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No Hitter History

Posted in Baseball History, MLB on April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »

By no-hitting the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, Ubaldo Jimenez became the first Rockies pitcher to accomplish the feat. Only three teams in major league baseball have never had a no-hitter: the Mets, Padres and Rays. On the other end of the spectrum, the Braves (Atlanta, Milwaukee and Boston) have no been no-hit 17 times, tying […]

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Game 11: Rangers vs. Yankees

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

AJ Burnett makes his 2010 debut at Yankee Stadium, where last season his ERA was a full run lower (3.51 vs. 4.59 on the road). He opposes Ranger’s righty Scott Feldman, who is looking to build on a 17-win season in 2009. vs. Scott Feldman PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 10 […]

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Game 10: Rangers vs. Yankees

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees welcome the Texas Rangers to town for the start of a three game series. Game 1 will feature a matchup between initialed lefties C.C. Sabathia and C.J. Wilson. Wilson was scratched from his last start due to food poisoning, so he will be pitching with two extra days of rest. On April 8, […]

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Baseball Needs to Abolish the Draft, For Jackie’s Sake

Posted in Baseball History, MLB on April 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Every Jackie Robinson Day brings about a reexamination of the diminishing number of black America players in major league baseball. Unfortunately, some misguidedly present the issue as a residue of racism. We’ve seen Gary Sheffield and Torri Hunter both imply that baseball teams are willfully using Latin players to phase out the black American athlete. […]

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Robinson Stars on Jackie’s Day

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Phil Hughes’  long-awaited return to the rotation was kind of an enigma. Although he certainly had good stuff, he was somewhat inefficient, needing 108 pitches over 5+ innings. Strangely, it seemed as if Hughes pitched ahead for most of the night, but then selectively nibbled. For example, after giving up a second inning HR to Hideki Matsui on a […]

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Game 9: Angels vs. Yankees (Jackie Robinson Day)

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Phil Hughes makes his long anticipated 2010 debut after throwing a couple of simulated games while awaiting his start. Meanwhile, Angels’ lefty Scott Kazmir is also making his season debut. Kazmir had been on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.  According to Joe Girardi, Hughes will not be on a modified pitch count, […]

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Yankee Stadium Power Outage

Posted in MLB, Yankees on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The most remarkable thing about yesterday’s 5-3 loss to the Angels was something that didn’t happen: no one hit a HR. Last year, Yankee Stadium did not host a homerless contest until June 18, 2009, the 35th home game of the season. In fact, that was the only homerless game at Yankee Stadium all season. […]

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