Let's face facts—the New York Yankees are an old team. Fourteen of the 25 players on the roster are on the wrong side of 30, and that's not including players currently on the disabled list such as Derek Jeter, Bartolo Colon and Rafael Soriano. In recent times, the New York Yankees' farm system has essentially been an afterthought. Throughout much of the late 1990s - early 2000s, they did not develop many upper echelon prospects, and the ones they did develop were usually shipped over to acquire veteran talent, leaving the cupboard ...
Derek Jeter will become only the fourth shortstop in history to amass 3,000 hits. Honus Wagner (3,415), Cal Ripken Jr. (3,184), and Robin Yount (3,142) are the others, but Wagner played 890 of his 2,777 games at other positions. Ripken played 675 games at third base, while Yount played 1,218 in the outfield.Wagner is generally regarded as the greatest of all shortstops, but how does Jeter compare to Ripken?The first thing that most fans think of when Ripken is mentioned is that he broke Lou Gehrig's record of playing in ...
After taking two out of three in Chicago and Cincinnati, the Yankees return home with a sparkling 6-3 record against the National League this season.Next up is a three-game set against the Colorado Rockies, who enter the series at 37-37, four games behind the D-Backs in the NL West.Jim Tracy's club features a strong offense led by Troy Tulowitzki (13 HR, 49 RBI), Carlos Gonzalez (45 runs) and Seth Smith (.315 avg, .922 OPS).But Colorado's rotation ranks just 24th in the majors with 37 quality starts, and the Yankees won't ...
The 2011 season has been one of parity. As of June 23, 2011 only one division (NL East) has a team that is in first place by more than 2 games.The All Star Game should represent who are the best players from each team, not who the most popular players are. Since the game decides home-field for the World Series (when will they rectify that ridiculous decision?) and since there are so many teams that have a chance this year, then it is extremely important to make sure the best ...
The last player to achieve at least 3,000 hits was Craig Biggio on June 28, 2007.He entered the game needing three hits to reach 3,000, and he ended up singling in the third and fifth innings.Each time Biggio batted, the sellout crowd at Minute Maid Park chanted his name. There were signs all over the stands that read "Mr. 3,000" and "Biggio's Hit Parade."When the last player to get 3,000 hits singled to center field in the seventh inning, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Fireworks went off, and ...
No sport’s big-play vernacular is more creative and fun than baseball’s home run calls. They range from signature sendoffs to local lexicon. Whether you’re walloping a Wiffle ball in the backyard, vaporizing one in a video game, or watching a walk-off in Game 7 of the World Series, it’s always electric when someone goes yard, especially a Bronx Bomber. It's probably not going too far to say George Herman invented screaming-dot swagger. Yankee Nation deserves its own "Home Run Alphabet." Here are 10 must-have pinstripe phrases for phat flights to help you ...
Chad Curtis was a journeyman outfielder who batted .264/.349/.396 over his 10-year career, but Chad Curtis is an example of a winner.Forget that he hit two pivotal home runs in the third game of the 1999 World Series to bring the New York Yankees back from a 5-1 deficit. Curtis' second home run in the 10th inning won the game.What should not be forgotten is that after he hit his game-winning home run, he refused to be interviewed by sportscaster Jim Gray. Curtis felt, as did most players, that Gray's ...
There are three things we generally know about the Major League Baseball trade deadline:1) It comes on July 31st.2) The Yankees are expected to make at least one big move.3) Manny Ramirez will be rumored to be going somewhere.Wait, what? Manny retired?! Crap. Well, until another eccentric, off-kilter, possibly unstable player who doubles as an RBI machine comes around and takes Ramirez's open throne, we know two things about the MLB trade deadline.With the New York Yankees trailing the Boston Red Sox in the American League East, everyone east of ...
The MLB All-Star teams will be announced on July 3rd, but until then, it is uncertain who will make the teams. Players are chosen by fan voting, which means that the best player does not always make it.Fan favorites get voted in when they occasionally don't deserve it, and players who are having outstanding years occasionally miss out.Here are the leaders of the American League All-Star voting as of June 21. The National League list can be found here.Begin Slideshow
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has a farm stocked with highly thought of prospects, prospects that he has no intention of promoting to the major league roster anytime soon and is very hesitant to include in a trade.Why wouldn't he trade them?Simply put, Cashman is not looking to make "big" changes to the Yankees—it has been reported that the Yankees are only interested in left-handed relievers and players who will become free agents after this season.Jesus Montero, Delin Betances, Manny Banuelos and company, from what we can gather, are too promising ...