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Phil Hughes Pathetic Again, Buries New York Yankees »

Phil Hughes was born on June 24, 1986 in Mission Viejo, California. A little less than 25 years later, the sorry sack of bones went to Boston and gift-wrapped the first win of the season for the hated Red Sox, who beat the New York Yankees 9-6.Everything had been ailing Boston early on this season. They couldn't pitch. They couldn't hit. They [...]

ALEX RODRIGUEZ: Comparing His Yankee Benjamins to Lou »

If you look and listen closely, baseball stats are always swirling, smiling and singing out to be studied.  I call myself a baseball "webnaut" as I explore uncharted stat planets late at night.  On one of my recent travels, I focused on Lou Gehrig because my fantasy team is called the "Iron Horses."  Gehrig played all or parts [...]

Babe Ruth: If He Played for Today’s Yankees, »

It used to be that fans paid the closest attention to what shoes a baseball player wore, or his particular brand of glove or bat.  Sorry, Nike—nowadays Major League players may get the most attention for what song they choose as their walk-up music.  And in the field, closer Trevor Hoffman became as famous for entering the fray to [...]

Yankees vs. Red Sox at Fenway: Anything Can and Will »

"Baseball is 162 grueling games played in more than a dozen cities; now on the field, we conserve our energy, on the road we conserve our food." -Pitching Coach Brickma in Rookie Of The Year. Baseball is indeed a long schedule. This means a few things to me at this point after one week is complete.  It is way too early to be saying anything [...]

Yankees vs. Red Sox Series Preview: Bombers Aim to »

Red Sox fans are back to where they feel most comfortable: Complaining about an underachieving team. After two world championships in the past seven years and an offseason full of big acquisitions, Boston was starting to get uneasy about being Fall Classic favorites. Enter an 0-6 start. Now New England's airwaves are filled with fans ready to [...]

New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox and the Importance »

Starting today, the New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox for the first time in 2011.  The overhyping of this series began earlier this week when the Red Sox got off to one of their slowest season starts in their history. Just how important is this series? It all depends on who you ask. To the Red Sox and their Nation, it's very [...]

New York Yankees All-Prospect Team: Ranking Their »

Up until 2010, the New York Yankees and the words 'Farm System' were rarely used in the same sentence. Just as the Yankees do with everything and anything, the task of building up a reputable farm system was met with relentless determination to do whatever it took to be deemed one of the best. As I go through a zillion stats and video [...]

New York Yankees: Has Derek Jeter Given Up on Kevin »

It seems as if Kevin Long might not be able to solve everyones hitting problems after all. Earlier in the week, Jeter told Ian O'Connor, a columnist for ESPN New York, that he wasn't thinking about his new stride after working on it all spring. Jeter was quoted as saying, "I just said the heck with it. I wasn't going to think about it. Before [...]

Erin Andrews and the 15 Sexiest MLB Reporters »

Baseball and basketball are well-known for the many sideline reporters that pepper their broadcasts. Hockey utilizes an ice-level reporter found in-between the benches.And baseball?Well, baseball is getting there.But when ESPN utilizes Erin Andrews as a field reporter during baseball broadcasts, you know there is hope that gorgeous field reporters [...]

Yankee Cup Stack Video: Watch the Funny Game Within »

There's a Yankee cup stack video making it's way across the sports world today, after one particular Bronx Bomber fan got bored during a game earlier this week. Baseball games are long affairs, and New York Yankees games are typically among the longest in Major League Baseball, and not every fan is riveted to the action on the field, [...]

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