‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Charting the New York Yankees’ Home Run Trot »
As if baseball isn’t over-analyzed enough, David Biderman of The Wall Street Journal wrote about data collected by Marquette University that recorded all the 2009 Yankee home run trot times. What they found out is that slugger Alex Rodriguez not only circles the bases most often, but he also rounds them the slowest. He is followed by Nick [...]
New York Yankees: Is Javier Vazquez The New Chien-Ming »
Vazquez has now pitched 20 innings, just under half of Wang's 42 last year. Otherwise, their statistics are eerily similar. Both of them have ERAs in the 9s. Vazquez's FIP, or sabermetric ERA, is 6.32, actually higher than Wang's 5.38 was. (FIP is a formulated "ERA" that uses home runs, strikeouts, and base on balls as inputs.) That's mainly [...]
Battle of The Blogs Update: DGS Squeaks Past Lady »
Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball. Double G Sports took the overall win against Lady Loves Pinstripes but it was a nail biter. For most of the week, Double G Sports had a commanding lead over the fellow Yankees fan. As the week went on however, Lady Loves Pinstripes closed the gap and caused Double G Sports to get nervous over the weekend. I [...]
New York Yankees: Two Pitching Trades the Bronx »
This past off season, the New York Yankees made two trades involving pitchers. They will live to regret both trades. The first is obvious. The Yankees have lost six games in this young season and three of them are directly attributable to horrendous efforts by Javier Vazquez. Vazquez was acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Braves to be the [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update: April 26, 2010 »
Brett Gardner finished Saturday's win hitting .340 for the New York Yankees as they won their 12th game over the Angels. He has also stolen nine bases which puts him on a pace to steal about 85 for the year. Gardner did not start in the series finale in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon as the Yankees lost the game and their first series of the [...]
Los Angeles Angels Hand New York Yankees First Series »
Kendry Morales was 3-for-3 with three RBI, and Brandon Wood delivered a clutch two-run double to lead Los Angeles to an 8-4 triumph over New York on Sunday in Anaheim. New York dropped their first series of the season after winning their first five. Los Angeles improved to 19-8 at home against the Yankees dating back to the 2006 season.For [...]
NY Yankees-LA Angels of Anaheim Series Recap: Yanks »
Game One Yankees 4 Angels 6 W: Rodney L: Chamberlain Sv: Fuentes The first game of the season was plagued by bad moves made by Joe Girardi, covered in an article by Rob: \”Girardi’s Moves Cost Yankees the Game\” . In the end there were more inconsistencies shown by Joba Chamberlain and a game winning home run by Kendry [...]
Winning for Javier Vazquez Would Cure All »
Ever since the Yankees reacquired Javier Vazquez, fans have been cool to the once former Yankee. Quite a few have remarked how he isn’t a good enough pitcher and some think he brings less value than Melky Cabrera would have. That was before the season. Since the season has started and Vazquez has had a bad couple of starts, even more fans [...]
Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, and Gene Michael: Not »
August 10 was the highlight of the 1969 season for New York Yankees fans. New York's other team, the beloved New York Mets, would not have its greatest moments until October. The day that Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, and Gene Michael hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning against Oakland made a pedestrian New York Yankees season [...]
The Top 10 Celebrity Fans of the New York Yankees »
The New York Yankees are the most successful franchise in all of sports. Playing in the Bronx, the Yankees garner attention and support from millions of fans all over the world. These fans represent every race and social class. Over the years, numerous celebrity and famous people have been spotted wearing Yankee apparel or catching a game in [...]