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Top 10 Unsung Heroes in New York Yankees History »
Finding unsung heroes in the Yankees' landscape is difficult business. If you do something noteworthy in New York, chances are you'll be remembered for it. Just ask Aaron Boone, who will be signing photographs of aging knuckleballers for the rest of his life. This isn't a bad thing, mind you. Boone deserves his fame, just like Stéphane [...]
New York Yankees: Future Begins Now For Joba »
When Joe Girardi opened camp last month, he made it clear that the fifth-starter job would be a wide-open competition. And so it was that Phil Hughes, a 23-year-old once deemed too promising to be dealt for Johan Santana and Joba Chamberlain, a 24-year-old once touted as the next Josh Beckett, ended up in a dogfight with the very ordinary likes of [...]
Top 10 Pitching Perfomances in New York Yankees »
When coming up with a list of the top 10 pitching performances in Yankees history, I stuck to a six-pack of very specific ground rules: 1) A perfect game is a free pass There have been only 16 in the modern era, and the Yankees have three of them. It's the holy grail for a pitcher, and that's good enough for me. 2) Timing matters A [...]
Easy Does It: NY Yankees Put Their Faith in Robinson »
Robinson Cano has a way of making things look easy on the baseball field. This is both his greatest blessing and biggest curse. New York sports fans don't like when things look easy. We appreciate effort. Effort means you're taking the game as seriously as we are. Paul O'Neill chasing down Luis Polonia's drive up the gap in Game Five of the '96 [...]
New York Yankees All-Time Defensive Team »
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 [...]
Javier Vazquez Works Off Blank Slate in Second New »
Javier Vazquez is the luckiest man in baseball right now, and he probably doesn't even know it. Imagine a World Series where Bad A.J. shows up instead of Good A.J. in Game Two, or Johnny Damon is thrown out trying to take that extra base in Game Five, or Hideki Matsui rides the pine with a bum knee in Game Six. Had the Baseball Gods seen things [...]
2010 MLB Predictions: Why Nick Johnson Can Be Trusted »
It's March, which means three things: 1) A friend or family member will do something (or someone) they regret on St. Patrick's Day; 2) Your genius will betray you in the form of busted NCAA brackets; and 3) You have a fantasy baseball draft on the horizon. If you're a serious fantasy player—and not that hack from accounting who asks if A-Rod [...]
New York Yankees Cross Fingers on Latest A-Rod Mess »
With the meteoric rise of Jersey Shore and the "gorilla juiceheads" that the MTV hit so lovingly glorified, I was starting to believe that America had turned a corner in its collective stance on steroids. If you're a baseball fan, that was your hope anyway. Coming off a year in which Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and Mark McGwire [...]
Decoding the Language of Alex Rodriguez »
In every interview with Alex Rodriguez, there's always at least one moment where I shake my head in disbelief and think to myself, "My God, what a goober." It's become a cherished part of my Yankee fan experience these past six years. Here's how it goes: Reporter asks A-Rod question. A-Rod squints his eyes (this indicates that he's listening [...]
Derek Jeter Right To Be Relaxed about Future in New »
Today over at ESPN.com, sports fans from around the globe were shaken to the core by the headline "Jeter Wants To Remain Yankee." This is the equivalent of going over to CNN.com and seeing "Obama Wants To Remain President," or calling up TMZ.com to find "Madonna Wants To Keep Creeping You Out With Her Scary Arms." So yeah, this is about as [...]