Yankee Stadium – You Will Be Missed

I definitely have mixed feelings about the Yankees moving to a new stadium.  While the new house will have plenty for fans to enjoy, along with loads of upgrades, it will unfortunately no longer be the “House that Ruth Built.”  Personally, I would have rather seen them improve on their current stadium, rather than tearing it down.  All that history…gone.  All those memories…shall live on.  Here are some of my fondest memories at the legendary ballpark.

1.  One of my earliest memories at the stadium:  Dave Winfield gave my brother and I the ball he was using to warm up between innings.

2.  The seats:  I’ve been lucky enough to sit all over the stadium over the years, but the seats that stand out the most were definitely Section 1, Box 1, Row E, Seats 5, 6, 7, and 8.  The seats were a few rows up from the field, directly behind home plate.  Clemens and Pettitte firing in pitches.  Frank Thomas (while on the White Sox) crushed a pitch into the upper deck in left field.  Simply put, wow.

3.  The worst no-hitter ever:  Unfortunately, I was at the game where 6 Houston Astros pitchers combined for a no-hitter against the Yankees.  History — Yes.  Fun — No.

4.  Playoffs, 2001:  I attended a game from the Division Series, AL Championship Series, and World Series during the 2001 season.  It was right after 9/11, and the stadium was alive, like it’s never been before.  The rush that the crowd felt when Clemens ran out from the bullpen to start the Division Series game was electric.  Soriano’s home run during the AL Championship series sent the crowd into a frenzy.  Brosious’ home run off of Kim in the World Series shook my upper deck seat to the limit (it felt like the whole upper deck would collapse), and I’ve never heard the fans cheer louder.  It was an absolutely incredible postseason, which energized a city in mourning.

5.  1st playoff game with my brother:  Lee and I went to game 1 of the 2001 Division Series against the Oakland A’s.  Clemens vs. Mulder.  It was a fantastic game, which we unfortunately lost, but it’s something I’ll never forget.  I also was fortunate enough to win two 9/11 auctions from MLB.com, and am the proud owner of 2nd and 3rd base from that game.

Thank you for all the memories Yankee Stadium.  You will be missed.

Here’s some more on the stadium.  Enjoy!

Stadium leaves night to remember | MLB.com: News

Farewell Yankee Stadium | Yankees.com: Ballpark

WILL WE WANT THE GOOGLE PHONE?

It’s coming…  The Google phone is set to be released next month and will sell for around $200.00.  Key question:  Does RIM (BlackBerry) and Apple (iPhone) have the market cornered?  Is it too tough a market for Google to enter?  Google typically isn’t a company that fails, so chances are the phone will do just fine, if not be a HUGE success.  Time will tell…

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/report-htc-gphone-will-sell-for-200-goog-

Side note:  Is it me, or does this thing look like luggage?  What happened to the days of figuring out how to make phones smaller?  Come on guys, it’s time to start thinking like Derek Zoolander!  Umm…

STAR WARS GAME FOR THE IPHONE AND IPOD TOUCH!

Ok, this is awesome…  A Star Wars game for the iPhone/iPod Touch…

In other news, I’m drooling.  :)

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/thq_readies_star_wars_announces_more_iphone_games

Chase Brown’s 1st Birthday Party!

A few pics from Chase Brown’s 1st birthday party!  Congrats Chase (and Tracy and Evan)!

iPhone Security Leak – WHOA!

Everyone, Hide Your iPhones! | Mac|Life.

Thankfully, I have a BlackBerry.

Family Guy Creator – Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy on YouTube!

Looks like Seth MacFarlane has another hit on his hands, and he’s launched it using YouTube.  Good stuff…

http://www.youtube.com/user/SethComedy

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/youtube-s-seth-macfarlane-channel-looking-like-a-hit

http://www.sethcomedy.com/

Enjoy!

New Macs Next Month

Not sure if there’s anything to it, but the latest rumor is that Apple will be releasing/announcing their new Macs next month.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/where-are-the-new-macs-wait-a-month-aapl-

They might be new and improved…but they also might just have new metal casings…

Say it with me folks:  Ooooohhhh.  Aaaaaahhhhh.

Ehh.  :)

Not So Cuil

Looks like Cuil (pronounced:  Cool) isn’t all that Cuil.  One of the members of their senior staff already decided to jump ship.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/after-lousy-launch-cuil-s-product-vp-leaves

Yammer – Interesting Corporate Communication Tool

http://www.yammer.com/

Very cool corporate communication tool.  Works exactly like Twitter, but only allows people with registered emails from your company to join your network and follow your posts.

PEEK – AWESOME GADGET – WILL NOT PURCHASE (PROBABLY – HA!)

Mobile Email Gadget Peek Starts Selling Online, Gets NYT Pogue Slobbering

This looks VERY cool, but does it have a future?  Granted, some people want the ability to disconnect from their email for awhile and just have their phone with them, so having the two devices in one (ex: BlackBerry, iPhone, etc) isn’t all that attractive an idea.  However, if the issue people have deals with a device being too bulky to carry around everywhere, the BlackBerry flip phone is coming out soon which solves that problem.  I’m not sure how necessary the Peek is for someone who works in the online world, addicted to email, constantly updates his/her status on Twitter/Facebook/[insert other Web 2.0 technology], etc, but it sure does look pretty cool.

One more thing…  It’s email only.  Forget about checking an address using Google Maps, etc.  Ehh…

GOOGLE PHONE! GOOGLE PHONE! GOOGLE PHONE! Need I say more?

Google’s First Android ‘GPhone’ Coming Sept. 23? (GOOG)

This may or may not be as cool as the title of this post, but I figured I’d jazz you all up regardless.  :)

Enjoy!

Apple Releases New iPods and v8.0 of iTunes – ehhh.

Apple made a few announcements today regarding a new iPod Nano, the new version of iTunes (8.0), and a software upgrade for the iPod Touch.  I think I speak for us all when I say…  YAWN.

The new iPod Nano:  Looks longer and thinner, and is available in cool colors.  Not sure why I (or anyone) cares.

iTunes version 8.0:  Didn’t you just release 7.0?  6.0?  If you got it right the first time, you wouldn’t have to keep releasing new versions…hmm?  hmm?  My favorite is that they added something to version 8.0 called “Genius.”  It’s an interesting idea, and kinda cool (from their site:  “Meet Genius: a brilliant way to create perfect playlists. Play a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes creates a playlist of other songs from your library that go great together. Genius playlists help you discover songs in your library you never knew you had — and rediscover forgotten favorites.”), but again…  If they’re geniuses, why did it take them 8 versions of the software to figure out how to add this functionality?  Not so genius after all, ahh?

…in their defense, I’m writing this post on my MacBook, and I could have also used my iTouch.

Apple = Genius?  Maybe.

Apple = Smart enough to figure out how to get me to buy a bunch of their products after dumping them years ago?  You bet.  Grrr…..

Apple’s New iPod Nano:  http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss

Apple’s iTunes 8.0:  http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss

Play by play of announcements at today’s Apple event:

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/lets_rock_apple_event_live_updates

MacLife Posting about iTunes 8.0:  http://www.maclife.com/article/news/itunes_8_way_today

MacLife posting about the new iPod Nano:

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/new_ipods_announced_updated_classic_touch_and_nano

Chloe Rose Alania!

Chloe Rose Alania has arrived!  She entered the world at 4:25am on Sunday (September 7th).

19 inches.

6 lbs, 9.5 oz.

Congrats to Janie, Michael, and Ariel on the new addition to the family!

…pics to follow once Mike decides to post something somewhere.  Yeesh, what a slacker.  :)

BlackBerry FLIP PHONE 8220 / 8210 KickStart

BlackBerry FLIP PHONE 8220 / 8210 KickStart.

Coming soon… :)

…Just wish they’d do the full keyboard.

BlackBerry Bold – Another new model

BlackBerry Bold / AT&T

Another new BlackBerry coming soon for AT&T users.