While the rest of the sports' world was watching a sloppy Monday Night Football game between the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens or perhaps watching the U.S. Open Final, MLB diehards watched as New York Yankees' C.C. Sabathia and Tampa Bay Rays' David Price dueled it out at Tropicana Field.If you missed it, you missed a gem that produced post-season like excitement which ended with a Reid Brignac 11th-inning, walk-off home run, which allowed the Rays to leap frog the Yankess for first place in the AL-East standings.The 26,907 ...
When you glance at Derek Jeter’s .261 batting average in 2010, the first thing you ask yourself is: Do I need glasses. Why? Because, barring an extremely unprecedented surge, Jeter is on pace to hit below .300 for the first time since 2002. More concerning, it will be his lowest batting average since 1995, his first season, when he played just 15 games. So what is it? What is happening to the Captain? It isn’t hard to find the problem. Jeter’s line drive ratio is at a career low, his ...
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Nick Swisher will undergo an MRI on his still injured left knee tomorrow. It’s been giving him trouble since he fouled a ball off it in Toronto at the end of August, and it’s clearly not just a minor pain based on how he’s been limping around for the last two weeks or so. Swish had some tests performed not long after he suffered the injury that showed no fractures or structural damage, and apparently he was told he couldn’t make ...
Via Chad Jennings:
An MRI on Brett Gardner’s right wrist showed no break or tear, but it did show considerable inflammation. Gardner got a cortisone shot and is hopeful it will do the trick within a day or two.
“I couldn’t have picked up a bat today and swung,” Gardner said.
The pain is right at the base of the wrist, a little bit lower than the spot where Gardner was hit by a pitch in Los Angeles. He said he can play defense and pinch run tonight.
Gardner ...
The Yankees have been bad lately, but they’re still in first place because the Tampa Bay Rays have also been struggling.
That lead is down to just half a game though, and it will be put to the test over the next three days as the two AL East juggernauts go head-to-head.
It starts tonight with a battle of the aces, CC Sabathia vs. David Price.
Here are some notes:
Javier Vazquez is going to have at least one start skipped through the rotation. If you were paying attention to ...
If you're like me—which means you're 30 and still play wiffle ball way more than logic should dictate—you don't trust this Yankees team.You may feel strange for thinking this way. I know I do. They're probably going to win between 98 and 101 games. By all standard measurements of the sport, this means they're, um, pretty awesome.But there's something missing, or at least there seems to be. The 2009 squad flashed special traits from the start—the A-Rod homer in Camden Yards, the numerous walk-offs, all those silly celebrations. They gave ...
The Yankees have 19 games left to play this season and the AL East may still be up for grabs, but with an eight game lead in the Wild-Card chances are pretty good that they’ll make the playoffs. Yesterday, I decided to take a look at the playoff roster. Today, I am going to look at where the pitching staff falls for the remaining 19 games and the first round.
Sept 13: CC Sabathia Sept 14: Ivan Nova Sept 15: Phil Hughes Sept 17: A.J. Burnett Sept ...
The New York Yankees have looked much better than this. Even if the Yankees' record gets them to the playoffs, losing six of seven games is not going to cut it. It used to be the Yankees' AL East division to lose, but now the Yankees are struggling. Questions need to be answered, and tonight against Tampa Bay, the Yankees will start to give those answers. What answers would Yankee fans like to see? Here are five questions that come to mind: Is This Just a Normal Team Slump or ...
There is not much to say after the New York Yankees got swept right out of Texas over the weekend. The Rangers took all three games and did so without slugger Josh Hamilton, who was out of the lineup with a sore back. Friday night’s 13-inning battle ended on a Rangers' walkoff home run off Nelson Cruz’s bat. Saturday night things got even worse, with Derek Jeter getting benched. Still, at the same time I respect skipper Joe Girardi’s decision, as Jeter has hurt more than helped lately, and something ...
As of September 12th, the Yankees are 87-56, a half game up on the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East. The division will be at stake with the crucial upcoming Rays series in St. Petersburg.The playoffs seem to be a lock for the Bombers, barring any Mets' style collapse over the course of the month (knock on wood), so let's take a look at some problems and questions that the Yankees will face in October, and possibly early November. 1) The RotationLast year, the Yanks were very effective using a three-man ...