Over the course of his career, Rich Harden has been a maddeningly frustrating pitcher. At times, Harden looks like the best pitcher on the planet because he has the stuff to be one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball.But every year it seems as though Harden's progression is set back by injuries. Since 2005, Harden has spent ample time every year on the DL and and a result, has yet to establish himself as one of the top pitchers in baseball.
If anything, Harden is still somewhat of an unknown. ...
I don't want to talk about him anymore. I just don't.
I've already done it here, and here, and here, and here. It's all too much at this point.
But I don't have a choice. I write a Yankees Web log and Joba Chamberlain is the biggest story about the Yankees as the postseason approaches. I am tied to him, and he is tied to me. I kind of feel like Whitney Houston in the Bobby Brown Era.
Here's the thing: there was actually progress on Wednesday night. Joba finally admitted he's terrible. ...
Okay, New York Yankees; you now have the best record in baseball; you have 50 come-from-behind victories; you have a clubhouse full of likable players who seem to enjoy playing with and for each other, and, beginning next week, what does it all mean? Absolutely nothing.
Not to take anything away from the fabulous season that the Yankees have put together this year, they have been the best team in baseball since the beginning of June and have looked poised and determined to win their 27th World Championship this season, but, ...
It doesn't seem like the Yankees care about anything other than winning at this point. Since clinching home field advantage for the entire postseason, they haven't lost a game and continue to look great.
However, things aren't set in stone in the American League Central. The Tigers hold a two game lead over the Twins, but the two teams face off tonight and tomorrow. According to Baseball Prospectus, Minnesota still has a 17 percent chance of winning the AL Central.
Should we, as Yankee fans, be rooting for the Twins to overtake ...
Throughout this year and years past I have, as a Yankee fan, been subject to a ton of misguided hatred towards my favorite baseball team. This usually makes me angry and argumentative. I have written countless comments in defense of the Yankees, ex-Yankee players, and Yankee ownership.
The thing that really makes me sick however, is when people attribute any illegal indiscretion with a team or as something that is to be expected from a team.
Team haters are everywhere. They come in all sizes and shapes and have been around for ...
It was an unforgettable game that has almost been forgotten.
Floyd "Bill" Bevens started Game Four of the 1947 World Series for the New Yankees at Ebbets Field against Brooklyn's rookie sensation, Harry Taylor, but there is more to the story.
Taylor went 10-5 during the season, but he had torn a tendon in his pitching elbow. He still started for Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Scores Without a HitThe Yankees led 2-0, but Brooklyn scored in the fifth inning to cut the Yankees' margin in half.
Spider Jorgensen led off by drawing a base on balls. ...
First off, I would just like to say congratulations to the New York Yankees on their AL East Division Championship. It is well earned and well deserved.
As another Frank Sinatra song says, "And now, the end is near," so it is time to see who performed well and who underperformed. Here is my individual grading for each of the Yanks' seasons.
Let's start with the rotation.
CC Sabathia: A
CC came in this year with a big contract and big expectations, and he has performed just as expected. He has 19 wins thus ...
As I rose out of my bed on this great Wednesday morning that featured cloudy skies and rain, my mind felt cluttered with sports thoughts.
It was almost like that Bing commercial when the guy is lying down for bed, and as his wife asks him questions, he keeps answering with these random thoughts that he saw as he searched the Internet.
They called it, "search overload." I call it, "sports overload."
Here is what my bing commercial would be like:
Girlfriend: "Hunny, did you search for that hotel information in New York?"
Me: "New ...
Now that the Yankees have clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs, they can sit back and wait to see whether they'll be playing Detroit or Minnesota in the American League Division Series.
Once that's decided, New York will have one hour to choose if they want to play a longer eight-day ALDS beginning on Wednesday or a shorter seven-day series starting on Thursday.
The Bombers will most likely opt for the ALDS with more rest, allowing them to start CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett four times if the series goes the ...
The Yankees won their 102nd game of the season last night and will easily have the best record in baseball this year, for whatever that's worth. They sent the Royals reeling to their 94th loss of the year, which is no small feat considering that they've got the best pitcher (Zach Grienke) and one of the best closers in the league (Joakim Soria), as Joe Posnanski points out. On the plus side, the athletic trainer who may or may not be to blame for many of the Royals' woes ...