On Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, the New York Yankees made a few tweaks to their 40-man roster. The Yankees added seven players to their roster in preparation for the upcoming Rule-Five draft. Reggie Corona, Kevin Russo, Eduardo Nunez, pitchers Romulo Sanchez, Ivan Nova, and Hector Noesi make up six of the seven players rescued from the draft.
Among those seven players is Yankees top prospect, Austin Jackson. Jackson could be the next big Yankees prospect since Derek Jeter, and could be making a splash in the major leagues as early as ...
Watching the New York Yankees win the World Series this year made me reflect on the past. My mind wandered to a decade ago and to a specific date, October 27, 1999. A date that represents my all-time greatest sports moment.
Now, I have been to plenty of playoff games in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. I have seen championship boxing matches and I've seen Tiger Woods play the Honda Classic. But nothing can compare to being in the stadium when your favorite team wins a championship. The atmosphere is ...
Daily News media critic Bob Raissman loves to call New York Sports Radio as the Valley of the Stupid. He use that moniker on them for the way the hosts and callers act stupid on the radio.
It's been years since this New Yorker listened to sports radio. He stopped listening in 2000 after he got tired of hearing ignorance from the fans and the talk-show hosts when it comes to sports in this city.
Surfing through the message boards the other day, the drive-time talkies on WFAN and WEPN talked about how they encouraged ...
At midnight, it begins.
Free agency basically ends everything from the 2009 season and begins the 2010 season.
For the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees, it too begins their journey of defending their new championship that they worked hard to win.
Most people are probably wondering, where do the Yankees start in the offseason?
They have their own free agents to decide whether or not to bring back.
Most feel confident that Andy Pettitte will be brought back as long as he doesn't want to retire. In last year's offseason, Pettitte didn't sign ...
I still remember the first day I became a Mets fan.
It was spring of 1990 and there I was, five years old and ready to face the world of tee-ball. Where I lived in California, the teams were not green or orange, but actual baseball teams like the Yankees and the Dodgers.
As it turned out, I was destined to be on the Mets with my dad as coach. From then on, I was a Mets fan. There really are not a lot of memories from that age I can recollect, ...
The New York Yankees earned an A+ for their overall efforts on and off the field during the 2009 season, as they captured the 27th World Series championship in franchise history.
But who deserves most of the credit for the rings they will receive in April? In the first part of my grading series, I evaluate the position players.
Derek Jeter, SS: (A+) So much for all those critics who said the 35-year-old's best days were behind him. The captain had an MVP-caliber season, hitting .334 with 18 homers, 66 RBI, ...
Year: 1963
Record: 79-83
Win %: .488
Win % Change: -40
Run Differential: -3
Pythagorean Record: 81-81
AL Finish: 5th of 10
Manager: Bob Scheffing and Chuck Dressen
Best Transaction: Picked up Denny McLain off of waivers. McLain’s story is well know in Tigers lore. He reached a very high peak in the late 1960s and then fell apart on and off of the field. No matter what kind of trouble he got into later in his career, you can’t beat the price the Tigers paid to get him. McLain had five productive seasons in Detroit, winning an ...
The O’Hare Hilton in Chicago is once a bustling Mecca of baseball decision-making this week as owners of the 30 baseball franchises meet with the Commissioner and members of the MLB front office. These meetings come just a week after the General Managers met here.
While not formally on the agenda, owners are planning to speak about the length of the post season and what baseball may be able to do to shorten the play-offs. There will also be informal discussions on the use of instant replay and whether ...
Year: 1918
Record: 55-71
Win %: .437
Win % Change: -73
Run Differential: -81
Pythagorean Record: 54-72
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: Purchased Marty Kavanagh. This is a stretch, but Kavanagh is the only player the Tigers brought on bored prior or to or during the 1918 season. Kavanagh was a former Tiger that was brought back for the stretch run. Kavanagh hit .273 in 13 games (OPS+ 133) during this period before calling it a career once the season ended. Told you it was a stretch.
Worst Transaction: Selling George Burns to the ...
To start, if you're wondering what the Rule Five draft is, you can read this Wikipedia article for a quick explanation. In short, it's a way for players who are stuck in an organization to quickly advance to the major leagues with another team.
If a player is selected, they have to remain in the majors for the entire season. If the team can't keep them there, they are offered back to the original organization. In 2008, the Yankees lost Reegie Corona, Ivan Nova, Zach Kroenke, and Jason Jones in the Rule ...