Belligerence makes the world go ‘round.
New York Yankees fans and Boston Red Sox fans are militant competitors. They’re also mutual complements. When the Yanks and Sox square off at Fenway Park this weekend, soldiers on both sides of the front will fire the latest shots in a long-standing conflict—which would be more distressing news if long-standing conflict weren’t such an important part of human identity.
Harmony means getting along with your peer group.
Hostility, on the other hand, means getting in touch with your personhood.
I’m not suggesting that the New York-Boston story ...
He is the pitching prospect with the Internet hype. He is also very high on the New York Yankee organizational support list, and Charleston RiverDogs pitcher Graham Stoneburner * did not disappoint in Wednesday's late morning start against the Lakewood BlueClaws.
*Late in the interview process, he was asked about his unique surname. Graham replied, "My ancestors used to heat up rocks and put them under peoples beds." Interesting. It had to be asked and reported as I knew people were dying to know the origins of what is one of the best ...
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WP: A. Pettitte (4-0) LP: D. Hernandez (0-4) SV: A. Aceves (1) The Yankees finished off their sweep of the Orioles today, with their 7-5 victory today in the Bronx. It was their fourth win in a row, and seventh in their last eight games. The only problem is that Andy Pettitte had to leave the game with a stiff elbow after just 77 pitches. An MRI later revealed minor inflammation and the Yankees expect him to ...
New York Times reporter, Richard Sandomir, is reporting that the New York Yankees will air their July 10th and 11th games against the Seattle Mariners in 3-D. The YES Network has been able to make an agreement to test out the latest technology with DirecTV.
Sadly not everyone will be able to watch the game in 3-D due to the fact that not everyone has that specific cable service provider. The Yankees vs. Mariners game will be the first regular season game aired in three dimensions.
Recently, the Masters were aired in ...
Leading 7-3 with one out in the bottom of the ninth, New York appeared to roll to an easy win and series sweep of Baltimore. However, the Orioles brought the go-ahead run to the plate before the Yankees held on for a 7-5 win. The win marked the fourth time since 2008 that the Yankees have swept a three-game series at home against the Orioles. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Matt Wieters and Nolan Reimold hit back-to-back home runs off Yankees reliever David Robertson. ...
The New York Yankees have had two Hall of Fame catchers.
Bill Dickey played during the 1930s and early 1940s. Yogi Berra replaced Dickey and played from the late 1940s until the early 1960s.
How does Jorge Posada compare to Dickey and Yogi? Jorge Posada had the best season of his career in 2007. He batted a robust .338, hit 20 home runs, slugged .543, batted in 90 runs, and produced a Mickey Mantle-like .426 on base average. Prior to 2007, Jorge’s best season was 2000, when he hit .287, ...
With all due respect to Javier Vazquez, I’m tired of hearing about him and his lack of prosperous pitching.
Give him a break—he’ll eventually get to where he needs to be. Well, at least we hope.
The Yankees did have a three-pitcher rotation in the playoffs this past season, and what did we get? A world championship. They can certainly pull this off again if need be, so Vazquez is not of primary concern at the moment.
Lets talk about something, or rather, some people of more interest to the long-term success of ...
The New York Yankees have the second best record in baseball. That should be good enough to get them to the postseason.
That's in spite of the fact that the Yankees are not favorites at this time to win the American League East, although they might still do so. For now, Tampa Bay has the division lead. Meaning that it's the Yankees' wild card chances that are now operative.
The Yankees have a commanding 5.5 game lead over Boston, normally their main rival in the American League East.
Granted, if the ...
Early in the day yesterday, Yankees backup catcher Francisco Cervelli, made a visit to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan.
Yankees players and staff members often make visits to the hospital and meet some of the patients. Cervelli was joined by Yankees backup infielder Ramiro Pena.
Cervelli, starting in place of the injured Jorge Posada, met a young girl named Jane, who gave a gift to the Yankees catcher. This gift, a thin bracelet, ended up defining his night.
The word "Shine," was on the bracelet and that is just what Cervelli did ...
There’s something quite odd about Derek Jeter.
I don’t mean the fact that he’s seemingly ageless, or that he’s actually a somewhat-likeable guy despite being the captain of the most evil group of players ever to walk onto a baseball field.
I am referring to the fact that the numbers Jeter has accrued so far this season simply don’t make any sense.
In the interest of full disclosure, I haven’t seen Jeter play very much this year. As a Red Sox fan from Cleveland, I don’t get many opportunities to see the Yankees, ...