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Baseball TV Forensics: Cheers and the Yankees/Red Sox Rivalry

Posted in Baseball, Culture, Red Sox, Video, Yankees on February 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Note: If you would like to read more articles like this one, check out my earlier analysis of the baseball scenes in “Speedy”, as well as Larry Granillo’s excellent forensic investigation into Ferris Buehler’s whereabouts on his day off. Cheers is widely regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all time, but for a baseball […]

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The Real Joba Chamberlain Debate

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged on February 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Starter, closer or middle relief? For as long as he has worn pinstripes, Joba Chamberlain’s role on the Yankees’ pitching staff has been the subject of intense debate, which the righty himself re-ignited yesterday. Although GM Brian Cashman brushed aside Chamberlain’s remarks, perhaps he should start taking them more […]

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Building the Worst Lineup in Yankees History

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on February 26, 2013 | 2 Comments »

At Pinstriped Bible, I recently took a look at a “worst case” projection for the 2013 Yankees’ lineup and compared it some of the more futile Bronx Bomber offenses of the past. However, I thought it might be fun to take the historical exercise one step further by building one of the weakest hypothetical lineups […]

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Yankees Suffer Depth Blow; Lose Granderson for 10 Weeks

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on February 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Entering spring training, Joe Girardi wasn’t sure who would be playing left field on Opening Day. Unfortunately for the Yankees’ skipper, he now knows whom it won’t be. In the first inning of the first home Spring Training game of the 2013 season, Curtis Granderson suffered a broken left forearm that will likely cause the outfielder […]

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Bobby Murcer: Player, Broadcaster, Country Singer?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Nostalgia, Video on February 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

During his long playing career and subsequent time as a television announcer, Bobby Murcer became a favorite for generations of Yankee fans. However, I wonder how many know that the five time All Star was also a “Skoal Dippin’ Man”? The evidence is below (the embedded audio includes the full song and an interview with […]

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Flipping Granderson and Gardner Could Be a Flop

Posted in Baseball, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on February 21, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Costello: The left fielder’s name? Abbott: Why. Costello: Because. Abbott: Oh, he’s center field. Who is going to play left and center in the Bronx this year? If this was an Abbott & Costello routing, the answer would be “who is on first”. However, for Joe Girardi, the solution isn’t as obvious. That’s why the […]

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Yahoo!’s Passan Prints the Legend, but Yankees Have Done OK Developing Pitchers

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 20, 2013 | 5 Comments »

The trouble with compiling data for the purpose of proving a point is sometimes the final analysis doesn’t match the pre-conceived notion. When this occurs in the world of science, the hypothesis is rejected. In sports writing, however, facts need not get in the way of a good story. In a recent article at Yahoo! […]

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