out, but not before taking Pirates starter Paul Maholm, to 3-1. Crystal, at age 59, wore the number 60 signifying his age when he has his birthday on Friday. Despite his age, Crystal look professional ... [link]

Tags:

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates

Billy Wagner

New York Yankees

Florida Marlins

Paul Maholm

Adam LaRoche

Comments

Related: maholm crystal youtube

Spring training Game 12: Pirates at Yanks

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 3/13/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

YANKEES Crystal DH Jeter SS Abreu RF Rodriguez 3B Matsui LF Cano 2B Duncan 1B Molina C Cabrera CF Pitching Mussina Rivera Karstens Veras PIRATES Morgan CF Wilson SS McLouth RF Bay LF LaRoche 1B Doumit C Bautista 3B Gomez DH ...

Paul Maholm Strikes Out Billy Crystal

Raise the Jolly Roger! found this 3/14/2008 on www.bucsdugout.com

More proof that Spring stats don't matter , I guess. Crystal did manage to work a 3-1 count before waving at the next two pitches. Maholm must have been sweating those. By striking Crystal out, he saved himself from what I only assume would have been ...

Maholm strikes out Crystal

Raise the Jolly Roger! found this 3/14/2008 on whereisvanslyke.blogspot.com

I don't have a lot of time to post tonight, but I had to note that not only did Paul Maholm pitch very well today, he did manage to strike out Billy Crystal and preserve the last remaining shred of dignity for the Pittsburgh Pirates. I saw the at-bat ...

Your Obligatory Billy Crystal Video

Raise the Jolly Roger! found this 3/14/2008 on mondesishouse.blogspot.com

And finally, we can put a wrap on the Billy Crystal circus. He did manage to make contact against Paul Maholm, but struck out after dramatically running the count to 3-1, saving Maholm's career in the process. After his lone plate appearance, New ...