December 2009
AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO 2009 WE REFLECT ON THE PAST YEAR’S EVENTS
Saying goodbye to 2009 means saying goodbye to a decade. A decade in which the New York Yankees won 5 World Series Championships with the latest being in 2009 to end the decade. A lot has happened in the year 2009 including the biggest moment being World Championship number 27, let’s take a look at the 10 biggest moments of the 2009 season as we get ready to ring in the new year 2010.
1) Opening Day at the New Yankee Stadium
2) Luis Castillo dropped the ball during the first Subway Series at the New Yankee Stadium to give the Yankees the win.
3) The “Pie Man” A.J. Burnett debuts as he delivers his first Walk Off pie to Johnny Damon on May 17, 2009 after Damon hit a 10th inning HR to beat the Minnesota Twins.
4) Alex Rodriguez homers in the bottom of the 15th inning to beat the Boston Red Sox to complete a 4 game sweep after the Red Sox had gone 8-0 against the Yankees.
5) On 9/11 Derek Jeter passed the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig as the All Time Yankees hits leader
6) On Alex Rodriguez’s first swing of the 2009 season in Baltimore he connects and hits a HR after returning from hip surgery that caused him to miss the first month of the season.
7) 2008 ended a streak of consecutive years of the Yankees making the playoffs but 2009 started that streak fresh as they won the AL East for the first time since 2006.
8) A wall scraper HR by Mark Teixeira in the bottom of the 11th in Game 2 of the ALDS off Twins’ closer Joe Nathan gives the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the series which ended up in a 3-0 sweep that took place in the Metrodome. The Yankee win ended the Twins’ season and made it the final baseball game to ever be played in the dome.
9) At 1:07 am in Game 2 of the ALCS Maicer Izturis misplayed a ball that plated Jerry Hairston Jr. in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Yankees yet another walk off victory and a 2-0 ALCS lead heading west to California.
10) WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
**The top 10 moments of 2009 were in no particular order**
What were your top 10 moments of 2009? Comment Below.
Happy New Year!
BOSTON SAYS “BAY- BAY” AS JASON SIGNS WITH METS
It certainly took longer than expected but since the Mets were the lone suitor to Jason Bay they took their sweet time in acquiring him. The player formerly known as the “Yankee Killer” will now resort to killing Phillies, Braves and Marlins in the NL East not the AL East. Boston did replace Bay with Mike Cameron but Bay is too good an outfielder to let him just get away like the Red Sox did. Mike Cameron better be the best center fielder Boston’s ever seen or the fans may be a little upset with one Mr. Theo Epstein. Bay agreed to a 4 year deal with New York that is worth an estimated $65 Million Dollars. The Mets add Bay to an outfield that includes Carlos Beltran, Jeff Franceour and Alex Cora who is a utility IF/OF. The Phillies’ acquisition of “Doc” Roy Halladay may have crippled the Mets in their quest to win the East but they just got themselves one heck of a crutch in Jason Bay.
REMEMBER THIS?
In 2000 Bay was drafted in the 22nd round out of Gonzaga by the Montreal Expos but never played one day in an Expos uniform as he made his MLB debut in 2003 with the San Diego Padres. In 2002 Bay was traded with Jimmy Cerrano to the New York Mets for Lou Collier. So, Welcome BACK to New York Jason.
VAZQUEZ IS A YANKEE AGAIN BUT MELKY & DUNN SAY “SEE YA!” TO NEW YORK
In an attempt to strengthen the Yankee’s rotation they reacquired Javier Vazquez from the Atlanta Braves. The deal sent Melky Cabrera, Arodis Vizcaino, and Micheal Dunn to Atlanta as Boon Logan accompanies Vazquez to the Bronx.
Here is a look at who the Braves are getting in this deal:
Along with Arodis Vizcaino:
The Yankees will be getting:
IT’S A “GRAND” DAY IN NYC AS YANKEES INTRODUCE CURTIS GRANDERSON
He’s here and he’s ready to help the Yankees get back to the World Series. Curtis Granderson was introduced to the media this morning at a press conference held at Yankee Stadium and said that he wants to create a legacy as a Yankees’ center fielder just like those who have played the position before him. He also said he wants to make things a little easier for CC Sabathia and the pitching staff as he patrols center field. Granderson is excited to be on a team that is recognized by baseball fans around the world and if he says that he plays for the Yankees nobody will ask him what city that is or where the Yankees’ play because they will already know and Yankee fans are happy to know Curtis Granderson is here and we’re getting ready to defend that World Championship.
Roy Halladay
Mike Cameron
Hideki Matsui
HOT STOVE NEWS FOR WEEK OF 12/14/09
Roy Halladay has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with some prospects from Seattle in a blockbuster three team trade involving the Phillies, Mariners, and Blue Jays. The Phillies and Halladay have agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $60 million or more, which would keep him in red pinstripes through the 2013. In return for Halladay the Blue Jays receive:
The Mariners have also acquired Chone Figgins this week.
The Boston Red Sox acquired John Lackey and Mike Cameron
The Chicago White Sox have acquired Juan Pierre
Last but not least we get to news concerning the World Series Champion New York Yankees. Their World Series MVP Hideki Matsui will be signing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim leaving me to believe the Yankees will either try to sign Bay or resign old reliable Johnny Damon to hit in the two hole behind “El Capitan” Derek Jeter.
That is what has happened this week and it’s only Tuesday! If this is what is going on in December I can’t wait to see what goes on during the rest of the off season.
CURTIS GRANDERSON IS A YANKEE!
The Yankees have struck a deal to acquire CF Curtis Granderson. It was a 3 team deal that included the New York Yankees, The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees get Curtis Granderson, the Diamondbacks get Ian Kennedy & Edwin Jackson, and the Detroit Tigers get Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, Max Scherzer & Dan Schlereth.
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