Yankees at Virginia Tech

[Moderator1]

Just noticed it was free on MLB.com. Damn. Wish I'd known earlier.
My son called a little while ago. He snagged a ticket, is sitting behind the outfield. The Yankees started their A team. He said it was an amazing scene and he'll have a hard time cheering against them. Pix on Yankees.com of them at the memorial.

My son said it was a very interesting mix of tears and smiles - he had some of both.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Just noticed it was free on MLB.com. Damn. Wish I'd known earlier.
My son called a little while ago. He snagged a ticket, is sitting behind the outfield. The Yankees started their A team. He said it was an amazing scene and he'll have a hard time cheering against them. Pix on Yankees.com of them at the memorial.

My son said it was a very interesting mix of tears and smiles - he had some of both.

By "A" team do you mean ARod, Jeter, etc. or their Class A team?

 

[Moderator1]

ARod, Jeter, etc.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Cool.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Nice job, Yanks.
Is there a connection to Va Tech at all?

 

[Moderator1]

They made Girardi and Jeter available on a conference call last week. The Yankees have done it right.
Tech is wearing VT-colored hats with the NY logo. Yankees took BP in similar hats. They will be auctioned off for the memorial fund.

I fully expect a call from the kid tonight - "Dad, I need 500 bones."

I'd probably send it.

Fens, no connection. Steinbrenner gave a million to the fund right after the tragedy and said, "We're coming."

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

OK, I didn't know if any of the younger Steinbrenners might have gone there.
Send your kid the money, cheapskate. It's not like you need it to fly to an NCAA game or anything.
(See, now that's not right...)

 

[Moderator1]

That hurts!
I did buy him some of the t-shirts/other hats, etc. they made available.


Get out yer wallets everyone:

http://www.bookstore.vt.edu/ePOS?form=index.html&associateID=HokieSports

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Cool.
This is really a good thing for the Yankees to do.

 

[playthrough]

I hate having a reason to like the Yankees. Great stuff though.

 

[Moderator1]

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/vaapwire.apx.-content-articles-AP-2008-03-18-0049.html

 

[Inky_Wretch]

That hurts!
I did buy him some of the t-shirts/other hats, etc. they made available.


Get out yer wallets everyone:

http://www.bookstore.vt.edu/ePOS?form=index.html&associateID=HokieSports

Looks like the VT-colored caps with the NY logo are already sold out.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Alex Rodriguez committed an error in the game. Now that is gold!

 

[bigpern23]

I hate to be cynical, but what is the money being collected going to? I mean, family members of the victims obviously suffered terrible losses, but the money's not going to them, right? It's not a few grand (or even a few hundred grand) is going to do anything to replace their child/brother/sister/nephew/niece, etc.

I'm not even sure how effective violence awareness or anger management classes are, but I hope the money is going to something of that ilk and not just serving as some sort of green band-aid for the families' emotions.

 

[Moderator1]

Memorials. Counseling services, which the school needs in abundance. Families of the victims got a chunk of cash. There's a list on the school Web site of all the things being funded by the Fund.

 

[bostonbred]

Nice gesture indeed.

 

[Double Down]

I got a little choked up when I saw the thing where Jeter posed for pictures at the memorial stone with the student who lost her fiance. He was a really big Derek Jeter fan and Yankee fan, and she had laid a Jeter jersey by his memorial stone awhile ago.

That was pretty sad, but cool.

 

[hockeybeat]

Alex Rodriguez committed an error in the game. Now that is gold!

Idiocy.

Kudos to the Yankees for donating time and money to the University.

 

[goalmouth]

Alex Rodriguez committed an error in the game. Now that is gold!

Duncan should have dug it out, but it flicked off the heel of his glove.

Interestingly, ESPN radio in NY reported the game and had sound bites, but fif not report the score. I thought that was appropriate.

 

[rube]

I agree with playthrough, tough to give the empire props, but well deserved in this case. I saw a bunch of photos on the wire this morning and they all looked great.
Good stuff right there.