‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Phil Hughes Is Starting Today: Let’s Turn This »
I can’t believe how after winning back-to-back series against the Red Sox and Rays, then taking the opener against the Angels, one loss could affect Yankee fans so much. Just for everyone’s information, this could be worse, a lot worse, just look at the Mets . I’m not going to let some Yankee fans who are still upset about 2004 [...]
Taking In the Sights at Yankee Stadium »
I love going to Yankee games. Love, love, love it. My feeling is probably similar to how Hank Steinbrenner reacts when the Phillip Morris Convention rolls into town. Pure titillation. So when my buddy Mark offered me a ticket to the Yankees' home opener against the Angels on Tuesday, you can guess that my schedule was quickly cleared. Being [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update: April 15, 2010 »
Brett Gardner was 0-3 for the New York Yankees. Not zero for three at bats in yesterday's loss to the Angels. Gardner is zero for the last three games. In a total of 10 at bats in the last three Yankee games, Gardner has not gotten a hit. He did get one walk yesterday and scored one of the Yankee runs. Gardner is not the only Yankee struggling [...]
Javier Vazquez: On What Were the Hopes Based? »
Javy Vazquez started his second game in his second stint for the New York Yankees yesterday. Pitching against the Angels, Vazquez was just as abysmal as he had been against the Rays last Friday night. Vazquez threw 100 pitches and 59 strikes in 5.1 innings against the Angels, giving up six hits and four earned runs while striking out [...]
Another Rough Start For Javy »
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E L.A. Angels 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 0 N.Y. Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 WP: J. Pineiro (1-1) LP: J. Vazquez (0-2) S: F. Rodney (1) He was better than his start against the Rays, but for the second time in as many starts Javier Vazquez was pretty ineffective. Today, he allowed four [...]
Nick Johnson Blasts Open Yankee Stadium and His Own »
Besides the ring ceremony, nail-biting finish, and return of Godzilla, there was one other noteworthy occurrence at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon: the emergence of Nick Johnson. When the Yankees embraced Hideki Matsui in a goosebump-inducing moment for Yankee fans, it finally set in—Matsui is no longer the Yankees DH. No, instead of [...]
The Problem is Not Javier Vazquez, It’s Your »
I’ll admit it, Javier Vazquez is not pitching well. Obviously that is not a huge revelation, but this 0-2 start is not what I expected. Still, a lot of Yankee fans are turning on him and some never forgave him for the grand slam he gave up to Johnny Damon in 2004 and it’s already tired. Obviously his first start was bad as he [...]
Yankees-Angels: Javier Vazquez Acquisition Not Yet »
He's only two starts into the 2010 season, but Javier Vazquez is not providing the depth promised when the Yankees acquired him via a trade in December. After a 5 2/3-inning debut in which he surrendered eight runs against the Rays, the right-hander once again failed to escape the sixth frame on Wednesday, when he yielded four runs in a 5-3 loss [...]
Joel Pineiro Silences New York Yankees Bats in LA »
Los Angeles pitcher Joel Pineiro (1-1) limited New York to one run over seven innings, as the Angels earned a 5-3 victory Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Pineiro only allowed five hits while striking out seven and walking none. Javier Vazquez (0-2) suffered the loss after allowing four runs in 5.1 innings. Pineiro held New York to only one [...]
Treasure Mariano Rivera Because You Will Never See »
Perfection is a word that must be used cautiously. And perfection in the sense intended here does not mean always perfect. Every fan of the New York Yankees can remember a base hit in the bottom half of a ninth inning of a seventh game of a World Series in 2001 when we all felt our team would win because Mo was closing. We can also remember [...]