Archive for October, 2010
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman Earns Mediocre Grade »
Despite winning a World Series last fall, Yankees GM Brian Cashman kept busy over the winter. He acquired Curtis Granderson in a three-team deal that sent top outfield prospect Austin Jackson to Detroit along with lefty reliever Phil Coke, as well as starter Ian Kennedy to Arizona. If not for Granderson's late-season surge that came thanks to [...]
New York Yankees: Questions, Questions and More »
Now that the New York Yankees' dreams of a World Series repeat have ended, they enter the most uncertain postseason in recent memory. When they got on the bus at their hotel in Arlington, Texas, it wasn't taking them to Game 7. It was taking them home to face questions not about why they lost, but what they're going to do now. In losing to the [...]
New York Yankees: Has the Bronx Zoo Returned? »
If you followed the Yankees in the latter half of the 20th century, you know why the team earned the title “The Bronx Zoo.” From fights between Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson, to routine managerial firings, to passenger seat managing from George Steinbrenner, the Yankees were an absolute mess. As 2010 comes to a close for the New York [...]
Derek Jeter in a Boston Red Sox Uniform? New York »
NBC Sports Hardball Talk columnist Craig Calcaterra published a blurb asking if the idea of Derek Jeter leaving the Bronx for Boston would be such a bad thing. He even posted a picture of Jeter superimposed in a Red Sox uniform. While this makes for good talk show fodder, and probably stirs up the angst that is always brewing on the surface [...]
ALCS Game 6: Rangers Whip Yankees, Advance to World »
I must have missed the memo when Vladimir Guerrero turned into the Buddy Biancalana of the Texas Rangers. Joe Girardi kept walking Josh Hamilton and walking and walking him to get to Guerrero. This is the same Guerrero that hit .300/.345/.496 with 29 HR’s in the regular season. At some point Vlad was going to make Girardi pay for walking [...]
2010 World Series: The Texas Rangers Will Play the »
This is a position that the Texas Rangers are all too familiar with. It's a position they've been in through their first two postseason series, and they'll play the role one more time. What is that role, you ask? It's being the underdog. When the Rangers made it to the postseason, no one expected them to get past the Tampa Bay Rays let alone be [...]
New York Yankees: Core 4 Represent Offseason Issues »
Not only does the ALCS Game 6 loss to the Texas Rangers end the New York Yankees' quest to repeat as baseball's World Series champions, but it may also signify the end of an era. No, not the end of a dynasty that some have spoken of, that would require more than one World Series title in 10 years to be spoken of in such terms. The last Yankee [...]
New York Yankees: Breaking Down Future of the »
My first weekend without Yankee baseball had me feeling how I imagine Mark Teixeira feels before his postseason at-bats: confused, helpless, and resigned to a fate that cannot be avoided.The World Series is starting on Wednesday, and I can tell you I'll probably only have a cursory interest in it. Whenever the team that eliminated the Yankees [...]
World Series Game 1: New York Yankees Fans Will Be »
Just in case you didn’t know, a 2009 World Series rematch between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies is not happening. To many baseball fans surprise, both powerhouse ballclubs lost in the Championship Series. Some might say the Phillies and Yankees lacked the heart, as making the postseason is basically part of the regular [...]
Joe Girardi Has Struck Out: Not a Crazy Idea To Make »
A reader selected a Yankee to either go away or to stay in the New York Daily News poll. He loves to oust guys than keep guys. He ousted the usual suspects like Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson. He ousted one guy that will make people react. That guy is Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Yes, it's time for Girardi to go. A [...]