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Game 41: Rays vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

After taking it on the chin in last night’s game, the Yankees look to Andy Pettitte to halt a two game losing streak and even the score with the Rays. With a win, the Yankees would also eke out a winning home stand by finishing 4-3. The Yankees not only hope that Pettitte will be […]

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Do You Know Where Your GM Is Tonight?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Should a baseball team’s general manager be attending rock concerts on the same night that his team loses an excruciating game against their chief rival? That’s the question being asked across Red Sox Nation after Theo Epstein was spotted at a Pearl Jam concert on the same night Jonathan Papelbon was blowing a save at […]

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Rays Run Over Depleted Yankees; Posada to Miss Month With Broken Foot

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees were no match for the Rays tonight. In fact, the two teams didn’t even look like they belonged on the same field. Tampa not only embarrassed the Yankees, but seemed to relish doing so. When Jason Bartlett led off the game with a home run, it was as if the Rays were announcing […]

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Game 40: Rays vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The first place Rays make their first visit to Yankee Stadium and have a real opportunity to put some space between themselves and the World Champions. The Yankee team they’ll encounter, however, is a far cry from the one who took two of three in the teams’ first series down in Tampa. Once again, the […]

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Brand It Like Beckham: Yankees Pass Man U As World’s Most Valuable Sports Brand

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

In addition to being the most successful team in all of American sports, the Yankees are now also the most valuable brand among sports teams worldwide. According to Forbes’ annual assessment of sports teams’ brand strength, the Yankees have surpassed English Premier League soccer team and worldwide icon Manchester United for the top spot. The […]

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Yanks Drop the Ball: Growing Holes Exposed by Ugly Loss to Red Sox

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the second game a row, the Yankees jumped out to a big lead, squandered it and then rallied off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth. This time, however, the rally came up short and the Yankees took their turn suffering a crushing defeat. The reason the Yankees had the lead was because C.C. Sabathia was […]

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Arod Is Yankees Mr. Clutch

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Yankees on May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Before having a monster 2009 post season, Alex Rodriguez had been much maligned for not being a clutch player. Even before this past post season, however, such assertions were downright silly. After all, since joining the Yankees in 2004, only four other players have compiled a higher WPA (Win Probability Added) than Arod (also, among […]

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