Archive for October, 2009
The Ghosts Return: New York Yankees Rekindle »
It's a sight that we've seen oh so many times. One Yankee or another hitting a walk off homer in the playoffs. Then being bombarded by teammates, coaches, and media. It's a sight Yankee fans have longed for since 2003. The series against Boston which nobody will ever forget. Aaron Boone's homerun off Tim Wakefield sent to almost the same part of [...]
Baseball Gods Spare C.B. Bucknor One Night, Skewer »
During Thursday night's American League Division Series game between the Anaheim Angels and Boston Red Sox, first base umpire C.B. Bucknor had an absolutely horrendous evening. He mangled two obscenely easy calls at the bag, calls that had no business being missed and resulted in erroneous baserunners for the Halos. Luckily for Bucknor, neither [...]
A-Rod Comes Through in the Clutch as Yankees Take Game »
Win Probability Graph from FanGraphs Wow, that was a crazy one. The ups and downs in this game were exhausting, but it was all worth it in the end. That graph pretty much mirrors my emotions during the game. AJ Burnett had a pretty weak outing masked by giving up only one run, but he allowed three hits, walked five, hit two, and managed to [...]
Minnesota-New York, ALDS Game Two: The Subplots »
The Yankees put forth a workmanlike effort in their 7-2 victory over the Twins in Game One of the ALDS on Wednesday. As we head toward Game Two tonight in the Bronx, River & Sunset takes a closer look at the subplots to watch. It's all about Allan James As in Allan James Burnett, who will finally give us some true insight into whether or [...]
Yankees Fans, Don’t Purchase Your ALCS Tickets »
I counted them out many times during the 2009 season. Due to the lack of consistent pitching through most of their season. Due to the lack of their most potent power hitter throughout September. Due to the fact that they were seven games out on Sept. 6. Whenever I have doubted the Minnesota Twins, they turn around and put me in a box with a [...]
Pitchers, Managers Will Go Batty Facing Postseason »
Pitching wins championships but the deep, powerful lineups featured on 2009 playoff rosters will fluster hurlers. The first few games of playoff baseball shows that hitters will make their case about the hierarchy of postseason importance. There could be plenty of walks, home runs, and inflated ERAs in the playoffs with batting orders reading like [...]
Yankees-Twins: New York Rolls, Wins Game One »
Everything went according to plan for the New York Yankees in Game One of their American League Division series against the Minnesota Twins. The Yankees got six-and-two-thirds solid innings from CC Sabathia, they used the long ball to their advantage like they have been all year, and even got Alex Rodriguez to contribute in their 7-2 victory [...]
Yankees-Twins ALDS: CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter Solid in »
Wednesday night was the first ever playoff game being held at the new Yankee Stadium. It was also the first playoff game being held in the Bronx in two years. The Yankees did not disappoint their fans one bit. New York sent up their work-horse ace in CC Sabathia for Game One while Minnesota sent up rookie left-hander Brian Duensing. Through the [...]
New York Yankees: Ghosts? What Ghosts? »
The common refrain going around the Yankee fan base right now is that while nothing is guaranteed, and that the Yankees are not guaranteed to win their series against the Twins, there is a different feel around this year's squad than there has been in many years. This team is likable, fun to root for and really damned good.So nevermind CC [...]
Derek Jeter Proves Most Valuable As Yankees Topple »
Everything changed in the bottom of the third inning. When Derek Jeter stepped to the plate with the Yankees trailing 2-0 to the Twins in Game One of the American League Division Series, a lot of questions were racing through the minds of Yankees fans. Why has our opponent scored first for the ninth time in our last 12 playoff games? Why has Alex [...]