Found October 27, 2009 on
Big League Stew:
PLAYERS:
Jorge Posada,
Jimmy Rollins,
Alex Rodriguez,
Mark Teixeira,
Mariano Rivera
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
NEW YORK — The Yankees just held their workout day press conferences in the Great Hall of Yankee Stadium and there wasn't really much to talk about.There was a little Cliff-CC chatter, a little talk about christening the new place with a World Series and about 300 questions thrown toward Alex Rodriguez(notes) that were all vaguely similar and produced nothing very noteworthy.The highlights? The two Bronx hoodlums who stood outside the gate screaming "Jeeee-taaaaah! Come out and see your fans!" and the guerrilla reporter from Philadelphia who kept parachuting into each interview pod to aggressively ask about Jimmy Rollins'(notes) prediction of Phils in five.To their credit, the Yankees smiled like they hadn't heard the question before (a few others had asked) and acted as if they didn't know it was coming. Jorge Posada(notes), though, was able to lace his response with a little bit of irritation and it was fun to watch. "Nostradamus!" Posa...
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