Archive for October, 2010
The Top Latinos in MLB’s Championship Series »
The League Championship Series are under way between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers in the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants in the National League. It has become customary to see Latino players every year excel in a single moment or throughout a whole series. So far, names such as the Rangers’ [...]
New York Yankees Chapter of BBA Announces AL Rookie of »
The other day you might have noticed a post on the Yankees Chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance that announced our vote for the winner of the Manager of the Year Award, or the Connie Mack Award. Today we are presenting the Rookie of the Year, or Willie Mays Award. The Willie Mays Award is our version of the Rookie of the Year Award. We named [...]
ALCS Game 1: Yankees Rally Late To Win »
The Yankees lead the majors in come-from-behind wins this season, so it is natural that they rely on them in the postseason as well. In the ALDS they came from behind twice to beat the Twins, and last night they came back from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Rangers 6-5 while taking Game 1 of the ALCS. Here are some highlights: Thanks in part to a [...]
MLB Playoff Predictions: Power Ranking the Top 25 »
Well ladies and gentlemen, the 2010 Major League season has reached its very own Final Four in the form of the two League Championship Series.The American League will pit the defending champion New York Yankees against the first-time winners Texas Rangers, while the National League will feature the back-to-back National League champion [...]
New York Yankees-Texas Rangers ALCS Game 1: Gardner »
All eyes were in Arlington Friday night as the Yankees and Rangers kicked off Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Yankees, who had almost a week of rest, sent their ace in CC Sabathia to square off against the Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson in Game 1. The game quickly started in favor of the Rangers as Sabathia's control was off from [...]
ALCS Game 1: A Comeback For Yankees, a Collapse For »
In the 1999 movie Unbreakable, the character played by Samuel L. Jackson explained that the incredible fragility of his bone structure, the reason he was derisively known as Mr. Glass, was directly tied to the fact that Bruce Willis' character was seemingly invincible.Mr. Glass reasoned that if there's someone in the world who represents the [...]
New York Yankees’ New Best Friend: The Umpires »
Lisa Swan and Jon Lewin write a blog called Subway Squwakers. Swan writes about the Yankees. This writer heard of Swan from reading her work at DailyNews.com couple of years ago. He first read her work when she wrote so many insane entries about her hatred towards Joe Torre as a person and as a manager. He decided to befriend her on Facebook this [...]
New York Yankees: ALCS Game 1 Grades—Sabathia »
The New York Yankees won game one of the American League Championship Series 6-5, defeating the Texas Rangers at home in dramatic fashion.After looking stymied by the pitching of CJ Wilson throughout the first seven innings, the Yankees staged a ferocious comeback, scoring five runs in the eighth inning to take the lead.How did the Yankees [...]
New York Yankees: Business as Usual in Game 1 Comeback »
Things didn't exactly begin as planned for the New York Yankees against the Rangers on Friday night in Texas, but a slow start meant little in a 6-5 comeback victory that secured them a 1-0 ALCS series lead.Yankees ace CC Sabathia could not find the strike zone to start the game, and his team stumbled to an early 3-0 deficit after a three-run home [...]
New York Yankees Win Game 1 By Overcoming 5-0 Hole; »
This one had instant classic written all over it. It didn’t start good for the New York Yankees' Super Ace CC Sabathia. He walked the leadoff runner, then let up a single to put men on the corners. Up came Josh Hamilton, who was supposed to have injury issues, hadn’t hit in the ALDS and was supposed to be a mild worry, not a serious [...]