‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Baseball Season of All »
Lou Gehrig. His name is synonymous with the American psyche for two reasons. One, he was one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game, and two, his name was given to a life-ending disease that took his own life in 1941. Gehrig was first diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the Spring of 1939. It is said that [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Making an Attempt To Get »
Happy New Year Bleacher Report, hope your 2011 is a good one for all of you. For the Yankees, they are looking to have a strong 2011 after a disappointing end to the 2010 season. So far, they've re-signed Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, brining in Russell Martin and Pedro Feliciano as well. Their main priority was getting stronger in the pitching [...]
MLB Rumors: Johnny Damon Still Hoping To Be a New York »
Via Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York: It doesn’t appear that there has been any movement in Johnny Damon returning to the Yankees, but his agent, Scott Boras, said that Damon is still interested in coming back. “As Johnny has said, he is more than willing to return to New York,” Boras said. It sounds like Johnny Damon wants to [...]
MLB Rumors: Yankees Talking with Rafael Soriano, Who »
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Yankees are in contact with Rafael Soriano, who had 45 saves for the Rays but would set up for Mariano Rivera in NY. Also, Andrew Marchand of ESPN NY passed this along: Free-agent closer Rafael Soriano led the majors in saves last year, but he would consider being a setup man for one team in [...]
Former New York Yankees Strike Out in Hall of Fame »
On Wednesday afternoon, Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame class for 2011 was announced and, as anticipated, Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar amassed the number of votes necessary for their enshrinement in Cooperstown this summer. A Hall of Fame candidate must receive 75 percent of the vote from eligible Baseball Writers [...]
New York Yankees: GM Cashman Picks Up Schlitter, but »
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman claimed 25-year-old Brian Schlitter, a relief pitcher, off waivers this week from the Chicago Cubs. Schlitter made seven appearances out of the bullpen in 2010 for the Cubs. Over his eight innings of work, Schlitter posted a terrible 12.37 ERA, giving up 18 hits, 11 earned runs, allowed two home runs and [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Considering Andruw Jones »
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Andruw Jones in on the Yankees list of righty hitting OFs to consider. I wanted to bring this one up to kind of debunk it a little. I’m not saying that the Yankees aren’t considering Jones, it’s very possible that they are, but Jones just happens to be a Scott Boras client and Heyman has a [...]
Andy Pettitte Will Help NY Yankees Back To The World »
Now that Andy Pettitte has returned from his Hawaiian Hau'oli Makahiki Hou, it's hard to tell who's awaiting his plans for next season with greater anticipation: Yankee fans or Yankee....ummm...shall we say, non-fans. While his return certainly would be cause for a cheer by the former, if he decides to retire, it will hardly be cause for a funeral [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Interested in Jeremy »
The Yankees have been scouring the market for a starting pitcher, but so far that search has turned up a lot of bad pitchers. Apparently they are looking into another—Jeremy Bonderman, according to Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports. Bonderman, 28, has spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. His career ERA-plus is just 90. His career [...]
MLB 2011: How The New York Yankees Stack Up To The »
As we creep our way to the start of Spring Training for the 2011 MLB season, we begin to see teams take the forms of the finished products we will see on opening day. There is of course still time for moves to be made as a handful of impact free agents remain. However for the most part these are the teams we will be seeing on Opening Day [...]