A few weeks back, the Yankees loss to the Indian’s Josh Tomlin prompted The Captain’s Blog (please excuse the obligatory reference in the “third blog”) to take a look at how the Yankees have fared (since 2000) against pitchers making their major league debut. That inspection revealed a level of futility that matched a general […]
Archive for August 17th, 2010
If at First You Don’t Succeed: A Look at the Yankees Performance Against “First Timers”
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Ice Cream or Cake? Yankees’ Dynamic Duo Gives Team Its Just Deserts
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During last night’s broadcast, John Flaherty, Paul O’Neill and Michael Kay revisited the often debated question of who has been the Yankees most valuable player during their recent extended run of success: Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera? This topic has often been broached on YES broadcasts, including most recently during Jeter’s pursuit of the all-time […]
Save Our Season! Double Play by the Captain Dooms Sinking Yankees Ship
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For the second straight day, it looked as if the starting pitching was going to be the cause of another sleepless night for Yankees’ fans, but once again the team’s slumbering hitters turned out to be the real cause of what has become a reoccurring August nightmare. About the only chance the crowd had to […]