Archive for June, 2011
New York Yankees: With Joba Headed for Likely Surgery, »
Recently today, news has broke that Joba Chamberlain has a torn ligament in his elbow. This will likely need surgery to be corrected, which could mean that Chamberlain could not toe the rubber for the rest of the year.On the bright side, Phil Hughes has been slated to make his first rehab assignment since going on the DL with a dead arm and has [...]
New York Yankees: Mickey Mantle Bunted His Way to the »
In his Triple Crown season of 1956, Mickey Mantle beat out over a dozen bunts by the end of July. Mantle told his good friend and confidant, Tom Molito, that many writers criticized him for not swinging away since he was eight games ahead of Babe Ruth's 60 home run pace entering August. Tom wasn't especially surprised. He had followed Mickey's [...]
New York Yankees Will Have to Settle for Second Best »
There are some things people just can't do.Paint a picture; run a marathon; boil an egg.The New York Yankees simply cannot beat the Boston Red Sox.It's nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, most teams can't. But when you're in the same division, competing every year for a playoff spot, the shortcomings are simply more apparent then for other [...]
MLB Free Agent Rumors: The 5 Best Available Players in »
Major League Baseball free agency is always crazy. The dollar value and length for contracts is always out of this world, and becomes more wild wit every passing season. The 2012 lot of players listed for potential free agency promises to be just as wild as any other year. There is a large crop of talent at every position, which [...]
Joe DiMaggio’s Streak, Games 23 & 24: »
Games 23 & 24: June 8, 1941 This was getting to be serious. A 24-game hitting streak was the longest in the league in a couple of years and since it was a New York Yankee writing the script, 12 Gotham-area newspapers were happy to follow along. In San Francisco, the Call-Bulletin had a front-page feature called the DiMag-O-Log. It followed the [...]
New York Yankees: Bullpen Takes Another Blow with Joba »
Before the season started, people viewed the Yankees bullpen as a strength of the team.This year, the Yankees bullpen has been one that has been injured a lot.Pedro Feliciano has been out all season after being brought over from the New York Mets.Damaso Marte has also been out all season and could be out until the end of the summer, if not the [...]
New York Yankees: Coming Home to No Relief »
What started out with two avoidable losses against the New York Yankees are returning to the Bronx with a respectable 6-3 record from their West Coast road trip. Well, things don’t get much easier for the Bombers who’s first task is to host their rival Boston swept the Yankees at the stadium. So far the Red Sox have won five of six on [...]
New York Yankees: The Lowest Point in Mickey »
It was the lowest point of Mickey Mantle's career. Mantle and his good friend, Tom Molito, were in the Yankee Stadium locker room prior to the shooting of the classic video, The 500 Home Run Club. Mickey was feeling great, especially since sportscaster Bob Costas, whom Mantle trusted implicitly, would be hosting the video. The conversation [...]
Major League Baseball: Shortstop Power Rankings for »
There have been a lot of surprises so far in the 2011 MLB season.The position of shortstop has held a few surprises of its own so far this season and along with third base this position gets a lot of action coming their way.With the season in full swing, let's take a look at who's hitting their stride, and who needs to hit the pine. Begin [...]
Jorge Posada: Joe Girardi Should Allow the Yankee DH »
Less than a year ago, Jorge Posada was the New York Yankees' four-time World Series champion catcher whose skills were so respected and whose leadership was so revered that he was included in the ranks of former Yankee catchers Thurman Munson and Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey. During the offseason it was announced that the 39-year-old [...]