You don't need all-world credentials to capture a spot on this list.
You don't need a 20-win season or an ERA under 3.00.
You don't need to be a present or future Hall of Famer...
All you need is nasty "stuff."
I mean really, nasty stuff; downright filthy. The kind of stuff that sends hitters back to the bench thinking, "Do I really belong in this league?"
Face any one of the hurlers on this list, in their prime, and there's a very good chance that you'll end up embarrassed on the way ...
Derek Jeter left the game early yesterday and sat out today with a head cold, but The Captain fully expects to play in Tuesdays game against the Oakland Athletics according to Josh Thomson of the Journal News.
Here is more from Thomson:
The captain has a head cold that he has been fighting for the last two or three days. He was removed late in Saturday’s game despite picking up three more hits, including a homer, to extend his season-opening hitting streak to 11 games.
Jeter was asked if he wanted to play ...
Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer in baseball history, but once upon a time, long, long ago, there were relief pitchers who were asked to do things that no one in his right mind would want Mariano Rivera to do, because not even the great Rivera could do them.
September 30, 1952
Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen announced that rookie right handed relief pitcher Joe Black would start the first game of the 1952 World Series against the New York Yankees.
Black was 15-4 with a 2.15 ERA in 56 games, 54 of which were ...
By now, most of you have probably seen the video of younger Ariel Antigua and his extraordinary baseball talent. In case you haven’t, I’ve attached it to the post. The five year-old Lyndhurst boy can hit 85 MPH fastballs from both side of the plate and field like someone three times his age. Normally I’m not a fan of parents forcing their children to play sports, but it looks as if he really loves baseball.
The Yankees really ought to be sending this kid free merchandise. If they make him a ...
In baseball, there are such things as intentional walks on defense. Could there be such a thing as intentional strikeouts on offense? That is a question that may have been put to the Yankees last night.
You're the home team, with one out in the bottom of the fourth. You have just made the breakthrough of a formerly tied game; first, having loaded the bases, and then scoring all three runners on two subsequent hits, leaving you with men on first and third, ahead 4-1.
Suddenly, it begins to rain. The weatherman ...
If there has been one thing that has plagued the New York Yankees the past few years, it has been their slow starts to the season. The Yanks then have to finish the season strong to be in contention.
However, 2010 is starting off great for the reigning World Series Champions.
The Yankees are 7-3 entering Saturday's afternoon game against the visiting Texas Rangers. The Yankees are a half-game in front of Tampa Bay and Toronto, and two-and-a-half games ahead of the Red Sox.
It was important for the Yankees to get off ...
As expected, the Yankees have put relief pitcher Chan Ho Park on the 15-day disabled list after he pulled his right hamstring warming up in the bullpen yesterday. Taking his place on the roster is left-handed pitcher Boone Logan.
Park has already begun to establish himself as an important member of the Yankees' bullpen this season. Although a bout of diarrhea caused him to struggle in his first appearance, Park has had two strong appearances since then, going five innings and only allowing one run. Overall he has a 4.76 ERA ...
I wanted to give my opinion on Joe Girardi wanting to pull CC Sabathia before the ninth inning of last Saturday's game at Tampa Bay.
Sabathia was cruising along with a no-hitter into the 8th inning, when with two outs Kelly Shoppach, a former teammate of CC's at Cleveland, singled to left.
Even before the ball landed, Girardi was out of the dugout to remove Sabathia.
No big deal with the Yankees were comfortably ahead 10-0, and CC was already at 111 pitches. Somewhere Nolan Ryan is laughing *.
*This game rivals the 1963 ...
If you were a fan of the Yankees or Red Sox in the mid to late 90's, you no doubt took a side in the Nomar Garciaparra/Derek Jeter debate.
Jeter and Garciaparra were two of the new breed of shortstop. Shortstops were no longer defensive specialists and merely adequate with the bat—Jeter and Garciaparra were two of the premier hitters in baseball.
Both won Rookie of the Year awards, Jeter in 1996 and Garciaparra one year later.
From a pure hitting standpoint, Garciaparra was better, at least in his peak. His power ...
The Yankees have won each of their first three series by a count of two games to one, and they'll hope to keep that success going this weekend as they welcome the Texas Rangers to town.
The Rangers are 5-4, tied in the loss column with first-place Oakland, and have received some solid pitching so far. Texas is third in the American League with a 2.95 ERA, fourth in batting average against (.238), fourth in WHIP (1.28), and third in quality starts at seven.
They'll put those solid stats to the test ...