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Charting the New York Yankees’ Home Run Trot »
As if baseball isn’t over-analyzed enough, David Biderman of The Wall Street Journal wrote about data collected by Marquette University that recorded all the 2009 Yankee home run trot times. What they found out is that slugger Alex Rodriguez not only circles the bases most often, but he also rounds them the slowest. He is followed by Nick [...]
NY Yankees-LA Angels of Anaheim Series Recap: Yanks »
Game One Yankees 4 Angels 6 W: Rodney L: Chamberlain Sv: Fuentes The first game of the season was plagued by bad moves made by Joe Girardi, covered in an article by Rob: \”Girardi’s Moves Cost Yankees the Game\” . In the end there were more inconsistencies shown by Joba Chamberlain and a game winning home run by Kendry [...]
Winning for Javier Vazquez Would Cure All »
Ever since the Yankees reacquired Javier Vazquez, fans have been cool to the once former Yankee. Quite a few have remarked how he isn’t a good enough pitcher and some think he brings less value than Melky Cabrera would have. That was before the season. Since the season has started and Vazquez has had a bad couple of starts, even more fans [...]
New York Yankees’ Nick Johnson Not Expected to »
According to Chad Jennings of the Journal News, Yankees designated hitter Nick Johnson has a stiff back and isn’t expected to play today, but after an off day on Monday should be back in the lineup Tuesday. Johnson, who has been struggling, to hit, was taking extra batting practice Friday and as a result has a stiff back that caused him to [...]
Video of Mark Teixeira’s Collision with Texas »
If you missed the game, or our post about it, here’s what happened: In the top of the third inning of Friday night’s loss to the Angels, with Mark Teixeira at second, Robinson Cano singled to right. Tex came around third and there was a collision at the plate with Texas catcher Bobby Wilson. The consequence was a concussion and an [...]
David Wells Rips A-Rod Over Dallas Braden Incident »
I’m going to keep this short because I’m with Alex Rodriguez ; this is really just a funny incident and it’s really not a big deal. A-Rod is a huge superstar who was probably just trying to get in the head of a young pitcher who was beating the Yankees that day. He very clearly got into his head, but unfortunately it was [...]
Mark Teixeira’s Collision: The Two Sides to the »
The Yankees lost in heartbreaking fashion last night as Joba Chamberlain gave up an eighth inning two-run home run that put the Angels ahead for good 6-4. It was, like all games against the Angels, very tough and hard fought. As far as some of the Angels are concerned it was a little too hard fought. I’m talking about a third inning [...]
Park’s Hamstring Slow to Recover »
When Chan Ho Park landed on the disabled list with a sprained hamstring the Yankees hoped it would be a short stint for the reliever who has quickly become a valuable member of the bullpen, but according to Chad Jennings of the Journal News , his recovery is going to be a little longer than expected. “He says it’s still somewhat [...]
Video: The A-Rod/Braden Incident »
Sliding Into Home deserves the credit for this one. Here is a video of the incident that took place between Alex Rodriguez and Dallas Braden that ended in Braden erupting at A-Rod because he walked across the back of the mound on his way back to first base on a foul ball. Another funny thing about this incident is Mike Axisa’s [...]
MLB Series Preview: New York Yankees at Los Angeles »
Look for New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira to break out his slump (I won't ever stop saying that until he does). If the last series (won by the Yankees, 2-1, April 13-15) with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is any indication of how the Yankees' latest three-game series this weekend with the Halos will go, then Yankee fans have little [...]