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New York Yankees 2012: How the Yanks Ruined a Great Season and What Happens Now

I'm angry, disgusted, frustrated and astounded.Those aren't typically the adjectives you expect to hear about a 95-win ballclub that went to the ALCS. But that's how I feel about the way this season ended for the Yankees. Winning the division is great, but to see a season end like that was brutal.It was a big missed opportunity. I hadn't seen such excellent pitching from the Yankees in the playoffs in my life. Yet, the Yankees—as it seems in almost every recent postseason—fell asleep at the plate in crunch time. In nine postseason ...

5 Post-Sweep Moves George Steinbrenner Would Make If He Still Ran the Yankees

George Steinbrenner was never fond of losing.In fact, you could say that he hated it, and he would be sick to his stomach to see what the New York Yankees just did—or didn’t do—in the ALCS. The Yankees were swept by the Detroit Tigers in the most embarrassing of fashions. They didn’t pitch well, they didn’t hit well, and they definitely didn’t play well. Back in the days when Steinbrenner called the shots, immediate action would be taken. Players, coaches, front office personnel and even the hot dog vendors would ...

Kyna Treacy: A-Rod’s Flirting Exploits Show He Can’t Handle Playing in New York

Come October, Alex Rodriguez should be making headlines for bashing home runs and winning playoff games, not mingling with bikini model Kyna Treacy.The struggling New York Yankees third baseman made headlines when, according to Emily Smith of the New York Post, he openly flirted with the bikini model—who was sitting behind the dugout—after getting pulled from Game 1 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers.It's bad enough that Rodriguez, who is the highest paid player on the team, was so bad at the plate that he had to be pulled ...

New York Yankees Free Agents Who Won’t Get Paid This Offseason

Well, looks like the New York Yankees are going to have extra time this offseason to figure out their roster.  One of the things they'll need to do is decide who to bring back.  The Yankees have a number of contracts coming off the books.  Some, like Mariano Rivera, will be an easy decision.  Others will be tougher.Then there are the free agents who stand to not get paid by the Yankees, or any other team this offseason.  Now by get paid, I mean get the huge contract they or ...

Predicting the New York Yankees’ Lineup in 2 Years

The New York Yankees' ownership have made it no secret that they plan on cutting payroll to $189 million by the 2014 season in order to avoid being hit over the head with a major luxury tax.That means the Bombers lineup could look drastically different in 2014 than the one they are putting out on the field in 2012.Let's take a look at what the Yankees lineup will look like in two years.Begin Slideshow

5 Bad Contracts the New York Yankees Could Trade Alex Rodriguez for

After a disastrous postseason that saw Alex Rodriguez collect four times as many strikeouts as hits and get caught flirting with a woman during an ALCS Game, it seems as if Rodriguez may have worn out his welcome with the New York Yankees (h/t John Perrotto of USA Today).MLB trade rumors have started to surround Rodriguez, and there has been a lot of conflicting news. Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York have noted that the Yankees and Miami Marlins have talked about A-Rod. That claim has been ...

2012 ALCS: 5 Heads That Need to Roll After Yankees’ Brutal Postseason Effort

For the first time in 32 years, the New York Yankees have been swept out of the postseason. Not since 1980, when the Yankees went down in three straight games to the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series, have the Bronx Bombers met the most inglorious end in baseball. It takes an even longer reach into the history books to find the last time New York was swept in a best-of-7 series. That would be 1976, when the Yankees scored just eight runs and went down in ...

Yankees Rumors: Breaking Down How A-Rod Deal to Miami Marlins Could Happen

After an incredibly disappointing postseason, Alex Rodriguez seems to be headed out of town.Keith Olbermann first reported that there is a potential deal set up between the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins on his blog.Sources close to both organizations confirm the Yankees would pay all – or virtually all – of the $114,000,000 Rodriguez is owed in a contract that runs through the rest of this season and the next five.The enormous contract is the biggest thing that would prevent the third baseman from leaving town, but that does ...

Yankees vs Tigers: Bombers Swept by Detroit, What Went Wrong in ALCS?

The 2012 season for the New York Yankees is officially over.After winning 95 games in the regular season, winning the A.L. East and beating the Baltimore Orioles in the ALDS, the Yankees came into the American League Championship Series as the favorites by many to knock off the Detroit Tigers.That was not the case, as for the third time in six years, Detroit ends the Yankees season as they knock off the Bombers 8-1, and they move on to play in the 2012 World Series by sweeping the ALCS.Tigers designated ...

New York Yankees: Underperforming Players Who Won’t Be Back Next Season

The New York Yankees' 2012 season is officially over as they were eliminated in the American League Championship Series by the Detroit Tigers without so much as a whimper.A complete lack of offense was the driving force behind the Bombers being swept out of the playoffs.And with this disappointing, frustrating finish to the season, heads are bound to roll and some key players to this year's team won't be back in 2013.Let's see who they are.Begin Slideshow
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