Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden is famous for being protective of his pile of dirt. Especially if you trot over it on your way off the field.
Just ask Alex Rodriguez about the fit Braden threw in the A’s dugout. He was in total outrage over A-Rod taking the shorter way over his beloved pitching mound. Braden threw his glove, kicked some cups that still had water in them and cursed like a truck driver.
Guess that fact that A-Rod was right there, in the ...
Javier Vazquez entered Monday’s game as the only Yankees starter with a losing record. Not only did he improve his record to the .500 mark, but he also won for the first time in more than three weeks.
Vazquez limited Oakland to one run over seven innings as New York topped Oakland, 3-1, Monday night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
New York improved to 51-31 to go 20 games over .500 for the first time this season. Oakland dropped to 1-4 this season against the Yankees.
Vazquez (7-7) allowed one run on ...
The New York Yankees have a rising superstar in their mitts, with Brett Gardner .
At first, I was hesitant to believe this 5’9 player had just hit some beginners luck at the start of the season. Still, I never questioned his work ethic because all you have to do is watch Gardner and that becomes evident.
Now this prosperity is consistent, as Gardner has stood out all season making dynamic catches out in left-field to hitting in clutch situations. ...
The Yankees won a wild one yesterday. They took a two run lead, fell behind by two, the regained the lead in the 7th and coughed it up in the 9th before Marcus Thames got his second walk-off hit of the year for a 7-6 11-inning win. All of that and Brett Gardner hit an in-the-parker and Mariano Rivera blew a save.
Here are some notes:
Thames was activated off the 15-day DL before the game yesterday. OF Chad ...
The biggest signing of the 2009 Winter Meetings was of course a deal that involved the New York Yankees.
A three-way trade between the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and the Arizona Diamondbacks was the most intriguing, a deal that included the following players;
CF Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees
SP Edwin Jackson and SP Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks
SP Max Scherzer, RP Phil Coke, CF Austin Jackson, and RP Daniel Schlereth to the Detroit Tigers
The main components of that deal were Granderson, who ...
The 2010 season has been an exciting one, in case you haven't noticed. There have been two perfect games*, a couple of no-hitters, and rookie phenoms Jason Heyward, Stephen Strasburg, and Mike Stanton dominating headlines.
On July 13, the best players that step onto the field will come together at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Today, rosters were announced, and there were some questionable picks as to who wasn't invited to the roster.
This slideshow examines the American League and who got snubbed. Look forward to the National League coming tomorrow!Begin Slideshow
By Larry Barnes | Yankees 'n More and The Yankees Daily-Press
For years now we have been advocating the replacement of Jorge Posada at catcher. Until today, our sole point of contention has been Posada's defense, which ranges anywhere from bad to ridiculous depending on the day. Today, however, brought to light an entirely new reason to no longer risk playing Posada at catcher. For the second time this season, Posada had to be removed from a game because of ...
By Larry Barnes | Yankees 'n More and The Yankees Daily-Press Though he certainly wasn't alone on the list of Yankees employees who screwed up big time during Sunday afternoon's 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, third-base coach Rob Thomson was on top of the mountain.For AT LEAST the fourth time this season, Thomson made the decision to send a runner to the plate only to have the runner, Nick Swisher in this case, turn into the first out of an inning. Unforgivable.In fact, it's unforgivable if it happens ONCE. If you ...
When he first came into the league as a 20-year-old, starting in the back of the rotation for the Cleveland Indians, many people said that CC Sabathia needed to lose weight if he wanted to be successful in the major leagues. He tried that.
A few years later, when he didn't get the calls that he felt should go his way, and threw immature tantrums on the mound, many other people said that Sabathia needed to mature as an individual before he could succeed in the major leagues. He did that.
A couple years later, after his Cy Young campaign failed to ...
After the 1950 season, Joe DiMaggio was asked to select his greatest game. DiMaggio explained that he had to choose two games because each involved the fans."I will compromise and pair two thrills as my greatest. They have one thing in common: both were given to me by the fans."DiMaggio selected the penultimate game of the 1949 season played on Oct. 1 against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, and the final game of the 1948 season on Oct. 3 against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.October 1, 1949 ...