Funny Friday: Foam Finger Fight!

Two Young Yankee Fans Had A Rumble In The Bronx, and the whole thing was captured on video!

At Yankee Stadium's Final Game, Yankee Fans Reflect

I was watching the final game to ever be played at Yankee Stadium. All night, ESPN was analyzing the quote by Babe Ruth after he hit his first homerun at Yankee Stadium.
"God only knows who will hit the last one."
It turned out to be Jose Molina who hit the last homerun at Yankee Stadium.

It was so fitting that Mariano Rivera went 1-2-3 in the ninth for the final save at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won 7-3.

All of the Yankee Legends came out: Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Don Larsen, Tino Martinez, Reggie Jackson, and many more came out to see the last game at Yankee Stadium.

The players did a victory lap around Yankee Stadium, and Derek Jeter called on the fans to "transplant the history of this Yankee Stadium to the New Yankee Stadium."

I remember when the Cardinals were getting ready to move into the new Busch Stadium. I am the type of guy that loves the historic ballparks. Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium.

I was sad to see Busch Stadium go, but the new Busch Stadiumn is beautiful.

I am sad to see Yankee and Shea Stadium go. Hopefully, their new ballparks live up to the hype.

Report: Worker tries to jinx Yanks with buried Red Sox shirt

A Worker tried to plant a curse on the Yankees and New Yankee Stadium.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Say it ain’t so, George!

A construction worker on a concrete crew at the new Yankee Stadium secretly buried a Red Sox T-shirt under the future visiting clubhouse in an effort to jinx the Yankees, the New York Post reported Friday.

The paper cited two construction workers it did not identify, saying they were not authorized to speak with the media. One of the workers said the T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor’s clubhouse.

“It sounds like a tall tale, and it would take more than a Red Sox T-shirt to put a curse on the Yankees,” team spokesman Howard Rubenstein was quoted as saying.

The Yankees move to the new ballpark in 2009.

My Take:
Yankees-Red Sox is in the air! Can You Feel It? The Greatest Rivalry in Sports is about to extend into the next generation. If the story is true, nice job by the construction workers! They did they're part to keep the Yankees-Red Sox fire burning!

BTW, The Yankees beat Boston 4-1 Friday. The only offense for Boston coming from a J.D. Drew Solo Homerun.

On Saturday, Fox will have Yankees-Red Sox from Fenway Park! Mike Mussina is pitching for the Yankees, opposed by Fireballer Josh Beckett. I expect this game to come down to the bullpen, as both starters could be bailed out by their team's potent offense as long as the starters pitch well in the game.

Watch Yankees-Red Sox Saturday on Fox and Sunday Night On ESPN!

Three Days Into Baseball Season...

Here's What I've Observed...
KANSAS CITY SWEEPS DETROIT
There is optimism in Kansas City, especially after the upstart Royals swept their much hyped division rival Detroit Tigers. This was Kansas City's first opening sweep since 2003. Kansas City fought to come back in Game one as they beat Detroit 5 to 4 in eleven innings. In the second game, Kansas City Starter Brian Bannister held Detroit to just three hits as Kansas City beat Detroit 4 to nothing. In the final game, Zack Grienke had a great pitching performance. Grienke allowed one run in seven innings of work.

And, Speaking of Great Pitching...
ROOKIE PHENOM JOHNNIE CUETO STRIKES OUT TEN DIAMONDBACKS
History was made at Great American Ballpark as Johnnie Cueto became the first Reds pitcher since 1900 to strike out ten batters in his major league debut. The only hole in the armor was Justin Upton's solo homerun in the sixth inning.

Some Reds fans may think they have their own version of Mark Prior and Kerry Wood in Homer Bailey and Johnie Cueto, but I would like to caution them: You're with a manager who likes to overwork young pitchers and likes to keep them in ballgames when they have been on the mound a very long time. I would not be suprised if Bailey and Cueto got the same type of problems Prior and Wood have gotten from being overworked in the Dusty Baker Era.

KOSUKE FUKUDOME WITH AN INCREDIBLE " KONNICHIHA" TO WRIGLEY'S FAITHFUL
Kosuke Fukudome had an unbelievable debut opening day. He doubled off Ben Sheets in his first Major League At Bat. Fukudome came through huge in the ninth inning, as he hit a game tying, three run homerun to tie the game at three. Fukudome batted .1000 at the end of Opening day as he went 3-3.

Through his first three games, Fukudome is 4-8 with three RBI'S, and three of his four hits have gone for extra bases.

Kosuke's the real deal. Teams will be trying to figure him out all season long, so he may be able to keep his hot streak going for a while.

WALKS WILL KILL YOU IN EXTRA INNINGS. JUST ASK THE NATIONALS!
The Philladelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 8-7 as Jason Werth helped score the tying run on a bases loaded walk. Werth never got thrown a strike, and Philly gets an important early lesson on why it is important to be selective at the plate.

NEW YORK'S GOING OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Both New York teams are getting new ballparks next season. Shea Stadium, opened in 1964, will close down after this season. The "Cathedral Of Baseball" The "Big Ballpark In The Bronx" Yankee Stadium, opened in 1923, will also close down. The Mets are moving to Citi Field, while the Yankees are moving a few streets down to New Yankee Stadium. I'm sad to see both ballparks go because there have been many great players and great moments that have happened at these ballparks.