Archive for October, 2009
How Brett Favre Is Helping the Yankees’ Drive »
Is Brett Favre a Yankee fan? Even if he isn't, a lot of Bombers supporters are certainly fans of No. 4 after his second unretirement and subsequent signing with the Minnesota Vikings set up a fateful Monday Night Football showdown with Favre's former team and Vikes' rival, the Green Bay Packers tonight at the Metrodome. The huge regular season [...]
The Top 10 Moments of the Yankees’ 2009 regular »
Some of these will not be among your traditional choices. Feel free to add your own in the comments.10) Nick Swisher's surprise pitching appearanceThis won't be a traditional choice, since it's not something that anyone is necessarily proud of, but Swisher's relief appearance in April provided a brief moment of levity in a bad loss and also gave [...]
Why The Yankees Aren’t a Secure Pick to Win The »
After closing out a fairly successful September, Joe Girardi and the Yankees look to maintain momentum into the playoffs. Though the Bronx Bombers captured the league's best record with powerful second halves by Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira, the unpredictable offensive support is not what haunts Yankee fans heading into the post season. The [...]
New York Yankees Face Arbitration Decisions with Andy »
As I do every day, I was reading Buster Olney's daily column. In this particular column (sorry, behind the insider wall), he was discussing Type-A free agents and whether or not they would be offered arbitration. The Yankees had two players, Damon and Pettitte, on the list and I was interested to see what the executives Buster polled had to say [...]
New York Yankees: The New Kids In The Bronx »
The Bronx Bombers are back folks. Last night, in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, the Bombers tied the franchise record for home runs in a season with 242; they reached that feat in their 2004 season. The Yankees, who are the best team in baseball with a 102-58 record, were picked by many sports analysts to finish third in the division behind the [...]
New York Yankees: Few Questions Remain for Yanks As »
After missing the postseason last year, the Yankees clinched early this year. As a result, they've been able to get everyone rested and set up the rotation for the playoffs. We know what the starting lineup will be. We know that the Yankees will choose the long season and start Sabathia, Pettitte, and then Burnett. There are still a few questions [...]
Hurt Or Not: David Robertson Needs to Be On Yankees »
There is quite a lot of talk lately about David Robertson and his recent elbow issues. Will he be on the postseason roster? How is he feeling regarding his prior elbow pain? How will his elbow be if he has to throw two days in a row? Answers are: Yes, doesn't matter, and doesn't matter. Why doesn't it matter if Robertson is healthy? Because, if [...]
The Enigma That Is Alex Rodriguez »
A .320 batting average, three home runs, five doubles, eight runs batted in, and two stolen bases in 11 games. Do those numbers look good? They should. To make it easier, those numbers would project to be 44 home runs, 73 doubles, 118 runs batted in, and 29 stolen bases in 162 games. Those numbers belonged to Alex Rodriguez during the 2004 [...]
Random Thoughts from River Avenue: Nick »
I'm traditionally very cautious when it comes to joining social networking sites. I was once, and possibly still am, a member of Friendster, which was basically modern social networking's caveman to Facebook's fully-evolved human. I like to think being on the ground floor for this stuff makes me a groundbreaking Jackie Robinson-type (minus the [...]
MLB Payroll Versus Performance: Yankees Walk a »
Recently, I came across a very interesting graph showing the overall increase or decrease of a baseball team's wins compared to money the team spent. Each team's ranking as far as team payroll is contrasted with the overall record up to this point in the 2009 regular season. The New York Yankees spent the most and have the most wins, so they [...]