Over the years New York has been a city that demands winning. And if they don't get it then they'll let you know about it. Even though we do win probably more then any other city/state it never seems to be enough. Because with the shining lights of the Big Apple many crazy things have happened to us and the teams we love so much.
At times we have had extremley bad luck.(Reggie Miller)
Or at times we have had to deal with selfish players.(Stephon Marbury)
Bad signings have taken a toll.(Carl Pavano)
But ...
We’ve seen a ton of these this winter. It seems like every Yankee blog out there has their own. We’ve even toyed with the idea of releasing one here at BBD (having not seen most of these players play ourselves we’ve decided to let others handle it).
Out of all of those lists there really are only a couple that matter. Pinstripes Plus is a must read (but will cost you $89.95 for a year subscription). Pending Pinstripes and friend of the blog, Robert Pimpsner, are a couple other good ones. ...
According to Jordan Bastian of MLB.com, the man who hit the final homer in original Yankee Stadium history, Jose Molina, has signed a one-year, $400,000 deal with the Blue Jays with a 2011 team option worth $1.2 million.
The Yankees acquired Molina back in 2007 when they traded minor leaguer Jeff Kennard for him near the July deadline.
Molina played well enough down the stretch in 2007—in 29 games he had a 101 OPS+—to earn himself a two-year, $4 million deal.
In 2008 Molina was relied upon much more than the Yankees anticipated ...
The New York Yankees opened their spring training camp in Tampa yesterday.
Brian Cashman was quoted defending his reshuffling of the outfield, including the signing of Randy Winn instead of former Yankee Johnny Damon.
Cash said that when he had traded Austin Jackson to get Curtis Granderson, after trading Melky Cabrera to get Javy Vazquez and after being unable to re-sign Damon, he had to bring in a large number of outfielders to restock the shelves.
Joe Girardi was interviewed by ESPN's Baseball Tonight crew and talked about the way in which he will treat ...
The 2009 postseason will forever provide fond memories for Yankees fans—a month of baseball that signaled the franchise's return to the apex of the sport. But being a Sports Pessimist (the New York Jets did this to me), I still had a couple of minor gripes. One was Chris Rose, the Best Damn Sports Show hack who was inexplicably given on-field emcee duties following New York's Game Six clincher.
What do you think was the over/under for the number of Yankee games Rose watched last year? Eight? Four? One?
I understand ...
Jo Stac recalls that after the disastrous 1965 season, the New York Yankees were finally considered "just another team."
She read many articles about how the "pride of the Yankees" belonged to the past. Jo was pleased.
I have rooted for the Cleveland Indians since 1951. Today's fans don't know that the Indians, not the Boston Red Sox, were the New York Yankees' main competition during the early and mid-1950s.
Yankee ...
The New York Yankees have been blessed with some of the greatest outfielders in the history of Major League Baseball. I put some emphesis on years played, and World Series won in New York, as well as overall stats. This list will count down my top ten of the many stars that have 'trolled the Yankees' outfield in their proud history. Begin Slideshow
One of the clichés you hear in the weeks preceding the opening of spring training camps is that "competition brings out the best in players."
Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman both have said that during the last month. In fact, here is what Girardi said just yesterday:
“I expect guys to pitch at a very high level. Will statistics play 100 percent of the decision? No. We’ll look at guys, how they’re throwing the baseball, and what we feel as an organization and coaching staff is the best for everyone involved. It ...
Every Yankee fan knows the feeling. Walk anywhere outside of New York wearing the blue and white, and we're greeted with chants of derision. However, unlike what fans of the Red Sox or Mets might endure, we endure insults that challenge not our team, but our fanhood.
"Front-runner."
"Bandwagon-Jumper."
People who have heard these sorts of insults know that they hurt more than other ones, such as "Yankees suck" or chants of that ilk. At least there is a reasonable comeback to that, and inane arguments about whose team is better are a ...
Ths is one of the happiest days of the year, as Spring Training opens. It makes all of us kids again, remembering the snap of ball into mitt and the unique sound of a well struck ball off a wooden bat.
As has been so often said, "Hope Springs Eternal." Even the fans of perennial cellar dwellers can find some invigoration in Spring Training as we look to the future.
It also makes all of us who are baseball fans turn to our past. One of the things that makes our favorite ...