‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Angels-Yankees: CC Sabathia Dominates Angels, Yankees »
Here is what I wrote in my American League Championship Series Preview and Prediction post: “But things are starting to break for the Yankees like they did in the 90’s. You can’t beat the unexplained. There will be a Joe Mauer foul ball or Nick Punto baserunning moment for the Angels in this series.” It took all of five batters for the [...]
Yankees-Angels, ALCS: CC Sabathia Silences Angels In »
It was a cold and damp Friday night. There was rain in the forecast and it felt like a December football game in the winter rather than an October baseball game in the fall. But that wasn't going to stop the Yankees and the Angels from playing in front of almost 50,000 fans at Yankee Stadium for Game One of the American League Championship [...]
ALCS Preview…The Quickie Version »
Twenty minutes to go before Game One. I am sorry I left this so long, but I've had a lot to look at, and a long week at my real job . These two teams are absolutely the best two teams in the American League, both by record and by statistics. The winner of this series is the prohibitive favorite to win the World Series, no matter which National [...]
Aaron Boone Leaning Toward Retirement »
The off-season has already begun for 26 major league baseball teams. The off-season is filled with trades, signings, firings, hirings, and sadly retirements. The New York Yankees have not started their off-season yet, and they don't want to until they're holding up a World Series trophy at a parade in New York. But there are three other [...]
Alex Rodriguez’s Sudden Postseason Arrival Is »
NEW YORK—We’re imploring and dreaming of an epic classic, a spectacle that’s enticing enough to discard all the steroid bust that has disappointed us for much of the season. Right now, baseball happens to have a dream series in mind, as many are thinking blue and wishing for pinstripes. Yes, our eyes are set on a Dodgers-Yankees World [...]
The Top 10 Latino Yankees in League Championship »
Joe Girardi is fully enjoying his first appearance in League Championship Series as the New York Yankees manager. Hopefully he would love that his joyous ride continues all the way to the Fall Classic. However, first of all they have to beat the red hot Los Angeles Angels. As a manager, Girardi is counting on each of his squad members in [...]
Mr. “Any Month But” October »
It's safe to say that there is a lot of pressure on Alex Rodriguez going into the ALCS. As the highest paid player in the league on the team with the highest payroll, there will be very lofty expectations for him and the New York Yankees going into their series against the Los Angeles Angels. Although he's been painted as a notorious choke [...]
Yankees-Angels: What To Look For In ALCS Game One »
The Yankees had little trouble topping the over-matched Twins in the ALDS, but things get serious starting tonight in the Bronx. The Angels have eliminated New York from postseason play twice this decade, and now they're the only thing standing in the way of a Bombers trip to the World Series. River & Sunset takes a closer look at what to [...]
Joe Niekro Foundation Throws Its Pitch To Arizona Fall »
A little girl's unconditional love for her father is a heartwarming story that I can hear over and over again without tiring of it. More so, I feel absolutely within the boundaries of creative license to share the story on more than one occasion. This past August, I told of Natalie Niekro and her love and admiration for her Daddy, the late, great [...]
Why the L.A. Angels Could Present a Mismatch for the »
It took five long years for the mighty Yankees to get back to the ALCS, but the celebration did not last long, as the Yankees started to prepare for the war with their haunted rivals out west. In 2008, for the first time since 1995, the Yankees were not playing baseball in October. In the final season of the most historic ballpark in baseball, the [...]