YANKEE ROOKIES HIT YELLOW-BRICK ROAD | By MIKE PUMA | New York Yankees

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 25
Published 9/25/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I'M FOUR YEARS OLD: I don't know when this yearly rookie hazing ritual took root in baseball. (New York Post) And I don't know why everyone thinks it's so funny. ...

Yardwork: San Diego Swoon
Published 9/25/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Toronto 4, New York 1: With this victory, the Blue Jays effectively ended the Yankees hope for the AL East crown. Before the game, the Yanks made their rookies dress up like characters from the Wizard of Oz. ...

Token Mike Missanelli Idiocy
Published 9/25/2007 by Simon at SimonOnSports
... Just because I can't stand the guy I'm going to post so I have a note of another stupid thing he said. Yesterday the Yanks dressed up their rookies in costumes. With 4 rooks as the Wizard of Oz crew including Joba as the Cowardly Lion and of course ...

Ian Kennedy Done for the Year?
Published 9/25/2007 by James at YanksBlog.com
... : Ian Kennedy's impressive season may be over. Torre said the rookie righthander, who started 2007 in A ball, is still troubled by a back strain and may not pitch again in the regular season. That would probably nix him from a postseason roster spot. and the NY Post : One pitcher who probably doesn't figure into the Yankees' plans for the remainder of the week and perhaps into the playoffs is Kennedy, who missed his last start with soreness in his upper back.

Countdown to October
Published 9/26/2007 by Minneapolis Red Sox at Siberian Baseball
... and here - I ran across a series of ...

Kids, Reserves Help Yanks Top D-Rays
Published 9/28/2007 by Mike at Green Pinstripes
... We're off to see the Wizard.  I was so fixated on the Yankees clinching on Wednesday that I failed to mention this.  The last road trip of the regular season is a time for the veterans to have some fun with the rookies.  The Yanks used a Wizard of Oz theme and it was pure genius.  All of the rooks had to dress as a character from the classic film.  Great stuff.  I'm not sure which was funnier -- Shelley Duncan dressed as the Scarecrow or Kei Igawa fixed up like a flying monkey.  Go judge for yourself. ...