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Less Cowbell: Yankees Stagger Out of Tampa in Second »
And now, ladies and gentleman, the Aflac $100,000 Question of the Day: Who is Dan Johnson?Hmmmm ...Was he the dude from Miami Vice? Wait, that was Don Johnson.Okay ...Well, I think I went to middle school with a Dan Johnson, but he was really only notable for getting chicken pox like seven times. No one with an immune system that flawed could [...]
Jorge Posada: New Trick By an Old Dog Saves the Day »
Jorge Posada had become something of a forgotten man around the Yankee Universe this season.He's always stayed in the shadows of New York's starry landscape when you think about it, which is pretty amazing when you realize he's one of the greatest offensive catchers to ever play the game.If the Core Four was U2, then Posada would obviously be [...]
New York Yankees: Plenty of Blame To Go Around at »
I suppose the expected move today is to go on a rant about what a fool Joe Girardi is for bringing in Sergio Mitre last night against the Rays.I'm supposed to be livid that David Robertson was overlooked, that Mariano Rivera was left on ice, that the unimpeachable Joba Chamberlain wasn't there to stop Carl Crawford Carlos Pena Evan Longoria Reid [...]
New York Yankees: Gut Check Time Has Arrived »
If you're like me—which means you're 30 and still play wiffle ball way more than logic should dictate—you don't trust this Yankees team.You may feel strange for thinking this way. I know I do. They're probably going to win between 98 and 101 games. By all standard measurements of the sport, this means they're, um, pretty awesome.But [...]
New York Yankees: Can Greatness Still Be Expected of »
Alex Rodriguez locked in on a Brian Matusz offering Monday and unleashed the instantly-recognizable swing that has always seemed too easy, too effortless, to do any real damage.But we know better by now. Rodriguez cocked his head to follow the flight of the ball then flashed his trademark "Trust me, I'm awesome" glance into his own dugout, always [...]
Forget Cy Young, CC Sabathia Is the AL MVP »
One of the more annoying aspects of 21st century baseball fandom has come by way of the dreaded stat geek.You probably think I'm going down the route of "The RBI is the only stat that matters", "VORP is only for loners and dudes who really hate the Discovery Channel," or some other get-off-my-lawn type rant, but you'd be mistaken.I'm actually all [...]
Marcus Thames Emerges As Unlikely New York Yankee Hero »
I'll admit that I wasn't always the biggest Marcus Thames fan.I hated his long swing. I hated how he played the outfield like a foreign exchange student in gym class. I even hated his name—and no, not his oddly pronounced last name.Has there ever been a likable Marcus? Really? No...no there hasn't.But just when it looked like Thames had a [...]
New York Yankees’ Title Hopes Ride on Return of »
Looking back, it's astounding to think that the Yankees ever let Andy Pettitte get away.He's only been the guts of every championship rotation the franchise has assembled in the past 15 years, after all. Not to besmirch the dead, but Pettitte's regrettable sabbatical in Houston fell directly on The Boss, who never did fully appreciate what the [...]
New York Yankees: Is Mark Teixeira Having a Good Year? »
Here's your River & Sunset question of the day: Is Mark Teixeira having a good season?Many of his statistics would say absolutely. He ranks top five in the American League in home runs (28), runs scored (94), RBI (91) and walks (73). He's on pace for 36 homers, 117 RBIs, and a career-high 121 runs, all while playing a Gold Glove-level first [...]
New York Yankees: Faith in Javier Vazquez in Short »
It's starting to look increasingly clear that—now some three quarters into the season—the Yankees have lost their gamble on Javier Vazquez.The team wagered this offseason that it had acquired the 2009 version of Vazquez, the ace pitcher in Atlanta who was second in the NL in strikeouts and nearly won a Cy Young award, and not the [...]