Archive for May, 2010
Position By Position: All-Time Greatest Yankee Team »
27 World Series Championships. 40 American League Pennants, and countless of Hall of Famers, including "Joltin' Joe", Yogi, and "The Iron Horse." From "The Babe" to "The Mick", Billy Martin to Joe Torre, and "Mr. October" to "Mr. November", some of the greatest players and managers in baseball history have donned the New York Yankee Pinstripes. [...]
Brett Gardner on Pace for a Historic Run »
I'm going to start this piece by stating the following: Yes, I'm aware it's only May 12, and therefore, "on pace" articles are always rebutted with "It's only been ___ number of games!" Regardless, part of the fun in sports in projecting things. So that's what I'm here to do. Brett Gardner of the New York Yankees stole his 15th base in the first [...]
Greg Golson, Not Juan Miranda, Called Up »
After last night’s game was rained out the Yankees are prepared to play a double-header today in Detroit against the Tigers. The first game starts at 1:05 and features a matchup between RHP’s Javier Vazquez (1-3, 9.78) and Rick Porcello (2-3, 7.50). The second game starts at 7:05 and will feature another set of RHP’s Phil [...]
New York Yankees Scored the Most Runs in a Season, but »
The 1931 New York Yankees scored 1,067 runs, which is the most runs ever scored by a major league team in a season. They led the league in batting average (.297), home runs (155), on base average (.380), slugging average (.457), and stolen bases (138). Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig tied for the home run championship with 46 each. Gehrig set the [...]
Minor League News and Notes: May 11th »
==== ==== ==== ==== A few notes before we get to the games: Graham Stoneburner was promoted to Tampa and Jario Heredia was sent down to Charleston. Walter Ibarra was activated from the DL and placed on the Tampa roster. Kevin Mahoney transferred to the Staten Island Yankees . Josh Schmidt was sent back to [...]
New York Yankees To Call Up Juan Miranda from Triple-A »
UPDATE: Due to the Alfredo Aceves back injury, Miranda was no called up, but instead OF Greg Golson was recalled. Don't know why that occurred, but since Alex Rodriguez is DH in the early game, it is conceivable that Miranda could still be recalled for the night game. Since Aceves leaves teh Yankees with 12 pitchers, Kevin Russo would then be the [...]
Dallas Braden v. Arod: The End. »
Fueled by the media, Dallas Braden’s perfect game, and Braden’s grandmother’s infamous "Stick it A-rod" comments, this spat has grown out of control. It even has Darryl Strawberry coming out of the woodwork to chime in on the affair. Anytime someone asks Strawberry for a comment, you know the situation has gotten out of [...]
Javier Vazquez Trade Rumors »
According to Frank Russo of NY Baseball Digest , the Yankees have been getting phone calls from a few National League teams including the Atlanta Braves on the availability of struggling pitcher Javier Vazquez . On Monday afternoon I spoke with my main Yankees source down in Tampa, who informed me that the team has already received inquiries [...]
Read: A-Rod No Lock for Bonds’ Record »
When the Yankees signed Alex Rodriguez to an obscene 10-year, $275 million contract, they did so with the idea that he would not only help them win ball games, but also pack some seats. It’s part of the reason why he could qualify for up to $30 million in bonuses based on how many historic home runs he hits. But since hip surgery and a [...]
Is Tonight Do or Die for Javier Vazquez in the Yankees »
I can hear Yankees Featured Columnist Joseph Del Grippo saying somewhere, "another Javier Vazquez article from Doug." Yes it is, because tonight could be a major night in deciding the future of the Yankees right-hander. The Yankees will send Vazquez out to pitch in the second game of their four game series with the Tigers at Comerica Park. This [...]