slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 2/17/2008
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February 17th - February 23rd February 17th 1893 - Former Yankees 1B Wally Pipp (1915-1925) was born. On February 4, 1915, Wally was purchased by the Yankees from the Tigers. He was the Yankees regular 1B from 1915-1925, he hit over .300 twice for the club. His best Yankees season was in 1922, when he hit .329 in 152 games. During the 1925 AL season, Pipp had asked out of the Yankees ...
The New York Yankees Season Preview
oriolepost.blogspot.com 2/17/2008 — Since the turn of the decade, the stated mission of the New York Yankees every year is get to the World Series and win it. In the continuing war with the Red Sox for AL East supremacy, they stumbled from the gate badly, but stormed back in the second half to win a wild card spot.
However, despite spending well over $200 million dollars in payroll in 2008, acquiring Roger Clemens, and ...
Girardi lifts facial hair ban?
riveraveblues.com 2/17/2008 — A story making its rounds in the mainstream media today is Joe Girardi’s list of rules. I’m not sure if these are just for Spring Training or if they’ll extend into the season. There are 17 total, and RAB goat Wallace Matthews got ...
Red Sox Minor Leaguers Talk About Calhoun
soxanddawgs.com 2/17/2008 — I know you’re sitting there asking me, what do the Red Sox and Jim Calhoun have in common? Well if you remember back to the Red Sox Rookie development program back in January, UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun was one of the people who spoke to the players during the program. Calhoun even gave the rookies shirts that said “Connecticut Basketball”.
21st-century ribbing - NJ.com: Ledger on the Yankees
blog.nj.com 2/17/2008 — A clubhouse scene from today that could not have taken place before 2008: A number of young pitchers were seated around Sean Henn, who used his iPhone to call up a YouTube clip: Reyshawn Terry of North Carolina dunking over a North Carolina State ...
Notes: Baker looks for leadoff man —
Major League Baseball News 2/17/2008
Reds manager Dusty Baker batted leadoff in the Minor Leagues, and he knows the importance of having a spark plug at the top of the lineup. Two possible candidates to fill that job for the Reds are veteran free agents Kenny Lofton and Corey Patterson.
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