The deciding factor in a game between the mighty New York Yankees and the lowly Kansas City Royals was a solo home run that came in the fifth inning.
The game featured two rain delays: one 31-minute delay and one two-hour-and-10 minute stoppage. There was lightning in the sky, but none coming off the Yankee bats as they fell victim to the Kansas City Royals 4-3.
Yankees starting pitcher Dustin Moseley struggled in his fourth start, especially with his control, particularly in the second inning of the game when the Royals got ...
It’s like deja-vu all over again!
Kim Kardashian, famous for being famous for foraging after flashy football players, is once again romantically linked to another celebrity athlete—this time a jock from a different sport. And it’s not soccer super star Cristiano Rinaldo or basketballer Lebron James.
Hint…he’s a lifelong New York Yankee, but it’s not Derek Jeter. No, not even A-Rod.
This weekend TMZ caught Kim Kardsahian cuddling in a corner at Kutsher’s in the Catskills with none other than legendary NY Yankee Yogi Berra. Yup, Berra, as in the original Yogi and ...
Via the AP:
Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte had a setback in a simulated game Friday and will join the team Saturday in Kansas City for further evaluations.
Joe Girardi said Pettitte could only push off at 75 percent in a 50-pitch simulated game at Tampa. He said Pettitte would not make a minor league rehab start Monday or Tuesday next week.
Pettitte has not pitched since July 18 because of a strained left groin. Pettitte was 11-2 with a 2.88 ERA in 18 starts before going ...
When the Yankees acquired Graig Nettles in a trade with the Cleveland Indians, they had no idea of how good a player they were getting.
Coming in at 6'0" 180 lbs, Nettles was hardly a player you would expect to have nearly 400 career home runs. Nevertheless, by the time he retired he held the American League record for most home runs by a third baseman.
He hit the majority of those home runs while in Yankee pinstripes, slugging 250 of them during his 10-year tenure in the Bronx.
You could say that he ...
Back in the day, there was a pro wrestler who went by the moniker of The Genius. You may remember him.As you could guess, The Genius' entire shtick was centered around his (supposed) immense level of intelligence. He wore a academic cap and graduation gown to the ring and mocked the audience with derogatory poems about the area in which their civic arena was located.Unfortunately for The Genius, he was regularly defeated by other wrestlers, since, you know, the brain has little defense against the running power slam.I was thinking ...
Is it just me or do you guys also find MLB brawls a little ridiculous? Whenever there is a scuffle between two individual players, each team's benches feel the need to participate, even if all they do is huddle together and at times escalate the situation.
August 10th was no different. The Cincinnati Reds hosted the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a pivotal three game series. The two teams are separated by only one game in a two way battle for the division, with every other team in ...
Via Baseball Reference:
Mariano Rivera is 40 years old, still pitching extremely well, and is first in baseball history in ERA+. Among active pitchers, he’s ranked first in ERA, WHIP, H/9IP, K/BB, HR/9IP, WPA, and fielding percentage. (Go ahead and carefully re-read that last sentence.)
He’s an 11-time All-Star, finished in the top five for the Cy Young five times, and received MVP votes in nine different seasons.
He’s also the career leader in postseason ERA (despite having more IP than every other pitcher in the top 10) ...
Via Wikipedia:
The Black Aces is a book written by former Major League pitcher James “Mudcat” Grant about the only African American pitchers who have won at least 20 Major League Baseball games in a single season.
For some reason, I have always found the idea of the Black Aces to be very cool, and ever since the day the Yankees signed CC Sabathia, I have hoped that he would eventually become one.
After last night’s win, it looks like it might actually happen. Sabathia has 15 wins through 25 games, which ...
The Yankees were facing the Royals with CC Sabathia on the mound, so you knew it was going to be a good night, and it was, as the Yankees got a good start and just enough offense to win 4-3.
Here are some notes:
Curtis Granderson went 2-for-3 on his first day back since restructuring his swing.
Austin Kearns hit his first homer as a Yankee and his ninth of the season.
This is the first time Sabathia picked up 15 wins by his 25th start in his career. He’s ...
After coming back from a five-run deficit to defeat Texas on Wednesday, New York nearly blew a late lead on Thursday. CC Sabathia pitched 8.2 innings and New York survived a ninth inning rally to defeat Kansas City, 4-3, Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. New York played in their fourth consecutive one-run game, going 2-2 during the stretch. Kansas City lost for the eighth time in their last 10 games.
Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the ninth, Kansas City refused to go away quietly. After recording the ...