Frank Abagnale Sr.: You know why the Yankees always win, Frank? Frank Abagnale, Jr.: 'Cause they have Mickey Mantle? Frank Abagnale Sr.: No, it's 'cause the other teams can't stop staring at those damn pinstripes. It may not be true, but for years, fans and broadcasters have talked about the Yankee mystique. Walking onto a baseball diamond is a different experience when you look into the opposing dugout and see those pinstripes, and the overlaid initials "NY" emblazoned on the chest. The Yankees have worn their pinstriped uniforms without interruption ...
It’s easy to point to Tuesday night’s Yankees-Angels game, look at the line in the top of the sixth inning, and presume that it was simply yet another example of A.J. Burnett being his own worst enemy. Typically, games pitched by A.J. Burnett go one of two ways. First, there’s the kind where you know from around the third pitch of the game that he has no shot of performing well, usually because he can’t locate any of his pitches and is behind in the count on virtually every batter. ...
New York Yankees starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia enters Saturday's start against the Boston Red Sox with a 16-5 record and 2.55 ERA. He leads the majors in wins and has allowed just seven earned runs over his last eight starts.It's not even an argument that the 31-year-old is the Most Valuable Player on his own team, as the club has won 18 of his 24 starts. Some will simply argue that it helps to have the league's second-best offense to supply ample run support. He's certainly receive plenty this year, as ...
As the end to the MLB regular season draws near, each playoff contender is preparing itself for a lengthy postseason.Players, coaches and even fans know what's at stake when the team takes the field come October, making the next two months that much more meaningful.With the trade deadline behind us, top players in new uniforms and pitchers finally finding their groove, we can gauge each team's potential moving forward.Based on this season and past postseason performances, here are the best playoff contenders at hitting, pitching, coaching and much more.Begin Slideshow
Leave it to the greatest commissioner in sports history to have the media demand a second wild card. The New York Yankees and their friends, the Boston Red Sox are tied for first place. The three game series at Fenway Park that starts tonight is virtually meaningless since it is almost certain that both teams will make the playoffs. Pennant races no longer exist. They have become playoff races. The situation is exactly what Bud Selig wants. The media are in a frenzy pointing out how the Yankees-Red Sox would ...
The MLB season is nearing its end.Teams have made their final adjustments via the July trade deadline and have seemingly found what works.However, the success of multiple playoff contenders going forward could very well depend on the efforts and consistent play of their top players.Guys like Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran and Jason Heyward are just a few elite contributors that will have to be at their very best in order for their teams to make a serious run come October.Usually everything would fall on starting pitching and how good a ...
Ivan Nova is fresh off a win for the New York Yankees, in which he struck out a career-high 10 batters and allowed no walks. Yet, he could be going back down to Triple-A.Nova has had some shaky outings in his very short career, but he seems to be overcoming some of his flaws, and turning into a very good pitcher for the Yankees.Still, New York doesn't have room for him unless it moves to a six-man pitching rotation.He's 8-2 in his last 10 starts, he belongs in the majors ...
New York Yankees fans could not win no matter who won. It was the dilemma that they always feared and that true Yankees fans still fear. The Boston Red Sox were playing the New York Mets in the World Series. Root for the Mets? Never. But that meant rooting for the Red Sox.Root for the Red Sox? Never? But that meant rooting for the Mets. Yankees fans couldn't root for the Red Sox. Yankees fans couldn't root for the Mets. The depressing reality was that one of the hated rivals ...
Yesterday, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox lost to the Cleveland Indians. With those results, both teams are now tied for first place at the top of the American League East with records of 68-42.This gives even more meaning to this weekend's series in Fenway Park. One of the two teams will come out of the weekend with a minimum of a one-game lead in the division.The Yankees arrive in Boston losing eight of the last nine to the Red Sox. They ...
August 23, 1996 - With John Wetteland closing games and the emergence of some guy named Mariano Rivera as his setup man, reliever Bob Wickman became expendable.Looking to pick up a left-handed specialist for their bullpen, the Yankees packaged Wickman and OF Gerald Williams together, sending the duo to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for 2B Pat Listach, lefty reliever Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later (P Ricky Bones). A week later on August 30th, the Yankees would make another trade, this time acquiring 3B Charlie Hayes from the ...