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Yankees-Angels Postponed: Why CC Sabathia Should Start »
Before Game 6 of the American League Championship Series was postponed just after 6 pm ET on Saturday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi had said that in the event of a rain out, scheduled starter Andy Pettitte would still start if the game was pushed back a day and CC Sabathia would start a possible Game 7 on Monday. While Pettitte is a veteran pitcher [...]
Yankees-Angels ALCS Game 5: Joe Girardi Out (and Over) »
Nine of the 13 runs scored in Game Five of the American League Championship Series crossed the plate after the starting pitchers were removed from the game. First, Angels manager Mike Scioscia took out John Lackey with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh, even though the right-hander was throwing a six-hit shutout with seven [...]
CC Your Friends: Sabathia, Yankees Have Angels on »
The Yankees kept blowing opportunities to score. In the first, Derek Jeter led off with a single, but was caught stealing. In the second, the first two men reached, but again, New York couldn't get a hit with runners in scoring position. In the third, Melky Cabrera used a bunt to get aboard, but the Yanks refused to utilize any more [...]
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 [...]
Derek Jeter’s Heads-Up Play Has New York Yankees »
I watch a lot of sports and I'm a pretty laid-back person, so it takes a rather unique play for me to respond with an audible "Wow!" But that's exactly what happened in the bottom of the eighth inning during the Yankees' American League Division Series clinching win over the Twins on Sunday night. With no one out and Nick Punto on second with a [...]
ALDS Game Three Preview: Yankees Aim for Sweep, »
Carl Pavano robbed the Yankees of $38 million from 2005-2008 and on Sunday night, New York will look to make him pay for it. The 33-year-old right-hander is the only thing standing between the Bombers and their first trip to the American League Championship Series since 2004, and there's more on the line in Game 3 than just the satisfaction of [...]
ALDS Game Three Preview: Yankees Aim for Sweep, »
Carl Pavano robbed the Yankees of $38 million from 2005-2008 and on Sunday night, New York will look to make him pay for it. The 33-year-old right-hander is the only thing standing between the Bombers and their first trip to the American League Championship Series since 2004, and there's more on the line in Game 3 than just the satisfaction of [...]
Derek Jeter Proves Most Valuable As Yankees Topple »
Everything changed in the bottom of the third inning. When Derek Jeter stepped to the plate with the Yankees trailing 2-0 to the Twins in Game One of the American League Division Series, a lot of questions were racing through the minds of Yankees fans. Why has our opponent scored first for the ninth time in our last 12 playoff games? Why has Alex [...]
ALDS Game 1 Preview: Yankees Should Trounce Tired »
Well, it wasn't the 19-inning game I had hoped for, but it was close. The Twins outlasted the Tigers, 6-5, in 12 innings on Tuesday night to win the American League Central tiebreaker and clinch a spot opposite the Yankees in the AL Division Series, which will start in the Bronx at 6:07 pm Wednesday, just 20 hours after Carlos Gomez slid home with [...]
How Brett Favre Is Helping the Yankees’ Drive »
Is Brett Favre a Yankee fan? Even if he isn't, a lot of Bombers supporters are certainly fans of No. 4 after his second unretirement and subsequent signing with the Minnesota Vikings set up a fateful Monday Night Football showdown with Favre's former team and Vikes' rival, the Green Bay Packers tonight at the Metrodome. The huge regular season [...]