Every decade there comes an athlete that performs at a spectacular level and post up incredible statistics. In today's modern society, when an athlete goes way beyond expectations, people are ready to speculate performance enhancing drugs. But in the 1930's there was a baseball player that performed at a magnificent level throughout his entire career. This was way before the steroid era, so why isn't this ballplayer remembered? It could be the fact that he never played in the Major Leagues. Another question arises, Why didn't he play in ...
After clinching a playoff spot with an impressive series win in Anaheim, the Yankees head home for their final regular season showdown with the Red Sox as New York attempts to put away the AL East once and for all.
Entering Thursday's action, the Bombers hold a five-game lead in the loss column with a magic number of five. That means even if Boston beats Kansas City on Thursday, the Yanks can still clinch the division on Sunday with a sweep. If the Royals beat the Sox, New York can wrap ...
Ian Kennedy returned for the Yankees yesterday in the eighth inning versus the Angels.
It was anything but an easy inning, as Kennedy loaded the bases with an hit batter and two walks. Kennedy also recorded a strikeout. The result was ultimately positive as he allowed no runs, recording the final out on a popup to Freddy Guzman.
So, how did he look?
Per Brooks Baseball, Kennedy’s four-seam fastball sat at an average of 92.01 mph, with a top speed of 93.1 mph. While IPK only threw two changeups, they came in at ...
There are times when you're watching the Yankees play at Angel Stadium and all you want to do is change the damn channel.
And so you do.
You surf around in anger, until you realize that it's past midnight and Dharma and Greg reruns or Late Night with Carson Daly aren't better options, only an alternate form of torture.
You keep surfing, wondering why your pitching and defense can't execute, why your fly balls always seem to die at the warning track, why Major League Baseball allows Chone Figgins to bat 12 times ...
Now’s a good time to look at how various teams are lining up for the postseason—in fact I’m hoping to do just that in the next day or two—and consequently the front page of ESPN today has an article looking at every team’s postseason weaknesses, authored by “analyst” John Kruk.
You might know John for inexplicably being an All-Star baseball player in the early '90s despite having the athleticism of an asthmatic sloth or perhaps for his current role on Baseball Tonight, where his rants often defy the rules of ...
The last time the Yankees won a series against the Angels in Angels Stadium was back in May of 2004.
A.J. Burnett was a member of the Florida Marlins at that time.
With the series tied at one a piece and the Yankees fighting for home field advantage in the playoffs, Burnett took the ball and was ready to deliver his second straight quality performance.
If Wednesday was any indication of what the Yankees are going to get from Burnett in October, it will leave the team with a ton of confidence and ...
With the Texas Rangers losing to the Oakland A’s 9-1 last night, the New York Yankees became the first team in baseball to clinch a playoff spot.
With that last sentence, at least 5,000 New York Mets fans just converted to Yankees fans just to be “cool.” Today, they all came into school with red Yankee hats and replica Joba Chamberlain jerseys.
If you lived in New York in the mid-to-late 90’s, you know everything I just said is 100 percent true.
In all seriousness, the Yankees have had a very good year. ...
I had previously slammed Marty Appel’s book Thurman Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain for being just another Munson biography. This is probably because I didn’t get past the first three pages.
After sitting down and actually taking the time to read the book, I have to say that this is THE Munson bio. Pretty much as deep as one would want to delve into the private life of one of New York’s most hallowed legends. Great for anyone who grew up in that time, but also for ...
When Mariano Rivera shut the door on the Yankees 6-5 win over the Angels last night they clinched at least a Wildcard victory and got back to the playoffs after missing them for the first time since 1994 last season.
There was no champagne or celebration though as they have their sights set on the division championship and beyond.
Via Peter Abraham:
Not one bottle of champagne was popped. Joe Girardi gathered his team in the clubhouse, congratulated them on achieving the first of their goals and told them there was a ...
Welcome to another edition of the Cubicle GM MLB Power Rankings. With one playoff race heating up, the rankings saw a bit of a shakeup in the middle. However, it has become abundantly clear that there are three distinct groupings of teams in MLB.
The top seven teams remain in a group of their own, as none of them received a vote below No. 8. The only change from last week was the flip-flop of the Cardinals and Rockies. While the teams tied in the voting, the Rockies get the edge ...