Among the 134 pitchers Derek Jeter has faced at least 20 times in his Hall of Fame career, he has the lowest batting average against Scott Kazmir (.111) and Jered Weaver (.118).
That's not a good sign.
What is a good sign is the way the Yankees beat the Angels the last two times they played them on Sept. 22 and 23 in Anaheim—previously a graveyard for New York victories.
The Halos ousted the Bombers from the playoffs in 2002 and 2005, but this year, the two teams split the 10 games they ...
The Arizona Fall League began today, with the first pitch at 12:35 in a matchup between the Surprise Rafters and Peoria Javelinas. The Yankees have seven players on the Rafters, most of whom are worth keeping an eye on. Here's a very quick rundown on which Yankee prospects to watch for in the AzFL:Ian Kennedy, RHP: Kennedy recovered quickly from an aneurysm in his arm and made it back to the majors for an inning this season. He is much more advanced than most of the prospects in the fall ...
If there was any doubt about who was the best closer in the postseason, last night proved that Mariano Rivera is the man that all managers want to send out in a close game. Last night, the Colorado Rockies lost the third game of a best-of-five series to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Looking back at the game, the blame can easily be put on the closer. Huston Street entered the game with a two-run lead and watched it vanish before his eyes. The day before that game, the Red Sox experienced a ...
The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have a lot in common.
Each has a fan base of little or no merit: witness LA's failure to sell out its Game Two NLDS win over St. Louis, even though the Redbirds' fan base travels exceptionally well. Nor are Yankees fans, who have come out in numbers 12.7 percent smaller than last year despite the Yanks' 103 wins, especially worthy of the fruits they now enjoy.
(Note: A little less than half of that drop-off can be accounted for by the smaller capacity ...
It is well established, we’ve approached a point when the entire world is heavily paying attention to the New York Yankees.
Much is at stake for the casual investors, making all the blockbuster deals and stealing nearly all big-name free-agents on the market.
History over the last five years specifies indignities and failures, explicating greed and egotism among major league teams. The boundless salary caps permitted the dauntless co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner to assertively spend a massive share of their $210 million payroll.
It’s obvious the Yankees are the most capitalist and most scrutinized ...
One of the best sidelines to the upcoming New York Yankee vs. Los Angeles Angels American League Championship is that each team will go against one of their former players. Mark Teixeira was traded for by the Angels last season, hoping that his acquisition will lead them to the World Series.
While Teixeira did his part against the Boston Red Sox last season, his team once again lost to the Red Sox in the ALDS and was eliminated. Teixeira left the Angels after his 55 games in Angel red, opting for ...
I waited a few days before writing this piece so I could read most of the reports on the great Friday night comeback for the Yankees. Most of the talk in the papers, on the sports talk radio stations and on television was about the missed call on the ball hit by Joe Mauer and how it cost the Twins the game.
Too many people now are wanting instant replay for even more baseball plays, but I thought we were stopping at only home runs. Technology creeping into the game, similar ...
It goes without saying that the better team won this series.
The Yankees hit better with runners in scoring position over the three-game set; their three starters combined for 19 innings, a paltry four runs and fourteen hits allowed with and twenty-one strikeouts. The defense saved three crucial runs in close games—including Teixeira's two outstanding defensive plays with the bases loaded in the 11th inning of Game Two.
But among all the missed opportunities that caused the Minnesota Twins' ouster, I'd like to take a moment to mention some of the things ...
So, at the beginning of this season I wrote that the Yanks had a shot. All the Bawston guys were yelling through their keyboards at me. Hmmm.
Turns out I was right. Turns out that having Texieria, Posada, Swisher, and Cabrera—all switch hitters—in one lineup is pretty annoying for opposing teams. The main hitters in this fall roundup are:
A-Rod: .455
Jeter: .400
Posada: .364
Thus far, the Yanks do not have a starter with an ERA over 1.50, while the Angels have Kazmir at 7.50 all by himself. The pitching matchups are ...
After the Yankees and Angels both completed their respective sweeps of the Twins and Red Sox yesterday, it was time to start looking forward to the American League Championship Series. The series will start Friday night at approximately 8 p.m. EDT, and two of the American League's top teams will be pitted against each other.
The common thought is that the Angels own the Yankees, but I don't buy into that idea. While the Angels have prevailed in the past, those were different teams, and previous results have little to no ...