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Rebuilding After an Epic Baseball Collapse

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Mets, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on September 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) After the Braves clinched a playoff spot, New York Times’ columnist Tyler Kepner marked the occasion by commenting about how “teams almost never recover from an epic collapse” like the one Atlanta experienced last season. After all, one need only look at the ruins in Boston to […]

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Unfit To Be Tied: Yankees Lacking Ninth Inning Magic

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on September 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »

When Mariano Rivera went down with a season ending injury, most people expected the Yankees to struggle in the ninth inning. They were right. However, the team’s hardship has had nothing to do with closing out games. Rafael Soriano has handled that job just fine. Instead, the problem has been the offense’s inability to overcome […]

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Yankees Facing Choice Between Swisher and Granderson

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on September 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Is this September the swan song of Nick Swisher’s Yankee career? An impending free agent, Swisher is reportedly seeking a lucrative five-year deal, so, with the Yankees still intent on dipping below the luxury tax threshold in 2014, the chances of him returning to the Bronx seem slim. Swisher has loved wearing the pinstripes, and […]

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Does Type of First Pitch Strike Influence At Bat Results?

Posted in Baseball on September 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

During broadcasts on the YES Network, Ken Singleton will sometimes wax poetic whenever a batter takes a big swing and miss at the first pitch of his at bat. “One to get loose, two to produce,” the former Orioles’ All Star will rhyme, offering consolation to the slugger who came up empty. A hitter having […]

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Yankees Bench Coming Up Empty in the Pinch

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on September 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

There’s probably nothing more satisfying to a manager than saving his best bat off the bench for just the right moment, and then having him come through according to plan. On Friday night, Athletics’ manager Bob Melvin got to experience that thrill when Brandon Moss’ game-tying home run off Rafael Soriano became only the sixth […]

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Yankees Can’t Shake Orioles; Race Shaping Up as Closest Ever

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on September 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) It’s not what Yankee fans had in mind when the team took a 10-game lead in July, but this September has played host to one of the mostly contested division/pennant races in franchise history.  For 17 straight game dates, beginning on September 3, the Yankees and Orioles have […]

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Second Wild Card Has Dampened, Not Ignited Pennant Races

Posted in Baseball on September 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig recently gave a state of the sport address during a Q&A session with reporters, and, not surprisingly, one of the main talking points was the excitement created by the expanded wild card playoff format. However, although the second wild card has positive attributes, such as placing a much greater emphasis on winning […]

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