Many people are understandably perplexed when it comes to the sudden change in behavior of some of their friends, family and co-workers during this time of year. This person you are suddenly concerned about is now displaying aggressive and/or self-destructive tendencies you have never seen before.What is happening is this person you know is a "savvy manager." It is understandable if one does not understand this term, for one has to be a savvy manager to understand this terminology.The person you are concerned about is involved in fantasy baseball, and ...
Something has gotten into the New York Yankees. Written off by some as old hacks doomed to fall short of the postseason when they stumbled to a 4-6 record to begin the month of September, the Yankees enter the weekend as winners of five in a row and seven out of eight.We can point to several things: Nick Swisher's bat is starting to stir again, Ivan Nova is back, Andy Pettitte is back, and Derek Jeter is still hitting the ball all over the yard.Right now, however, the biggest superhero in ...
The New York Yankees have had a great run of 17 consecutive seasons with a winning record, but without some changes in the near future that streak may soon come to an end.Already this season, in spite of leading the AL East division for a majority of the year, the club has begun showing some "cracks" in its armor. This article will examine some of the problems the Yankees have that will carry over into 2013.Begin Slideshow
Much has been made about the low attendance numbers in the expensive seats at the new Yankee Stadium since its inception in 2009.The new park, just across the street from the old one at the intersection of 161st and River Avenue in the Bronx, is a modern-day architectural marvel, replete with all the creature comforts a player's heart could desire.What's evident each time you visit the new "House that Steinbrenner Built" is the glaring number of empty seats in the lower levels of the stadium. In other words, where the ...
For much of the season, pundits have been discussing how much added value comes with winning a division title in 2012 with the addition of a second wild-card playoff team in each league. So the conventional wisdom goes, winning the division means more than it has since the wild card entered the baseball lexicon for the 1995 postseason. It was originally supposed to begin with realignment in 1994, but the players’ strike wiped out the postseason and delayed implementation for a year. This piece takes a contrary view and takes ...
The New York Yankees are no strangers to the performance-enhancing drug problems in Major League Baseball. Now, second baseman Robinson Cano could be the next player in pinstripes to be linked to the controversy. In an interview with WBZ-FM (98.5 The Sports Hub), baseball writer and analyst Peter Gammons admitted to hearing rumors about the possibility that Cano is using PEDs. The full report on Gammons' comments can be found on CSNNE.com. Per the CSNNE.com report, here is what Gammons had to say on the subject: "I heard something . ...
A player who becomes a member of the New York Yankees doesn't really become a member of the New York Yankees right away.No sir. Becoming a Yankee isn't a simple matter of putting on pinstripes. It's something that you have to earn.So says the peanut gallery, anyway. For good or ill. If Ichiro Suzuki wasn't already a Yankee before, he certainly is now. He had by far his finest day as a Yankee on Wednesday, going a combined 7-for-8 in the Yankees' doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. He also made ...
The Yankees are starting to get a little bit of momentum.They have won six of their last eight games since they returned home with a series split against the Orioles. The Yankees will wrap up their series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night before playing a series with the Oakland A's.The Yankees also got a boost with the return of Andy Pettitte on Wednesday afternoon. Pettitte got his fourth win of the season, his first since returning from the DL.I don't see how the Yankees won't ...
The New York Yankees needed Andy Pettitte's first start since June to go well on Wednesday. Entering the day, their starting rotation was in a bit of a funk and very much in need of a pick-me-up.As if there was any doubt that he would—and I suppose there was some—Pettitte delivered.The Yankees' 40-year-old lefty pitched five shutout innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader, leading the Bombers to a 4-2 win. They went on to sweep the doubleheader, ultimately allowing themselves to maintain their ...
But for more extra-innings magic by the Baltimore Orioles late Wednesday night in Seattle, this time in the form of Adam Jones’ two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning that gave Baltimore a 3-1 win over the Mariners, Wednesday was almost a perfect day for the New York Yankees. Ichiro Suzuki went 7-for-8 in the Yankees’ doubleheader sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays, a 4-2 win in the opener followed by a 2-1 victory in the nightcap, and the Yankees came out of the long, long day with ...