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Its Derby Time!!!!

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Some views of the sights and food from Citi Field this past Sunday June 14th. The food and drink selection at Citi Field are outstanding.

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Today's Name that Yankee was an obscure selection. I forgot that Jayson Nix played for the Yankees.

I still can't say that I remember him in pinstripes.

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I'm not familiar with Jack Coombs. But Sanchez joins some amazing pitchers on the top 5 list for scoreless innings. Here is where he stands:

Ourstanding!!!

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For those who don't understand why this is a homer and not a ground rule double, here are the rules.

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This is… entirely fucking accurate.

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FACTS!!!!

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Apparently with the strikeout in today's game, Paul Gokdschmidt becomes the 9th hitter to reach 2,000 Ks. Who are the other 8 players?

That's quite the list there. Aside from Adam Dunn, those are all Hall of Famers or Hall of Fame caliber players.

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Man, Ryan Weathers and Drew Rasmussen are dealing in this game. Neither offense could get anything going past a runner on first. If I was the manager on either team, I'd keep them both in for as long as possible. Why have the bullpen blow it.

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Today's "Name That Yankee" is according to the announcers a "6" in difficulty. I'll be honest, I have no idea who it is. Though I think it might be a catcher whose name escapes me at the moment.

Here is the answer:

I vaguely remembered that the player was a catcher. Though I can't say that I knew it was Ben Rortvedt.

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Today's "Name that Yankee" trivia question is a gimme. The answer is the birthday boy himself Tommy John.

People today know him for the monumental arm surgery that was first performed on him (by Dr. Frank Jobe on September 24, 1974) and bears his name. But many don't know that John was quite the pitcher. He had a total 519 decision (288 - 231) with an amazing 3.34 ERA.

Its surprising that John isn't in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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I had no idea who the answer to the name that Yankee trivia question was. Interesting to see who the first player to play for both the Yankees and Mets was.

The bonus comes in as Throneberry was traded for Roger Maris, who was very important to the Yankees winning back-to-back A.L. MVPs in 1960 and 1961 and was part of five A.L. oennant winning teams and two World Series champions in 1961 and 1962.

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Volpe is doing his best to make the decision at short hard for Manager Aaron Boone. So far In this series against the Mets, Volpe has 5 walks, 2 hits with 2 RBI and only 3 strikeouts. Good to see Volpe shaking off the rust.

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Mets lose starting pitcher Clay Holmes 'for long time'

Things keep going from bad to worse for the New York Mets. Not only did they lose to their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees, by a 5-2

Tough loss for the Mets.

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Theeeeee Yankees Win!!!! Good night folks.

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Rice goes deep...Bednar sits down.

BTW, when did the Mets call up Craig Kimbrel and his 5th best 440 career saves. This is 10 teams in 17-seasons for Kimbrel. I'll give him this much, he's finding ways to stay in the majors.

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Volpe is showing a good eye tonight with three walks.

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Love that the ump in this game used the Mets' government name of the "Metropolitans" when announcing the result of the challenge at 1st.