Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy Yankee Day!
It’s a few hours early, but since I likely won’t be blogging on a Sunday morning, and I rarely blog at all ... just wanted to wish all of you a very happy Yankee Day!
The hell’s a Yankee Day? Well, back when I used to have regular access to BBTF and would scribble over there I declared January 3 to be Yankee Day. Why?
Simple, the two most significant events in the history of the franchise are credited to have occurred that day. In 1973, George Steinbrenner paid CBS $10 million for the Yankees. Adjusted for inflation that’s roughly 2.1 million dollars in 2008 funds. Just absurd.
Going back into history, Baseball Reference cites Jan. 3, 1920 as the day the transaction sending George Herman “Babe” Ruth to the Yankees was processed. I’ve since seen it elsewhere credited to dates in December, but since that doesn’t fit with my narrative, I choose to ignore it.
So, tomorrow during the Giants meaningless game and the impending Jets collapse, raise a glass to the Bronx Bombers, because really - it’s their day.
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On a separate note, allow me to plug the Hall of Fame’s VIP experience. I went last year as a belated birthday gift, but for a reasonable hotel rate, you get a couple nights in Cooperstown at a time of the year when you’ll have the town to yourself, a more or less private afterhours viewing of the museum and a tour of the library and a look at some rare, undisplayed items. For example, last year I got my picture taken holding one of the promissory notes from the aforementioned Babe Ruth sale.
I mention this because as you can see, they’ll be doing weekend on March 11-12 dedicated to the Yankees, which may be of interest to some of you.
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