Saying you watch the New York Yankees for their defensive prowess is like saying you watch Jersey Shore for the thoughtful and intelligent dialogue.
In other words, you're not kidding anybody.
Defense is baseball's subtle art form, and the Yankees have made their mark on the sport by being the opposite. They are the Bronx Bombers, after all, and they didn't get that moniker for their soft hands and adroit use of the crow hop.
That said, you don't win 27 World Series titles with a team full of Giambinos bumbling around the ...
Brett Gardner did not start in center field for the New York Yankees today as they played the Detroit Tigers in a Spring Training game.
Curtis Granderson started in center field for the Yankees and got two hits against his old team.
Gardner started in left field. Gardner raised his spring batting average to .143 when he got one hit in two times at bat. Gardner also worked a base on balls and scored two runs.
Gardner also grounded into a double play and left a runner on base.
Other outfielders competing for a ...
The Big Three; Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Girardi, it appears, will have to wait until the end of the 2010 campaign to restructure their contracts.
"People just have to understand that everybody does business in a different way,” Steinbrenner said to reporters following Tuesday’s news conference to announce the details of the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl.
“I just don’t believe in contract extensions, and that’s throughout the organization, no matter who it is. Hopefully, nobody takes that personally, ...
Earlier today I wrote a post complaining about the lack of any actual news coming from the newspapers . In an era where newspapers are rapidly declining, it’s almost as if they are trying to destroy themselves.
But just because the newspapers suck, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty of Yankee-related stories out there worth your time. Leave it to the bloggers to do the newspapers' jobs for them. Here's a list of suggested reading:
Former BBD writer Matt Imbrogno has been examining Brian Cashman’s recent trades. Today, he wrote part ...
The Yankees have announced the official name for the college football bowl game that will be played at Yankee Stadium this year.
New Era Cap Company, Inc. has signed a four-year deal to be the title sponsor for the game that will now be known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
The name is a combination of the company and the famous pinstripes the Yankees wear on their home uniforms.
The game has been scheduled for December 30, 2010 at Yankee Stadium.
ESPN will televise the contest between the Big East No. 3 team ...
So Johnny Damon won’t be playing in this afternoon’s game against the Yankees because of turf toe.
Really? Is this news?
I guess it is compared to some other stories that have been out there over the past two days. Unless you think A-Rod’s lawyers meeting with feds is a news story, but I don’t.
Of course, there is the Nick Johnson hit two home runs in one game OMG he’s the next Babe Ruth! Or maybe the Yankees should just pack in their season because CC Sabathia had a bad start in ...
As you probably know by now, Francisco Cervelli sustained a concussion last week when he was hit in the head with a pitch.
It was his second concussion since the Yankees wrapped up the World Series (he also hit his head in winter ball). Cervelli has received good news from all tests involved this time around and was cleared to start light workouts and should be back in the lineup by Friday.
Here is more from Ben Shpigel of the NY Times :
“Whether that’s a week, tomorrow, two weeks, it doesn’t ...
According to all papers, Yankees senior vice president Mark Newman was charged with a DUI Monday night in Tampa.
Here is a statement released by the Yankees:
“The New York Yankees do not condone this kind of behavior,” the statement said. “We take this situation seriously and we are looking into the matter. We will have no further comment at this time.”
This is funny, not in a ha ha way, but in more of a sad way. Just a few years ago George Steinbrenner was set to hand control of the team ...
Joe Pepitone became the New York Yankees' first baseman when Bill Skowron was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers following the 1962 season.
The Yankees had signed Pepitone in 1958, and after spending four seasons in the minors, Joe joined the big team for the 1962 season. While a student at Manual Trades High School in Brooklyn, Joe was shot in the stomach in a schoolyard dispute in 1957.
When he signed with the Yankees, one ...
While running a major league team, there are only so many ways you can gain a real advantage. Having more capital then your opponent is the easiest way, but teams continually look for other ways to better themselves at an inexpensive price.
This is termed a market inefficiency. Basically, the best thing a team can do is find something of value that isn't being valued properly on the open market.
While many people ignorantly think Michael Lewis's Moneyball is about sabermetrics, this is what it was really about: finding market inefficiencies and ...
