‘NY Yankees’ Archives
East Coast Defeats West Coast, Wins Coastal World »
Fans of the West Coast Baseball Club were in tears and some despondent senior citizen diehards chose to immolate themselves after the East Coast Baseball Club won Game 11 of the Coastal World Series, 5-2, to win the Best-of-14 series eight games to three. Co-manager of the West Coast, Mike Scioscia, was defiant in defending his club's lack of [...]
ALCS Game Six: Six Years in the Making, Yanks’ »
He was as animated on the mound as we've ever seen him—and exactly the way we always remember him. For six-and-a-third innings and two-and-a-half hours Sunday night, Andy Pettitte turned back the clock yet again, as we've seen him do time and again in the most important of games, and gave the Yankees the victory they needed to advance to their [...]
Small Ball, Big Win: Yankees Bunt Their Way to 40th »
For five games, the Yankees mostly sat back and waited for home runs. Sometimes they came, like Alex Rodriguez's game-tying shot in the 11th inning of Game Two. And sometimes they didn't, like when the Bronx Bombers stranded 10 base runners in Game Five. But in their 5-2 American League Championship Series-clinching win on Sunday night, New [...]
Yankees-Angels ALCS: Andy Pettitte Pitches New York »
A rain delay forced Game Six from Saturday to Sunday night. There was no rain in the Bronx on Sunday, only a cold chill that absolutely nobody in New York was feeling. The Yankees and Angels came into Sunday night playing in Game Six of the ALCS, both teams with different agendas. For the Angels, a win would guarantee a Game Seven on Monday night [...]
World Series Table Is Set »
The Major League Baseball playoffs seem like they have lasted forever this year. I’m sure a lot of that is a result of the Diamondbacks being out of the postseason picture since May. It also doesn’t help that the Red Sox and the Yankees were both firmly in the picture, meaning we had to listen to their self-righteous fans belittle all the [...]
Repeat vs. No. 27: Choosing a Side in “The Worst »
Yes, that's CC Sabathia's tummy. If it hasn’t been a tough enough couple of years (lifetime, even?) to be a New York Mets fan, things just got a whole lot worse with both the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees advancing to the big show. Normally when one of our fiercest rivals is in the World Series, we can easily jump on the opposing [...]
ALCS Thoughts Through Five Games and a Game Six »
Well, the Yankees dropped their first series of the postseason, losing two of three from the Angels. I thought this would happen, but I also thought the Halos would take one of the first two games in Yankee Stadium; their defense and untimely hitting made that impossible. The Angels changed their approaches while playing at home. During Games One [...]
George Steinbrenner’s Diamond In The Bronx Has a »
The phrase "age can be deceiving" now applies to the new Yankee Stadium. After several investigations by construction companies, the concrete ramps at the new Yankee Stadium have been found to have deep cracks. The new state-of-the-art home of the Yankees has only been open for about seven months. The cost of building George Stienbrenner's new [...]
All Eyes on Andy Pettitte After Mother Nature Moves »
After Game 6 of the ALCS was postponed due to rain, there was the Yankees veteran left-hander warming up in the outfield. He took sprints on the puddle-filled warning track. It was as if Game 6 was still going to happen. Andy Pettitte stood out there in an empty Yankee Stadium contemplating the importance of lifting his team to the World Series [...]
Should The Yankees Start CC Sabathia Or Pettitte in »
Yesterday, I was debating with some people about who should be starting game 6: Sabathia or Pettitte. My thinking was, since CC is on regular rest, you have to pitch him. You can't worry about who will be available for the World Series until you actually get there. Their argument was, if it goes to a Game 7, you want CC pitching, and if it [...]