Archive for April, 2010
Welcome Back Baseball »
Welcome back, sweet baseball. We pray from Seattle to Florida and from Toronto to Texas to you to give us the elixir of October success. Over the next few months we’ll fall back in love with our stadiums—from the Green Monster at Fenway to the Green Monster Ivy at Wrigley. We’ll hope to see a player fall up the hill in Houston, [...]
Battle of The Blogs Week 1 Preview »
The MLB regular season starts Sunday night when the New York Yankees travel to Boston and take on the Red Sox. Fantasy baseball leagues all over the web start with that game as well, including Battle of the Blogs . For those of you that do not know what Battle of the Blogs is, it's a 20-team fantasy baseball league full of sports bloggers [...]
Nick Johnson Leaves Game with Knee Injury »
The oft-injured Nick Johnson is reminding the Yankees just how brittle he is this spring training. Johnson has already missed time because a bad back earlier this spring and on Friday he left the game early after fouling a ball off of his right knee. It seems a little too early to tell if he’ll land on the DL or not, but so far it [...]
2010 Scranton Yankees Roster Is About Set »
Just two days until opening day and the Yankees roster is just about set, which means that the Scranton Yankees roster is nearly close to finished as well. Donnie Collins of the Scranton Times-Tribune has a pretty good rundown on what we should expect in the Electric City. I feel like his Scranton roster is filled more than ever with players who [...]
Damaso Marte’s Sore Shoulder and What it Could »
Damaso Marte is experiencing discomfort in his pitching shoulder and has been scratched from today’s scheduled relief appearance according to Chad Jennings of the Journal News. Marte said that it is supposedly not as bad as the shoulder injury he dealt with a year ago in spring training that caused him to have a terrible season—until [...]
What Do Ya Know: Projecting Robbie Cano for the New »
When Hideki Matsui left via Free Agency, a major hole (28 HRs, 90 RBIs) was created in the Yankee lineup. Matsui has served as vital Alex Rodriguez protection for the past six seasons. So what are the Yankees going to do to fill that void? Going into this season, the Yankees have Robinson Cano slated to assume the all-important 5th spot in [...]
Defending Champions Ready for No. 28: A Yankees 2010 »
Last November, Yankee fans and players were celebrating at the Canyon of Heroes parade in Manhattan as they won their 27th World Series title (the most by any franchise) in their remarkable history. As soon as all the celebrating was over, it was time once again to get the team ready to defend its championship. Yankees GM Brian Cashman had to [...]
The Reason GM’s Take April First Off »
Happy April Fool’s Day to all! One of the oldest traditions (holidays?)—that no one knows the origins to—has come upon us, bringing a cornucopia of false Yankee rumors intended to fool, shock, and sometimes, make readers cry out in frustration at rumors that have tremendous downside Anyway here are some of the false rumors that [...]
Financing Future Yankee Teams »
The 2010 New York Yankees are the odds-on favorites to repeat as World Series Champions. They are stacked with some of baseball’s best (and richest) players, playing in the prime of their careers. After this season though, Derek Jeter will need a new contract. Many media outlets and fans alike have spent copious amounts of time [...]
Jesus Montero: Why Can’t He Be Promoted To The »
I read the latest scouting report on Jesus Montero's defensive skills. It might be the first decently positive report on his defensive talent—but the secondary reports by bloggers mostly reported the negative. I bet those guys will be all over the Tiger Woods interview next week. The biggest knock on Montero is that his big 6'4", 225-pound [...]