Saturday, October 31, 2015
World Series Game Four Open Thread
World Series Game Four inside Citi Field, this should be fun. The Kansas City Royals have dominated this series as the Mets may be cracking under the World Series pressure. How much longer will this series go on? Honestly I hope as long as possible, it's a long winter.
Thunder and NJM Score for Anchor House
Boomer gives a big "thumbs-up" as Marie Roessel, left, from NJM Insurance Group presents a check to Kim McNear, Executive Director of Anchor House, as the beneficiary of the "Safe at Home" program, in which NJM contributes money to support a worthy non-profit organization based on the number of runs the Thunder score at ARM & HAMMER Park over the course of the season.
The Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, scored 254 runs on their way to 40 wins at ARM & HAMMER Park this season, but the real winner this season was Anchor House, located at 482 Centre Street in Trenton, thanks to NJM Insurance Group and its Safe at Home program.
As part of the Safe at Home program, NJM made a $12,700 donation, based on $50 per run scored at ARM & HAMMER Park, to Anchor House. With this season's donation, NJM's Safe at Home program has donated more than $57,000 to local non-profits over the last four years.
"Thanks to the outstanding work of the Thunder offense this season and NJM Insurance, Anchor House can further their mission to work with abused, homeless, runaway, at risk and aging out youth to utilize their strengths and the support of their families and communities in order to ensure a stable and successful home," said Thunder GM/COO Jeff Hurley. "This program is precisely the type of program that the Thunder strive to promote; one that includes a great corporate partner, NJM, and enriches our community and its residents."
"One of NJM's core values is to support the communities we have the privilege to serve, and we've truly enjoyed parterning with the Trenton Thunder for the Safe at Home program," said NJM Corporate Communications Administrator Eric Stenson. "This program helps very deserving nonprofit organizations in the capital city such as Anchor House, whose work is critically important in the lives of so many young people in need."
The 2016 season, the 23rd in franchise history, will begin at ARM & HAMMER Park on April 7 when the Thunder host the Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers) at 7:00 p.m. Season tickets and group outings are on sale now by calling 609-394-3300. For more information on the Thunder, visitwww.TrentonThunder.com.
The Free Agency Royal Rumble Returns – Relief Pitchers
The New York Yankees quest for the ultimate “Super Bullpen”
will continue in 2016 with the presumed returns of Andrew Miller, Dellin
Betances, Justin Wilson, Chasen Shreve and Adam Warren but could the Yankees
add one more piece to the puzzle? Possibly two? For the four competitors in
tonight’s Free Agency Royal Rumble you better hope so or all this will have
been for nothing.
Entering the ring first is the favorite, former Baltimore
Orioles right-handed pitcher Darren O’Day. O’Day would kill two or three birds
with one stone, pun intended, as it would piss off Buck Showalter, which is
always fun, while also making the Yankees better and the Orioles inherently
worse. Opposing O’Day is Ryan Madson of the Kansas City Royals who is
rebuilding his value after finally making it all the way back from Tommy John
surgery and the final two competitors in tonight’s rumble, or more like a
battle royal to be completely honest, are Tyler Clippard and Joakim Soria.
Both Clippard and Soria are former closers who wouldn’t mind
having the closing role back, for obvious financial advantages, and decide to
work together in trying to get out of the ring. Neither Clippard nor Soria want
the job or the pressure of pitching in New York and put up relatively no fight
to Madson who hits them both with his American League Championship ring. And
then there were two…
Madson stands tall in front of O’Day but the side-throwing
right-hander catches Madson off guard and socks him back to the rope. Madson,
now 36-years old, cannot keep the younger and more energetic O’Day off him long
enough to stage a comeback and eventually finds himself over the top rope and
onto the floor eliminated from the competition.
No opposing team, and I mean no opposing team, in Major
League Baseball wants to see this bullpen. Not even on their worst day. Miller,
Betances, O’Day, Wilson, Shreve, Warren. Lights out, game over and start
spreading the news.
The Free Agency Royal Rumble Returns – Outfielders
The New York Yankees earned the ultimate gift and the
ultimate curse all wrapped up in one player in 2015 and his name was Alex
Rodriguez. This isn’t meant to be negative or condescending by any means, I was
defending and asking for forgiveness for Alex before Bald Vinny made money off
of it made it cool, but him being effective and a huge part of the offense
makes the team’s options rather limited. At this point in his career Carlos
Beltran should be at least a part-time DH, if not a full-time DH, but is forced
to play the field due to Rodriguez being on the roster. With Rodriguez at DH,
Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner patrolling center field and left field
respectively and Chris Young hitting free agency it looks like the Free Agency
Royal Rumble will be a free-for-all for the final roster spot on the Yankees
bench in 2016.
Entering the ring for the rumble are a few competitors that
I think will at least be in the running for the position. The up and coming
superstar Aaron Judge, former Yankees player and current Baltimore Orioles
first baseman and outfielder Steve Pearce, Marlon Byrd of the Cincinnati Reds
and the San Francisco Giants in 2015, Drew Stubbs and another former Yankees
farm hand and current Chicago Cub, Austin Jackson.
Before the match begins Marlon Byrd asks for a microphone
and was quoted as saying the following:
“Now I know that if I win this Royal Rumble and I come to
New York my playing time will be limited and dictated by injuries, I’m not okay
with that. Also I have read numerous times that a fake Jon Heyman Twitter
account faked out Daniel Burch at the trading deadline in 2014 forcing Mr.
Burch to write over 2,000 words about me and welcoming me to the team only for
me to go elsewhere. With all that said I think I’m going to forfeit, just not
feeling it today. Thanks though. “
With Byrd out the group of remaining competitors, like they
often do in these Royal Rumble’s, gang up on the biggest man in the ring, Aaron
Judge. Judge is quickly disposed of and thrown over the top rope to the mat
leaving Pearce, Stubbs and Jackson. Pearce, being the multi-faceted player that
he is, reminds everyone that he is pennant chase, playoff and American League
East tested not only in the outfield but at first base (hello Mark Teixeira insurance
policy) and uses that to throw both Jackson and Stubbs over the top rope and to
the floor. Stubbs would have been nice, he kills lefties but his right-handed
splits aren’t much to write home about, and so would Jackson, another
outfielder with the ability to play center field allowing a constant rotation
to keep everyone fresh and healthy, but Pearce makes too much sense for the
Yankees NOT to sign in my opinion.
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Quick Hit: Happy Halloween
This is every kid's dream isn't it? Halloween on a Friday or Saturday night so you can stay out all night conning people out of their candy and stay up all night eating it all? Happy Halloween everybody from everyone here at The Greedy Pinstripes.
We have a drinking idea, every time you see a minion you take a shot. Get the paramedics on call first though!
We have a drinking idea, every time you see a minion you take a shot. Get the paramedics on call first though!
Weekly AFL Check In: Tyler Wade
You have to think that the New York Yankees cornered the "Tyler" market this season in the Arizona Fall League sending Tyler Austin, Tyler Webb and Tyler Wade to play for the Surprise Saguaros. Austin has already been checked in with so today we will take the time to check in on one of the
Yankees top shortstop prospects, Tyler Wade.
Tyler Wade:
Games: 8
At Bats: 25
AVG: .200
OBP: .222
SLG: .280
OPS: .502
H: 5
HR: 0
RBI: 5
BB: 1
K: 4
This Day in New York Yankees History 10/31: Stuck in the Middle with A Rod
Also on this day in 1957 Yogi Berra ruffled a few feathers when he admitted that the Yankees returned money to their players from fines collected in the Copacabana fight. Players like Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Moose Skowron to name a few were involved in a brawl while celebrating Billy Martin's 29th birthday in May. This obviously garnered some unwanted publicity for the storied New York Yankees franchise so the fines handed down were supposed to calm the waters until Yogi blew the lid off of the whole ordeal.
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