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Yankee Tickets Expected on Sale Friday March 19 »
The Yankees have kept fans largely in the dark this winter about when single game tickets will be available available to the general public, but apparently Staten Island Yankee fans are in the loop because for the second year-in-a-row they’re the first to know. Anyways, NYY Stadium Insider has the lowdown on the ticket situation: Monday, [...]
Yankees Were Outbid by Blue Jays for Cuban Shortstop »
It’s not everyday the Yankees are outbid by many teams, a few years ago they were outbid by Boston for Daisuke Matsuzaka, but that was the Red Sox and with their nearly $170 million payroll you’d expect them to outbid somebody sometime. The Blue Jays however? Come on! Here are the details, we first heard of Adeinis Hechavarria about a [...]
New York Yankees Make Cuts, Trim Roster Down to 52 »
The Yankees reassigned a couple of players this week, starting with nine cuts made on Saturday . They then cut catcher Jose Gil and righty Grant Duff on Sunday , and this morning they cut two more—right handed pitchers Ivan Nova and Hector Noesi —leaving just 52 players left in camp. The goal is to get that number down to 25, so [...]
Cano likely to bat Fifth in 2010 »
Yankee fans have been aware of Robinson Cano’s capabilities for some time. Entering his sixth year in the big leagues, Cano is moving on up…to fifth in the lineup. This was made clear in a recent interview with Joe Girardi. “He’s always been somewhat projected, after his first year, that he would move up in the [...]
Video of Yankees Prospect Pat Venditte Against a »
Most people have heard of him by now, Yankees prospect switch-pitcher Pat Venditte . Switch pitcher means he can throw with both his right and left hands, and so far in his Yankee career he’s done so quite well with both arms putting up a 2.34 FIP as a right hander and a 2.26 FIP as a lefty. Well Venditte is scheduled to be a guest on [...]
Adeinis Hechavarria May Sign with Blue Jays, Worried »
According to George King of the NY Post , Cuban shortstop Adeinis Hechavarria is close to signing a contract near $10 million with the Blue Jays. The Yankees have made a strong push to sign him, but Hechavarria is said to be worried about being blocked by Derek Jeter . Here is more from the NY Post: According to an industry source Hechavarria is [...]
Lego Yankee Stadium Makes Me Wish I Was 12 Again »
Check out these photos. This is actually a year old, but a couple of blogs have been posting these pictures this week so I thought I’d do the same. The guy who built this is a lego artist Sean Kenney . It is really impressive, especially if you are a big kid like me. Check it out: Most Commented Posts November 24, 2009 [...]
Spring Training Stats Don’t Matter: Example A, »
When it comes to spring training and statistics I am a non-believer. I am obsessed with watching the games, but it is more to get a feel for the players involved and it hardly ever matters to me who won, who lost, or if the players do really well or really poorly. Sure, part of me cringes a little bit if someone has a horrible day, but in [...]
Kevin Towers To Join Yankees »
The rumors have swirled during the winter, but according to two major league sources, former Padres GM Kevin Towers will officially join the Yankees as a special assistant to Brian Cashman . Rejoice: Towers will start with the Yankees next week in Tampa after being introduced on Tuesday. He’ll scout amateurs and professionals. Also, [...]
Yankees May Have Prepared Shelley Duncan for Coaching »
After being in the Yankees organization seemingly forever, Shelley Duncan , 30, is a Baby Bomber no more after he left via free agency and signed with the Cleveland Indians this offseason. For a couple of reasons his time with the Yankees is filled with mixed emotions. Sitting down with Tyler Kepner of the NY Times yesterday Duncan tried to [...]