Archive for July, 2011
New York Yankees: What Is the 2011 World Championship »
The New York Yankees trailed the Milwaukee Braves three games to one in the 1958 World Series. The Braves dominated the Yankees after beating them for the 1957 World Championship.Manager Casey Stengel sent Bob Turley, who would win the Cy Young Award as the Major League's best pitcher for 1958, to the Yankee Stadium mound to face nemesis Lew [...]
New York Yankees: Should Yanks Look into Ted Lilly for »
We have 10 days left until the trading deadline. It's getting to be that exciting time in baseball.The rumors are heating up.We all know the rumors have been circulating about the Yankees' interest in Ubaldo Jimenez, but right now, a deal seems unlikely because the Colorado Rockies' asking price is Jesus Montero, Dellin Betances, Manny Banuelos [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Why the New York Yankees Should »
The Chicago White Sox currently have a 47-51 record. Realistically, they have absolutely no chance in the AL Wild Card, as they trail the New York Yankees by 11.5 games. While the White Sox are 4.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, winning the division seems unlikely, as well.Exhibit A: The [...]
The 10 Saddest Endings to Yankees’ Careers »
Sometimes the memories you have of people are not the good ones, and the Yankees have no exceptions. Their glory and celebrations throughout the years have also been riddled with tragic stories of failure, embarrassment, sadness and even death.Some have made the organization re-consider how they do business in free agency; others have made [...]
New York Yankees: Can Robinson Cano Follow in Derek »
Now that Derek Jeter has reached the 3,000 hit mark, I think it’s time to see how Robinson Cano's young career stacks up to Jeter’s early years. Derek Jeter is halfway through his 17th season (16th full season), whereas Robinson Cano is halfway into just his seventh season in the bigs. Through his first six full seasons, Derek Jeter [...]
New York Yankees Should Look into Bringing Back Marcus »
We are less than two weeks away from MLB's trading deadline. The rumors about who the New York Yankees are and aren't interested in have been frantic over the last month.One thing the Yankees haven't addressed is adding players for the bench.A familiar face just became a free agent, and the Yankees could take a look if they need some [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Ubaldo Jimenez and 5 Other Starters »
Ubaldo Jimenez turned the heads of baseball fans across the country in 2010 with a Cy Young calibre season. Although this season the heads have been turning the other way for the most part, his production has increased greatly as he now posts an even 4.00 ERA, and has thrown 108 K's in 117 innings of work.Despite a bad start to 2011, the [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Unwilling to Give Up Big »
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Yankees unwilling to trade big prospect for reliever; think they’ll be OK in pen. seek SP but still see Ubaldo as longshot With Rafael Soriano‘s return looming, the Yankees haven’t been attached to too many relievers in rumors. The few we have heard about are mostly lefties with the [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Why Carlos Beltran Likely »
Carlos Beltran hopping into a subway and taking his talents from the New York Mets to the New York Yankees has been highly rumored for several weeks as buyers and sellers scramble in hot pursuit of pennant-changing players during the mid-summer trade deadline phenomenon.Unfortunately for Yankees fans and the aficionados of the other World [...]
LeBron James or Alex Rodriguez: Similar Talents, Ego, »
Are there two more polarizing athletes in American professional sports than Alex Rodriguez and LeBron James? People either love them or hate them and there are not many people who fall in between. So let's take a closer look at each of them. Alex Rodriguez was one of the best prospects in baseball history. Taken with the first pick in the 1993 [...]