Derek Jeter cheated.
Derek Jeter—the ultimate role-model, leader, and winner—cheated.
So people say.
However, it really is just part of the game.
For those who haven't seen or don't know about the incident in the Yankees-Rays game at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night (and if you call yourself a Yankees fan and haven't, I'm guessing you live under a rock), Derek Jeter came to bat in a crucial divisional game with his Yankees down by one in the late innings.
Jeter squared around to bunt, but the pitch was inside. As he pulled his bat ...
No, I'm not just excited because Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run home run with two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning of last night's game to claim a dramatic, 4-3 come-from-behind victory for the Yankees in Baltimore. It is true that A-Rod may have almost single-handedly salvaged a game in which the Yankees snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a contest they so desperately needed. His two home runs and four RBI accounted for all of the Yankees' scoring and ...
The Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in Camden Yards last night behind a pair of homers by Alex Rodriguez—including a three-run homer in the top of the ninth with two strikes and two outs to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 lead—and a decent pitching performance from starter A.J. Burnett.
Here are some highlights:
A-Rod got the scoring started in the second with a solo shot and the Yankees didn’t score again until his ninth inning three-run homer.
Burnett was good, but not great. He tossed seven innings and ...
The Yankees have struggled as of late on the road.All of that changed on Friday night with one swing of the black Louisville Slugger with a number thirteen on the nob.Trailing the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning 3-1, Alex Rodriguez came to the plate.Deuces were wild, as A-Rod sat with a 2-2 count, with two outs, and two runners on.Rodriguez drilled a Koji Uehara pitch to left to give the Yankees the lead, where it would stay, as they went on to win 4-3.Rodriguez drove in four runs on ...
If Joe Girardi decides he had enough of the Yankees experience and goes to the Cubs, the Yankees can forget about Don Mattingly managing them. The Dodgers hired Mattingly as their new manager after Joe Torre announced he won't return as the Dodger manager next year. This is too bad. The Yankees need a manager who appreciates the game. They need a manager who won't overmanage. They need a manager who will not have an ego on gamedays. Mattingly would fit the bill. Please do not talk about his lack ...
As many Yankee fans know, Brett Gardner had a negative MRI on his wrist recently. The Yanks decided to give the speedy left fielder a corristone shot, which for a few days would make it near impossible for Gardner to swing a bat.
Since he hurt the wrist when he was hit by a pitch in an interleague game against the Dodgers, we've seen his average drop from above .300 to the .280 mark.
So obviously, the pre-wrist injury Gardy was a lot more productive.
So does that mean resting him until the playoffs start is ...
Brett Gardner, who has been dealing with an injured wrist that needed a cortisone shot last week, is back in the lineup tonight against the Baltimore Orioles. RHP Romulo Sanchez will also joined the team in the bullpen.
Gardner is not likely 100 percent, but with no damage to his wrist, just inflammation, he can play without making things worse as long as there is no pain. And he’s probably pain free thanks to that shot. A cortisone shot doesn’t necessarily make anything better, but it does dull the pain.
Sanchez, 26, hadn't been called ...
This past week, Major League Baseball witnessed one of the best three-game, going-for-the-division slug fests in history. Three one-run games. Two extra inning games. Cy Young caliber pitching. Heavy hitting. Seven lead changes.
The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays clash featured playoff-caliber baseball, a preview of next week's four game set in New York, and a preview of the potential ALCS opponents.
Next week's games could very well determine who wins the best division chase baseball has ever seen. Throughout baseball's 120-plus year history, at no time have two teams with this ...
The New York Yankees need to turn around this horrid road trip.
The usually easy wins against the Baltimore Orioles are a thing of the past, as the Bombers visit the most-improved team at Camden Yard this weekend for three games.
New York Yankees starting pitcher AJ Burnett will take the mound. Burnett has been a mess this season.
Burnett’s usual seesawing is not always this bad and as of now he is deemed unreliable. This season Burnett is 10-13 with a 5.13 ERA, giving-up 20 home-runs, walking 72 batters and striking out ...
Over the many years of player comparison and analysis, our understanding of what it means to be a great baseball player has continually evolved.Along with that, we have also formed a better comprehension of the concept of a "bad" player.There was a time when we would assess shortstops, catchers, and center fielders based merely on their offensive contributions, a practice we now understand to be shockingly limited. If ballplayers are to be judged, they must be judged for all of their contributions, both their hitting and their defense.With this in mind, we ...