Archive for May, 2010
Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight 5/4: Is »
Game No. 21 on the Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight 162-game journey featured a pitcher’s duel between two of the N.L.’s most potent lineups. Game No. 21 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies • Adam Wainwright was his usual dominant self Tuesday night against the Phillies, allowing just one run on four hits [...]
Yankees-Orioles: Burnett and Cervelli Lead New York »
A.J. Burnett allowed one run over 7.1 innings, and Francisco Cervelli collected three hits to lead New York over Baltimore, 4-1, Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. New York improved to 9-2 in their last 11 home games against Baltimore. The Orioles lost their second straight after a weekend sweep of Boston. Burnett (4-0) lowered his ERA to 1.99 after [...]
Phil Rizzuto Figured It Out and Listened »
Enos “Country” Slaughter replaced Phil Rizzuto on the New York Yankees’ roster on Aug. 25, 1956. The move was announced on Old Timers’ Day, and effectively ended the career of the second greatest shortstop in Yankees’ history. The Yankees needed help, which they hoped Slaughter could provide, but they were [...]
New York Sports History: The 20 Most Beloved Athletes »
New York is a city that demands winning. And if their wish isn't granted then they'll let you know about it. Here in New York we have had to deal with some mythical performances from opponents(Reggie Miller), but luckily we had some tricks up our sleeve as well(Willis Reed). There's no denying that New York Sports teams have had their fair [...]
The New York Yankees: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, »
We are here with our second installment of the Clint Eastwood crusade regarding the New York Yankees. If you missed the first installment, click here . The Yankees sit at 17-8, a full game behind the American League East leading Tampa Bay Rays. While the Yankees are home against Baltimore for the next couple games, then have a short road trip to [...]
Chien-Ming Wang: The Former New York Yankee »
There are plenty of players in professional sports who can have a great performance once in a while. One day the guy is on fire, and the next he’s just an average player. The ability to be consistently good is one of the qualities which make a professional athlete great at their job. The athletes described above—those [...]
New York Yankees Expected To Activate Outfielder Greg »
As has been speculated since Curtis Granderson went down with a groin injury, the Yankees appear set to activate outfielder Greg Golson for tonight’s game against the Orioles. Golson has played 21 games in center field for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, hitting just .253/.289/.430. He projects to be a pinch runner and [...]
What’s Wrong with Javier Vazquez? »
From 2003 through 2009 Javier Vazquez had thrown at least 200 innings in every season except for one, and that was 198 innings in 2004, with the Yankees. Vazquez had long been known in the Sabermetric world as a pitcher who always had great peripheral stats like K/9 and BB/9, whiff rate, etc., but never seemed to have the ERA, WHIP, [...]
Why New York Yankees’ Road to World Series Will »
In the simplest of terms, things continue to move along exceedingly well for the New York Yankees. They won again on Monday, as CC Sabathia cruised through an Orioles lineup that seemed perfectly content with its three-game sweep of the Red Sox. But if you listened close enough at Yankee Stadium, you could the distressing wail of Father Time [...]
New York Yankees Skip Javier Vazquez’s Turn in »
The New York Yankees went into last night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with a 16-8 record and have essentially gotten nothing from Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, Nick Johnson, and Javier Vazquez. I guess that might be all relative because they have gotten some unreal production from guys like Francisco Cervelli, [...]