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Archive for February 16th, 2011

It Happens Every Spring: A 110-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on February 16, 2011 | 8 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts). For 16 years, Tampa has been the Yankees’ spring training home, but it still seems like just yesterday when the team’s camp was located down the coast in Ft. Lauderdale. I am sure most fans who grew up in the […]

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Happy Birthday Pecota (And Take That Baseball Prospectus)!

Posted in Baseball, Humor, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I am sure many readers, upon seeing the headline above, expected another post about Baseball Prospectus’ mindless Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm projection system, also known as PECOTA. In particular, many Yankees’ fans have become addicted to this new fan dangled mathematical formula that seeks to predict the future performance of teams and […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, Mets, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Jorge Posada reported to camp along with the rest of the catchers, although this season he is ticketed as the DH. Although Posada has not yet given up on getting back behind the plate, he seems to be slowly embracing his new role. Now, the question is how much longer does Posada have left in […]

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