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“No Defense” for Girardi’s Plan to Rest Yankees’ Veterans

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on April 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »

If the first weekend is any indication, Joe Girardi is going to be extremely pro-active when it comes to doling out rest to his aging veterans. Over the years, the Yankees’ manager has become fond of using the DH slot to give his players a “half day off”, but usually that practice has been reserved […]

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Game 3: Yankees (0-2) vs. Rays (2-0); Batter vs. Pitcher Matchups

Posted in Batter Pitcher Matchups, Game Preview on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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Advantage Rays as Maddon and Girardi Match Wits in Opening Series

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The first two games of the Yankees’ season-opening series against the Rays have played out like the American League Championship Series. There has been so much unorthodox strategy employed, it’s almost as if the two managers are working backwards from the end of the year instead of easing into the start. On one side, Rays’ […]

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Piniella Makes YES Debut, Evokes Memories of First Opener as Bomber’s Skipper (Video of 1986 Opening Day Embedded)

Posted in Baseball, Video, Yankees, tagged , , , on April 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Lou Piniella made his regular season debut in the YES booth when he joined Michael Kay and David Cone in calling the Yankees’ season opener. Even though the disappointing 7-6 loss put a damper on the occasion, Piniella’s first Opening Day as a broadcaster evoked fond memories of his debut as manager of the Bronx […]

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Intentional Fallacy: First Inning Free Pass Backfires on Yankees

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on April 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) There was some logic behind it. Sean Rodriguez entered yesterday’s game with a respectable OPS of .782 versus lefthanders, including an .872 OPS in 23 chances against CC Sabathia. Meanwhile, Carlos Pena had only four hits in 39 times to the plate against the big lefty. So, […]

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Opening Day Oddities; Blue Jays and Indians Play Longest Game; Valverde Perfect No Longer

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Opening Day, or at least yesterday’s version of it, pitted the two teams with best and worst Spring Training records. The Toronto Blue Jays just wrapped the second best spring winning percentage (.774) in a non-labor impacted season since 1984, while the Cleveland Indians turned in the lowest rate of success (.241) over the same […]

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If the Yankees Aren’t Playing, Does Opening Day Make a Sound?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Baseball is in the midst of its third round of Opening Days, but the Yankees remain among the teams who have yet to play a game.  Along with 2009, the team’s April 6 opening date marks the latest it has waited to launch a non-labor impacted season since April 7, 1992. In order to accommodate the […]

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