In 1949, the pennant race was once again between the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians.The teams battled all season and on Sept. 1 the Yankees led the Red Sox by three games and the Indians by four and one-half games.The Indians faded but the Red Sox didn’t. At the close of play on September 30, the Yankees trailed Boston by one game with two left to play. Both would be at Yankee Stadium.The Yankees won both games to finish one game ahead of Boston. The Red ...
The New York Yankees, who in recent years have been perennial trade deadline buyers, surprised most by standing pat on July 31. Despite what some believe to be clear needs—another starting pitcher or a left-handed reliever, for instance—the Yankees remained faithful to the team that currently trots out to the field every night.That does not mean, however, that New York will not make a move this month. The Yankees, along with every other team, can make trades in August for players who have ...
Going into Satuday, just 24 hours until the July 31 trade deadline, we all wondered if the Yankees would make the move to get Ubaldo Jimenez from the Colorado Rockies.Turns out, the Yankees decided it was best to pass up on the Rockies ace and let another team take their chances on him.According to Jayson Stark of ESPN, the Cleveland Indians will acquire Jimenez in exchange for pitchers Drew Pomeranz and Alex White, first basemen Matt McBride and outfielder Joe Gardner.Jimenez was on the mound pitching for the Rockies Saturday ...
As the 2011 MLB trade deadline approaches, the New York Yankees aren't making any sudden or unexpected moves. There are no blockbuster trades or big names expected to land in the Bronx via trade this season and with each passing year it is getting harder and harder to remember the last time the Yankees made a big splash at the trade deadline.The only thing Yankees fans can seem to remember is how they missed out on trading for Cliff Lee last year at the deadline. A missed opportunity that came back to ...
As the talk about the Yankees starting rotation has begun to deteriorate into screams of frustration from some fans (and media) alike, occasionally teetering on the border of desperation and in some cases insanity, it appears that Brian Cashman is a far smarter GM than most would give him credit for.Ken Rosenthal reports that the Yankees had not spoken to the Rockies at all today—a statement that invokes visions of a spurned teenager sitting by the phone, fidgeting as they impatiently wait for it to ring on a Friday night.But ...
According to Mike Axisa of the River Ave. Blues, there has been speculation that a third team could be added to help send Hunter Pence to the Philadelphia Phillies. The belief is that the New York Yankees would give up Dellin Betances in order to obtain Domonic Brown of the Phillies. This deal could prove both good and bad in different ways.I would somewhat like this deal because of the fact that it gets huge value for Betances, who is in AA, by supplying an MLB-ready outfielder who has experience ...
Early in the baseball season, there was a lot of talk that the Yankees were "too dependent on the home run." That they couldn't play small ball and manufacture runs. That they were going to start losing once the home runs stopped coming.Well, the home runs have (relatively speaking) dried up. And amazingly, the Yankees have proven that they can play small ball. And do it well.New York's home run totals have dropped each month of the season from 43 to 39 to 34 to ...
Right now, the Colorado Rockies seem to be interested in three New York Yankees players: Jesus Montero, Ivan Nova and Dellin Betances, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of FOX Sports. This could all change as we get closer to the trade deadline, though.According to Mike Axisa of the River Ave. Blues, the asking price for Jimenez could come down enough by the deadline for the New York Yankees to make a deal. The Colorado Rockies might begin to ask for two MLB-ready players in return for Ubaldo Jimenez.The ...
Once again, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post has presented its own version of the news. Sadly, former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu committed suicide by hanging himself.Post reporter, Cathy Burke, not a baseball writer, inferred that Irabu never recovered from then-Yankees owner George Steinbrenner’s abuse.Burke cleverly refers to the abuse in the sentence in which she writes that Irabu committed suicide. Take a look.”Yankee pitcher Hideki Irabu -- the onetime hero of the Japanese baseball world who never recovered from the abuse hurled at him by George Steinbrenner -- ...
The title of this slide show may lead many to believe that I am not a fan of Ubaldo Jimenez. That couldn't be further from the truth.I think Jimenez is a very talented young pitcher. He's had an uneven season to this point, but just look at his 2010 first half if you want a glimpse of his potential.The Colorado Rockies know what they have in Jimenez: a potential ace with an affordable contract. It's for that reason the New York Yankees shouldn't feel obligated to make a move for ...