Archive for October, 2009
New York Yankee Pitcher Ian Kennedy Has a Positive »
I don't know what to do right now, as we still have two more days until Yankee baseball. This should help you kill some time (it certainly helped me). I'm a big Ian Kennedy fan. He absolutely tore up the minor leagues in his first full professional season, something that very few pitchers do. No, Kennedy doesn't have the front-line potential [...]
The Road to World Series, No. 27: Yankees Vs. Angels »
The first road game for the Yankees in the 2009 Playoffs was taking on the red-hot Minnesota Twins. After three games of dominating pitching and late-inning clutch hitting, the Yankees disposed of Minnesota in a series sweep and moved on in the playoffs. Starting on Friday, the Yankees will take on the Los Angeles Angels in the American League [...]
N.Y. Yankees May be Brewing October Magic »
Watching Nick Punto face reporters on Sunday night was almost hard to watch, even for a Yankees fan. Almost. A fringe player who looks more like a plumber than a professional athlete, Punto sat ashen and bleary-eyed in front of his locker trying to explain why he had barrelled around third base in the eighth inning like Rex Ryan toward a buffet [...]
New Babe Ruth Footage Shows Rare Glimpse Of the »
Recently, the home movies of a New Hampshire family contained new, never before seen footage of the legendary Babe Ruth. The footage can be seen here: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/08/sports/baseball/1247465064285/the-great-bambino-resurfaces.html?th&emc=th Several amazing factors derive from this new footage. One is that it is new [...]
Yankees vs. Angels ALCS Preview: New York Aims to Get »
Among the 134 pitchers Derek Jeter has faced at least 20 times in his Hall of Fame career, he has the lowest batting average against Scott Kazmir (.111) and Jered Weaver (.118). That's not a good sign. What is a good sign is the way the Yankees beat the Angels the last two times they played them on Sept. 22 and 23 in Anaheim—previously a [...]
Yankee Prospects Have Much To Gain As The Arizona Fall »
The Arizona Fall League began today, with the first pitch at 12:35 in a matchup between the Surprise Rafters and Peoria Javelinas. The Yankees have seven players on the Rafters, most of whom are worth keeping an eye on. Here's a very quick rundown on which Yankee prospects to watch for in the AzFL:Ian Kennedy, RHP: Kennedy recovered quickly from [...]
Yankees’ Mariano Rivera Proves He Is the Best »
If there was any doubt about who was the best closer in the postseason, last night proved that Mariano Rivera is the man that all managers want to send out in a close game. Last night, the Colorado Rockies lost the third game of a best-of-five series to the Philadelphia Phillies. Looking back at the game, the blame can easily be put on the closer. [...]
Championship Series Preview: N.Y. Yankees and L.A. »
The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have a lot in common. Each has a fan base of little or no merit: witness LA's failure to sell out its Game Two NLDS win over St. Louis, even though the Redbirds' fan base travels exceptionally well. Nor are Yankees fans, who have come out in numbers 12.7 percent smaller than last year despite the Yanks' [...]
Yanks’ Pinstripes Inevitably Tangible To »
It is well established, we’ve approached a point when the entire world is heavily paying attention to the New York Yankees. Much is at stake for the casual investors, making all the blockbuster deals and stealing nearly all big-name free-agents on the market. History over the last five years specifies indignities and failures, explicating greed [...]
New York-Anaheim ALCS Series Should Start Tuesday »
One of the best sidelines to the upcoming New York Yankee vs. Los Angeles Angels American League Championship is that each team will go against one of their former players. Mark Teixeira was traded for by the Angels last season, hoping that his acquisition will lead them to the World Series. While Teixeira did his part against the Boston Red Sox [...]