‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Fantasy Baseball Enters Playoffs: Managers Cry Like »
Many people are understandably perplexed when it comes to the sudden change in behavior of some of their friends, family and co-workers during this time of year. This person you are suddenly concerned about is now displaying aggressive and/or self-destructive tendencies you have never seen before.What is happening is this person you know is a [...]
Why Are the Yankees Wasting Chance to Hit Ichiro and »
Something has gotten into the New York Yankees. Written off by some as old hacks doomed to fall short of the postseason when they stumbled to a 4-6 record to begin the month of September, the Yankees enter the weekend as winners of five in a row and seven out of eight.We can point to several things: Nick Swisher's bat is starting to stir again, [...]
3 New York Yankees Problems in 2012 That Will Linger »
The New York Yankees have had a great run of 17 consecutive seasons with a winning record, but without some changes in the near future that streak may soon come to an end.Already this season, in spite of leading the AL East division for a majority of the year, the club has begun showing some "cracks" in its armor. This article will examine [...]
New York Yankees: The Rich and Poor Seating Divide at »
Much has been made about the low attendance numbers in the expensive seats at the new Yankee Stadium since its inception in 2009.The new park, just across the street from the old one at the intersection of 161st and River Avenue in the Bronx, is a modern-day architectural marvel, replete with all the creature comforts a player's heart could [...]
5 Reasons Being a Wild Card Would Be Better for the »
For much of the season, pundits have been discussing how much added value comes with winning a division title in 2012 with the addition of a second wild-card playoff team in each league. So the conventional wisdom goes, winning the division means more than it has since the wild card entered the baseball lexicon for the 1995 postseason. It was [...]
Robinson Cano PED Rumors: What a Possible Suspension »
The New York Yankees are no strangers to the performance-enhancing drug problems in Major League Baseball. Now, second baseman Robinson Cano could be the next player in pinstripes to be linked to the controversy. In an interview with WBZ-FM (98.5 The Sports Hub), baseball writer and analyst Peter Gammons admitted to hearing rumors about the [...]
5 Reasons Ichiro Suzuki’s First ‘Yankee »
A player who becomes a member of the New York Yankees doesn't really become a member of the New York Yankees right away.No sir. Becoming a Yankee isn't a simple matter of putting on pinstripes. It's something that you have to earn.So says the peanut gallery, anyway. For good or ill. If Ichiro Suzuki wasn't already a Yankee before, he [...]
New York Yankees ALDS Matchups: Who Would Be the »
The Yankees are starting to get a little bit of momentum.They have won six of their last eight games since they returned home with a series split against the Orioles. The Yankees will wrap up their series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night before playing a series with the Oakland A's.The Yankees also got a boost with the return of Andy [...]
5 Things We Learned about Andy Pettitte’s »
The New York Yankees needed Andy Pettitte's first start since June to go well on Wednesday. Entering the day, their starting rotation was in a bit of a funk and very much in need of a pick-me-up.As if there was any doubt that he would—and I suppose there was some—Pettitte delivered.The Yankees' 40-year-old lefty pitched five shutout [...]
Ichiro, New York Yankees Have an Almost Perfect »
But for more extra-innings magic by the Baltimore Orioles late Wednesday night in Seattle, this time in the form of Adam Jones’ two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning that gave Baltimore a 3-1 win over the Mariners, Wednesday was almost a perfect day for the New York Yankees. Ichiro Suzuki went 7-for-8 in the Yankees’ doubleheader [...]