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Yankees’ Damaso Marte Becoming the New Graeme »
In the 8th inning of last night's New York Yankee victory, manager Joe Girardi summoned left handed reliever Damaso Marte to begin the frame. At the time, the Yankees led 8-4, so the game was still within reach of Philadelphia, especially with the middle, power-part of the Phillies hitters due up. It was a good move by Girardi (one of many he has [...]
Charlie Manuel’s Starting Pitcher Decision Gives »
He was dominant in game one at Yankee Stadium, shutting down the vaunted New York Yankee lineup in a complete game victory. In going the distance, Cliff Lee struck out 10 hitters (including Alex Rodriguez three times), allowing only six hits and a single unearned run. He is in his prime and is basically a win waiting to happen every time he takes [...]
A Dominant World Series Performance while on the Mound »
An in-his-prime Cy Young Award winning pitcher was making the start in Game One of the World Series on the hill at Yankee Stadium (one of the few stadiums left that does not receive money for naming rights). He completely dominates the Bronx Bombers power laden lineup, and out dueled the Yankees ace left handed pitcher. Having won the prior [...]
Thoughts on the 2009 World Series »
The two best teams in baseball, most home runs and runs scored in each league, plus one stat which surprised me: both the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies led their leagues in stolen base percentage, with each having an over 80 percent success rate. Power and speed, plus a lethal starting pitcher at the top of the rotation for both [...]
ALCS Thoughts Through Five Games and a Game Six »
Well, the Yankees dropped their first series of the postseason, losing two of three from the Angels. I thought this would happen, but I also thought the Halos would take one of the first two games in Yankee Stadium; their defense and untimely hitting made that impossible. The Angels changed their approaches while playing at home. During Games One [...]
The Angels Were Never In the Yankees’ Heads »
Heading into a three game series at Anaheim in late September, the Yankees were in the middle of another West Coast road trip, and the Boston Red Sox were casually in the midst of a nice winning streak. The Yankees lead in the AL East had shrunk to only five games, and the Yankees were heading into a Stadium which they had not fared very well over [...]
Why Mariano Rivera Is Better Than All the Other »
There were four Divisional Series matchups last week, and all four included a major comeback by the team which eventually won the series. The New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez greeted Joe Nathan with a two-run homer to tie Game Two against the Minnesota Twins, and the Yankees greeted Nathan again in the clinching Game Three with a couple hits to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Phil Cuzzi’s Call Had No Effect on Outcome of »
I waited a few days before writing this piece so I could read most of the reports on the great Friday night comeback for the Yankees. Most of the talk in the papers, on the sports talk radio stations and on television was about the missed call on the ball hit by Joe Mauer and how it cost the Twins the game. Too many people now are wanting [...]