Being an umpire in Major League Baseball is though and unlike other major sports instant replay does not benefit them because it is not used. In fact when talk of adding it has been brought up it immediately is struck down because the thought is that it takes away the human element of the game and it would slow the game down.
Baseball is a long game already so the argument that the game would be longer doesn't sit right. The second part is that yes there's a human element ...
(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (26-17) lost to Louisville (20-24) 5-1: Box Score — Recap Batting
Curtis Granderson , CF: 1-for-2, BB Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2-for-4, RBI (20) Jesus Montero, DH: 0-for-3, BB - now hitting .233 Chad Huffman, 1B-LF: 1-for-4 Rene Rivera, C: 2-for-4, 2B Jeff Natale, 2B: 1-for-2, BB, R
Pitching
Jason Hirsh (L, 4-5): 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (3.90 ERA) Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (8.74 ERA) Grant ...
This Week in Yankee History
May 23rd - May 29th
May 23rd
1901
Former New York Yankees broadcasting announcer Arch McDonald (1940) was born (1901-1960).
Arch McDonald was a longtime broadcaster for the Washington Senators (1934-1939, 1941-1959). He also broadcast games for the New York Yankees in1940.
McDonald is remembered for his recreations.
The Ol' Pine Tree died on a train coming home from a Washington Redskins-New York Giants game in New York. ...
Right now "the New York Yankees" doesn’t have the same ring to it as it did in the start of the year. The Yankees have now lost five of their last seven games and have fallen to five games behind the Rays in the A.L. East.
The injury bug has been a real pest a majority of the season. But everyone kept talking about how important it was for other players to step up… and they were. Everyone was talking about how fantastic the starting pitching was for this club, ...
The Yankees began a crucial 35-game stretch Thursday night with a 8-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Bombers then have split the first two games of the Subway Series against the cross-town New York Mets.
The Rays showed just how much better they are than the Yankees, with better pitching, scoring early and having a back end of the bullpen which did not blow games.
They also out-scouted the Yankees, using defensive positioning to help defend Mark Teixeira and surprisingly, the newly-promoted Juan Miranda.
With all the injuries and the starting pitching ...
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WP: M. Pelfrey (6-1) LP: P. Hughes (5-1) SV: F. Rodriguez (7) What a disaster of a game that was. It wasn't a blow out as the Mets evened up the Subway Series last night with a 5-3 with over the Yanks last night, but it was a ...
The look on Mark Teixeira's face tells it all.
The Yankees are mired in a slump to beat all slumps. Not only has the lights-out pitching from early in the year disappeared, but the offense is sputtering right now as well.
Which is not a good combination.
I'd say the slump started with the Detroit series, which was won by the Tigers three games to one. Then it looked like the Yankees dominance over the Twins would never end, that is until Jason Kubel proved that Mo was in fact human by hitting ...
It seems that nary a week goes by without another player being indicted on charges of using PEDs. While the juicers', and their suppliers, house of cards fell in the MLB, PED investigations and suspensions have now proliferated to the NFL, professional cycling, and other sports.
One thing is clear. These substances, the people who use them, and the people who distribute them, are not going away.
Every conviction is only a drop in the vast ocean that the purists believe professional sports are sinking in.
There may be only one solution: Legalize ...
Roy Oswalt has asked the Houston Astros for a trade. The Yankees are looking for another starter since Javier Vazquez is struggling to keep is spot. What if the Yankees could make a deal for the Houston ace?
The Yankees save several guys on the team that they could move in order to bring Oswalt to New York. The Astros would like to get a pitcher in return from the Yankees, so why not add Vazquez to the deal?
Vazquez seems to pitch great in the National League, because last year he ...
The way Javier Vazquez was pitching last night it looked like he was going to take care of the Mets all by himself. Six innings, one hit, six strikeouts and only 70 pitches. Unfortunately he bruised his hand while bunting in the top of the 7th inning and needed some help.
X-rays were taken after the game and came back negative. Vazquez even went as far as to say that he was confident that he would make his next start. Vazquez actually hurt the finger on the pitch before he ...