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Game 11 Batter/Pitcher Matchups: Orioles vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Preview, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Jake Arieta PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Brett Gardner LF 3 0.333 0.333 0.333 0 0 Derek Jeter SS 6 0.400 0.500 0.600 0 1 Mark Teixeira 1B 6 0.333 0.333 0.500 0 0 Alex Rodriguez 3B 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 Robinson Cano 2B 6 0.400 0.500 0.600 0 1 Nick […]

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Justice Denied: Bonds Found Guilty as Steroid Era Myth Adds Another Chapter

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »

The U.S.government was finally able to pin a felony on Barry Bonds (assuming the verdict isn’t set aside by the judge), and it only took six years and about $10 million to do it. Considering that the original indictment included 11 counts, the lone guilty verdict doesn’t seem like much of a victory for the […]

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More of the Same: Yanks Feast on Buck’s Birds in First Meeting of Season

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Buck Showalter’s new and improved Orioles left Yankee Stadium with the same old result: a loss. One pattern from past seasons that didn’t hold, however, was the performance of A.J. Burnett. Over the first two innings, the Yankee right hander struggled with his command and mechanics, but managed to pitch around trouble in each frame […]

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Game 10 Batter/Pitcher Matchups: Orioles vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Preview, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Chris Tillman PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Brett Gardner LF 5 0.333 0.600 0.333 0 1 Derek Jeter SS 8 0.429 0.500 0.429 0 1 Mark Teixeira 1B 6 0.400 0.500 0.400 0 0 Alex Rodriguez 3B 6 0.500 0.500 1.000 1 3 Robinson Cano 2B 8 0.857 0.875 0.857 0 2 Nick […]

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Catching Up with the Yankees’ Universe After a Trip to Another World

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Culture, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a baseball sense, Peru is on another planet. Despite my best efforts to propagate the faith on a trip two years ago, baseball remains a relatively unknown game in the Andean region of South America. At least some progress has been made, however. During a return trip that spanned the past 10 days, I […]

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Game 6 Batter/Pitcher Matchups: Twins vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Preview, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Francisco Liriano PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 18 0.375 0.444 0.625 1 3 Nick Swisher RF 21 0.250 0.286 0.350 0 0 Mark Teixeira 1B 21 0.200 0.238 0.400 1 1 Alex Rodriguez 3B 16 0.091 0.375 0.091 0 1 Robinson Cano 2B 17 0.313 0.353 0.375 0 1 Jorge […]

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Posada Looks to Make Mark as Rare Fulltime Yankee DH

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The early part of a baseball season is about uncovering early clues to help answer all the questions that accumulated in the offseason. Heading into the 2011 season, one of the concerns facing the Yankees was whether Jorge Posada would adapt to his new role as a fulltime DH. With three homeruns in his first […]

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