Alex Rodriguez's postseason heroics from last October are a distant memory.
That's life in New York. This is about what a player has done for the fans lately. Last year's success means nothing.
Rodriguez found out the hard way when a lunatic attempted to kill him in Game 3. Fans grew frustrated with his anemic offense in the ALCS, and that's why the Yankees will not be participating in the Fall Classic.
Is it fair to pin all of this on him? Of course it is. He's the star of the team. Teams ...
Free agency. It is what consumes GMs, owners, players and fans during baseball’s offseason. This free agent market looks to rival that of 2008-09, when the New York Yankees went on a shopping spree scooping up CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, AJ Burnett and Nick Swisher. Names like Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Jim Thorne, Derek Jeter, Josh Beckett, Mariano Rivera, Victor Martinez, Adam Dunn, Jayson Werth, Derrek Lee, Jorge De La Rosa, Brandon Webb and Javier Vazquez are all on the market. Rivera and Jeter will stay in pinstripes, ...
For all the discussion about how Cliff Lee could decide the American League Championship Series in a potential Game 7, it turned out the Texas Rangers needed only one start from their starting ace to dethrone the New York Yankees and clinch the AL pennant for the first time in franchise history.
And as the Yankees attempt to pick up the pieces from a failed quest to win their 28th World Series championship, they should be able to point to a myriad of reasons why a season in which they finished with the second-best record in the ...
The New York Post said it nicely in today's paper. In the front page of the newspaper, the headline was "$210 Million Bust." The paper referred $210 million as the payroll of this Yankee team, but in reality, their payroll is $236 million. For the money the Steinbrenner family doled out this year, they deserved better than a feeble performance by the Yankees in the ALCS. WFAN's Evan Roberts may think the headline is harsh, but it is not. When the team’s mission statement is to go win a ...
Last night, the New York Yankees were blown out for one final time in 2010, watching as the Texas Rangers celebrate with ginger ale on the pitcher's mound after closer Neftali Feliz struck out Alex Rodriguez for the last out. Good to see A-Rod finally help Texas to the World Series! More seriously though, the Yankees' window is quickly shutting, as even all the money in the world won't be able to get the Yankees out of their current troubles. They're old. They're breaking down. They're overpaid. Like really, really ...
The Yankees 2010 season is now officially over.There will be no ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes in November. There will be no celebrating the 28th World Series Championship at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.After the Rangers defeated the Yankees 6-1 in Game Six of the ALCS, all the Yankees have in the winter is a bitter defeat by a team that outplayed them in the series and a lot of questions surrounding their team.But first, to be fair and a good sport, I must congratulate the Texas Rangers ...
There will much discussion in the coming days concerning the New York Yankees' failing to reach their mission statement of defending their World Series title.
Their mission was no secret; it was even on their manager's back. Title No. 28. If the Yankees had obtained the World Series victory, then and only then would their season have been considered a success.
Unfortunately for the Yankees, their season is now deemed a failure.
But this should not be the thinking.
The New York Yankees started their season on a hot streak like no other. They ...
It's been three years since the Joe Girardi era began in New York. Three seasons and one World Series ring later, I still hate the guy.
The New York Yankees faced elimination last night in Texas as "Mr. MVP" Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers were staring their first World Series appearance in the face. The Rangers finished the job, they beat not just one, but two of the best teams in baseball. They are going to the World Series.
The Yankees will now go sit at home and watch how the ...
Just a day removed from the Yankees elimination, it isn’t hard to find a disappointed New Yorker. The beloved Yankees are done for the year, and their dreams of a second consecutive world championship are diminished.
As many love to do, we can sit here and talk about what could have happened and what should have happened. We can talk about the mistakes the Yankees made; we can talk about the Yankees lack of luck; we can talk, and talk and talk.
Or, we can put things in perspective, and come to ...
The Rangers beat the Yankees four games to two in the 2010 ALCS, and with the loss, the great New York Yankees season is over. Many players are gong to free agency, and the managerial spot for the Yankees is very much so up in the air.
Let's start with Derek Jeter. The Yankee captain is one of the most likely to sign back with New York, besides maybe Mariano Rivera. Although, after coming off his worst season ever, no one knows how long the Bombers will re-sign Jeter to. He ...