Play Ball!

The New York Yankees are scheduled to play their final “Opening Day” game at the old Yankee’s Stadium this afternoon (although it’s being delayed by rain right now). Next year the team will play in their brand new stadium – currently being built next door.

Here are some of my fave Yankees this season.

Team Captain Derek Jeter

Robinson Cano

Melky Cabrera, showing his love for me by wearing my name on his head

"Big Daddy" Bobby Abreu

"A-Rod", Alex Rodriguez

The Mets (yes, I like both NYC teams!) have their opening game next week...

In other baseball news, Preznit George W. Bush was booed when he threw out the first pitch of the Washington Nationals game. See the story from Towleroad here.

Daddy Of The Day - Melky Cabrera

Today’s Daddy of the Day is Melky Cabrera, outfielder for the New York Yankees. I am featuring Melky today because he was the ONLY Yankee to score yesterday in their loss to the Cleveland Indians. The Yankees season will probably soon be over – the Indians are kicking their asses, and there is virtually NO chance of them being able to make it to the next round of the playoffs. So I’m afraid this will be my last Yankee Daddy until next season. (Sigh)…

Melky, 24, is frequently seen hanging with his teammate, fellow Dominican, and best friend Robinson Cano (see below).

Melky’s nickname around the Yankee clubhouse is “Leche”, which is the Spanish word for “milk”. However, as anyone who’s ever worked in a restaurant with Spanish-speaking employees would know, “leche” is also filthy slang for ANOTHER white, milky fluid (use your imagination). I wonder if THAT has anything to do with his nickname…

Got Melk???

Daddy Of The Day - Robinson Cano

Today's "Daddy of the Day" is Robinson Cano - the Second Baseman for the New York Yankees. He's 24 years old and originally from the Dominican Republic. His parents named him after baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Yesterday he hit 2 home runs, and helped beat the hated Boston Red Sox. And, as you can see, he is cute as hell!!!

I really LOVE baseball - which is weird considering I didn't play any sports growing up (I was the typical "sissy" kid who HATED gym class). My younger brother Dan was the athlete of the family - he played baseball, soccer, and swam. Meanwhile, I did NOTHING. These days Dan is obsessed with football (one of the only sports he didn't play in school) and I can watch baseball until I'm blue in the face. I'm not obsessed with statistics like some people - I think I'm more interested in the gorgeous men.

The other weird thing about my baseball fetish is that I root for BOTH the NY Yankees and the NY Mets - most people like one and hate the other.

Robinson Cano is also very good friends with fellow Dominican, and teammate, Melky Cabrera. More on Melky on a later date...