Jon Heyman: Stadium looks better than team in Yankees' home debut MLB
NEW YORK -- What do those folks who paid 2,625 smackers a seat think now?
NEW YORK -- What do those folks who paid 2,625 smackers a seat think now?
NEW YORK -- What do those folks who paid 2,625 smackers a seat think now?
Mets higher-ups were accepting compliments on Monday night for their stunning new ballyard, Citi Field, which has nothing in common with the former, dreary, dumpy ol' Shea Stadium aside from its location near the intersection of Grand Central Parkway and Roosevelt Avenue. "It's a ballpark, not a stadium,'' Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said of the new digs.
When the oh-so-smart Marlins traded arbitration eligible players Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham to the competing Nationals in November, it looked like a typical small-revenue club salary dump. But with the Marlins, typical dealings are almost always more than they seem.
The thing everyone keeps saying about Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was how far he had come, and how fast.
PHILADELPHIA, then BALTIMORE, then MIAMI -- Three cities in three days. It doesn't match a certain new network's 30 spring training sites in 30 days (apologies for the shameless plug). But hey, it's the best I could do. It's also a great way to start the season, not to mention to learn a little about six different teams. Here are 30 observations, insights and opinions from three great cities and six great and not-great teams.
BALTIMORE -- CC Sabathia heaved his white towel toward the bin in the middle of the visiting clubhouse after the $210 million Yankees dropped their well-anticipated opener to the Orioles -- and he missed the bin, too. Sabathia was a little off with his control in his dreadful Yankees debut -- like maybe a zip code or two off.
Only moments after Phillies manager Charlie Manuel raised the 2008 world championship flag in center field, the Atlanta Braves strongly signified it was a different year, silencing the early celebratory cheers with a trio of long home runs within 20 minutes of the season's start, plus eight superb, two-hit innings by new Braves ace Derek Lowe.
I see breakout seasons everywhere. Thirty of them, to be exact.
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The World Champion Phillies sure as heck didn't get fat this winter. Check them out. Joe Blanton lost significant weight. Scott Eyre lost 15 pounds. Brett Myers lost 30. Ryan Howard lost 20.