Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day (but not Thursday)...
Unfortunately, the Yankees will have to stay in Baltimore an extra day. Today's game against the Orioles has been postponed due to anticipated rain throughout the evening. The game has been re-scheduled for Thursday at 1:35 pm Eastern. The day had been a scheduled day off for both teams, so now the Yankees will have to fly to Dallas/Fort Worth following tomorrow's game.
This has been a tough week for sleep for the Bronx Bombers. A Sunday evening game in New York, late night/early morning travel to Baltimore, a day game on Monday, a win on Tuesday but a crushing rain-delayed defeat last night and now this. Tomorrow's weather forecast for Baltimore is currently sunny and 72 degrees for game time. Hopefully the weather holds so that the game can start on time and get our guys to the airport as soon as possible. A getaway win would make the plane trip so much smoother and faster.
Odds & Ends...
Congratulations to the Rookie-Level GCL Yankees East for winning the first 2017 MiLB championship! The GCL Yankees East beat the GCL Nationals, 5-4, to win the best of three Gulf Coast League Championship series. The hitting star was 5'2" third baseman Jose Carrera (the Mini-Ronald Torreyes?) who hit a game-tying home run in the 7th inning after only hitting one during the regular season. The winning run was scored by SS Jose Devers, Rafael's cousin, on a run-scoring single by RF Jhon Moronta in the top of the 9th. The winning pitcher was Luis Rijo with 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He didn't allow any hits or walks and struck out seven.
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| Luis Rijo / Credit: Bryan Green via Pinstriped Prospects |
The Yankees have placed RHP Adam Warren (lower back spasm) on the 10-day DL retroactive to September 3rd. On the bright side, the new and improved Adam Warren (a/k/a Chad Green) is just fine.
Brett Gardner has been named as the Yankees nominee for the 2017 Roberto Clemente Award. Nominees were chosen for each MLB team and the winner will be named during the World Series. The nominees were chosen as the players from each team who "exemplify the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team". It is the second consecutive year that Gardner has been selected as the Yankees nominee.
Last year's Roberto Clemente Award winner was former Yankee and then New York Met Curtis Granderson, now of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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| Credit: Charles Rex Arbogast-Associated Press |
There will never be another Roberto Clemente, certainly one of the greatest baseball players of my lifetime...
Let's try this again tomorrow. Have a good night!
