db44
Jan 10th, 2005, 01:49 AM
In my memory, that phrase first coined for a segment of Ken Burns' Baseball. "The Capital of Baseball" was the title of the seventh installment (inning) and was talking about, of course, NYC. Postseason baseball in most of the fifties, until the the heartbreak of '58, was at home here in New York, with the Yanks, Dodgers and Giants dominating the game.
Since then we have had some minore revivals. In the mid eighties, both New York teams were good for a bit, and then of course we had our first subway series of the "new generation" in 2000.
But this year's off-season may have made NYC the focal point of baseball again for this and a few seasons to come. Where the Yanks made some dumb moves over the last few years, this year they built what should be the monster of the A.L. again. They bolstered their pitching with Pavano and some guy named Johnson, and we have to see what Wright will be. Stanton may have been poor with the Mets, but he's been missed in the Bronx... So has the man which I hope will be our starting first baseman: Welcome back Tino!!!
In Queens things started when the Mets brought back one of their past architects of their past glory as well: GM Omar Minaya. He wasted little time making the Mets a contender again, at least on paper. First Pedro and now Beltran. They took a note out of the Yankee blueprint and brought in what I expect will be an important supporting player in the likes of Miguel Cairo.
We have two physicals to go through, one for each team, but I expect 2005 and the following few years to be a great time for baseball in New York...
And I'm gonna see both teams in Spring Training. :biggrin:
Since then we have had some minore revivals. In the mid eighties, both New York teams were good for a bit, and then of course we had our first subway series of the "new generation" in 2000.
But this year's off-season may have made NYC the focal point of baseball again for this and a few seasons to come. Where the Yanks made some dumb moves over the last few years, this year they built what should be the monster of the A.L. again. They bolstered their pitching with Pavano and some guy named Johnson, and we have to see what Wright will be. Stanton may have been poor with the Mets, but he's been missed in the Bronx... So has the man which I hope will be our starting first baseman: Welcome back Tino!!!
In Queens things started when the Mets brought back one of their past architects of their past glory as well: GM Omar Minaya. He wasted little time making the Mets a contender again, at least on paper. First Pedro and now Beltran. They took a note out of the Yankee blueprint and brought in what I expect will be an important supporting player in the likes of Miguel Cairo.
We have two physicals to go through, one for each team, but I expect 2005 and the following few years to be a great time for baseball in New York...
And I'm gonna see both teams in Spring Training. :biggrin: