Our friends at ShoutEm, who are responsible for developing our fantastic mobile app for both iPhone and Android, were kind enough to feature a mini-interview with me in their weekly App Spotlight.
A sampling:
“ShoutEm: What are some of the highlights this year for the Yankees and their fans?
Larry: On an individual game level a couple of events immediately spring to mind—Bartolo Colon’s complete-game shutout of the A’s on Memorial Day; obviously Derek Jeter’s 3,000-hit game; CC Sabathia’s complete-game shutout of the Rays; the historic three-grand-slam day; and most recently, Jesus Montero arriving to the big leagues in style, with two home runs—including the game winner—in his fourth career game.
Taken as a whole, regardless of the ultimate outcome I think the 2011 season has truly been one for the ages. After being shunned by Cliff Lee in December and learning that Andy Pettitte wouldn’t be returning a month later, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Yankee fan not significantly depressed about the team’s likelihood of a playoff run in the immediate aftermath. If, back in February, I told you that Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon would not only play integral roles but perform as the Yankees’ second- and third-best starters on a playoff-bound team, you’d have looked at me as if I had three heads.
But here we are today, with the Yankees cruising into a postseason berth and possible division title, and boasting a pitching staff that may not only end up with one of the lowest Yankee team ERAs of the last 33 years, but also end up being one of the most well-rounded Yankee teams of the League Championship Series era.”
Be sure to click through to read the entire thing. And if you haven’t yet downloaded the TYA mobile app, click here for the iPhone version and here for the Android version.
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Sorry, Larry, I can’t click through. The excerpt is entirely too positive. After the last two games, if I read a long piece that positive, I’d get the bends.
Aww Longnose, say it ain’t so. I know you of all people know that two losses to the O’s does not a season make.
These last two games haven’t exactly been representative of the team’s true talent level. Ugly at times? Sure. Frustrating? Yes. But I think they’ll be just fine. Besides, even the Orioles have to win sometimes.
I say, if you’re not ready to throw a block party after every win and tying nooses after every loss, then why bother rooting at all?
The first loss didn’t bother me at all. So the O’s managed an extra-inning win against a AAA lineup. Who cares? And it wouldn’t have bothered me if the A lineup had skipped the trip to Baltimore altogether. But to show up and fall back into the ol’ no-hitting-after-the-6th-inning thing was just depressing.
Good stuff, Larry!
If the Yanks play just 11-9 ball the rest of the way, Boston has to play 13-6 ball the rest of the way to win the division.
The Yanks may catch a break by just missing Felix Hernandez if he starts on normal rest Sunday.
Several news sites have him scheduled to start vs. the Yanks Monday.
The app is great btw
Thanks for sharing this with your audience Larry/TYA!
I’m a Cardinals fan myself, and it looks like our early-season bullpen issues will ultimately cost us a shot at the playoffs.
As a recent New York transplant, I’ll be rooting for the Yankees come October!
Josh / ShoutEm
[...] On a personal note, this is one of the Yankees’ more memorable division crowns. Between the fact that, as I noted in the recap of the first game of the doubleheader, almost no one thought this year’s Yankee team could do this, as well as this being their first AL East title in the (admittedly brief) two-plus years I’ve spent voluntarily writing about the team every day, it feels pretty great. While they did win the AL East in 2009 shortly after I launched Yankeeist, that feeling doesn’t quite compare to having chronicled and obsessed over nearly every single game of the last two years, and watching what has truly been a remarkably resilient team putting together an improbably successful season. [...]