Jun
17

SI Yanks on SNY tonight

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Just wanted to mention that you can check out Short Season Staten Island kick off their season against the Brooklyn Cyclones tonight on SNY. The game is at Coney Island’s beautiful KeySpan Park, with first pitch set for 7pm. Man, I can’t tell you how much I’m hoping Pat Venditte pitches. Two innings out of the bullpen, say 4 RHB and 2 LHB would be just perfect. (h/t to commentor JohnC)

Update: Sorry all, looks like the game isn’t on. That’s what I get for not confirming the info before posting it. Thursday’s Yanks-Cyclones game will be on SNY though, at least that’s why my DVR tells me. Again, sorry about that. Feel free to call me an idiot in the comment.

Categories : Asides, Minors

15 Comments»

  1. steve Rogowskey says:

    man talk about a man crush !! hah..

    have they said anything about him being and ambidextrous pitcher or is he going to be strictly righty or lefty ?

  2. Adam says:

    mike, i am not sure, but in college did vinditte pitch righty one day, lefty another, or did he really match up lefty/righty in-game? any thoughts on how the yankees plan to use him in this regard?

    what happens when he faces a switch hitter? i assume it is easier for him to switch hands than it is for the batter to jump to the other box.

    • Mike A. says:

      He matches up lefty-righty batter by batter. When he comes in, he makes 4 warmup tosses from each side. For switch hitters, he can only stay on one side during a plate appearances, so they’ll go over the scouting report and force the hitter to his weaker side.

      They say they’ll let him keep it up, which is great. Why not, it’ll be a ton of fun.

  3. dan says:

    I can’t wait for this.

  4. Joey says:

    damn, wish I got SNY now. Mike, do you mind doing a few periodic updates on Venditte and some of the guys?

  5. Miles Roche says:

    Mike,
    Is it pronounced Ven-dit or Ven-ditee?

  6. The Fallen Phoenix says:

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Oppenheimer pronounced it Ven-ditee?

  7. NC Saint says:

    Why does my guide channel claim that SNY is playing something else? It gives me the fear…

  8. THU says:

    same here has beer money and daily news for me.

  9. john says:

    arg. beer money is on :/

  10. Mike A. says:

    I’m sorry guys, it looks I made a mistake. Thursday’s game will be on SNY, not today’s.

  11. Chris says:

    Idiot.

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