‘NY Yankees’ Archives
ALDS Preview: The Stage Is All Yours, Mr. Rodriguez »
Alex Rodriguez began his final regular-season game of 2009 with 28 homers and 93 RBI, very respectable numbers for a 34-year-old guy who had missed a month of action following hip surgery. But for Rodriguez, there was undoubtedly disappointment. He had fallen short of the 30-homer, 100-RBI plateau for the first time since 1997. Behind all those [...]
MLB Playoffs: All About The Yankees »
The 2009 World Series is clearly the Yankees’ to lose. Their offense features seven hitters who have at least 22 home runs as of Oct. 1. Don't forget an ace and a legendary closer no one wants to go up against. The Yankees have also finished the season stronger than any other team who made the playoffs (they went 19-9 in September). They [...]
Yankees-Twins ALDS Preview: Big Mo and Big Moments »
Somewhere around 10 minutes after six tomorrow afternoon, the man already anointed the American League's Most Valuable Player will step into the box against a contender for the American League Cy Young and decide what kind of playoff series we're in for. Here's what we know so far, going into that at-bat: CC Sabathia saw the Twins once this [...]
The Road to World Series, No. 27: Yankees vs. Twins »
This is what we have waited for all year long. The 162 games. The day games, the night games, the winning streaks, the losing streaks, the walk-off wins, the pitching duels, the pies in the face, the grind, the blood, sweat, and tears. This is what eight teams have worked for since April. After a dramatic finish in the 163rd game of the MLB season [...]
ALDS Game 1 Preview: Yankees Should Trounce Tired »
Well, it wasn't the 19-inning game I had hoped for, but it was close. The Twins outlasted the Tigers, 6-5, in 12 innings on Tuesday night to win the American League Central tiebreaker and clinch a spot opposite the Yankees in the AL Division Series, which will start in the Bronx at 6:07 pm Wednesday, just 20 hours after Carlos Gomez slid home with [...]
Let’s Get It Started: Yankees-Twins ALDS Preview »
This is why they play the games. Even though this philosophy is overplayed and overhyped in just about every sport, every year, the Yankees versus the Twins is the ultimate David versus Goliath contest. The Bronx Bombers are 7-0 against the Twins this season, and since Rod Gardenhire took over as Twins skipper in 2002, the Yankees are 23-3 [...]
With Joba in the ALDS Bullpen, Your New York Yankee »
...Chad Gaudin. The Yankees broke from their season long stand of having Joba Chamberlain pitch strictly as a starter, and, in the last game of the season, threw him for one inning out of the bullpen. Joba threw strikes, his velocity was in the mid-to-high 90s, and he punctuated a seven-pitch inning with a strikeout of Fernando Perez. Perez [...]
Primetime For Future Yankees Old-Timers »
Derek Jeter batted .334 this season. He had 212 hits, 18 homers, 30 steals, and 107 runs scored. He also played Gold Glove-caliber defense at shortstop, the game's most demanding position. Think about that for a second. Of all the subplots of a superb 2009 regular season for the Yankees, this is by far the most welcomed and unlikely [...]
Q&A With “First Fall Classic” Author Mike »
Mike Vaccaro has been the lead sports columnist for the New York Post since 2002. A New York native, Vaccaro has also covered the local sports scene for the Newark Star-Ledger, as well as working for papers in Kansas City and Arkansas. He’s just written a book entitled The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, [...]
New York Yankees: No Excuses As ALDS Dawns »
We can get all worked up into a lather about how the ALDS is a crapshoot, but at the end of the day, sanity must prevail here. The Yankees have no business losing this series, regardless of opponent. New York has certainly struggled in this setting in recent years, having been bounced rudely from the first-round in '05, '06, and '07. But all the [...]