Archive for April, 2015
New York Yankees’ Biggest Storylines to Follow »
The New York Yankees are always one of the most divisive teams in Major League Baseball. It's also true, though, that the 2015 season brings about one of their most divisive on-field products in recent memory. As is true of any professional sports team, there's always a divide between what fans of that team feel their chances for success are and [...]
Jimmy Fallon Scared by Foul Tip at Yankees Game, Loses »
Jimmy Fallon is a Yankees fan.Sure, he grew up rooting for the New York Mets, because his dad worked for IBM and received tickets for games. He also made a rom-com about loving the Boston Red Sox and, outside the context of the film, likened the team's victory over the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series to "the U.S. [...]
Masahiro Tanaka’s Opening Day Flop Is Instant »
If the New York Yankees want to return to the postseason in 2015, they're going to need Masahiro Tanaka to be the ace he was in 2014. That's pretty much non-negotiable. Through one game, here's how that's going: not so good. Tanaka drew the Yankees' Opening Day assignment against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday afternoon at Yankee Stadium and [...]
Yankees Opening Day 2015: TV Schedule, Live Stream and »
Rejoice, New York Yankees fans. The Bronx Bombers are back. They'll take the field Monday afternoon for the first game of the 2015 campaign, and the Toronto Blue Jays are the first test for a team looking to make it to the playoffs after missing out the past two seasons. The Yankees (like most teams) are ripe with fresh storylines entering Day 1 [...]
Alex Rodriguez’s 2015 Comeback Season Begins »
Not all spring training performances are created equal. Yes, exhibition stats don't count, and they don't matter once the games get started for real. But let's be honest: Whatever Alex Rodriguez did (or didn't do) in the Grapefruit League was going to be scrutinized. At the plate, Rodriguez posted a .267/.377/.489 slash line with three home runs [...]
Throwback Thursday: Female Ace Jackie Mitchell Strikes »
The boys club of professional sports is a smelly, mahogany-lined institution. Since women started participating in competitive leisure activities, the lodge house of male-dominated athletics has continued collecting cigar smoke under the old roof of a "you can play but over there" non-agreement. It's a separate, but unequal, arrangement based [...]
Grading, Analyzing Alex Rodriguez’s Spring »
A number of hot topics have since taken over Major League Baseball's headlines more recently, including Kris Bryant's demotion, Josh Hamilton's relapse, season-ending injuries to Yu Darvish, Zack Wheeler and Marcus Stroman and Pete Rose's appeal for reinstatement. But for a moment, think back to the very start of spring training. What was the [...]