NY vs Red Sox at Fenway Park ~ 100 Years Old Today

Today mark's the 100th anniversary of the first Fenway Park game between the New York American League Baseball team, the New York Highlanders, and the Boston Red Sox on April 20, 1912.

The next year the Highlanders changed their name to the Yankees and moved from Hilltop Park in Washington Heights to the Polo Grounds where they became tenants of John McGraw and the New York Giants until 1923 when the first Yankee Stadium was erected.

Baseball team rivalry and ball park history knock me out.

Here are links to my 1961 Yankees Red Sox story and my 1962 Polo Grounds tale.

Yorkville Radio presents: A Bucket of Blood

Tonight @ 9pm, on the "Yorkville: Stoops to Nuts" radio show, Adam Wade and Tommy Pryor rock 'em & sock 'em. The Hatfields & McKoys break bread over a table full of Boston ~ New York sport memories. A century old bucket of blood filled with sweat, pain, joy and heartache. Victories and the long walk home.

When the sports talk winds down, Adam & Tommy pay tribute to the J Geils Band ~ a rare subject that unifies Boston and New York fans in the College of Musical Knowledge.

Listen in on the Centanni link below or come down and see the show live at Giovanna's Restaurant @ 1567 Lexington Avenue (bet. 100th & 101st Street).

http://www.centannibroadcasting.com/

Ain't Nothing But A House Party

This Tuesday @ 9pm @ Yorkville: Stoops to Nuts radio show, my special guest, Adam Wade & I explore the complex, and not so complex, Boston ~ New York Sport Rivalries, Our Best and Worst Moments in Sports, as fans and participants, with Dad & without, and the steady Boston ~ New York unifier: The J Geils Band.

1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EX6qXwtIaU

Adam Wade, record 16 time winner of the Moth Story SLAM is taking the position J Geils can bring the bacon home and settle this battle, temporarily. We're doing the Detroit Demolition & the Philly Freeze!

We’re talking our greatest moments in sports, as fans and as players, and we’re talking our lousiest moments in sports, as players and fans. The Hatfield’s and McCoy’s are breaking bread to try and find out how this whole Boston ~ New York thing started in four sports and counting.

Centanni link below:

http://www.centannibroadcasting.com/

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New Trick! If you are a Hellman's Blue Ribbon addict, and approach your Mayo jar with a ladle, try pouring Bread & Butter Pickle Juice on the bread. I ate a bologna sandwich with no Hellman's on it and it was yummy. Just juice, I ran out of Pickles. A sandwich without Mayo is normally a dull experience. I blame my craving dependence on Mom. She taught me how to make an Irish sandwich: Wonder Bread, Iceberg Lettuce & lots of Hellman's, both sides of the bread.

The Chairman of the Board is Back ~ Ford Starts Friday Night at Fenway

The Chairman of the Board, Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford will start for the Yankees Friday night at Fenway in a ball park he despised. "I hate the place, it haunts me. Time to put that ghost to rest."

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSmMUzGqJM

81 years old, Ford said his decision was based on two factors: One: Brett Favre. Ford said, "The guy's Lazarus doing squat thrusts. So why not me?" Ford elaborated on the second reason: "I grocery shop with the wife and when we come home she goes to the fridge and pantry and I throw items to her. I never had much of a fastball, but I started noticing a nasty screw movement on the yogurt cups and juice packs, I like those little straws, and the oranges and pears were dropping six inches right before they got to the plate. I still have the curve and slider. We buy these cheese balls with nuts, I love them, and they're about the same size as the major league ball ~ only thing missing is Joe Cronin's signature. The cheese balls move."

Ford, who spent most of his career outside a starting rotation thanks to Casey Stengel's selective use of #16," said, "I'm prepared to start, do middle work or mop up. Whatever Joe wants."

Joe Girardi, Yankee manager, added, "I'm excited "Slick's" here, and unlike Favre, Whitey never wavered. Vazquez is not right out there, and it's time for a change. I'm sure Mickey and Billy are looking down and laughing their heads off ~ "The Chairman of the Board" is on the mound."

Ford won 236 games for New York (career 236-106), still a franchise record. Among pitchers with at least 300 career decisions, Ford ranks first with a winning percentage of .690, the all-time highest percentage in modern baseball history.

A reporter approached Brett Favre walking on his property. Brett was carrying a skull, and mumbling to himself. Favre made no comment on Ford.

Below, courtesy of The New York York Times ~ photo by Teddy Ryan

Favre Comes in From Yard to Say He’s Still Thinking
By JUDY BATTISTA and DAVE CALDWELL

Brett Favre said Friday that he might need minor surgery to relieve pain in his left ankle. The pain is one of the factors he is considering in what has become an annual N.F.L. rite of spring: waiting for Favre to decide whether he will play another season or retire.

Favre posted a statement about the injury on his Web site several hours after ESPN reported that he was deliberating whether to have the surgery or retire.