I remember when this guy with an unusual name came up with the Yankees. "What the heck is a Mattingly?" I wondered. "Sounds like an adverb more than a major league player." Well, we now know who Don Mattingly was and is -- arguably the most beloved living retired Yankee after Yogi Berra.
When another player with another unusual -- but made-for-stardom -- moniker arrived on the scene, it was with a lot of media hype. And Derek Jeter now is on the verge of having more career hits than the one and only Cal Ripken, Jr.
When I got tickets about a month ago tonight's game (June 29) at the Stadium versus the White Sox, like most fans, I started wondering who my daughter Elissa and I would see on the pitcher's mound to start the game.
This week, the rude awakening was that both Andy Pettitte and C.C. Sabathia went on the DL (disabled list). When I went to the Yankees website earlier today, I was taken aback to find that the starting pitcher would be Adam Warren, MAKING HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT ... IN A YANKEE UNIFORM ... AT THE STADIUM. Check it out here on the Yankees site:
