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Yankees Win — and This Blog Came Out of Hiding!

July 24, 2020

It’s been a very long time since I posted here, but last night’s long-awaited 2020 season opener against the Nats was such a welcome escape from the current woes. I live in Florida, where the number of Covid cases and deaths has surged, so watching the game last night was a thrill.

Fauci’s errant ceremonial first pitch notwithstanding (hey, the guy is really busy right now and hasn’t had time to practice; he’s still my hero), the united front of the Yanks, kneeling to honor BLM, was so moving I hardly missed the fans in the stands.

Cole was terrific, and Judge, Stanton, Wade and company were stellar against the tough Scherzer. Too bad about the rain, but I was just grateful they got most of the game in, given the forecast.

Only question: why is Brett Gardner betting 5th?

OK, another question: aren’t they supposed to avoid high-fiving and spitting? I saw them do both.

Play ball!

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Giancarlo Stanton, Nats, Opening Night, Tyler Wade, Yankees

The Boys Are Back, and So Am I

February 23, 2018

I’ve been spending the winter in St. Petersburg, so it was only a short hop over to Tampa for today’s spring training opener against the Tigers. No matter how many years I’ve been a Yankee fan, it never ceases to make my heart race to see the new season’s players take the field in their pinstripes – even if I didn’t recognize half of them.

Stanton and Judge stood out, of course – literally – during the intro and National Anthem, even from my seat in the 200 section.

They’re so big that they dwarf the other players. But the kid who actually played multiple innings was Tyler Wade and he made a good impression. Stanton got a big hand but didn’t do anything Herculean. And Judge didn’t play at all. I guess the Yankees were saving him for tomorrow’s fans. Whatever. Luis Cessa started – it’s spring training, after all – and the hero was a kid named Jorge Saez. When he scored, there were chants of “Hip, Hip, Jorge,” which made me laugh and miss Posada at the same time.

The Yankees won 3-1 in a game without much action. I was thrilled. There I was at Steinbrenner Field feeling very Steinbrennerian in my need for the Yankees to win every single game, even the first one in February.

More to come now that there’s baseball for real!

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Jose Saez, Tigers, Tyler Wade, Yankees

Nightmare in Chicago

June 30, 2017

As more and more Yankees succumbed to injuries during the four-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field (is that the worst name for a stadium ever?), more and more prospects were called up to the majors. One of the latest, an outfielder named Dustin Fowler, crashed into the right field wall last night, destroyed his knee and had immediate, season-ending surgery by the White Sox surgeon before he had a single at-bat. Now that’s cruel and it put a particularly awful period on what was an awfully wet night. Why wait over two hours in a rain delay? Just postpone the damn game for another date and let the Yankees move on to Houston.

But it was not to be and the Yanks lost the game and split the series against a bad team they should have swept. Ugh.

Back to the prospects, it was fun to see Baby Bombers Tyler Wade and Miguel Andujar make such memorable debuts, but Tyler Austin is on the DL already along with other hammy victims Starlin Castro and CC. And on the veteran side of things, I’m worried about Matt Holliday. He’s getting all sorts of tests for what they’re calling a “viral infection” (formerly a food allergy). I hope it’s nothing serious.

Luis Cessa started last night’s game and I have to say I’m never bursting with confidence when he pitches. He hasn’t impressed me much, but at this point I guess there’s not much of an alternative.

Back to Dustin Fowler, poor kid. What a bummer for him. What a bummer last night was for the Yanks after winning big in a Janer the night before. I, for one, am glad they’re getting out of Chicago.

Filed Under: Confessions of a She-Fan Tagged With: Dustin Fowler, Miguel Andujar, Tyler Austin, Tyler Wade, White Sox, Yankees

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Jane Heller is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her fourteen breezy, witty novels of romantic comedy and suspense are now entertaining millions of readers around the world, along with her two books of nonfiction.

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