BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Pick -- the Lineup


Bleachers' Brew -- ahem -- was asked by the Madison Square Garden network to help promote this. And this about New York and the Yankees, who am I to say no? So there.

Last Tuesday, the panel chose the one and only Babe Ruth as New York's All-Time Greatest Right Fielder!

Tune-in to the next episode, Tuesday, May 11th at 10:30PM, when the panel chooses NY's All-Time BestCenter Fielder. This will truly be an ultimate debate with so many greats like Willie Mays, Micky Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Bernie Williams, and more! Who will the panel choose? Tune-in to find out! Photos of the top right fielders here: http://www.msg.com/2.1490/mickey-mantle-yankees-1951-68-1.41769

If you missed the latest episode, "Right Fielders," check out more extended and uncut footage of the panel discussion here: http://www.msg.com/tv/shows/the-lineup/1.41906

Don't forget to make your weekly picks in the interactive fantasy game on http://www.msg.com/tv/shows/the-lineup for a chance at winning a signed baseball from a baseball legend! This week's winner will win a signed baseball from the legendary pitcher Goose Gossage! Each week you play the The Lineup fantasy baseball game is a chance to win more signed memorabilia!

“The Lineup: New York’s All-Time Best Baseball Players,” is a new original series and interactive fantasy game that will determine the best baseball players in the history of New York. Each 30-minute episode of “The Lineup” will present a number of nominees for consideration at each position, from the Yankees, Mets, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, with one episode dedicated to the best New York manager of all-time. MSG’s Fran Healy will host a panel, consisting of Hall of Fame Mets catcher Gary Carter, former Yankee bullpen ace Sparky Lyle, New York Magazine contributing editor and baseball aficionado Will Leitch, and executive vice president of the Elias Sports Bureau Steve Hirdt. The panel will whittle down a larger list of players from each position and determine the top five from each spot on the diamond. By the end of each episode, they will crown the top player at each position and name him to the official “Lineup” card.

With an interactive fantasy game launched in conjunction with the on-air program and hosted on http://msg.com/lineup/, viewers can see how they stack up against The Lineup's experts. Fans will try to predict the five players who will be nominated each week and ultimately who will be selected as the starter in the final “Lineup.” Participants will receive points for each correct pick and will be eligible for weekly prizes such as signed memorabilia from baseball greats like Don Mattingly, Joe Torre, Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter. At the end of the series, the participant with the most points will win a Grand Prize. The site will also feature chats for fans to interact and debate each position, quizzes about the nominated players, photo and video galleries, and player statistics for fans to comb through before making their picks.

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