As the great PeteAbe leaves Yankee Universe for browner pastures in Boston, it was nice to have the not-so-great Kyle Farnsworth remind us that some things never change.
It's all about the simple pleasures as the Yankees play out the string in advance of next Wednesday's ALDS opener. Farnsworth, whose incompetence yielded the creation of the Kyle Farnsworth Terror Threat Level Indicator on this very blog a year ago, provided a nostalgic whiff of suck for Yankees fans on Tuesday.
Meaningless game or not, it was nice to be on the other ...
Home field advantage. It's playing a major factor in every game the Yankees play at the new Yankee Stadium. Tuesday night's game was no different.
Before the game started, the Yankees held a pre-game ceremony to honor Derek Jeter for his 2,722th hit to break the all-time Yankee record and Mariano Rivera for getting 500 saves back in June. Former Yankees like Tino Martinez, David Cone, Tim Raines, Reggie Jackson and Yogi Berra were on hand for the ceremonies.
A.J. Burnett was on the mound for the Yankees in his final regular ...
The second half of the 2009 baseball season has been a good one for the New York Yankees. They are currently in 9.5 games ahead of their rivals the Boston Red Sox and have already clinched their division. Playing the waiting game, the Yankees are waiting to find out who they will play in round one of the playoffs.
Will it be Minnesota or Detroit? The Yankees wont openly admit who they would rather play but die hard Yankee fans know it is Minnesota. The Yankees swept the Twins during the ...
At this time last week, the Yankees were coming off losing two of three against the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees were heading into a grueling week of having to face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at their place for three games, then home to face the rival Boston Red Sox.
With Boston only five games back after last Sunday (and four in the loss column), many prognosticators said the upcoming schedule could be a problem for the Yankees winning the division. The Red Sox were coming off a three-game sweep ...
With pennant races ending in a whimper in every division but AL Central Casting, baseball writers across the country are apparently starved for interesting storylines these days. How else to explain the dizzying takes of late on the Yankees' playoff aspirations?
Last week, a stumble against the Mariners and a series-opening loss to the Angels in Anaheim led to a barrage of stories hinting that the mighty Yankees were heading toward another hard fall in October.
There was the "After Sabathia, the rotation is horrible" angle, the "Sabathia is terrible in the ...
Recently, Mike Axisa over at River Avenue Blues took a look at all of the minor league pitchers through the lens of a statistic called Dominance Factor.
Brett Sullivan developed this statistic over at Project Prospect. The formula is (K%+.72*GB%-BB%)+(Age Level Standard-Actual Age)*7. Since the statistic is relatively simple, Sean P., who I write with over at Pending Pinstripes, came up with the idea to modify this into a hitting statistic.After messing around for a while, we agreed on the following formula: (BB%+100*ISO+.74*LD%-K%)+(Speed Score-5)+(Age Level Standard-Actual Age)*7I considered lowering the age ...
It happened on Friday night, in the middle of another in a series of epic beatdowns that seem to be taking place in the new Yankee Stadium since the second half began.
For the first time since the Yankees clinched a playoff berth in Anaheim on Tuesday, the seventh inning stretch did not feature the grainy, campy 1900s stylings of Kate Smith doing "God Bless America."
I was already smiling wide. Our magic number to clinch the division was down to five, and soon to be three. The Yankees were up 9-3 ...
In professional team sports, the MVP award goes out at the end of the regulated season to the athlete who has embodied elite value to their team
A player considered being above all the rest. It is an honor for an individual that is comparable to a team winning a championship—in a sense.
The award is based on stats and production that top the rest. This incorporates the obvious, for reasons as the main way to eliminate the list of nominees. However, for me—a fan—it means much more than just that.
A player ...
The New York Yankees clinched their eighth AL East title of the decade today with a 4-2 win over Boston at Yankee Stadium. Veteran outfielder Hideki Matsui singled in his 89th and 90th RBI of the season with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to give the Yankees their first and last lead of the afternoon.Captain Derek Jeter produced his 64th multi-hit game of the season and started a 6-4-3 double play with the bases loaded and nobody out in the third inning. Jeter has committed ...
A Giant won, a Jet soared, and a Yankee guaranteed that New York is the best place to call home.
Three sports team, hailing from New York had simultaneous starts this afternoon (Yanks not on time due to rain delay).The Yankees, Giants and Jets each had something to prove today.
The Yankees had a reason to celebrate and be proud of this seasons accomplishments. The Bombers clinched the American League East Division for the playoffs which gives them home field advantage and an extra day off at their disposal.
The biggest upside ...