The cool thing about the postseason is that teams that advance to the next round can adjust their roster, for whatever reason—maybe someone gets hurt, maybe someone is better against one team than another.With the ALDS over, the Yankees can now construct their ALCS roster.This roster will largely remain the same—the differences come down to basically whether or not, against the Angels, you want an extra pinch runner or an extra arm out of the bullpen.For the ALDS, the Yankees went for the extra bullpen arm and stuck with just ...
LET'S GO YANKEES!
Just chanting that in my head in the same monotone sound that can be heard from the bleacher bums in Yankee Stadium.
Typing this makes me feel a bit dirty. I'm going to need a shower after writing this article.
Unfortunately, I'll probably be showering quite a bit during this postseason, as I, a huge Mets fan and self-proclaimed Yankee hater, will be rooting for the Evil Empire of the Bronx during the 2009 baseball playoffs.
Yes, it's true my fellow Mets fans, I will be rooting for the New York ...
If you are a New York Yankees fan, you have to start feeling like there is a lot of late '90s magic going on with this team.
When I say magic, I am not talking the clutch hitting from Alex Rodriguez or the brilliant pitching by Andy Pettitte.
I am talking the egregious umpiring that always benefits the Yankees (Joe Mauer call in Game Two), teams and players making bonehead plays they would normally not make (Nick Punto last night), and even when the Yankees make a bad play, it somehow working out ...
Going into Sunday's Game Three of the American League Division Series, the Yankees had a comfortable 2-0 lead against the Minnesota Twins.
The Yankees had two chances on the road in the Metrodome to close out the ALDS and move on to play the Los Angeles Angels, who rallied earlier that day and swept the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.
The Yankees were sending up Andy Pettitte, who has been one of the most clutch Yankees pitchers in team history with 14 postseason wins, while the Twins were countering with Carl ...
It has been a week since the Arizona Diamondbacks played their final game of the 2009 season, and it has been two weeks since the last game of the year at Chase Field. During that time, I have come to grips with the fact that there are still 175 days 16 hours and two minutes until Opening Day, 2010.
The first three weeks of the offseason are always the hardest.
This is a time when the playoffs are going on, which is a constant reminder that we are not in the ...
Three things I just learned about the American League Championship Series have combined to give me chills in the last 45 minutes.
1. The format is 2-3-2, which means we're spending four days playing three games in Anaheim.2. We're 2-4 in Anaheim thus far in 2009, including three gruesome losses in a row in the last weekend before the All-Star Break.3. Chad Gaudin is still, at the moment, the Yankees' projected Game Four starter.
The first two items on this list are completely out of anyone's control at this point. The Yankees ...
I watch a lot of sports and I'm a pretty laid-back person, so it takes a rather unique play for me to respond with an audible "Wow!"
But that's exactly what happened in the bottom of the eighth inning during the Yankees' American League Division Series clinching win over the Twins on Sunday night.
With no one out and Nick Punto on second with a lead-off double off Phil Hughes in a 2-1 game, Denard Span bounced a ball over second base that was fielded by Derek Jeter.
Realizing he had no ...
Immediately after the Friday night New York—Minnesota ALDS game, I received a text from the Shore Sports Report home office.
It read: "This team is special."
Yes it is.
This 2009 Yankee team never ceases to amaze, especially when the chips seeme piled high on the other side of the poker table. It's like the other player throws down his winning three-of-a-kind hand and smiles...right before the Yankees pull the 10 of clubs on the last card to hit that inside straight.
The Yankees have hit that inside straight so often this season, it appears ...
During the 2009 regular season, Alex Rodriguez posted up good numbers overall. Unlike previous seasons, he did not head the team in home-runs and runs batted in. The 2009 campaign was Alex Rodriguez's way to say that he was now a team player.
After admitting to using steroids in the past, while with the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez began to preach the fact that he was now focused on winning more as a team than just for himself.
A-Rod missed part of the beginning of the season due to a hip ...
Mark Teixeira displayed more than a dramatic game winning Home run on Friday night. He showed, and proved to the Yankee Brass and Fans why he was worth every penny, both with the bat and the glove.
Teixeira's First at Bat (First Inning): He took the first two pitches to work a 2-0 count. He then proceeded to take two more pitches both called strikes. The count is 2-2 at this point and fouls off the next two pitches and, keeping the count at 2-2, but finally puts the ball in play; ...