Let the baseball rumors begin!
In a story reported late last night by the New York Post's Joel Sherman, the Yankees will apparently look to upgrade their outfield situation by inquiring and possibly looking into make a deal for Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson.
Here is some of the article that will be featured today in the Post from Sherman:
"In a cost-cutting frame of mind, the Tigers have let teams know Curtis Granderson could be had for the right package, an NL executive told The Post.
The Yankees will almost certainly ...
With free agency looming next week, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman has a few important decisions to make.
Free agency for all of baseball will not officially start until Friday, Nov. 20, but the Yankees can negotiate exclusively with the players on the roster whose contracts are up.
Specifically, Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, and Andy Pettitte.
These decisions won't be easy for Cashman, because all three of these players contributed en route to the Yankees winning the 2009 World Series last Wednesday.
Here's the big question: do Damon, Matsui, and Pettitte come back ...
If you haven't seen the excellent HBO program Eastbound & Down earlier this year, download it, buy it on DVD, do whatever you need to do to see it, then come back and read this.
Done yet? No? C'mon, trust me on this. Watch it. It'll only take you like two hours. It'll be the best two hours you've spent this month.
Okay, have you finally finished? Great. I wasn't wrong, was I? See, told you.
I thought to myself, what better way to recap what happened this past season in Major League ...
From the headline alone, Yankee haters will crow about buying more all-stars and the rich getting richer. After an explanation of needs, contract status' and an enticing offer to the Tampa Bay Rays, maybe New York acquiring B.J. Upton will seem a little more reasonable.
The Tampa Bay Rays wasted little time in exercising their 2010 option on left-fielder Carl Crawford. Crawford's outstanding season included "slash" stats (average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage) of .305/.364/.452, 60 stolen bases and a MVP of the All-Star game, easily meriting the $10 million ...
The 2009 Worlds Series had a few firsts’ happen.
A full-time designated hitter won the MVP award for the first time. A 1960 record for most RBI’s r, with the nickname Godzilla, won his first World Series ring .
Hideki Matsui, also known as Godzilla, won the MVP of the 2009 World Series. Matsui, who is a baseball icon in his homeland of Japan, signed with the Yankees in December 2002. This was a huge accomplishment for anyone on earth but in Japan, Matsui became a hero.
On opening day ...
Andy Pettitte is not the best pitcher on the Yankees' staff, but he was the winningest Yankees pitcher in the 2009 postseason.
That's because he was their No. 3 starter.
CC Sabathia is clearly the front-runner, but between A.J. Burnett, who has a slightly lower ERA, and Pettitte, who has a marginally lower FIP (sabermetric ERA), it's not clear who's really second or third.
FanGraphs valued Pettitte's worth at $1 million more than Burnett's in 2009, meaning that he is a "very qualified" No. 3.
Sabathia had to pitch against top-of-the-rotation Cliff Lee of ...
In 2008, Derek Jeter would often range to his left on a ball up the middle, but fail to get his glove down in time to make the play. Even if the shortstop did get some leather on it, a throw in the dirt would rarely get picked by first baseman Jason Giambi and the runner would be safe with a single.
This season, however, it seemed like the captain got to a lot more balls and even if he short-hopped the throw over to first, Mark Teixeira would make the ...
Last week, Rob Neyer challenged someone to find out just how many championships Mariano Rivera has been worth.
I was tempted to go ahead and figure it out, but I didn't really have the time or idea on how do it. Rebecca, over at This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes, decided to go ahead and take that challenge from Neyer. It may be over 4,000 words, but it is definitely worth a read. Rebecca concludes:
When we total up the CONVERTED PREWAR numbers, we get 24.016.
That would be, then, 24 wins.
Now, let’s go back and remember ...
In a game where image is heavily compared to the past, the minute intricacies, and similarities are visible throughout all parts of the game.
The history of Word Series winning-shares is limited with the amount of information out there, but courtesy of the Baseball Digest archives, we can get a better understanding;
“Beginning in 1969 winner and loser shares include League Championship Series. Loser’s shares in 1903, 1905 and 1907 and winners’ shares in 1906 and 1907 include club owners’ slices, which were added to their teams’ players’ pool.
Under a ...
Today I came across the resolution Congress passed in the wake of the Yankees winning the World Series.
The text of the resolution includes this:
"Whereas the contributions of the Yankees' players throughout the season were all vital in securing the title; and
Whereas the Yankees were guided to victory by Manager Joe Girardi, General Manager Brian Cashman, President Randy Levine, and the leadership of Hank and Hal Steinbrenner: Now therefore be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates--
(1) the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series Champions, the New York Yankees, for an ...