Among them are Ruth hitting the first home run in Yankee Stadium history, Ruth's 60th, Maris 61st, Mantle, Joe D., Chambliss's pennant winner, Reggie's 3-HR Series clincher game, all the 2001 HRs against the D-Backs, Aaron Boone's pennant winner and A-Rod's 500th. However, there is one HR by a Dodger but its a mistake. They show Steve Yeager's game winner in Game 5 in the 1981 World Series. But unless there is an alternate universe where the Yankees were at home that day (perhaps the researcher thought the World Series was played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format), Jerry Reuss outdueled Ron Guidry at Dodger Stadium to win Game 5.

An offical World Series must contain the Dodgers and the Yankees.

That's the only SS I can think of with Jason Bay's power and Bill Mueller's gritty clutchness. He can even run bases like Juan Pierre.

(cue drumroll)

(sorry, Jay Z and Juan Pierre)

Also, emotionally, right now, some would probably like to see just someone who could play the way Kent did until recently, unspectacularly solid.

Still, in the grand scheme of things, trading a guy who was basically a utility player for a middle reliever isn't something I get nervous about. Trade a potential all star for a middle reliever or a rental starter, that is something I worry about.

Exactly. Like, say, James Loney. Or Andre Ethier.

One thing to keep in mind is that the anxiety doesn't have to accompany young players in the organization. When you have teams like Boston, which are actually able to distinguish good players from bad players, then you get people like Pedroia, Ellsbury, Papelbon, Lester, Buchholz, etc., inserted into the lineup with relatively little heartache.

Ned's been down that road as well. See Navarro, Dioner.

14 The Nationals never played in Yankee Stadium but the Expos did.

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Speaking of management decisions, it won't happen, I know. They're not about to can Jones, eat his salary, and replace him in the lineup with Young. Torre is gonna continue with his "This team's not going anywhere without Jones" mantra. (sigh)

Glaus has been fairly injury free, outside of last year. And he is still only 31.

But the Angels had to clear space for their hot young player, Dallas MacPhereson.

I am not saying that it wasn't the right move and since injuries pretty much robbed whatever promise Dallas had (at least on the Angels), misjudgments happen all over in baseball, you could think, well I know Troy is 28 but I got a guy who is ready and if I keep Glaus than what do I do?

Its always a hard choice and the Angels have won despite it so I guess it gets overlooked but because of that move, the Angels have had to play Figgins at 3B which has blocked Wood who is going to be out of options and no one has any idea if he can play at MLB level yet.

That may have been the craziest thing I've read here. What the heck does Andy LaRoche have to do with the rest of your comment about cutting bait with Jones?

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Glaus is also named in the Mitchell Report regarding incidents that date to his Angel days. Perhaps Angels management had an inkling.

(Also, Carlos Santana now has 88 r.b.i.)

Of course, I had to pick the day before that to go to the game. The game I went to was memorable mostly for the pregame announcement that JFK Jr. had died in a plane crash. I found it a little odd, I guess, that they deemed that worthy of an announcement at the stadium.

It seems to me that when they decide that a young player is ready (like McPherson), it's his job to lose. They also seem to have enough confidence in their organizational depth that if a McPherson situation comes up, they have a decent replacement that won't completely stink up the joint.

It's kind of like with this offseason. They decided that Aybar was ready for the shortstop job and traded Cabrera. At the same time, they knew if he fell on his face that they had a guy like Izturis to at least fill in decently.

With this in mind, the Angels don't seem to need to bring in veterans to "motivate" the young guys if they think the young guy is ready to play everyday.

This isn't to say of course that the Angels are perfect. They've made a few strange free agent decisions, but at least they have the confidence in their own player development.

Cardboard Gods leans Red Sox sometimes, though.

It's like to become a member of an exclusive club.

Like the Players Club.

Or maybe we can just adapt the lyrics to "Hurricane" to make it applicable to Joe Thurston.

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You walk into the box
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody throw offspeed
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just how you will hit the ball
When you're up there at home

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

Can anybody name the oil company that sponsored this jingle on Dodger radio broadcasts some years back?

And . . . that happens. :-)

We meet every day in the same dugout
Seven-oh-five and they all know he'll be there
Let them boo, I make the lineup card
While the PA plays his favorite song

Johnny Bench: another guy (like Garvey) made to look like a schmuck on "Cheap Seats".

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