I Heard the Yanks Have a New Park—Is It True?

Strange times in the news business—I figured there would be all sorts of coverage about the new Yankee Stadium, where the Cubs will conclude their Spring Training schedule tonight and Saturday afternoon. But no, not a peep, not a detail anywhere. It's like no one is paying attention to the first-ever Major League game in that billion dollar edifice. For all anyone would know, the Yanks are still going to be playing in the old park across the street.

Seriously...

Among the saturation coverage of the new yard, I found this wonderful interactive panorama on the New York Times site. It's like being there, without having to scramble for personal space with the fat guy in the Thurman Munson jersey spilling over the seat next to you. (There's a similar interactive panorama for the Mets' new park as well.)

Speaking of strange times in the news business, Ed Sherman of Crain's reports that the Daily Herald will no longer be footing the bill for sending their reporters on the road to cover the Cubs and Sox. Tough break for Bruce Miles and every discerning Cubs fan who enjoys reading him.

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Submitted by Cubnut on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 12:25pm
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Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:29pm

Paul Sullivan recaps...I'm thrilled.

Sun-Times just went bankrupt, right?

Submitted by Cubnut
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:30pm

Yes, though they've been creatively bankrupt for many years.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:46pm

maybe we should take a TCR collection up and see if Bruce will recap the games for us?

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:10pm

I might be stating the obvious, but juxtaposed... I'd probably prefer Transmission's recaps over Bruce's.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:17pm

we should take a collection so Transmission can parachat from the game? seems like an unwise use of resources....

Submitted by navigator
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:49pm

Wanna buy the Sun Times... it's at 2 cents a share

http://www.marketwatch.com/quotes/sutmq

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:29pm

bleeding ulcer...

Submitted by Charlie
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:37pm

Ouch. Could be worse, I guess; Could be anal fissure. Is it racist that as soon as Ichiro was placed on the DL I thought of a Kaz Matsui injury?

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:08pm

lol, yeah, that's racist. It's funny, though, so it doesn't count.

Submitted by SJS
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:41pm

Go figure when I finally get Ichiro on my fantasy team, he develops an ulcer. What a puss.

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:51pm

I'll loan you Fred Lewis for Kuroda since you don't have a CF-eligible player now. Then we can trade back when Ichiro comes off the DL. Let me know if that interests you.

Submitted by navigator
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:48pm

FYI

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:53pm

Where'd you get this information from? thecubreporter.com 6 hours previously?

Submitted by navigator
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:58pm

The Seattle Times baseball reporter, LARRY STONE, says the Cubs will win it all this year

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/larrystone/2...

Submitted by SJS
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:05pm

I take all my MLB predictions from a city that hasn't won a major professional championship. Seattle Times predictions < Red Times jokes

Submitted by Ryno
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:16pm

That's an irresponsible prediction, imo. You can kind of predict who might make it to the playoffs... to an extent... but once in the playoffs you need a measure of luck Pat Burrell.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:07pm

released...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:23pm

apparently not released...

apologies for passing along the info and all the puppies that were harmed along the way.

Funny story...Steve had it on Inside the Ivy yesterday and Latham's family freaked out...whoops.

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:48pm

awesome. haha.

he gets good scoops regardless of this flub, though.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:57pm

yeah that was unfortunate, said two players told him Latham was cut and neither of them saw Latham in Arizona, but apparently not the case. Maybe there was a minor injury or family issues and he was delayed or something.

As I said, he's tipped me on other stuff that all turned out to be true...oh well.

Submitted by wireda1a
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:09pm

Headed up to the Bronx for tonight's game. Let's hope the rain hold off...

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:34pm

Classic Cubs from 1991 on MLB Network right now. My namesake just had a go-ahead RBI single. Hawk's at the plate right now with the bases juiced.

Edit: Grand Slam, Andre Dawson. Sweet.

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:58pm

Hope no one else watched that game. Cubs blew a 5 run lead in the bottom of the 11th to the Pirates, thanks in part to a SUPER skinny Barry Bonds.

If anyone is confused by the term, "Cubbery", simply show them a tape of that game. Holy shit what a debacle.

Submitted by CPH2133
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:33pm

New yankees stadium...still have obstructed view seats...

http://www.scottproctorsarm.com/2009/04/bleachers-...

I'm sure i'll get "scott eyre is broke" but who cares, thought it was interesting.

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:54pm

what an unfortunate blog name.

joe torre's love affair with proctor is a mystery to all.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:00pm

Parachat before the rain shows up...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:04pm

looks like MLB and Yahoo teamed up and can track the players on your fantasy team while watching the game with the new player. They had a tracker with MLB Mosaic, but you had to manually adjust the players.

Submitted by Fireball
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 6:42pm

YES irritates me by teasing a message from Fox Business later in the game. They then make up for it by showing Joey Gathright jumping over a car.

Submitted by crunch
on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 7:12pm

damn terrorist hand bumps...

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