The Hardball Times has set up a memorial fund for John Brattain's family. He left behind a wife and two teenage daughters.
Four years ago, I found from personal experience how generous the online community can be to its own in their hour of need. I am now literally begging you to be even more generous than you were to me.
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Look what people have to say about Larry Mahnken's commentary!
"Larry, can you be any more of a Yankee apologist?.... Just look past your Yankee myopia and try some objectivity." - Bernal Diaz
"Mr. Mahnken is enlightened." - cordially, as always,
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"Wow, Larry. You've produced 25% of the comments on this thread and said nothing meaningful. That's impressive, even for you." - Anonymous
"After reading all your postings and daily weblog...I believe you have truly become the Phil Pepe of this generation. Now this is not necessarily a good thing." - Repoz
"you blog sucks, it reeds as it was written by the queer son of mike lupica and roids clemens. i could write a better column by letting a monkey fuk a typewriter. i dont need no 181 million dollar team to write a blog fukkk the spankeees" - yan
"i think his followers have a different sexual preference than most men" - bob
"Boring and predictable." - No Guru No Method
"Are you the biggest idiot ever?" - Randal
"I'm not qualified to write for online media, let alone mainstream media." - Larry Mahnken
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NEW YORK—Joba Chamberlain has not pitched in a game in more than three weeks, but after playing catch and throwing bullpen sessions during his time on the disabled list, he can see an end in sight.
“There’s light,” Chamberlain said. “I see a little bit. It’s peeking through.”
Chamberlain threw a 45-pitch bullpen session on Thursday morning prior to the Yankees’ afternoon matchup against the Red Sox, and he said his arm strength has continued to progress with each step of his rehab.
“Just getting my arm going, it felt better,” he said. “As we continue to do this thing, it seems to get stronger.”
Since the Yankees are just playing out the string now, let’s hope for the healthy and effective returns of Joba and Hughes.
