Brooklyn Eagle; July 23, 1846
City Intelligence.
Brooklyn Young Men-Athletic exercises.-In our sun down perambulations, of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing "base," a certain game of ball. We wish such sights were more common among us. In the practice of athletic and manly sports, the young men of nearly all our American cities are very deficiant-perhaps more so than those of any other country that could be mentioned. Let us enjoy life a little.
We would that all the young fellows about Brooklyn were daily in the habit of spending and hour or two in some out-door game or recreation. The body and mind would both be benefitted by it. The game of ball is glorious.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Mientkiewicz Update
If you haven't read yesterday's post "It Feels Good to be Home!" see below as it was the prequel to this post.
After the phenominal night Doug had last night, his 2007 stats at Yankee Stadium are now:
.333, .397, .608, 1.005.
He's currently putting up a higher OPS at home than Jeter (.962), A-Rod (.981) and Posada (.867), the 3 hottest hitters in the Yankee line-up.
Holy Cow!
Notes to Torre: Go with what works.
After the phenominal night Doug had last night, his 2007 stats at Yankee Stadium are now:
.333, .397, .608, 1.005.
He's currently putting up a higher OPS at home than Jeter (.962), A-Rod (.981) and Posada (.867), the 3 hottest hitters in the Yankee line-up.
Holy Cow!
Notes to Torre: Go with what works.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
It Feels Good to be Home!
Doug Mientkiewicz just had himself a career night, 3 for 4 with a single, a double, and a huge home run that banged off the front of the upper deck! No surprise, well not to me, it was at Yankee Stadium.
About a week and a half ago I was chopping it up with a friend about the Bombers. We were discussing how well Mientkiewicz has been playing at home this year. So far for 2007, while at home, he's batting .298, .370, .511, .881. Not bad for a guy who was picked up for his glove!
When I dug a little deeper I found out that his 2007 numbers are remarkably similar to his career numbers at Yankee Stadium, .308, .380, .505, .885. That's a difference of only .010 in OBP, .006 in SLG and .004 in OPS!
It's early in 2007, and his sample size for this season (55 PA, 47 AB @ YS), is slightly less than half of the sample size for his career through 2006 (122 PA, 107AB @ YS) but for Mienktkiewicz, well it feels good to home!
About a week and a half ago I was chopping it up with a friend about the Bombers. We were discussing how well Mientkiewicz has been playing at home this year. So far for 2007, while at home, he's batting .298, .370, .511, .881. Not bad for a guy who was picked up for his glove!
When I dug a little deeper I found out that his 2007 numbers are remarkably similar to his career numbers at Yankee Stadium, .308, .380, .505, .885. That's a difference of only .010 in OBP, .006 in SLG and .004 in OPS!
It's early in 2007, and his sample size for this season (55 PA, 47 AB @ YS), is slightly less than half of the sample size for his career through 2006 (122 PA, 107AB @ YS) but for Mienktkiewicz, well it feels good to home!
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