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Better Hitter: Mickey Mantle Or Willie Mays »
On Wednesday, Mike Francesa, on YES had an interesting discussion on who was the better hitter, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays. Francesa said without any question Mays was the better all round player. This writer, might even take some issue with that. But this article is going to deal with what the numbers say about which was the better hitter in [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update No. 16 »
Brett Gardner wandered out onto the main field at the New York Yankees training facility in Tampa. He looked around and paused to take in all the sounds and sights of this Florida day. The sky was the most incredible cerulean blue with not a hint of a cloud anywhere. The grass was a green that could only be described by a native of Ireland. And [...]
A New York Yankee Fan Rewrites the Ending to »
In a great baseball movie that had to warm the hearts of all Boston Red Sox fans, Jimmy Fallon played the role of an insane Boston Red Sox fan whose life revolved around the season tickets he had inherited from his uncle. Fallon’s character was a math teacher who fell in love with Drew Barrymore, a yuppie executive climbing the ladder [...]
Analyzing Yankee Position Players and Offense »
The World Champion New York Yankees will not look the same when the new season starts in Boston on April 4. Gone from the championship team are designated hitter Hideki Matsui, left fielder Johnny Damon, center fielder Melky Cabrera, relief pitcher Brian Bruney, and relief pitcher Phil Coke. Key additions to the team are [...]
Analysis: Yankee Starters vs. BoSox Starters »
On April 4, the new baseball season will open on a Sunday night in Fenway Park. The visitors will be the New York Yankees, renewing the greatest rivalry in sports against the hometown Boston Red Sox. Most baseball analysts will tell you that the key to winning in baseball is pitching. With that in mind, let us analyze the pitching [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update No. 15 »
The New York Yankees opened their spring training camp in Tampa yesterday. Brian Cashman was quoted defending his reshuffling of the outfield, including the signing of Randy Winn instead of former Yankee Johnny Damon. Cash said that when he had traded Austin Jackson to get Curtis Granderson, after trading Melky Cabrera to get Javy [...]
Comparing Some of the Greatest Hitters in Major League »
Ths is one of the happiest days of the year, as Spring Training opens. It makes all of us kids again, remembering the snap of ball into mitt and the unique sound of a well struck ball off a wooden bat. As has been so often said, "Hope Springs Eternal." Even the fans of perennial cellar dwellers can find some invigoration in Spring Training [...]
2010 MLB Preview: What Happened to the New York »
When the New York Yankees won their 27th World Series crown in November, they did so with a 35-year-old designated hitter, a 36-year-old left fielder, a 37-year-old catcher, and a closer who would turn 40 just a few days after the Series ended. Two of those guys are gone now and two return a little older. The Yankee infield will not change [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update No. 14 »
Joe Girardi sat down for his first full blown press conference at the New York Yankee Spring Training facility in Tampa today, one day before all pitchers and catchers are to report for the start of the new season. "First of all guys, let me just say, that because my time is limited to about 90 minutes for this press conference, I am only going to [...]
Brett Gardner Daily Update No. 13 »
Hal Steinbrenner received a telephone call from Nan Croft, an assistant comptroller in the Tampa office of the New York Yankees. “Mr. Steinbrenner, I’ve been going over some of the invoices from the training facility and thought you needed to know there are some strange things going on over there.” Croft went on to detail some of her [...]