Archive for October, 2010
Fan Intervention Must Stop »
Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, a fan interfered with Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz, who was chasing down a fly ball. Cruz tried to catch the ball, but the fan got in the way and it turned into a home run, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead. The very same night at Xcel Energy Center, a Wild fan made a remark to Canucks enforcer Dan Rypien, [...]
NY Yankees: 20 Potential Free Agent Targets For the »
The aggressive pursuit of free agents by the New York Yankees has become the norm every offseason.Now, with the Yankees on the brink of elimination, it's time to start looking toward next year.Before looking around the league for help, there are some pressing issues to attend to on the home front.The Bronx Bombers need to decide what to do with [...]
ALCS: New York Yankees Hope for Texas Two-Step »
The bats finally woke up for the New York Yankees last night. CC Sabathia stepped up like any ace should, battling through six innings and giving his team the lead. Staring elimination in the eye, the Yankees used their bats and took advantage of some sloppy play by the Texas Rangers to force a Game 6. The series now returns to Texas with the [...]
ALCS Game 5: Yankees Live To Fight Another Day Against »
If you're like me, you weren't quite mentally ready for the early start time that came with Game 5 of the ALCS.Like a Saw sequel, it just felt rushed. Only hours earlier, the Yankees had bumbled their way to a lopsided Game 4 loss to the Rangers at the Stadium. I had spent a good portion of the night on the phone with my Dad, trying to convince [...]
Yankees-Rangers ALCS: Sabathia, Granderson Carry »
The Yankees are on the verge of their 2010 season ending. After winning Game One, the Yankees dropped Games Two, Three and Four and fell behind the Texas Rangers 3-1 in the American League Championship Series. The Yankees also lost Mark Teixeira for the remainder of the 2010 postseason with a strained hamstring, which is a crucial loss to the [...]
2010 ALCS Game 5: New York Wins and the Real Yankees »
As the saying goes, if you can’t hit the baseball get the hell off the field was the theme coming into Game 5 tonight in the Bronx. Instead, it was the New York Yankees who got the job done beating the Texas Rangers 7-2, in a must-win to stay-in the series game. The Rangers are still ahead of Yankees 3-2 in games. If this Wednesday afternoon [...]
Yankees Have Gotten Nothing out of Teixeira »
When the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira couple of years ago in the offseason, they thought they were going to get a guy who could be Mr. October. They thought they would have a leader. But they've gotten nothing so far out of their petulant star. His injury served as a symbol of what has gone wrong for him in October. The only good thing Teixeira [...]
New York Yankees’ Top 15 Postseason Performers »
The New York Yankees find themselves in a hole this postseason against the Texas Rangers. Looks like they need a hero? In this slide-show, Bleacher Report takes a moment to look at some of the past heroes in New York Yankees history. From dazzling starts to clutch moments, when a player carries the team it can lead to great fame. But when the [...]
2010 ALCS Game 5: New York Yankees-Texas Rangers »
The New York Yankees ensured there would be at least one more game in this year's ALCS with a 7-2 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game Five at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.The Yanks got to C.J. Wilson early and often, and while C.C. Sabathia wasn't particularly sharp, he did enough to get the ball to the bullpen with the lead.Nick Swisher and [...]
ALCS Game 5: Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher Help Yankees »
I remember back in the day I was sitting in the dugout during one of my summer league games and after we scored a run on only one hit in an inning because the opposing pitcher walked three guys, my coach turned to me in while I was standing in the on-deck circle and said to me “Oh those bases on balls. They’ll bite you in the ass every [...]