Archive for July 3rd, 2009

Burnett hands Blue Jays first loss at new Yankee stadium (CBC.ca)

The Toronto Blue Jays made their first trip to the new Yankee Stadium on Friday and were handed a 4-2 loss by former Toronto starter A.J.

Burnett hands Blue Jays first loss at new Yankee stadium (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

The Toronto Blue Jays made their first trip to the new Yankee Stadium on Friday and were handed a 4-2 loss by former Toronto starter A.J. Burnett.

Dick Friedman: Why there will never be another Lou Gehrig (Sports Illustrated)

Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most stirring moments in American sports history. On July 4, 1939, beloved New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig stood before a crowd of 61,808 at Yankee Stadium. Weeks earlier, shortly after pulling himself out of the lineup for the first time since 1925, the four-time American League MVP had learned that he had the disease Amyotrophic …

Baseball: Mariners end Yanks’ streak (Journal Inquirer)

Umpire Ron Kulpa, left, makes the out call as Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter puts the tag on Mariners runner Ryan Langerhans, who was trying to steal second. The Yanks lost, 8-4, Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

Adult School of the Chathams to tour new Yankee Stadium (Chatham Courier)

CHATHAM – The Adult School of the Chathams, Madison and Florham Park invites the public to experience history in the making with a tour of the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., on Sunday, July 12.

Jays set to play in new park (Toronto Star)

Tonight, the Blue Jays play their first game at the new Yankee Stadium, but you won’t catch Cito Gaston reminiscing about the old one.

CC Sabthia is rocked in Yankees 8-4 loss to Seattle at Yankee Stadium (New York Daily News)

With the Oscar-winning actor watching from the front row behind home plate, CC Sabathia delivered his worst start since Opening Day, getting rocked for six runs in the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the Mariners.