Due to financial reasons, a highly-paid pitcher moves from a solid team and comes to the Bronx with high expectations.
People spoke on how he comes from a weaker division, and wonder how this right hander, who is a control specialist but strikes out his share of batters, will fare in the mighty American League East, a division which had four of the top five hitting teams in the AL.
This starter is a workhorse, rarely missing a start and throwing 200-plus innings with relative ease.
But this right-handed stud pitcher was bombed in ...
If you watched yesterday’s game and saw Chan Ho Park warming up in the bullpen , you might have been surprised when they didn’t see him in the game. No, he didn’t have another bout of diarrhea . This time, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com , he aggravated his right hamstring while throwing in the pen.
There will be tests conducted today to get an idea of how long Park will be out for, but we aren’t likely to get that news for a couple more hours. If he lands ...
Bernie Williams' baseball career ended under circumstances that seemed mysterious to some individuals, but not to those who know him.
Williams has basic values he will always honor. His parents taught him to treat others the way he wanted to be treated, and all he asks is that others provide him the same respect he gives them.
Bernie Does Not Reveal His Feelings Williams has never felt completely at ease with other people and never reveals his feelings easily, if at all.
As a ...
In 2009, the first season played at the New Yankee Stadium, the Yankees had 3,177 plate appearances at home. Throughout all of those plate appearances, they hit only five triples. That means one triple roughly every 635 plate appearances or so. In other words: doesn’t happen often. Yet, in this young 2010 season, with only 118 plate apperances under their belt, the Yankees have hit three triples. That’s not really the story, though. The story is that Curtis Granderson last night hit triples in consecutive at-bats.
Now, we all know that ...
After two starts for every other New York Yankee starting pitcher, 23-year-old Phil Hughes made his first start of the 2010 season last night against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Hughes got the win, pitching into the sixth inning. He was good, at times overpowering, and also inconsistent.
Hughes struck out six but also walked five. He gave up only three hits, one of them a home run, and finished the game having given up two earned runs in five innings.
One of the curious things about Hughes' start is that after ...
Is Robinson Cano hot? SCALDIN'!
In last night's 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim Cano hit two home runs, had three RBI, and finished the night hitting .395.
In the first nine games Cano has four home runs and nine RBI and is a major reason the Yanks have won three straight series and sport a 6-3 record.
From the time he was introduced at the major league level, Robinson Cano has drawn comparisons to great hitters. Former Yankee manager Joe Torre compared Cano to the great Rod Carew.
Some critics have ...
On April 15, 1947, 28-year-old Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers broke baseball's color barrier and started a whole new trend for Major League Baseball.
Because of that, Jackie Robinson Day is commemorated every April 15. With the exception of Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, Robinson's No. 42 is retired throughout baseball and will never be worn again.
That is except for on April 15, when every player and coach on every team that plays wears the number on the back of their jersey.
The Yankees and Angels played the rubber match of their three-game ...
April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson becomes the first baseball player of color, breaking the color barrier.
Sixty-three years later, with his number retired around baseball, the legend lives on. On a night where every player and umpire in the MLB wore the number 42, the Yankees (who have four African-American players) defeated the Angels 6-2. The opening ceremony featured Robinson's widow Rachel, his daughter Sharon, and his grandson Jesse Simms throwing out the first pitch.
On an important note on a smaller scale, Phil Hughes made his season debut after winning the ...
"I love Billy, but I'm still a Yankee. I was rooting for the Yankees to win that playoff last week against Billy."
Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin's friendship is legendary. They were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Batman and Robin, and Thelma and Louise all rolled into one. However, when it came to the Yankees, Mickey Mantle was a Yankee. So was Billy Martin, but Billy Martin was sent away.
They could take Billy Martin away from the Yankees, but they couldn't take the Yankees ...
I just came across a fun baseball fact you may already know, but if not, you'll want to share like I did.
Today is Jackie Robinson Day throughout MLB, and every player, coach, manager, and umpire will be wearing No. 42.
However, the only MLB player actually wearing 42 on his regulation uniform is the Yankees' Mariano Rivera.
The number was retired in 1997 by all teams, but players who wore it at the time were allowed to keep it until they left baseball. Rivera is the last active player in baseball still ...