We’ve brought you our predictions. We’ve gotten you pumped up. We’ve even warned you not to take the Rangers lightly…even if we are. But let’s be serious: It’s YANKEE day, and the time for over-indulging in analysis is NOW.
Like the good Doctor Hunter S. Thompson use to say, it’s “not that we need all that for the trip, but once you get into a serious baseball analysis collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.”
So without further delay, we bring you a position-by-position analysis of ...
The World Series. One of the most sacred events in the sports world. It goes without saying that getting there takes intense preparation, heart, skill and a little bit of luck. The 162-game regular season is a grind, and it all boils down to even more baseball—October baseball, AKA: baseball at its finest. The Yankees have done all of this before, and this year they've completed one third of the postseason puzzle by sweeping the Minnesota Twins in the first round. Which means they need to win eight more games to ...
We now know the New York Yankees roster and their pitching rotation for the ALCS.
A.J. Burnett will start Game Four at Yankee Stadium. And while many people feel it is the wrong move, it is definitely the correct move for the Yankees to make if they want to advance to the World Series.
While many fans want CC Sabathia to throw games one, four and seven on three days rest, it would be foolish to heap that much on the big guy. With better performances by Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes ...
Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier starred with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in the hit movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
Guess which team will show up hungrier in this year’s American League Championship Series?
The actors in this year’s Major League Baseball saga may not win any Oscars or Golden Globes, but they have a chance to have their names etched in eternity as stars and winners nonetheless.
Starring for the defending World Series champion New York Yankees will be Joe Girardi, with co-stars Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, C.C. Sabathia and Derek Jeter.
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CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes.
What would you say if I told you that was the starting rotation of a Major League Baseball team? You would probably say that they would inevitably be in the World Series and it would be nearly impossible to beat them.
Oh, you can also add in that it would be for a team that has had the best offense for two straight years.
That team is the New York Yankees. Everyday that passes, this startling fantasy becomes closer to reality.
Lee and Pettitte ...
After storming out to a 2-0 lead in their ALDS clash with the Tampa Bay Rays, it quickly appeared as if the Texas Rangers had taken firm control of the series and were inevitably headed to their first American League Championship Series appearance in franchise history.Tampa however, had their sights set on returning to the World Series, to erase the bitter disappointment of losing the 2008 Fall Classic to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Rays stormed back in Games 3 and 4 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, evening the series at ...
I imagine the Tampa estate that Derek Jeter calls home has a room (or wing) devoted to all the awards and trophies he has amassed over his Hall of Fame career.I'm guessing he takes the room and what it represents for granted at this point in his life. He probably won't truly be able to appreciate all he has accomplished until his ride as a professional athlete comes to an end. This may explain why he's using his 2004 Gold Glove award to prop open his attic closet.That said, something ...
Most people know this story. We covered it blow by blow that day (you can read our account here). But there are always people late to the party, so here is a pretty good rundown by Joel Sherman of the NY Post:
In actuality, once [Justin Smoak] was put into the offer by Texas, it is possible the Yankees never had a second chance on [Cliff Lee]. But for a few tantalizing hours as July 8 turned to July 9, the Yankees believed “we had him,” in Cashman’s words. ...
A.J. Burnett will be the first to admit his season was nothing short of disastrous.
In his second year with the Yankees he posted a 10-15 record with an ERA north of five over 180 innings of work.
The first Yankee pitcher to do so.
This following an impressive run during the second half of last year including an impressive postseason stint.
After his performance this year, it is easy to forget that it was Burnett who kept the Yankees' World Series hopes alive when he won Game 2 of the World Series against ...
They play in buildings separated by less than three miles, but in terms of their general managers’ attitudes to free agents, the Red Sox and Bruins are worlds apart.
In the last few years, while the Red Sox have waved goodbye to players who reach free agency, the Bruins have given them shiny new deals and extensions.
The Bruins were never renowned for being big spenders. Quite the opposite, in fact, with many blaming the team’s reluctance to bring in more big players for their Stanley Cup drought.
When the NHL introduced a ...