Looking back, it's astounding to think that the Yankees ever let Andy Pettitte get away.He's only been the guts of every championship rotation the franchise has assembled in the past 15 years, after all. Not to besmirch the dead, but Pettitte's regrettable sabbatical in Houston fell directly on The Boss, who never did fully appreciate what the lefty meant to the Yankees.And he's meant a lot. His 240 wins (203 of which came in pinstripes) don't begin to explain how vital he has been to the franchise.The conventional wisdom is ...
The Yankees had an off day yesterday, so there really isn’t a whole lot of news going on.
Andy Pettitte is throwing a bullpen this afternoon, which is critical to the Yankees season, but we haven’t gotten an update on that yet. As soon as there is something, I’ll let you know.
Here are some notes:
There have been a lot of questions about Joe Girardi and the open managerial position in Chicago, but Girardi insists he isn’t thinking about that. His focus is on this team and this playoff race.
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As soon as media outlets started reporting that Shawn Chacon was traded to the New York Yankees for two prospects, reporters and critics started to rip the Yankees apart. They claimed that Chacon was just going to hold up in the Yankees rotation for a bit like temporary starters. Enter Shawn Chacon vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the first time in pinstripes. He did not allow a single run through six innings. Silence goes over the doubters. He would end the regular season with a 7-3 record and a sub-3 ...
Andy Pettitte will throw a bullpen session on Friday in Chicago to test his strained left groin.
Pettitte has been on the DL since July 20 when he strained his left groin in a game on July 18 against the Tampa Bay Rays. Originally, Pettitte was going to be out for 4-5 weeks, but Andy was targeting three.
During his rehab process, he was playing catch and throwing off of a half mound at perhaps 70 percent of his top level. Feeling good, Pettitte then threw a bullpen session on August ...
New York Yankees' starter Phil Hughes is closing in on his pitching limit, which seems to be around 200 innings.
Hughes, 24, has currently pitched 140 and 2/3 innings this year.
At this rate, he would have to miss one start before the start of the playoffs if New York makes it (which they probably will).
He is currently 15-5 with an ERA of 3.90, great stats in preparation for October.
Now the question is will Hughes be starting in October?
Manager Joe Girardi doesn't have too many options when the time comes. Even though ...
Here's your River & Sunset question of the day: Is Mark Teixeira having a good season?Many of his statistics would say absolutely. He ranks top five in the American League in home runs (28), runs scored (94), RBI (91) and walks (73). He's on pace for 36 homers, 117 RBIs, and a career-high 121 runs, all while playing a Gold Glove-level first base.Set in a season where the pitcher is slowly wrestling back control of the game, those numbers would suggest Teixeira is having another MVP-caliber campaign. But a closer ...
Everyone knows what it means: your team is flush with money and run by talentless slobs, who can make up for an inability to develop high quality talent within the farm system by simply buying other team's high quality talent.
You are the evil empire, pricing every other team in baseball out of the market for the best players in the game.
You represent everything that is wrong with baseball and, what's worse, your fans are front-runners, having forged artificial lifelong allegiances to the best players money can buy, acting ...
After losing the first game, the New York Yankees demolished the Blue Jays at home in Toronto on Tuesday night.
Marcus Thames, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson, and Mark Teixeira all homered in the affair.
Wednesday night’s game determines the series; both teams want to win but are on very different paths.
The Blue Jays have a chip on their shoulder. My guess is because Toronto resides in the AL East, which diminishes any hopes at a playoff berth.
This season the Blue Jays are legitimate. Proof is in their record, which is ...
With his retirement now as a player and manager complete, Lou Pinella will wait for a call from Cooperstown as one of this generation's most successful managers having won 1,835 games with five major league clubs.
A World Series-winning manager with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990, Pinella won six divisional championships in 23 seasons including a record 116 games versus just 46 losses with a Seattle team that included future Hall of Famers Alex Rodriguez and Randy Johnson in 2001.
The former 1969 Rookie of the Year and the first Kansas City Royal to ...
Now on the docket - Roger the Rocket. Except the grand jury felt he should instead be wearing Roger Staubach's nickname.
The indictment cites 15 instances of Clemens obstructing Congress. "Hell, only 15?" Clemens asks, "I've struck out more batters than that in one game."
The indictment drips in strangeness.
Our theory is that Clemens, back in February of 2008, embarked on a strategy of denial, thinking that even if he is indicted of obstruction his buddy, George W., would pardon him.
Perhaps he did not realize congress moves EVEN slower than one ...