‘NY Yankees’ Archives
ALCS Game 1: A Comeback For Yankees, a Collapse For »
In the 1999 movie Unbreakable, the character played by Samuel L. Jackson explained that the incredible fragility of his bone structure, the reason he was derisively known as Mr. Glass, was directly tied to the fact that Bruce Willis' character was seemingly invincible.Mr. Glass reasoned that if there's someone in the world who represents the [...]
New York Yankees’ New Best Friend: The Umpires »
Lisa Swan and Jon Lewin write a blog called Subway Squwakers. Swan writes about the Yankees. This writer heard of Swan from reading her work at DailyNews.com couple of years ago. He first read her work when she wrote so many insane entries about her hatred towards Joe Torre as a person and as a manager. He decided to befriend her on Facebook this [...]
New York Yankees: ALCS Game 1 Grades—Sabathia »
The New York Yankees won game one of the American League Championship Series 6-5, defeating the Texas Rangers at home in dramatic fashion.After looking stymied by the pitching of CJ Wilson throughout the first seven innings, the Yankees staged a ferocious comeback, scoring five runs in the eighth inning to take the lead.How did the Yankees [...]
New York Yankees: Business as Usual in Game 1 Comeback »
Things didn't exactly begin as planned for the New York Yankees against the Rangers on Friday night in Texas, but a slow start meant little in a 6-5 comeback victory that secured them a 1-0 ALCS series lead.Yankees ace CC Sabathia could not find the strike zone to start the game, and his team stumbled to an early 3-0 deficit after a three-run home [...]
New York Yankees Win Game 1 By Overcoming 5-0 Hole; »
This one had instant classic written all over it. It didn’t start good for the New York Yankees' Super Ace CC Sabathia. He walked the leadoff runner, then let up a single to put men on the corners. Up came Josh Hamilton, who was supposed to have injury issues, hadn’t hit in the ALDS and was supposed to be a mild worry, not a serious [...]
ALCS Game 1 Pitching Stats: CC Sabathia vs. C.J. »
Tonight’s pitching showdown is between two lefties CC Sabathia vs. C.J. Wilson. One is a big hefty ace of the staff and the other is comparably smaller and doesn’t have the resume of Sabathia, but has done a great job in 2010. Sabathia is known for leading the league in wins this season and Wilson for successfully converting from a [...]
Talkin Texas Rangers with Baseball Is My Boyfriend »
This morning we were talking Rangers with The Newberg Report and this evening we will be talking with a Rangers blogger. This time we’ll be discussing the same questions with Micah Chaplin of Baseball is My Boyfriend. She’s been following the Rangers since 2005 and blogging about them since 2007. A member of MTR Media, they are also [...]
Yankees News: Lineup Notes, Dirty Hats and Heathcott »
CC Sabathia takes the mound against C.J. Wilson in Game 1 of the ALCS, and we’ll have recaps tonight. Here are some notes: Against the lefty, the Yankees are still going with Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner. Marcus Thames is also in the lineup tonight at DH. The Rangers have geared up for the Yankees lefties by carrying two extra [...]
World Series Shutouts Prove Pitching Wins »
Jack Morris hurled 10 innings of shutout ball to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. There’s an old adage that says pitching wins championships. Throughout the long history of baseball, that’s certainly proven correct. And the best pitching generally wins out in championship [...]
ALCS Preview and Prediction: New York Yankees Vs. »
The Texas Rangers have played the New York Yankees three times in the postseason and won a grand total of one game. The Rangers played the Yankees in the 1996, 1998 and 1999 ALDS and went 1-9 in those games. They are hoping for better results this time around. Let’s take a look at the 2010 American League Championship [...]