The World According To Kate » mlb http://worldaccordingtokate.com Sat, 05 May 2012 14:38:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Congratulations, New York Yankees! http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/11/07/congratulations-new-york-yankees/ http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/11/07/congratulations-new-york-yankees/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:08:55 +0000 Kate Czlapinski http://worldaccordingtokate.com/?p=1202 As you may recall, I am a life long fan of the New York Yankees, so it would be remiss of me to not take a brief moment to congratulate the 2009 New York Yankees on their 27th World Series title.   Winning the World Series is of course always special, but [...]]]> yankees logo As you may recall, I am a life long fan of the New York Yankees, so it would be remiss of me to not take a brief moment to congratulate the 2009 New York Yankees on their 27th World Series title.   Winning the World Series is of course always special, but this one somehow feels extra special, christening the new stadium with a new World Series Championship.   Now that the party’s about over, it’s time to start thinking ahead to Number 28!  Congratulations, Yankees!

]]> http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/11/07/congratulations-new-york-yankees/feed/ 1 Dear Baseball Gods http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/06/12/dear-baseball-gods/ http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/06/12/dear-baseball-gods/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:25:23 +0000 Kate Czlapinski http://worldaccordingtokate.com/?p=986 Dear Baseball Gods,

You were the only gods whose existence I acknowledged let alone actually prayed to, but that’s now over.  I hope you enjoyed it, because we are no longer on speaking terms. We’re finished. I hope you have fun living it up with Red Sox Nation, because you will no longer be welcome [...]]]> Dear Baseball Gods,

You were the only gods whose existence I acknowledged let alone actually prayed to, but that’s now over.  I hope you enjoyed it, because we are no longer on speaking terms. We’re finished. I hope you have fun living it up with Red Sox Nation, because you will no longer be welcome at my house and drinking my beer. Come football season, I’ll be spending all my free time with the football gods. Go Giants!

Sincerely,
Kate

In case you missed it,  the Yankees were swept again and we’re currently losing to the Mets.  I just wanted one game… one game and I would have been thrilled.  Oh well :(

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Let me explain for those of you who have not  been following…  The Yankees and Red Sox are in the middle of their third series of the season, and while the two teams should be fairly well matched ( they ARE tied for first in their division at the moment), the Yankees have yet to have beaten the Red Sox once this season.  It’s a bit painful and, to be honest.  a little bit embarrassing.  We lost last night 0-7.  I actually stopped watching in the 5th inning – I just couldn’t torture myself any longer.

I wasn’t looking to kill the Sox in this series – I just wanted one win.   That’s all I’m asking for – one win and I’ll be happy.   Red Sox fans have been a little smug the past 5 years and if they keep sweeping us every time we meet, it’s certainly not going to help matters.  Tonight’s game 2 of the 3 game series… will this be the big night?   C’mon boys, do it for your fans in Connecticut!

]]> http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/06/10/yankees-red-sox-rivalry/feed/ 2 Manny Being Manny, Suspended For 50 Games http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/manny-being-manny-suspended-for-50-games/ http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/manny-being-manny-suspended-for-50-games/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 00:34:18 +0000 Kate Czlapinski http://worldaccordingtokate.com/?p=753 Manny Ramirez Suspended 50 Games for Use of Fertility Drug

“…testing by Major League Baseball showed that Ramirez had testosterone in his body that was not natural and came from an artificial source, two people with knowledge of the case told ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn. The sources said that [...]]]> mannyramirezManny Ramirez Suspended 50 Games for Use of Fertility Drug

“…testing by Major League Baseball showed that Ramirez had testosterone in his body that was not natural and came from an artificial source, two people with knowledge of the case told ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn. The sources said that in addition to the artificial testosterone, Ramirez was identified as using the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG.”

Every Red Sox  fan I know (and living in CT, I know quite a few) was just beaming all day long…  good riddance.  As I was telling my friend Bryan this afternoon, as  a Yankees fan, I really don’t exactly like any of the Red Sox players, but I really hated Manny – with him it was personal.  He just irked me to no end, so this one kind of feels good even to me.  Jackass.

]]> http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/manny-being-manny-suspended-for-50-games/feed/ 0 We Want Torre http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/we-want-torre/ http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/we-want-torre/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 23:33:26 +0000 Kate Czlapinski http://worldaccordingtokate.com/?p=743 Chants of “We Want Torre” could be heard in the 9th inning of Tuesday night’s game versus the Red Sox, as the Yankees lost their 5th consecutive game (and every game so far this season) to our division rivals.  It was pretty painful.  I don’t know that we necessarily want Joe Torre back [...]]]> 46760280 Chants of “We Want Torre” could be heard in the 9th inning of Tuesday night’s game versus the Red Sox, as the Yankees lost their 5th consecutive game (and every game so far this season) to our division rivals.  It was pretty painful.  I don’t know that we necessarily want Joe Torre back managing the Yankees, but thing sure were looking a lot better when he was around.   One thing is for sure, the new Joe – Girardi this time – certainly hasn’t been all we had hoped that he would be :(    We expected him to infuse new life and energy into the team and that unfortunately has just not happened.  Torre, however, has  had some great success with the  managing the Dodgers since .  Sigh.  The Yankees have now dropped below .500.  The season is still young, but it’s just not looking too pretty.

]]> http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/05/07/we-want-torre/feed/ 1 First Yankees/Red Sox Series of the Season http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/04/24/first-yankeesred-sox-series-of-the-season/ http://worldaccordingtokate.com/2009/04/24/first-yankeesred-sox-series-of-the-season/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:15:09 +0000 http://kpinski77.wordpress.com/?p=566 Tonight at 7:10 is the first (of many) Yankees / Red Sox games this season and I am really looking forward to it. It’s always special when the division rivals meet, but that first time in a new season is a particularly exciting event.  I’m sure tonight will be no different.  Kevin and I will [...]]]> Tonight at 7:10 is the first (of many) Yankees / Red Sox games this season and I am really looking forward to it. It’s always special when the division rivals meet, but that first time in a new season is a particularly exciting event.  I’m sure tonight will be no different.  Kevin and I will be celebrating in grand fashion tonight in front of our television (despite the beautiful Spring weather we’re having) with pizza, wings and a few beers. Actually, that’s probably how we will spend a good portion of our weekend… and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

In case you’re interested, this is what my weekend the schedule looks like:

Friday: RHP Joba Chamberlain (0-0, 5.06) vs. LHP Jon Lester (1-2, 5.50), 7:10 p.m., YES

Saturday: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-0, 3.20) vs. RHP Josh Beckett (2-1, 3.79), 4:10 p.m., FOX

Sunday: LHP Andy Pettitte (2-0, 2.53) vs. RHP Justin Masterson (1-0, 3.18), 8:05 p.m., ESPN

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