Hank’s Mom Can’t Pitch

Legends Field, the Yankee Spring Training site, was renamed Steinbrenner Field today. The cover of the new George M Steinbrenner sign got did not come off smoothly because Hank could not figure out how to pull it off: “I kept telling Hank, ‘You’re pulling too hard. You’re pulling too hard,'” Hal Steinbrenner said. Hank’s Mom Joan Steinbrenner (George’s wife) had the honor of throwing out the first pitch. Her pitch barely made it 6 feet before rolling to Posada. To further disgrace the field, the Yankees lost to the Pirates (perhaps the worst team in baseball) 5-2. You can watch the entire ceremony here if you can stomach it.