The Mets and the Yankees are rivals by geography, they have to be, Queens vs. the Bronx. And as the Subway series moves crosstown to Yankee Stadium, it's time to take a look at the backbone of each of these two teams.
Derek Jeter and David Wright, the faces of the Yankees and Mets, are two outstanding men on the field and off.
Despite the uniforms that they put on each day, Jeter and Wright don't share a heated rivalry, like Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza had going.
Sure, they want to beat each ...
Via Robert Pimpsner of Baseball Digest , here is the 2010 roster for the Staten Island Yankees; the Bronx Bombers' Class A Short-Season affiliate of the New York - Penn League.
Pitchers:
Chase Whitley RHP
Bryant Cotton RHP
Manny Barreda RHP
Michael O’Brien RHP
Wilton Rodriguez RHP
Nathan Forer RHP
Mike Gipson RHP
Zach Varce RHP
Preston Claiborn RHP
Shane Greene RHP
Sam Elam LHP
Freddy Lewis LHP
Richard Martinez LHP
Catchers:
Shane Brown
Nick McCoy
Jeff Farnham
Infielders:
Kyle Roller 1B
Casey Stevenson 2B
Garrison Lassiter IF
Jose Mojica SS
Luis Parache IF
Outfielders:
Carlos Urena
Mike Ferraro
Eduardo Sosa
Kelvin DeLeon
Ramon Flores
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Andy Pettitte didn’t have his best stuff last night, but he still managed to pitch seven innings while giving up only two earned runs. It seems like he does that every night out these days.
The Yankees still lost though, thanks to Kyle Kendrick who allowed just one run over seven innings, and Joba Chamberlain, who fell apart in the ninth when he was charged with three earned runs. The final score was 7-1.
Here are some notes:
Entering last night’s game, Joba had a 1.35 ERA over seven appearances in June.
The Yankees ...
After dropping two of three at home to the Phillies, the Yankees are now just 21-20 against teams with winning records, compared to a staggering 20-5 mark versus losing clubs.
In fact, New York hasn't taken a series from a team with a current above .500 winning percentage, aside from the Twins, since beating the Red Sox on May 7 and 8.
The Bombers have a chance to reverse that trend in the Subway Series this weekend against the Mets, a team that has won seven straight and took two of three ...
The Double G Sports Expert Panel has been polled once again to come up with our Major League Baseball Power Rankings for June. This is the third installment of our power rankings this season.
For last months rankings, click here .
Once again there was quite a bit of movement up and down the rankings. The biggest jump was the Atlanta Braves who moved from 20th in May all the way up to 3rd this month. Also moving up was the LA Dodgers, from 17th to 7th.
A ...
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(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (38-29) lost to Lehigh Valley (26-40) 2-0: Box Score - Recap Batting: Reid Gorecki LF: 1-for-4 Colin Curtis CF: 1-for-4, 2B Eduardo Nunez SS: 0-for-4 Juan Miranda 1B: 0-for-4, 4 K's Jorge Vazquez DH: 0-for-3 Jesus Montero C: 1-for-3, 3B - now hitting. 238.. threw out 1 of 3 runners trying to steal Eric Bruntlett 3B: 0-for-3 Reegie Corona 2B: 0-for-3 Greg Golson ...
As the trade deadline approaches, teams are going to be pulling the trigger on deals that could have an impact on the rest of the season.
The American League East is always one of the most competitive divisions. Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs have put Kosuke Fukudome on the trade market. The outfielder has a no-trade clause and said he is willing to waive it for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
Recently, the Cubs approached Theo Epstein and the Red Sox according to Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com . ...
According to Frank DiGiacomo of the NY Daily News , New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay is dating News 12 Long Island anchor Jodi Applegate, who also happens to be very hot.
Way too hot for Kay. I guess Kay has been doing this job for the entire existence of the YES Network, covered them on the radio, and in newspapers before that. He’s pretty well known by now. I guess if you cast a large enough net, even Kay can catch a big fish. All joking aside, if it’s true, ...
According to the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees , the Yankees have signed infielder Eric Bruntlett to a minor league deal, and he is expected to play in Triple-A Scranton tonight.
Bruntlett is a former major leaguer with 512 games experience over seven seasons. His career average is just .231, OPS is .633, and OPS+ is 64. He last played for the Phillies over the last two seasons. He played in 72 games last year for them with an OPS+ of just 22.
Most recently, he was in the Washington Nationals organization playing ...
Regular Season Game 66
Yankees vs. PhilliesYankee Stadium - Bronx, NYGame Time: 7:05 p.m.TV: YES | Radio: WCBS | XM: 175
Here are the lineups:YANKEES (41-24)Derek Jeter SSCurtis Granderson CFMark Teixeira 1BAlex Rodriguez DHRobinson Cano 2BNick Swisher RFBrett Gardner LFFrancisco Cervelli CRamiro Pena 3BPitching: LHP Andy Pettite (8-1, 2.46 ERA)PHILLIES (33-30)Shane Victorino CFChase Utley 2BPlacido Polanco 3BRyan Howard 1BJayson Werth RFRaul Ibanez LFBen Francisco DHCarlos Ruiz CWilson Valdez SSPitching: RHP Kyle Kendrick (3-2, 4.80 ERA)
Yankees vs. Kendrick
AB
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
M. Teixeira
12
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
.083
.214
.333
.548
Totals
12
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
.083
.214
.333
.548
Phillies vs. Pettitte
AB
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
R. Ibanez
21
6
1
0
1
3
0
5
.286
.318
.476
.794
J. Werth
13
1
0
0
1
2
0
5
.077
.077
.308
.385
R. Howard
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
.111
.111
.111
.222
P. Polanco
7
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
.429
.429
.857
1.286
C. Utley
7
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
.143
.250
.143
.393
S. Victorino
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
.500
.500
.500
1.000
J. Castro
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.000
.000
.000
.000
R. Gload
5
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
.200
.167
.400
.567
B. Francisco
5
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
.400
.500
.400
.900
C. Ruiz
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
.667
.667
1.667
2.333
B. Schneider
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
.000
.333
.000
.333
Totals
83
20
2
0
4
9
3
18
.241
.273
.410
.682
Data provided ...