Witness History

On April 19,2012 history was made in Yankee Stadium and I had the chance to see it with my own eyes. Curtis Granderson did something that has never happened in the MLB before. He went 5-5 which is impressive in itself but he also had 3 home runs. That is the impressive part. That stadium was going crazy which each one and it went insane on his 3rd one. The first two jacks were absolute bombs but the 3rd was more of a line drive and barley cleared the right field wall. His performance lead the Yanks to a 7-6 win over the Twins. Jeter who was leading the team with home runs before the game was not at the end with Grandersons now 6. Ive seen some historical moments at baseball games but this one was fantastic and just an amazing accomplishment to see.

Yankee's back at it

When the Yankee's started 0-3 everyone was making a big deal about it but it was the first 3 games of the season, they really do not mean to much. But as of today they are 6-5 and are hoping to swept the twins to get to 8-5 in a matter of 2 days, then nobodys gonna be saying anything about that 0-3 start. They are only one game begin the Orioles, who are surprising looking good this year and have beat the Yanks already. Tomorrow I'll be at the game so I will be able to get a good look at the pros and cons going on this season. CC got his first win last night and that was a surprise, once we get our pitching consistent well be fine because out offense is looking good. Swisher has come out hot, Jeter is as solid as ever, and the rest of the lineup is just great as always. When October comes and they are getting ready for the playoffs this 0-3 start is not even a thought.

Come back kid

He finially did it, he finally won a tournament. Tiger Woods won this weekend at the Arnold Palmer classic. He has not won since that sex scandal in 2009, he has not even played that well. Over the last year he has increasingly been getting closer and closer but now he did it. It could not have come at a more perfect time either. The masters are coming up and Tiger seems to be right where he wants, winning. I hope he wins the masters so bad and proves everyone that he still can be the worlds best golfer. I honestly hope he takes over the game like he did before, winning all the time. I am a huge Tiger fan and love seeing him succeed. In a couple weeks hopefully he'll be wearing that green jacket once again!

Bring back a star

As the Yankees behind preparing for the regular season they bring in one of the best pitchers who put on the pinstripes. Andy Pettitte has done many great things for the Yankess and Cashman has faith in him that he will continue to do the same as before. In his career he is 240-138 with over 2,000 strikeouts and an era of 3.8 Pettitte who is 39 and hasn't pitched since 2010, so time will tell. Giradi is worried about his legs but he has been training in Texas so that will give him an advantage. Ivan Nove and Phil Hughes are going to be worried for their place in the roar action too. If we could have everyone in the roataion we would be unstoppable. Pettite has thrown 8 of 9 bullpens and all have been impressive. Russell Martin says he's been one of the best in training. In 2012 he is projected to pitch about 130 innings or so and have. 8-7 record. Pertite's invitation to spring traing does not mean he is on the team though. If he makes it he will a get a one year 2.5 million dollar contract. Cashman's excited for him because he will help our rotation and
Pettitte is just as excited to get going. Now all we have to hope for is that we get old Andy back and he can dominate like he has years before.

Out Already!!

So as soon as the Pirates get A.J Burrnet down to spring training he is already out. He bunted a ball off his fast in practice and is out 8-10 weeks. That's always good whenever our #1 that we just got will miss opening day. Hopefully he can pull of some kind of miracle and recover super quick. We need him in the rotation.

MLB playoffs

The MLB playoffs have to been one of the hardest things to get to. Eight teams out of how many get a chance to win it all. October is when the players want to be playing and now it has become a little easier. Instead of eight teams now ten teams will make it. There will be two more wild card spots and now they got to cram all these game into one month. I don't think this is a good idea personally. I think how the playoffs are now and have been for years works perfectly fine. If there is a rain delay or cancelation these games are going to push back and the playoffs will take longer. The only positive is that it will allow one more top team to contend and make the best team earn it by having to win so many playoff games. We'll see how it goes this year and will see if it's still in place next year.

Race to remember

I never really watch this sport but tonight Nascar was the prime time sport event. This race was a historical race in many different ways and had some crazy events during it. First off a Daytona 500 has never been delayed like it was. It was postponed from Sunday to Monday, then from noon to 7. This was because of the rain. It was also the first Daytona 500 ran under the lights. Then finally the race started. With Danica Partick being the 3rd female to start a 500. On the second lap a crash happened already. Jimmie Johnson the reigning champion was out of the race. Then with about forty laps left Pablo Montoya's car suddenly broke and ripped a hard right. Right into a drying truck which is filled with jet fuel. This fuel burned for awhile causing an hour delay for the race. Montoya and the truck driver were miraculously alright. There was 11 cautions throughout the race and there was one on the last 5 laps. In the end Matt Kinseth won his second Daytona 500. Congrats to him and glad everyone made it out alive.