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Baseball’s Current Crop of Second Basemen Is Really Cleaning Up

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

When the Yankees’ beat the Orioles on Monday night, Robinson Cano was batting in the cleanup spot. Then, in the team’s victory over the Red Sox on Tuesday, Dustin Pedroia was batting fourth in the opposition lineup. Why is that significant? Because of the position both men play. Since 1919, only 7,096 lineups have featured […]

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Historical Footnotes Underscore Latest Rivalry Series

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For the final time at Fenway Park during the regular season, the Yankees and Red Sox renew hostilities in a three-game series that begins tonight. If the Bronx Bombers hope to finally get the better of their rival, winning game one will be paramount. In the opener, the pitching matchup of CC Sabathia vs. John […]

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Nova Continues to Shine Among Rookie Class; Emerges as Award Contender

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Correction: Although listed as a rookie by several sources, including fangraphs.com, Alexi Ogando is not eligible for the award because the service time he accrued in 2010. As a result, all references to him as a contender for the award are invalid, which makes Nova’s candidacy all the more stronger. For much of the season, […]

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Showalter’s Counter-Criticism of Yanks a Disservice to Flannigan’s Memory

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on August 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The Orioles refusal to push up Saturday’s doubleheader to Friday, and the Yankees subsequent vocal criticism of that decision, has created a strain between the two organizations. Until this morning, the harsh words were mostly directed by Joe Girardi and Yankees’ players toward the Baltimore organization, but this morning, Orioles’ manager Buck Showalter took the […]

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Stop the Insanity: Girardi, Cashman Most to Blame for Burnett’s Poor Performance

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on August 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Albert Einstein is widely believed to have said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. He must have had the Yankees’ handling of A.J. Burnett in mind when he made that observation. For two seasons, A.J. Burnett has been a terrible pitcher. Unless he can whittle his ERA below […]

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Captain Comeback: Jeter’s Rebound Quiets Critics

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on August 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Lost amid the power explosion in yesterday’s 22-9 victory over the Athletics was another three-hit game by Derek Jeter, which momentarily vaulted the short stop over the .300 mark for the first time since the second game of the season. Game-by-Game Progression of Derek Jeter’s Batting Rates Source: Baseball-reference.com Even though his status as a […]

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Grand Finale: Yanks Avoid Series Sweep with Historic Offensive Outburst

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For the first four innings of today’s matinee between the Yankees and Athletics, Oakland seemed well on its way toward sweeping it first series in the Bronx since June 2006. Then, the Yankees scored 20 runs over the next four innings, turning a 7-2 deficit into a 22-9 victory. In order to effect the comeback, […]

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