The Yankees have won four straight, but their arch rivals, the Red Sox, have also won four in a row to climb back over .500 for the first time since beating New York on Opening Night to go 1-0.
That was the only game Boston won in the three-game series, and the Sox went on a huge slide from there, hitting rock bottom on May 2, when they fell to 11-14 after being swept by the last-place Orioles.
But Terry Francona's bunch bounced back by scoring 36 runs in a four-game sweep ...
According to the dictionary, the term curse means, "the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., or a formula or charm intended to cause such misfortune to another."
I bring that up because in the sports world, another curse has been brought up and being talked about.
On the May 3, 2010 edition of Sports Illustrated, the Yankees "Core Four" of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Petite all graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in a featured story about the teammates being together on the Yankees ...
Early Wednesday afternoon, while many people were celebrating Cinco De Mayo by pounding down Corona's, New York Yankee outfielder Nick Swisher was pounding this second inning pitch for a solo home run.
It was Swisher's fifth home run of the year and his 17th RBI.
Nick is slashing .295 BA/.380 OBP/.547 SLG/.927 OPS right now.
You may be saying what is the big deal. Swisher was slashing .312/.430/.714/1.144 OPS at the end of April last season, but went into a big funk and ended up with a .249/.371/.498/.869 OPS.
They were all good numbers and ...
The injury bug has been taking out Yankees one at a time. Is the Sports Illustrated cover curse taking its place in the Yankees locker room? The core four appeared on the cover this past week and three of the four have been battling injuries. Jorge Posada is day-to-day with a calf strain, Mariano Rivera has missed a few games because of stiffness in his arm, and Andy Pettitte had to leave Wednesday's game with stiffness of his own in his left arm. The last man ...
The Yankees finished up a series with the Baltimore Orioles yesterday afternoon. Here are some thoughts recapping the series.
How Sweep It Is The Yankees swept the three-game series from Baltimore and improved their record to 19-8 on the year. New York has won all but one series this season, but this is their first sweep.
Injury Bug The dreaded injury bug has been hitting the Yankees lately. First center fielder Curtis Granderson landed on the disabled list with a grade two left groin ...
About this time last year, the New York Yankees were not in the best shape. They had yet to hit their stride and were en route to going 0-8 in their first eight games vs. the Boston Red Sox. The Bronx Bombers eventually got it going, took over the American League East, and the rest is history.
This season things have begun differently.
On April 4, the Yanks and Red Sox opened the 2010 MLB season. Boston managed to rally back from a 5-1 deficit and beat the Yankees in the first ...
I’m beginning to get a little disgusted of the coverage of the Yankees this year — and it’s still early.
As the wins begin to mount, so do the injuries. It just so happens that most of the injuries are occurring to the older players on the team, and this instills panic in almost everyone.
From ESPN.com (notoriously anti-Yankee) to the New York Times (hardly the best sports coverage in the city), and from the Daily News (notoriously anti-Yankee Mike Lupica) to the New York Post, headlines scream that the “old” ...
Heading into every season the mission statement of the New York Yankees is clear-cut: Win the World Series or consider the season a failure.
Always has, and always will be.
A World Series championship was the icing on the cake to a magical inaugural season at the new Yankee Stadium. But as the excitement of the new stadium starts to fade, the Yankees will and desire for their next championship continues to grow.
I’m aware that it’s only May and the 2010 baseball season is far ...
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox square off this weekend at Fenway Park, the first meeting between the two rivals since umpire Joe West's controversial marks about the slow pace of play between the teams.
Unfortunately for West, and those that have early dinner reservations this weekend, River & Sunset has uncovered a list of 10 reasons why this three-game series will be just as long, if not longer, than the matchups that preceded it.
10) Removing the Earthly Remains of Big Papi: David Ortiz's body needs to be ...
Game No. 22 of 162 in the Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight summer-long journey featured one of this year’s biggest surprises and a bounce-back performance from one of Oakland’s young guns…
Game No. 22 – Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics
• After surrendering eight runs (six earned) in five innings in his first start of the season last week, Trevor Cahill rebounded nicely Wednesday against the Rangers. In five innings, the 22-year-old allowed one unearned run on five hits and three walks in five innings.
Like most young pitchers, Cahill will experience many ups and ...