Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Yankees Get to 102 Wins with Big Miranda Hit off Farnsworth in the 9th!

New York Yankees Postgame Alert

September 29, 2009

Kansas City 3, N.Y. Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium
Kansas City Record: (64-94) N.Y. Yankees Record: (102-56)
Winning pitcher - Brian Bruney (5-0)
Losing pitcher - Kyle Farnsworth (1-5)

Kansas City Runs: 3, Hits: 5, Errors: 2
N.Y. Yankees Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors: 1

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SAVE THE GATE UPDATE!!! HEARING ON MONDAY 10/5 !!!!

The Hearing's Monday !!!

To SAVE HISTORIC GATE 2
AT
OLD YANKEE STADIUM
_______

Call and/or write the
New York City Design Commission

1-212-788-3071

and/or

http://www.nyc.gov/html/artcom/html/contact/contact.shtml


Tell them to SAVE THE GATE!!

If it's NOT saved, NOTHING from Old Stadium will Be!!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2009/09/28/2009-09-28_last_pitch_to_save_gate_2.html

New York Yankees Postgame Alert for September 28

New York Yankees Postgame Alert

September 28, 2009

Kansas City 2, N.Y. Yankees 8 at Yankee Stadium
Kansas City Record: (64-93)N.Y. Yankees Record: (101-56)

Winning pitcher - Chad Gaudin (6-10)
Losing pitcher - Luke Hochevar (7-12)

Kansas City Runs: 2, Hits: 4, Errors: 0N.Y. Yankees Runs: 8, Hits: 12, Errors: 0
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Monday, September 28, 2009

The Park That Ruth Built by Paul Goldberger

Cathedrals
The Park That Ruth Built
by Paul Goldberger August 10, 2009

When Shea Stadium was torn down and its site turned into a parking lot for the Mets’ new Citi Field earlier this year, nobody seemed to care, least of all historic preservationists. It didn’t have that much history, and it was ugly besides. Shea was no Yankee Stadium. But, now that the Yankees have moved to their new $1.5-billion ballpark, the question has arisen as to whether their former home ought to disappear as completely as Shea did. The city has promised to turn the site into a park, complete with three ball fields. But the current design calls for the entire stadium to be demolished, its history recalled mainly through a series of panels and plaques in the pavement.
Adrian Benepe, the parks commissioner, is a supporter of the park plan, but he knows that a lot of fans have never got over the fact that not a trace remains of either Ebbets Field or the Polo Grounds, both of which were replaced by housing projects.
“Yankee Stadium has had papal Masses, Billy Graham’s crusade, championship boxing matches, and the rally when Nelson Mandela was freed,” Benepe said. “Why can’t we create a great new park that acknowledges all of this?”
Benepe and city officials decided to hold a meeting. Rather than gather at City Hall, they asked if the Yankees would be willing to host a group in the new Stadium. So, the other day, Benepe and a dozen architects, preservationists, and community leaders spent two hours in Suite 7, a double-sized luxury box overlooking first base. The guest list included Lloyd Ultan, the Bronx borough historian; Sherida Paulsen, the former chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission; Rick Bell, from the American Institute of Architects; Tony Morante, the Yankees’ historian; and Jose Rodriguez, the district manager of Community Board 4 in the Bronx. Two of the designers for the new park, Gary Sorge and David Vanden-Eynden, also came to talk about their project, which has been given the bland name of Heritage Field.
Suite 7 was set up with a U-shaped table to make it feel more like a boardroom, and the Yankee hosts provided a buffet of Cracker Jacks, Power Bars, nuts, and pretzels. “This is just a brainstorming session,” Benepe said.
Sorge started out with a PowerPoint presentation of the design, which he said would have “subtle reminders of the site’s past” and would still be “a quality community recreational park.” He explained that one of the three ball fields would be set in roughly the position of the old Yankee Stadium diamond, but shifted slightly, so that second base would be atop the original home plate. The plans also called for the reuse of two thirty-foot-long panels of the old Stadium’s famous scalloped frieze. And the designers proposed painting two of the park’s field light posts to resemble foul poles.
Ultan, the historian, was the first to respond. “What is missing from the design is the architecture of the Stadium itself,” he said, holding up a souvenir cookie tin shaped like the old Stadium. “Some people came to see me recently who were trying to save Gate 2, which has not been altered. Couldn’t we preserve that as a monument?”
“Our research showed that Gate 2 had been altered,” one of the planners said. “It would have to be restored.”
“What I’m missing here are the small-scale parts of the Stadium that could be kept,” said Bell, who, like Ultan, had brought along his own miniature model of the Stadium. “I find a sense of continuity and authenticity lacking in this park design.”
No one wanted to raise the awkward question of how authentic the Stadium is in the first place, since it was so drastically renovated in the nineteen-seventies that not much of the original 1923 structure actually remains. The conversation shifted to the field itself. “Putting second base at home plate doesn’t make sense,” Paulsen said. “Why can’t home plate just be at home plate?”
Sorge explained that the main ball field had to be shifted to allow room for the other two fields. The participants seemed to understand the geometric imperative, but they weren’t happy about it.
“Some of the most evocative public spaces in the nation are places where great battles took place,” Benepe said. “In Central Park, we now have forty or so places where you can dial a phone number and a celebrity tells you a story about that place. You could have Yankees doing that here.”
“At least it isn’t being replaced by a building,” said Wilhelm Ronda, the director of planning for the Bronx borough president’s office.
“I’m just happy it isn’t going to be like Shea Stadium,” another particpant said, “paved over, so where the ballpark was is now where you park your Honda.” ♦

Last pitch to save Gate 2: Yankees fans battle to preserve famed portal to old stadium

Last pitch to save Gate 2: Yankees fans battle to preserve famed portal to old stadium

BY Benjamin Peim SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Monday, September 28th 2009, 4:00 AM

It's the bottom of the ninth and Yankees fans fighting to save Gate 2 of the old stadium are swinging for the fences.
The city Parks Department plans to seek preliminary approval next week for plans to commemorate the stadium at Heritage Field - the future park after the House That Ruth Built meets the wrecking ball. Gate 2 is not in the plans.
"If it gets approved, I think we're through," said John Trush, one of the fans fighting to save the gate.
The Parks Department presented its plans last May to the Design Commission, which approves all permanent works of art, architecture and landscape architecture proposed on or over city property. It granted preliminary approval, with the caveat they make revisions to better incorporate the stadium's history.
At next week's meeting, with Gate 2 crusaders making their pitch, the commission will decide the department's revised plans for the old Yankee Stadium.
A Parks spokesman said the revised design will have some of the old stadium's frieze, historical plaques and markers, and one of the baseball diamonds will follow the same alignment as the old infield.
Fans have organized over the Internet to try to save the gate, envisioned as a historical landmark and an entrance to Heritage Field for community sports use. They have met with various city officials, including from the Bronx borough president's office.
"Our chances were a million to one when we started this," said Trush, "and now it's 50-50."
City officials argue the gate would have to be stabilized and restored, which could cost $10million. They also question the gate's historical value, claiming it was significantly altered in the stadium's renovation in the 1970s.
But others disagree.
"The argument falls down when you take a look at the plans for the site," argued Bronx borough historian Lloyd Ultan. "Most of what they're saving is from the 1970s structure."
He said about 85% of the gate's structure is from the 1920s.
And the plan's backers said volunteer architects say saving the gate would cost as little as $1million.
Ultan argued that saving the gate "would serve the same function for future generations as the Roman forums serve in Rome today."Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2009/09/28/2009-09-28_last_pitch_to_save_gate_2.html#ixzz0SQcaUvMi

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Yankees win the East with a 4-2 win Against the Red Sox

New York Yankees Postgame Alert
 
September 27, 2009
Boston 2, N.Y. Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium Boston Record: (91-64) N.Y. Yankees Record: (100-56)
 
Winning pitcher - Andy Pettitte (14-7)
Losing pitcher - Paul Byrd (1-3)
SV - Mariano Rivera (44)
Boston Runs: 2, Hits: 8, Errors: 0
N.Y. Yankees Runs: 4, Hits: 10, Errors: 1
 
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THE YANKEES ARE AL EAST CHAMPIONS!

THE YANKEES ARE AL EAST CHAMPIONS!

With a sweep of the division-rival Red Sox over the weekend, the Yankees reached 100 victories and clinched not only the division title but home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
If Boston takes the AL Wild Card, the Yankees will face the winner of the tight AL Central race, either Detroit or Minnesota, in the American League Division Series when the playoffs begin.

GO YANKEES!

Yankees Take Their Magic Number Down to 1 !

CC pitched his game to make a case for the Cy Young. With a shutout of the Red Sox and his 19th win on the season, he may have just made his case. CC was amazing in the shutout win over the Red Sox. The Yankee bats were alive all day, but they could not get guys home. Dice-K got out of jam after jam, but the Cano homer finally broke the game open. The 3-0 win took the magic number for the Yankees down to 1. If the weather holds up today, the Yankees can clinch the AL East with the win....GO YANKEES!


New York Yankees Postgame Alert
 
September 26, 2009
Boston 0, N.Y. Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium Boston Record: (91-63) N.Y. Yankees Record: (99-56)
 
Winning pitcher - CC Sabathia (19-7)
Losing pitcher - Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-6) SV - Mariano Rivera (43)
Boston Runs: 0, Hits: 2, Errors: 1
N.Y. Yankees Runs: 3, Hits: 7, Errors: 0
 
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Joba Finally Pitches Well in the Win - Yankees get closer to the Title.

Joba helped the Yankees get their magic number down to 2 with the 9-5 win at the Stadium. Joba hung in there and pitch well enough to earn himself his 9th win on the season. Mentally, it was a good game for the young right-hander and a much needed win!!!! A-Rod had an amazing game with the 3 stolen bases and the home runs. Lets hope Lester is okay.

New York Yankees Postgame Alert


September 25, 2009

Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 9 at Yankee Stadium Boston Record: (91-62) N.Y. Yankees Record: (98-56)


Winning pitcher - Joba Chamberlain (9-6) Losing pitcher - Jon Lester (14-8)


Boston Runs: 5, Hits: 8, Errors: 0
N.Y. Yankees Runs: 9, Hits: 14, Errors: 1

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yankees Win Again in Anaheim - Burnett Shines in the Win

New York Yankees Postgame Alert


September 23, 2009

N.Y. Yankees 3, LA Angels 2 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim N.Y. Yankees Record: (97-56) LA Angels Record: (90-62)


Winning pitcher - A.J. Burnett (12-9)
Losing pitcher - Scott Kazmir (9-9)
SV - Mariano Rivera (42)

N.Y. Yankees Runs: 3, Hits: 7, Errors: 0 LA Angels Runs: 2, Hits: 10, Errors: 1