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New York Yankees: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly »
One of the best Clint Eastwood movies from his Western days was "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." Fantastic. Rent it if you have not seen it. In fact, get a bunch of Clint movies one rainy day and park yourself on the couch. This movie title is going to be the same as this Yankee theme. It will be a bi-weekly segment on the most recent [...]
Why Joe Girardi Was Completely Wrong about Wanting to »
I wanted to give my opinion on Joe Girardi wanting to pull CC Sabathia before the ninth inning of last Saturday's game at Tampa Bay. Sabathia was cruising along with a no-hitter into the 8th inning, when with two outs Kelly Shoppach, a former teammate of CC's at Cleveland, singled to left. Even before the ball landed, Girardi was out of the dugout [...]
A New Big Money Pitcher Has Early Struggles for the »
Due to financial reasons, a highly-paid pitcher moves from a solid team and comes to the Bronx with high expectations. People spoke on how he comes from a weaker division, and wonder how this right hander, who is a control specialist but strikes out his share of batters, will fare in the mighty American League East, a division which had four [...]
New York Yankees Opening Day 2010: Rings, Festivities, »
The primary reason why athletes play the game, any game, is their competitive fire drives them to win. What helps drive the Major League baseball player is to obtain the World Series Championship ring. Before player salaries became obscene, the players loved that World Series share or money. Many times it was more [...]
New York Yankees & Boston Red Sox Opening Series: »
It was only one game into the 2010 baseball season for New York Yankee fans, there were 161 more to go, but panic was in the air. The newest addition to the bullpen, Chan Ho Park, was roughed up. Curtis Granderson reiterated to all involved that he couldn't hit left-handed pitching, CC Sabathia couldn't last through six innings, and Joba [...]
2010 MLB Prediction: Curtis Granderson To Have Better »
Both New York teams have a new starting outfielder on their squads this year. Both are upgrades over their 2009 counterparts. The Mets signed free agent Jason Bay while the Yankees pulled off an old-fashioned trade as they acquired Curtis Granderson from the Detroit Tigers in a three-team, seven-player swap. That trade also involved the Arizona [...]
Jesus Montero: Why Can’t He Be Promoted To The »
I read the latest scouting report on Jesus Montero's defensive skills. It might be the first decently positive report on his defensive talent—but the secondary reports by bloggers mostly reported the negative. I bet those guys will be all over the Tiger Woods interview next week. The biggest knock on Montero is that his big 6'4", 225-pound [...]
Why Carl Crawford Will Not Be a New York Yankee in »
Too many articles talked about Joe Mauer heading to free agency after this season and signing with the Yankees. That was never going to happen because of Mauer's native roots and his homegrown status of being a Twins first-round draft choice and first pick overall.* * Do you think the Twins feel good that they did not take Mark Prior first [...]
As Rotation Needs Rise After 2010 Yankees Need Hughes, »
After Alfredo Aceves gave up five runs in four-plus innings yesterday, the Yankees hierarchy was secretly giddy. Phil Hughes, the darling prospect of the team since being drafted in 2004, is now back in the lead! Headlines in Sunday's papers shouted, "Aceves' Bad Outing Could Cost Him in Yankees Contest ," and "Aceves Puts Himself In Hole With [...]
Elijah Dukes Would Give the Yankees Necessary Depth in »
I am not of the mindset to obtain some other team's castoffs. When a veteran player is released or available, usually the call from most Yankees fans is for the Yankees to sign the guy. Reed Johnson, Rocco Baldelli, Randy Winn, and others were available for left field, and many pieces were written about the Yankees signing one over another. For [...]