It's playoff time! I know fans of the Yankees, Twins, Rays, Rangers, Giants, Phillies, Reds, and Braves are all gearing up with their jerseys, hats, and probably car flags to show their support as the playoffs get underway this afternoon. What happened during the season means nothing at this point. Every team starts 0-0 and it become a whole new, albeit short, season. For the teams themselves, there are players that become October monsters at the plate. The struggles of their regular season behind them, there's always a new feeling ...
Part one and two covered statistical comparison, as well as the pros/cons for the upcoming New York Yankees-Minnesota Twins ALDS; finishing off with part three, which will be my prediction of who will win. Remember it is just three of five games in the first round of the MLB postseason and this length makes it all the more challenging.
Who Will Win the ALDS, Yankees or Twins?
Let’s start by reminding anyone reading this that I am a New York Yankees fan.
I am also a realistic writer who loves the game of ...
The calendar has turned to October, the weather has gotten chillier, and the regular season of the 2010 MLB season is finally over.
Playoff baseball has arrived!
The Yankees, who earned the Wild Card, finished 2010 at 95-67, just one game behind the Tampa Bay Rays, who won the A.L. East division over the defending champions.
This will be the third time the Yankees will enter the playoffs as the Wild Card team (1997, 2007) and both previous times they were eliminated in the division round by the Cleveland Indians.
But in the ALDS, ...
First off, let me say that I'm a die-hard Yankees fan and I have been since I was six years old. I'll be pulling for them to win number 28, but I'm not getting my hopes up.This isn't the same team that won it all last year.While they can pull it off, I think I've come up with five good reasons why they may have to wait until next year for 28.Begin Slideshow
With the postseason set to begin on Wednesday, the Yankees announced their roster for the American League Division series against the Twins. As expected, AJ Burnett is on the roster––although he is not in the starting rotation––while Ivan Nova and Javier Vazquez has been left out.
Now, it would seem to be a ridiculous decision to not include your fifth highest player on your postseason roster. However, looking deeply into the decisions made, the Yankees may have surpassed that would-be ridiculous decision by including Burnett.
The starters for the Yankees are set. ...
The Cincinnati Reds have been a dark-horse pick by a lot of fans for a few years and the team put it all together in 2010. Dusty Baker is now taking his third National League team into the playoffs.
Will this be the year he gets that ring?
The Reds offense, led by slugger Joey Votto and lead-off hitter Brandon Phillips, gets to face the toughest staff in the postseason in the Philadelphia Phillies.
If momentum is the next day's starting pitcher then I love the Phillies' momentum when they can throw out ...
Via the Journal News:
The Yankees just sent out a release with their official roster for the ALDS. Here’s the breakdown:
Pitchers: Sabathia, Pettitte, Hughes, Burnett, Mitre, Moseley, Logan, Robertson, Chamberlain, Wood, Rivera
Catchers: Posada, Cervelli
Infielders: Teixeira, Cano, Jeter, Rodriguez, Berkman, Pena
Outfielders: Swisher, Granderson, Gardner, Thames, Kearns, Golson
They also announced that Andy Pettitte will start in game No. two and Phil Hughes in No. three.
The big omissions are Javier Vazquez, Chad Gaudin, Royce Ring, and Ivan Nova. Eduardo Nunez and Chad Moeller are two others that might have made the team that were left off.
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The New York Yankees have released their 25-man roster for the American League Division Series which begins Wednesday in Minnesota. While most of the roster is as expected, there were some decisions manager Joe Girardi needed to make.
Girardi has chosen a three-man starting pitching rotation for this series. CC Sabathia will start Game One on Wednesday, followed by Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes. Hughes gets the home start in Game Three on Saturday in Yankee Stadium.
A.J. Burnett, the struggling starter, is on the roster and could be used out of ...
So a couple of weeks back, Yahoo Sports writer Jeff Passan wrote a column called Think you know baseball? No, you don’t.
It was a good article that gave 25 facts about baseball that weren’t typical common knowledge. I liked it and in the back of my mind I thought that I wanted to do something similar about the Yankees at the end of the year.
The thing is it takes a while to sift through all of these stats and while I was gathering information Jeff over at WasWatching did pretty ...
It's being reported this morning that A.J. Burnett will not be part of the Yankees' plans in the ALDS against the Twins.Not exactly shocking news, I know. Dudes who lose 15 games and and post 5.26 ERAs don't typically inspire the faith of their manager come playoff time.The good news? After this season, Mr. Burnett only has three years left on his five-year, $82.5 million contract! God bless capitalism!It's almost amazing to think how far Burnett has careened off the rails this season. Remember, it was only 11 months ago ...