Here’s how tough it is in New York. On May 22, the city saw their beloved Yankees tied for the AL East cellar with the hated Boston Red Sox. If the Yankees had lost Wednesday, it would have marked the latest in the season the Yankees had sole possession of last place since June 6, 2008, the only season they missed the playoffs since 1994. If you say you knew the AL East standings would look like this on May 24 you’d be lying. Or looking at them while hanging ...
When an individual abruptly leaves your life, the space they occupied can’t be filled overnight. Over an extended period of time, the void eventually becomes smaller and less significant. But when that person returns just as suddenly as they left, the state of jubilation and sheer happiness inside you is overwhelming. Throughout the years, the Yankees and their fans have been able to translate those same collective emotions into their pinstriped vernacular. In fact, on several occasions, figures from Yankee past have all of a sudden returned to cement themselves in ...
The New York Yankees have caused quite a bit of stress and concern among the fans since the start of the 2012 season. With injuries and illness, and the lack of performance from some key players and pitchers, the Yankees have gotten off to a surprisingly slow and painful start.Each season, the Yankees are expected to make it into the postseason with a strong record all season long. Although the season is still young, New York is headed down a dark path that may be difficult to reverse if it ...
The New York Yankees could use Brett Gardner back in the Bronx as soon as possible.The Yanks were hoping to have Gardner back a couple of weeks ago, but he experienced a setback and was unable to return. He will still fly to Tampa Thursday, but they were hit with some more bad news about his situation.According to Erik Boland of Newsday, Gardner has run in to more problems in his recovery process: Girardi said Gardner still felt some stiffness in elbow. Will fly to Tampa as scheduled. Plan for him to try ...
Looking for their first series win in over a week, the New York Yankees turned to Andy Pettitte to get the job done.Fresh off of his eight-inning shutout performance over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night, Pettitte faced another young and weak-hitting lineup in the Kansas City Royals.For the second straight start, Pettitte was absolutely brilliant.The 39-year-old left-hander tossed seven strong innings, allowed seven hits, two runs, one walk and struck out eight for the Bombers in an 8-3 win over Kansas City.Pettitte's only mistakes were a solo home run ...
This is Joe Girardi's fifth season as Yankee manager. Before the arrival of Joe Torre, that would have been the longest continuous managerial reign under the Steinbrenner family. And had George had his complete faculties, chances are Girardi would not have survived his first year in New York. Remember, they failed to even make the playoffs that year.Now, of course, Girardi redeemed himself with a World Series title in 2009, which would have bought him years of good will in most other markets. But the Yankees are not most other ...
There is general agreement that on-base percentage is a more effective method than batting average when evaluating a hitter's value. Most "experts" give much more weight to slugging average than to batting average. If one accepts the above, then on-base percentage and slugging average against a pitcher must be given great weight when evaluating effectiveness. Whitey Ford often pitched games in which he allowed seven or eight hits in as many innings, but most of the hits he allowed were singles. At least that's what I remember seeing and Mel ...
The New York Yankees are 22-21. They're in fourth place in the American League East, 5.5 games behind Baltimore for the division lead. They've lost seven of their last 10 games, including a sweep in a two-game set in Toronto and the dropping of two out of three to the Cincinnati Reds at home in the Bronx.
This has prompted many Yankee fans to urge Brian Cashman to push the panic button and begin making trades, send Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira to the minors (which he can't actually do) and perhaps even ...
Luis Castillo was the last of the New York Yankees' batboys that wasn't required to sign a confidentiality agreement. He wrote a book, Clubhouse Confidential: A Yankee Bat Boy's Insider Tale of Wild Nights, Gambling, and Good Times with Modern Baseball's Greatest Team, that raises some questions. The New York Post provided some interesting information that Castillo claimed was true. The paper that many place in the same category as the supermarket tabloids started out with Castillo's experience with Alex Rodriguez, followed by a great Derek Jeter anecdote and some ...
Twenty-four pitchers in MLB history have won 300 games over the course of their careers. The last player to have reached the milestone was Randy Johnson, and it took him 21 years to get there.But C.C. Sabathia could be the next pitcher to get to that illustrious number.Currently in his 12th major league season, Sabathia has 181 wins in his career—an average of just over 15 wins per season. Since 2007, he has won 17 games or more, including a 21-win season in 2010.So far this season, he has five ...