‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Mark Teixeira: How N.Y. Yankees Slugger Can Crush »
The infield shift is one of the most effective yet frustrating strategies used in sports. Originally used by Cleveland Indians Manager Lou Boudreau to halt Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams, the infield shift has given baseball fans fits.It has done so because the infield shift is a self-licking ice cream cone, surviving only because of [...]
Why the Yankees Will Never Again Be the Steinbrenner »
Never mind what George would do.George Steinbrenner is gone from this earth, and you can tell he's gone just by looking at his old team. The New York Yankees have changed, becoming more conservative and more business-minded than they ever were under The Boss.This is not a bad thing. It's just a different thing.Fans who lament the disappearance of [...]
Latest News on Every Injured Yankees Player »
From the very beginning of the 2012 season right through to the bitter end of it, the New York Yankees suffered numerous key injuries.In spite of those setbacks, the team still managed to win the most games in the American League and fell just four wins short of a trip to the October Classic.Going into the 2013 campaign, the majority of the team [...]
Travis Hafner: How Slugging DH Could Help NY Yankees »
On Thursday, Andrew Marchand of ESPN reported the New York Yankees acquired veteran slugger Travis Hafner.From Marchand: "Sources said Hafner, who also can play first base, will receive a one-year, incentive-laden deal."This pending move may be a head-scratching affair for Yankees fans wanting this team to sign younger, less injury-prone [...]
Greatest New York Yankees of All Time »
The New York Yankees are the winningest franchise in all of sports. They have won 27 World Series titles that date back as far as the early 1920s.In order for them to have such success over that long of a time, many great players must pass through along the way.Back in 2011, David Schoenfield of ESPN.com, and a panel of fellow New York media [...]
MLB Free Agency 2013: Yankees to Sign Travis Hafner to »
*******UPDATE (4:44p.m.)***********Ken Davidoff of the New York Post has reported that Travis Hafner's salary with the Yankees is worth $2 million guaranteed. Travis Hafner's salary with the #Yankees is in the neighborhood of $2 million guaranteed.— Ken Davidoff (@KenDavidoff) January 31, 2013 It's more than the $1.1 million that [...]
Would Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw or Justin »
Assuming that the New York Yankees will automatically get the best players because they'll spend the most money or trade prospects with no regard for the future is so 2009.Before that season, the Yanks flexed their considerable financial muscles and acted as most everyone who follows baseball expected them to. After not making the playoffs in [...]
New York Yankees’ Most Overhyped Prospects »
Every spring training, MLB teams give their youngest players a look in the hopes that they find a guy who can help their team for the upcoming season. While the hope for several players is high, sometimes that hope can be unwarranted, with the prospect having proved nothing at the major-league level. For the Yankees, they will have a few [...]
Alex Rodriguez: How Major League Baseball Should »
Baseball's steroid problem is back. The Miami New Times reported that several baseball players, including Alex Rodriguez, were linked to performance-enhancing drugs between 2009 and 2012. Rodriguez had previously admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-03 with the Texas Rangers. While he stated that he sorry about the [...]
New York Yankees: Could Alex Rodriguez Be the Victim? »
Back in 2009, I was among the minority of New York Yankees fans who still liked Alex Rodriguez after he admitted to having used PEDs (performance enhancing drugs) between 2001-2003. See I believed A-Rod when he said he made a “stupid mistake." He is after all a human being. Well that was then and this is now, as after reading the Miami [...]