Grabbed the camera for Workout Day at the stadium. Tickets were free, but they were actually checking them at each section. Believe that? Anyway, I had about an hour to walk around and take it all in before I had to go back to making the donuts. Here are the results:
Babe Ruth Plaza, 161st Street (south face of the stadium)
View from the Field Level Concourse
I've selected precisely where to set up the BBT.tv camera.
The view from atop the batter's blind.
Jorge Posada about to catch the first pitch ever. A.J. Burnett threw it.
View of Infield Practice. Jeter is about center. Taken from Field Level Concourse.
jrz, not for nothin, but I am laughing my ass off at how you’re trying to stir up some shit over at tdn.
On another note, Plaxico got cut, to me that means he’s doin’ time. Interesting quotes about the reasons they cut him.
no heart Native.They know.
“Plaxico was not dealing in the real world and doesn’t want to go halfway on anything.” In plain English, he hasn’t learned his lesson, in spite of all the shit he’s gone through. Amazing!
48,402 my ass.
jrz, you’re right. who wouldn’t? I mean, $14 Mil, f*** if they’re willing to eat that much, how bad did they want to get rid of him? Lots, it seems.
I am laughing at all those cats that preach about how clean the mets are and they go out and sign a guy all hemmed up with balco.Too Funny
I don’t know how anyone could say how clean the Mets are when they signed Mota even though he was going to miss the first 50 games to suspension for steroids.
Beane is going into opening day with the least experienced starting five for any team this decade. The four teams behind him got crushed. He’s a genius though.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123872100026785107.html
Michael Ynoa will be starting by mid-season and burned out by the time he is 24.
Nice night at the stadium.
I don’t care that it was an exhibition. I had a good time.
How was that brother? I am sure you aint got words.
Awesome. Was buzzing the whole night. Didn’t even have a beer. The foul poles both got christened, that’s a good omen.
Besides the player rotation they didn’t look like they were playing an exhibition. And who says Gardner doesn’t have an arm. That was a helluva a throw he made.
Fantastic chase to the ball and throw. I thought he had him, granted I was 150ft away. What did the replay show? Posada didn’t quite get the block maybe?
Cano’s drive was gone the second he hit it. Matsui’s home run just didn’t hook like you would think – it just hung on there.
pole to pole
It was a second late. But, it was great seeing him make that throw and the other catch he made. I can’t wait to get there in a couple of weeks. I am jonesing for it now.
They were talking about the way the ball was carrying.I gotta say, there were a couple of times I got field level views from the plate out and it looked a bit shallow.
We dont need no launchin pad.
Jorge looks solid with his throws down to 2nd and 3rd. So far so good.
I don’t think it’s a launching pad. Cano’s was a rocket shot. Matsui’s should have hooked, it basically stopped hooking midway through flight and went straight, it was strange. I honestly think it would have gone foul in the other stadium. Ransom’s I didn’t see so well. It was a cool night, but it was humid, too. Also, I think the open concourses shoot wind through the stadium at a level that the ball passes through. Definitely a consideration.
Cano’s HR just came up on the encore. That was a rope.
The winds are supposed to be crazy tomorrow. 50mph gusts expected. That should give a good test as to how the concourse will effect the travel of the ball. Well, I have to drive half way across Monmouth county tomorrow AM to get my son to his early morning game. I am out. Have a good night Lib, JRZ, Levi et all…
He hit a bomb down here the other day.I told you cats, he has been raking all spring.
Allright Mac.
Later Mac, drive safe.
It was down on the inside part of the plate and Robbie just dropped the bat head on it. It was gone before it left the infield. Matsui’s, I don’t know, everyone was standing up but I was in my seat because there was NO WAY that was staying fair. I think that ball got a stadium assist.
Now, I wasn’t a great player, but I know the path of the ball in the air and how it flies. I knew Robbie’s was out when he hit it. I jumped up screaming all alone. But Matsui’s I said, “look at all these a-holes, it’s a foul ball for crying out loud.” Then it just straightened out. Never saw anything like it.
How bout the O/U on HRs for Cano set at 22? Where is your money, LB?
25
He looks good, right?
The pitching is gonna carry them, but they WILL score runs.
He looks that good. How about Jeter getting to third with one out? Leadoff BABY, that’s where he’s at.
He is a pro.
Jeter, I mean
I gotta do some BBD stuff. I’ll catch you tomorrow?
Hey howdy folks.
You know what time it is ?
Put me in coach.
Ten years from now, this might be the best baseball player we’ve ever seen. Period.
Here’s how he compares to Joe D.
Year Average HRs RBIs MVP vote
2001 0.329 37 130 4th
2002 0.314 34 127 2nd
2003 0.359 43 124 2nd
2004 0.331 46 123 3rd
2005 0.33 41 117 1st
2006 0.331 49 137 2nd
2007 0.327 32 103 9th
2008 0.357 37 116 1st
Individual awards
— Two-time National League MVP (2005, 2008)
— Seven-time NL All-Star (2001, ’03 ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08)
— Four-time Silver Slugger award winner (2001, ’03, ’04, ’08)
— 2001 NL Rookie of the Year
— 2006 NL Gold Glove winner
— 2008 Roberto Clemente Award (Recognizes good play and work in the community)
5 players comparable to Pujols at this stage of his career
Albert Pujols, 29, enters his ninth season with a career .334 average, 319 home runs, 977 RBIs and 947 runs. He also offers a 1.049 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
He has never failed to reach 100 RBIs, 30 home runs or a .300 average in a season. Pujols has averaged 118 runs scored per year, failing to reach 100 only when he was stopped at 99 in 2007.
Only six players have reached 900 RBIs at a younger age, and only five have amassed more RBIs in their first five seasons
Joe DiMaggio:
Until last season, the Yankee Clipper most closely mirrored El Hombre. An elegant center fielder who made his way into Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea,” DiMaggio batted at least .305 and had at least 114 RBIs in each of his first seven seasons. Perhaps more remarkably, DiMaggio amassed more home runs (219) than strikeouts (196) in his seven seasons before entering service for World War II. DiMaggio emerged from the conflict a less consistent player hobbled by foot problems. He retired at 35 with a .325 average, a .977 OPS and 361 home runs, a number Pujols could match in 2009 with a slightly above-average power year.
And some others.
Frank Robinson:
Like Pujols, Robinson was an offensive force who rarely led his league in a Triple Crown category. Robinson was the NL’s 1956 Rookie of the Year and its 1961 MVP but never led his league in home runs, RBIs or average until he captured the 1966 AL Triple Crown with the Baltimore Orioles. Pujols already has more 100-RBI seasons than Robinson had (six) in a 19-year Hall of Fame career. Robinson began to decline at 31 but finished his career with 586 home runs and a .294 average despite playing in a predominantly pitchers’ era. If his first 12 seasons were divided into two-year segments, Robinson hit 67, 67, 68, 60, 62 and 79 home runs. (Pujols has hit 71, 89, 90 and 69 HRs in his first four two-year segments.)
Eddie Mathews:
Like Pujols, Mathews began his career at third base. Unlike Pujols, Mathews hit lefthanded and was a notorious pull hitter. Mathews was only 21 in 1953 when he led the NL with 47 home runs and ranked second with 135 RBIs for the Milwaukee Braves. In his first eight seasons, Mathews led the major leagues with 296 home runs. A career .271 hitter, Mathews topped .300 only three times. Only once did he manage 30 doubles. Pujols has smoked at least 33 doubles every season. Mathews peaked as a run producer at 28 in 1960. Never bashful about his hard-drinking lifestyle, he was out of the game at 36, three years after his final productive year.
Jimmie Foxx:
Rated by some historians as the greatest righthanded hitter ever, “Double-X” is potentially the most statistically comparable player to El Hombre. Foxx reached the majors at 17 with the 1925 Philadelphia Athletics but didn’t play his first full season until 1929 as a 21-year-old. Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter of all time, tried to mirror Foxx’s swing. In 12 full seasons from 1929-40, Foxx produced at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs. He again managed 100 RBIs in 1941, the season Williams batted .406 as his Boston Red Sox teammate. From ages 21-28, Foxx was more prolific than Pujols, amassing 327 home runs and 1,106 RBIs and winning the 1933 AL Triple Crown. Foxx succeeded Lou Gehrig as the game’s active leader in OPS, just as Pujols succeeded Barry Bonds last season, before retiring with a career 1.037 OPS.
Hank Aaron:
Aaron only once hit more than 45 home runs in a season, won just one MVP and captured two batting titles. However, Aaron’s consistency set him apart among the game’s power hitters. He finished in the top five in batting 10 times from 1955-65, ranked in the top 10 in home runs every year from 1955-73 and the top 10 in RBIs every year from 1955-71. Aaron never walked more than 92 times in a season nor struck out more than 96 times. Aaron made his debut with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954 at 20. From age 21-28, Aaron belted 285 home runs with 922 RBIs. Underrated as an outfielder, Aaron won three Gold Gloves. He also fashioned a “30-30” season in 1963, combining 31 stolen bases (in 36 attempts) with 44 home runs. During a 23-year career, Aaron amassed 100 RBIs “only” 11 times but only twice failed to drive in 90 with at least 500 at-bats. He finished with 755 home runs, which remain the most by aperformance enhancing drug-free player.
Who will hit .334 with 42 HRs, 128 RBI, and a 1.049 OPS this year ?
That’s El Hombre’s average season.
He has an 8 year triple crown. Leads all National Leaguers in Avg., HRs and RBI in the last 8 seasons.
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