pellegri@ittral.UUCP (Dan Pellegrino) (05/15/85)
> I also dislike seeing stadiums "cloned" from city to city. It's more > fun watching teams built for their home park. Please don't ever take away > Fenway or Wrigley. > > Dave Van Handel Don't forget Yankee Stadium. It still has its "death valley" in the left-center/center field area. Before it was renovated, the longest distance to the wall from the plate was something like 463 feet! The wall down the right field line was around 291 feet! Ah, yes... the distinct shape of Yankee stadium is a characteristic that I wish they didn't alter, although it still is similar. I agree with Dave about the fun in watching teams being built for their ball park. I've always been a Yankee fan (not necessarily a Steinbrenner fan, but always a Yankee fan) and one will notice the great lefty HR hitters of Yankee history: Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Marris and more recently Reggie. Guys like Nettles, Murcer and Gamble (none are Yankees any more) were always a threat to pop one. On the other hand, I've seen guys like Winfield and Baylor tag the ball over 400 feet to left-center only to fly out. The Yankees like to staff good lefty pitchers to cause other teams to bat right-handed more. Often they had four lefties in the starting rotation during home stands. I've also seen 8 or 9 left-handed batters in the starting lineup (if the opposing pitcher is a right-handed one, of course) numerous times. Unfortunately, since I moved to North Carolina I haven't been able to follow the Yankees much, so my information is a couple of years old. All we get here is Ted Turner's Braves (the self-proclaimed "America's Team") and I'm not much of a National League fan at all. Its a very sad situation (boo hoo). Oh, well ... someone talk about the Yankees once in a while. Dan Pellegrino ittvax!ittral!pellegri P.S.- Phil Rizzuto should be in the Hall of Fame.
ogre@mhuxl.UUCP (LO COCO) (05/20/85)
> > I also dislike seeing stadiums "cloned" from city to city. It's more > > fun watching teams built for their home park. Please don't ever take away > > Fenway or Wrigley. > > > > Dave Van Handel Let it be said again; for it makes for exciting home team baseball! > Don't forget Yankee Stadium. It still has its "death valley" in the > left-center/center field area. Before it was renovated, the longest distance > to the wall from the plate was something like 463 feet! The wall down the > right field line was around 291 feet! Ah, yes... the distinct shape of Yankee > stadium is a characteristic that I wish they didn't alter,although it still is > similar. And let us Yankee fans not forget the rival Dodgers and Cardinals of years ago with manicured baselines for excellent bunters and runners like Wills and Brock. Speed baseball!; as Mr. S is trying to install in New York. He should not forget the dimensions of his ballpark and keep a roster loaded with a few more lefty power hitters. > I agree with Dave about the fun in watching teams being built for their > ball park. I've always been a Yankee fan (not necessarily a Steinbrenner fan, > but always a Yankee fan) I'd like to reiterate that statement: ALWAYS a Yankee fan; not necessarily a Steinbrenner fan, although I can't help sometimes giving the man credit for some of the things he does to light a fire under the team members. But before I get many flames from all of the net members, I will say, if he continues to light fires as such, he will probably burn the team. > Oh, well ... someone talk about the Yankees once in a while. It will be my pleasure Dan! > P.S.- Phil Rizzuto should be in the Hall of Fame. How Phil has not been elected to the Hall all of these years can only make me believe he must have made a lot of enemies. I honestly believe if you look at his career stats and performance over the years and let us not forget his contribution to baseball as a bunting coach and announcer (oh well he is slightly! prejudice for which team he roots for), you can't deny the man the rightful place he deserves at Cooperstown. I'm looking for feedback on this subject from all you fans that are more neutral about this. I, for one, will not try to say that I'm not biased about this topic. GO! YANKEES! -- John B. Lo Coco (...mhuxl!ogre) (...szuxn!ogre) 1-201-467-7436
man@bocar.UUCP (M Nevar) (05/20/85)
< Don't forget Yankee Stadium. It still has its "death valley" in the < left-center/center field area. Before it was renovated, the longest distance < to the wall from the plate was something like 463 feet! The wall down the < right field line was around 291 feet! Ah, yes... the distinct shape of Yankee < stadium is a characteristic that I wish they didn't alter, although it still is < similar. They brought in the fences this year. Left field and left center aren't like they used to be. I guess Uncle George got tired of seeing Winfield and Baylor hit those 420 foot outs. I don't recall exactly how much. After he fired Billy (no, asshole that's not until next month), I mean Yogi, I switched my allegiance totally toward the Mets. Unless the Yankees keep winning -:) Mark Nevar
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (05/24/85)
> he [Phil Rizzuto] is slightly! prejudice for which team he roots for), you > can't deny the > man the rightful place he deserves at Cooperstown. I'm looking for feedback > on this subject from all you fans that are more neutral about this. > I, for one, will not try to say that I'm not biased about this topic. Maybe Phil *does* deserve to be in the hall of fame based on his contributions as a player, but unless you are a rabid Yankee fan (I'm a Red Sox fan and have *always* detested the Yankees, who are way overpublicized. Reminds me of the Dallas Cowboys, but that flame belongs in another newsgroup) then listening to Phil announce the games is intolerable. He's as bad as Johnny Most must have been for non-Celtics fans. Go Sox! Go Tigers! Go O's! Go Jays! ANYONE but the Yankees. Sorry, guess I'm not exactly neutral either. --Greg "You bought third place, George!" -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!woods CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY "...I may not be right but I've never been wrong It seldom turns out the way it does in the song..."
david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (05/28/85)
>> he [Phil Rizzuto] is slightly! prejudice for which team he roots for), you > ... listening > to Phil announce the games is intolerable. I second the motion. Rizzuto is an out & out homer. At least his broadcasting partner (Bill White) can keep a level head. I've no doubt that Phil calls 'em as he see 'em --- it just that he uses his heart, not his eyes, to watch the game. One can be rabidly enthusiastic about one's team without letting it distort your reporting (e.g. Harry Caray). David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david
glass@houxf.UUCP (K.GLASS) (05/29/85)
I hate the Yankees yet I don't mind Phil Rizzuto. He is infinitely more tolerable than Bob Cousy broadcasting Celtic basketball (and I am a Celtic fan). Ken Glass ..ihnp4!houxf!glass