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If at First You Don’t Succeed: A Look at the Yankees Performance Against “First Timers”

Posted in Baseball on August 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »

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 […]

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Ice Cream or Cake? Yankees’ Dynamic Duo Gives Team Its Just Deserts

Posted in Baseball on August 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

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 […]

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Save Our Season! Double Play by the Captain Dooms Sinking Yankees Ship

Posted in Baseball on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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 […]

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Down to the Wire: Signing Deadline Creates Game of Chicken Between Teams and Draft Picks

Posted in Baseball, MLB on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

All across baseball, teams, agents and amateur players will be engaged in a high stakes game of chicken as tonight’s midnight deadline for signing players selected in the recent June Rule IV draft approaches. August 15 is the last day that teams are permitted to retain the rights of their selections from the most recent […]

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Crying Wolf: Mounting Criticism Prompts Dibble to Clarify Remarks

Posted in Baseball on August 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

During yesterday’s Washington Nationals broadcast on MASN, Rob Dibble issued an “apology” for allegedly sexist remarks made during a game earlier in the week. Because his comments happened to fly under my radar screen, I wound up reading the apology (expounded upon in a blog entry) before knowing the offense. Usually, when someone evokes the […]

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Lost Weekend Is a Royal Pain for Yankees As Offense Reaches Historic Low in Kansas City

Posted in Baseball on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

  Royals’ starter Bryan Bullington channeled his inner Dick Drago by shutting down the Yankees 1-0. Meanwhile, the entire Yankee lineup did their best Celerino Sanchez impersonation. That combination resulted in a second loss by the Yankees to the hapless Royals, whose 48-69 record belies a roster depleted by several trade deadline deals. So much […]

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C.C. Brings the Heat, Beats Royals and Sweltering Kansas City Sun

Posted in Baseball on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

After three intense, nail-biting games against Boston and Texas, Yankee fans and players alike were probably looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend in Kansas City. Guess again. Last night’s game started off innocent enough as the Yankees reached soft tossing Bruce Chen for single runs in second through fourth innings. The first run was […]

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