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Top Ten Reason (This week) I want to Have Mariano's Love Child 2008-05-29 12:25:00 In reverse order;10. Convinced Edwar to throw his fastball more9. Makes Converting Joba to a starter a no-brainer8. Holds reliever only meetings when they suck7. Makes a mean steak6. Has given 1 walk this year5. Has given up 1 run all year4. Enter Sandman is still one of the most exciting things that happens at the Stadium3. ERA+ of 1035 - No that is not a typo.2. 0.52 Whip1. Did I mention the 103 Read more:Reason
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Past Yankee All-Stars 2008-05-29 10:58:00 In looking at the All-Star voting I came across the list of past Yankee
All-Stars, a couple caught my eye;Robbie Cano 2007 - I forgot Robbie made the team and with his post/pre splits I am a little shocked (.274 6hrs pre AS, .343 13hrs after)Javier Vasquez 2004 -10 Wins 3.56 era at the break, 4 Wins 6.92 era after. Also made me angrier then I have ever been watching a baseball game in game 7 when
An All-Star Nightmare? 2008-05-29 10:37:00 The final season in Yankee Stadium is being celebreated by holding the annual All_Star game and festivites in the Bronx. The House that Ruth built will be given its proper send off or will it? Imagine this;The All-Star Festivities will begin with the Home Run Derby. The event is being highlighted by Red Sox David Ortiz attempting to call his shot ala the Babe.Right now the best starting pitcher Read more:Nightmare
Expectations 2008-05-29 09:15:00 On this date last year the Yanks were 21-29, 14.5 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East. Comparatively, 26-27, 4.5 games behind the Sox doesn't look too bad. The problem is, the Yanks went on to finish 73-39 en route to a 94-68 record.Assuming 95 wins will be needed to get in the playoffs, the Yanks will need to go 69-40 (.633) over the duration of the season. For some reason, we all expect that
Who will the Yankees Draft? 2008-05-30 14:04:00 The MLB draft is just around the corner and there is not shortage(finally!) of information, some of the best;Keith Law Projects the First RoundMLB.Com's Draft
CentralBaseball America's Draft PageRiver Ave Blues Does a Great Job as wellSo, the question is really who are the Yankees
going to target at #28 of the first round? The organization could use some high end bats but it doesn't seem likely fo
Today's Reading 2008-05-30 10:05:00 Full-Time Joba Ready To StartBaby Boss Has 'High Hopes' For Hughes, KennedyPitcher Used to the Shadows Is a Bright Spot for the YanksDon't start that JobaJoba seeing double? Jorge Posada progresses, almost readyExpect Joba to have his ups and downsWith Yanks roster, what you see is pretty much what you getMore Trouble For Tabata Read more:Today
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Yankee Stadium Legacy Card Set 2008-05-30 09:46:00 Marty Appel, former PR man for the Yanks, is involved in a special promotion from Upper Deck - It's called YankeeStadiumLegacy
. In Marty's words - I wanted to make your readers aware of an Upper Deck card product called Yankee Stadium
Legacy – a 6,661 card set, with one card representing every Yankee home game ever played in Yankee Stadium (plus a few extras for Papal visits, boxing, etc.).It
Roster Moves 2008-06-01 12:09:00 In light of Joba being on a pretty strict pitch count, the Yanks have called up reliever Scott Patterson from SWB. To make room on the 25 man roster, we designated Morgan Ensberg for assignment.Letting Ensberg go is a good idea. The ex-Atty. General (Gonzalez) has shown to be a capable 3B fill-in for A-Rod and has been better both in the field and at the plate then Ensberg. Having Betemit, Duncan Read more:Roster
Today's Reading 2008-06-01 11:05:00 Baseball beat: Cashman, Yankees won't take draft lightlyOn The Mend - Bob SheppardMeeting Set to Discuss Future of Maple BatsBallparks Come, Ballparks Go, the Memories Are ForeverMETS, YANKS SEARCH FOR NEXT BIG STARPosada passes test in TampaYankee notes: Matsui leading the league Read more:Today
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Captain My Captain - What Ails Thee? 2008-06-01 10:55:00 Is it just me, or is there something wrong with our captain? He looks bad at the plate. He's unable to get around on an inside pitch, he is weakly grounding out to second base on his bread and butter inside out swing to right instead of banging line drives, and he seems to be lacking energy.From PeteAbe -Derek Jeter's single in the 12th inning gave him four hits in his last 37 at-bats. He has not Read more:Captain
More Anti-Yankee Bias in the Press 2008-05-31 09:17:00 Jim Souhan of the Minnesota Star Tribune wrote what I'm sure he thought was a scathing article about the state of the Yankee
s. Instead, Souhan comes across as an ignorant homer, bitter about the Yankees' continued success and the Twins' lack of it since the days of Puckett and Hrbek.If you want to get fired up read the article here.The best way for us to stick his words up his keester would be a 4 Read more:Press
Today's Reading 2008-05-31 08:21:00 Eight Minutes With Mark MelanconUpdate on PosadaDetails of MLB's 2008 Special Negro Leagues Draft Could Giambi Be a Yank in '09?Shoulder Strain Sidelines Matsuzaka Read more:Today
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Today's Reading 2008-06-03 07:34:00 READY FOR FIRST DAY ON THE JOBAJETER WON'T SECOND-GUESS THROW-OUT AT SECONDDon't Blame FarnsworthStubborn GirardiThey deserved to loseSnickering Peter Gammons Persuades John Kruk To Say Orioles Are The Best Team In Baseball On AirHome Depot Criticized For Pledging $10 Billion To American Cancer Society For Every Padres Home RunAndy Pettitte On Recent Win: 'Now That's What I Call Throwing A Pettitt Read more:Today
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Robbie my Robbie - What Ails Thee?` 2008-06-03 07:28:00 Since writing and asking what could be wrong with Jeter he is 4 for his last 7 with a HR, a double and 2 runs scored...Maybe Robbie
Cano has a bad shoulder?
A Closer Look at the Box Score 2008-06-04 07:44:00 Yup, Joba pitched pretty poorly. A ton of pitches, deep counts, 4 walks (!) and only 2.1 innings. He didn't get hit, which is a very good sign, but he was obviously nervous. Aside from not getting the 5ip, 15K performance we all hoped for, there was something very positive in the pitcher part of the box score last night.Chris Britton was actually called upon to pitch for the Yankees. Granted the g Read more:Score
Bombers GM Calls Yankee Draft Pick 2008-06-05 16:16:00 Back on May 30, my Yankee
compadre correctly predicted the Yankee 1st round draft pick. Take a look at his short scouting report here. Read more:Bombers
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The Giambino! 2008-06-05 16:12:00 BIG win for the Yanks today. Don't be surprised to see an extended winning streak off of a game like this!
Who Is This Man? 2008-06-05 07:54:00 Warning! An impostor has invaded Yankees uniform number 35 and is winning with a high degree of regularity! A league leading 9 wins and a 4 era...whooda thunk it?After a spring where Moose losing his rotation spot was an eventual certainty, and after an April BP session with Manny Ramirez that caused NASA some concern for the Hubble Space Telescope, Moose has reinvented himself and is again enjoy
Baseball America Draft Blog 2008-06-06 22:26:00 Baseball America
had a draft blog and I read through it for the Yankee related items;At 28, the Yankees took Gerrit Cole, no surprise. A Scott Boras Corporation client who fell for signability reasons, Cole also fell for his immaturity and mound demeanor, which didn’t endear him to many scouts and teams. That said, Cole has the biggest arm in the prep class, and he fell to the Yankees, and that Read more:Draft
Yanks Fail to Gain Momentum 2008-06-06 22:09:00 So tonight the Yankees get shut down by Kyle Davies, fail numerous times to get the runner in from third and loose another game. This loss is really disappointing after the jubilation of yesterday it really felt like the Yankees might finally start rolling but a really bad call and another(!) lackluster offensive performance wasted a solid outing from Rasner. At this point it doesn't matter how, Read more:Yanks
Yanks Draft Ambidextrous Pitcher 2008-06-07 08:41:00 A couple of artiles about Venditte:Pat Venditte: the Switch Pitcher
Throwing Batters Curves Before Throwing a PitchThe Yanks
drafted ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte in the '07 draft, but he did not sign. When Venditte was available after his senior season in round 20 (pick # 620) the Yanks picked him again.A natural righty, Venditte began throwing lefty as well at the age of 3. From the right sid Read more:Draft
Interview With A-Jax 2008-06-09 08:26:00 Tyler Kepner interviewed the #2 rated prospect in the Yankee system, Austin Jackson:Q: What’s been going so well for you this year?A: I think just working in the cage, trying to get something that feels comfortable and translates into the game. Not trying to do too much, stay within myself. I’m trying to kind of calm the game down, not make it so fast for me. A lot of working in the cage, that
Mo Love 2008-06-09 07:32:00 7 pitches, the first 5 clocked by MLB at 93, and the last 2 at 95 and 94.7 pitches to get 3 outs in the 9th.At ths rate the 3 year contract may be too short!
The Beast Shows His Teeth 2008-06-09 07:02:00 Everyone got a taste of Joba the Starter yesterday and boy was it great.His performance was ok...3R and 5H in 4.1IP - but his stuff was off the charts.Joba's 77th pitch was a 96 MPH fastball to David Jesus that the Royals' best hitter was able to foul off. Pitch 78 (his last) was a 76 MPH curve that came out of his hand a little too early for ball 4. 20 MPH separation...20! Roger Clemens used to t Read more:Beast
Cuban Defector on Yanks' Radar? 2008-06-08 11:17:00 From MLB Trade Rumors, 19 year old Dayan Viciendo (pictured left) has defected from Cuba and may be available to sign as an MLB free agent. (Agent Jaime) Torres said that Viciedo is in Miami with him. In fact, he asserts that Viciedo was in the U.S. before the 2008 draft, coming into the country in late May. "He was processed at the end of May. To me, he was not drafted and should be a undrafted Read more:Cuban
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Deadline Deals 2008-06-08 07:27:00 A completely mediocre team through the first 62 games of the season, the Yanks and GM Brian Cashman will be looking to improve at the July 31 trade deadline. Some ideas for trades-1. Send Jose Tabata, Alan Horne and JB Cox to the A's for Huston Street.The 25 year old Street has allowed 170 hits in his 226 career major league innings while striking out 234. His career 2.70 era is above Mo's 2.31 ca Read more:Deadline
Today's Reading 2008-06-13 09:09:00 Update on J.B. CoxBy Tyler KepnerInternational Free Agent Season ApproachesBy Eric Schultz Pending PinstripesHughes hoping to accelerate returnBy Peter AbrahamGame 67: Observing a trendPosted by: Joseph P. RABAmbidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte headed to Staten Island YankeesBY Anthony McCarron Read more:Today
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CC Bronx-bound? 2008-06-13 08:43:00 With the Indians 6.5 games behind the pale hose, and Victor Martinez headed for season-ending elbow surgery, Tyler Kepner speculates that Mark Shapiro may be putting CC Sabathia up for grabs.Sabathia would be perfect for what ails the Yanks. A true lefty ace to pitch in front of Wang, Pettitte, Joba and Moose would make the Yankee rotation extremely formidable. The obvious question is - what would Read more:Bronx
Completely Average 2008-06-13 06:51:00 8 series wins, 8 series losses and 5 series ties - 1 game over .500 after 67 games...completely and utterly average.We need The Streak...where is The Streak!I think the 2 of 3 in Oakland was a good sign. 2 of 3 again in Houston and then a good homestand vs the Pirates and dying Mets would put us in very good shape. Read more:Average
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