I always liked Dion James, I kind of felt something went wrong with him, and could never figure out why he fell of the cliff, I loved his speed, and thought he had good hitting skills.

I honestly thought he was going to turn out to be a good starter.

Now, that’s one that I would like to see someday on Yankees Classics.
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I have to say, the guys at YES have dropped the ball on the Yankee Classics series. This offseason, the Munson game and the 1977 World Series have gotten by far the most play.

Overall, the ‘77, ‘98, ‘01 WS, and the Munson game have been on heavy repeat, with only a few showings of the Matsui GS and the Giambi GS in the rain.

Why don’t the Yanks trot out more games from their archive? How many times do I have to watch a game played in 1979? Haven’t there been tons of great games over the past 30 years? Would it kill YES to show us something from the Boston Massacre II (2006) or maybe when ARod/Sheff smoked Schilling in 2005? How about some of the other thousands of games…

Looking at the numbers, it’s like James fell off a cliff. Wasn’t that good in Japan, wasn’t that good with the Yanks in 95/96. Didn’t do anything of note in the Brewers org (after his release from the Yanks) either.

Done @ 33 years.

Speaking of mid-nineties semi-regulars, Rock Raines wasn’t too shabby either.

Steve

Another great semi regular performance was Glenallen Hill in 2000. I know there will always be the PED speculation but he was excellent when he was with us and he got a key RBI single in the 2000 ALDS against Oakland.