Hello everyone, I hope all of you had a great weekend this weekend. I got some bad news and some good news. Let's first start with the bad news before I get to the positives, shall we? Here we go!
MLB
Usually I don't talk a lot about baseball during this time as it's Spring Training, but I have to make an exception for this one. During yesterday's exhibition game against division rival Toronto Blue Jays, left-fielder Curtis Granderson (No, this is NOT a typo. Girardi was experimenting to switch Grandy and Gardner in the outfield during spring training before the injury occured) was hit by a pitch at bat. The pain was severe enough that the Yankees coaching staff took him out of the game, and reported that he will miss 10 weeks. Freak accidents can occur at times, but what grinds my gears is how the New York media is writing off the Yankees.
First of all, I don't get why the New York media looks down at our AL and AFC team? I'm aware of the fact that before the Yankees were formed, New York City was considered a National League town as the Dodgers and Giants were the powerhouses. Once the Yankees moved to NY from Baltimore, they were considered the team that's "invading their territory". We all know that the Dodgers & Giants left NYC for California, and the Yankees were considered the only NY baseball team until the Mets were formed as an expansion team in '62. All I saying to the old school fans and media folks, MOVE ON!!! Those days are over.
The Jets faced a similar situation when they were formed in 1960 in the AFL, and fans of the NFL Giants also felt that their territory was invaded. However, that's a different story for a different time as this is a baseball topic, not football.
In short, the person who wrote this article is someone who just wants to irritate Yankees fans. I originally found this on Facebook that ESPN New York shared. What surprises me is that WABC Facebook page also shared the same article: http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/49886/worst-lineup-since-1991
Now, there are two ESPN NY beat writers who irritate me. Rich Cimini (beat writer for the NY Jets) and Andrew Marchand (beat writer for the Yankees). Instead of reading articles from people that want to irritate us, I recommend reading an article that is written by true Yankees fans: http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2013/02/tough-break-for-granderson.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FoWzDD+%28Bleeding+Yankee+Blue%29
The link that I shared is from the blog called "Bleeding Yankee Blue".
UFC
UFC 157 took place on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Overall, there were 12 fights on the card. 3 were streamed live on Facebook, 4 aired on FX, while the rest aired on PPV. Here are the results:
Facebook
WWE
Tonight on Raw is the main event featuring John Cena vs CM Punk where the winner will face The Rock at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. Also, there will be a street fight between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman.
Later this week, it's Social Media SmackDown as social media will be involved in this week's SmackDown. Although the show is taped, this episode will feature live tweets from fans and what not. Here's a promo:
More will be shared later on about the social media episode of SmackDown. That's all I have to say for now. Have a good week!
- NYCKNP
MLB
Usually I don't talk a lot about baseball during this time as it's Spring Training, but I have to make an exception for this one. During yesterday's exhibition game against division rival Toronto Blue Jays, left-fielder Curtis Granderson (No, this is NOT a typo. Girardi was experimenting to switch Grandy and Gardner in the outfield during spring training before the injury occured) was hit by a pitch at bat. The pain was severe enough that the Yankees coaching staff took him out of the game, and reported that he will miss 10 weeks. Freak accidents can occur at times, but what grinds my gears is how the New York media is writing off the Yankees.
First of all, I don't get why the New York media looks down at our AL and AFC team? I'm aware of the fact that before the Yankees were formed, New York City was considered a National League town as the Dodgers and Giants were the powerhouses. Once the Yankees moved to NY from Baltimore, they were considered the team that's "invading their territory". We all know that the Dodgers & Giants left NYC for California, and the Yankees were considered the only NY baseball team until the Mets were formed as an expansion team in '62. All I saying to the old school fans and media folks, MOVE ON!!! Those days are over.
The Jets faced a similar situation when they were formed in 1960 in the AFL, and fans of the NFL Giants also felt that their territory was invaded. However, that's a different story for a different time as this is a baseball topic, not football.
In short, the person who wrote this article is someone who just wants to irritate Yankees fans. I originally found this on Facebook that ESPN New York shared. What surprises me is that WABC Facebook page also shared the same article: http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/49886/worst-lineup-since-1991
Now, there are two ESPN NY beat writers who irritate me. Rich Cimini (beat writer for the NY Jets) and Andrew Marchand (beat writer for the Yankees). Instead of reading articles from people that want to irritate us, I recommend reading an article that is written by true Yankees fans: http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2013/02/tough-break-for-granderson.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FoWzDD+%28Bleeding+Yankee+Blue%29
The link that I shared is from the blog called "Bleeding Yankee Blue".
UFC
UFC 157 took place on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Overall, there were 12 fights on the card. 3 were streamed live on Facebook, 4 aired on FX, while the rest aired on PPV. Here are the results:
- Nah-Shon Burrell def Yuri Villefort via unanimous decision
- Neil Magny def Jon Manley via unanimous decision
- Kenny Robertson def Brock Jardine via submission at Round 1
- Sam Stout def Caros Fodor via split decision
- Dennis Bermudez def Matt Grice via split decision
- Michael Chiesa def Anton Kuivanen via submission at Round 2
- Brendan Schaub def Lavar Johnson via unanimous decision
- Robbie Lawler def Josh Koscheck via TKO at Round 1
- Court McGee def Josh Neer via unanimous decision
- Urijah Faber def Ivan Menjivar via submission at Round 1
- Lyoto Machida def Dan Henderson via split decision
- Ronda Rousey def Liz Carmouche via submission at Round 1 to retain the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship
WWE
Tonight on Raw is the main event featuring John Cena vs CM Punk where the winner will face The Rock at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. Also, there will be a street fight between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman.
Later this week, it's Social Media SmackDown as social media will be involved in this week's SmackDown. Although the show is taped, this episode will feature live tweets from fans and what not. Here's a promo:
More will be shared later on about the social media episode of SmackDown. That's all I have to say for now. Have a good week!
- NYCKNP
