The Yankees third baseman has been named as a sixth award recipient for this year's Thurman Munson Awards dinner, acknowledging excellence in competition and philanthropic work within the community.
Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera, Mets third baseman David Wright, former Houston Astros infielder Craig Biggio, New York Knicks shooting guard Jamal Crawford and Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi will also receive "Thurmans" at the 28th annual Munson Awards dinner, to be held Feb. 5 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.
"It is a privilege and honor to receive the Munson Award," Rodriguez said in a statement. "Knowing of Thurman's legacy in the storied history of the Yankees franchise, and how much the dinner has done to assist children through AHRC NYC Foundation, it is a special honor that I will always cherish."
- The Daily Herald reports that the Seattle Mariners have signed former Yankee Bronson Sardinha to a minor league contract. It was nice knowing you Bronson, good luck in Seattle.
- The Eastern League champion Trenton Thunder (AA) will face the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees in a special exhibition game at Waterfront Park in Trenton on April 1st.
This game will give fans the chance to see the top levels of the Yankees Minor League system while reuniting players from last season's Eastern League Championship Thunder team who have moved on to the AAA level. There will be a pre-game ceremony on the field to honor the members of the 2007 EL Championship Thunder team...........For more info and tickets go here.- Yankee minor league pitcher Humberto Sanchez sat down with MLB.com's Lisa Winston to discuss his arm troubles and subsequent Tommy John surgery, his hopes for 2008, his mother, and life as a new husband and father.
Sanchez was one of the players brought over in the Gary Sheffield trade.
I didn't know this about Sanchez, but when he was 10 years old he moved from the Dominican Republic to the Bronx, and lived just five blocks from Yankee Stadium. You gotta love the local kids.
Here is a quote from Sanchez about his hopes for the 2008 season: "My goal is just to be 100 percent by the end of April, a year out from the surgery," he said. "My dream goal would be to be in New York by the All-Star break, but a lot of things come into it -- if they need someone there [and] my performance at that point." I like his attitude, but I don't know how possible being back by the All Star break is, I'm thinking at best he could be a September call-up and be a useful arm out of the bullpen, but that'a stretch. It's more likely that Sanchez will make his MLB debut sometime during the 2009 campaign.
- I forgot to mention this the other day, but David Justice will no longer be with the YES network. From the NY Times:
David Justice, who was cited in the Mitchell report as having purchased human growth hormone, will no longer be a studio analyst for the YES Network but will contribute columns and participate in chats on the channel’s Web site.
Justice, whose house was destroyed in the San Diego wildfires last year, said his departure was based on wanting to be with his family during the rebuilding and not on being named in the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
“I don’t want my wife to go through the strain of the building process alone,” he said in a phone interview. Justice is in the last year of his contract with YES, which was expecting him to return in his studio role this season.
He said he would have returned if not for the fire. But he did not expect to renew his deal after the season; he wants to spend more time as a baseball coach to his sons.
Eric Handler, a YES spokesman, said Justice requested that his role be cut earlier this month. “We understand his decision,” said Handler, who added that YES “had no reason to doubt” Justice’s denial of the allegations in the Mitchell report.
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