Tag Archives: Pat Venditte

Afternoon Bits: A-Rod, Soriano, Pineda, beards, Venditte, and Goody

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Games are finally being played today. You can't watch, but you can listen here. • Follow Bronx Baseball Daily on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get stories emailed to you. • Alex Rodriguez is keeping busy doing two rehab sessions a day. • The Yankees will not give up a good prospect for Alfonso Soriano, but might ...

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Morning Bits: Lohse, Gardner & Granderson, Mo, WBC, and Pineda

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Today is the last day of Spring Training before they start games. • Even with Phil Hughes' back injury, the Yankees have no interest in Kyle Lohse. • Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson will play both center and left field this spring. • Mariano Rivera faced hitters for the first time since surgery yesterday. • Minor leaguers Melky Mesa (Team DR), Juan Cedeno ...

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BBD Interview with Pat Venditte

I had a chance to sit down and interview Pat Venditte over the phone, and man what a great guy he is. He had a great personality, and even stayed on the phone with my girlfriend's cat meowing obnoxiously in the background while he was trying to answer questions. After having a chance to talk ...

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Venditte on the doorstep to the majors

If you have the opportunity to take in a minor league game involving the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (or the Empire State Yankees for the 2012 season), you may notice something that will cause a double take.  Should No. 58 trot out to the pitchers mound, you might want to pay attention because you might see something ...

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Yankees Notes: Vazquez, Pettitte, Jeter, Aceves, Venditte

The Yankees go for a four game sweep of the Oakland Athletics tonight and their sixth win overall and have their best man on the job, CC Sabathia. Here are some notes: Javier Vazquez is back in the rotation. Dustin Moseley is out. Andy Pettitte threw a bullpen yesterday and said he felt great. ...

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Read: NoMaas’ Interview w/Mark Newman

NoMaas.org had a great interview with the Yankees' Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Mark Newman that was filled with great little tidbits of information about the minor league system. Since this has been a slow news day thanks to the off day yesterday, I figured I'd point it out and run down some of ...

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Pictures of Pat Venditte from Yesterday

Switch pitcher Pat Venditte got a chance to show off his stuff in the big league camp for the Yankees yesterday. He pitched 1.1 innings allowing one run, two hits, and a walk. Here are some pictures:

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Another Look at the Yankees Farm System

Thanks to Frankie Piliere we already got a look at some of the Yankee minor leaguers today through his scouting reports. Now, we'll get more of a journalists take on the Yankees farm system instead of a scout's thanks to Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. First Mayo takes a look at players near the top of the ...

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Hit & Run: Teixeira's Elbow, Plan for Hughes, and Venditte

It's a good thing the season didn't start today because it probably couldn't be raining much harder in New York today. On to some news: Mark Teixeira was hit on the elbow with a pitch yesterday. He left the game with what is being called a contusion and will be reevaluated today, but they don't expect ...

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Hit and Run: Interview with Mark Newman

Mark Newman was nailed with a DUI the other day, but unlike former Yankee exec Steve Swindall it appears that Newman's status within the organization is secure. Or at least he's giving interviews and acting as if everything is all right. for those of you who don't know who Newman is, he's the Senior VP of ...

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