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Circuit Breakers: A Look at the Yankees’ Longest Homerless Streaks

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Jorge Posada’s sixth inning home run in the first game of today’s day/night doubleheader was his seventh of the season, but first since April 24. The two-run blast, which gave the Yankees a 4-2 lead, also ended the longest homerless streak in Posada’s career. The 38-game drought was one day longer than a previous power outage […]

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Handy Men: Arod and Granderson Have an About Face Against Lefties

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By roughing up Brett Anderson in last night’s 10-3 victory over the Athletics, the Yankees improved their record against lefthanders to 11-6, the fourth best mark in baseball. In addition, the Yankees exited the game with the two batters who […]

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Are the Mets Cursed? Examining Free Agency in Flushing

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Baseball History, Mets, MLB on May 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The last three years haven’t been very kind to Mets’ owner Fred Wilpon, so what’s one more bad day? In a recent profile in The New Yorker, Wilpon’s rise and (at least temporary) fall as a self-made millionaire were chronicled in impressive detail by staff writer Jeffrey Toobin. However, what gained most notoriety were a […]

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The Rivalry Strikes Back: A Historical Look at Yankees vs. Red Sox

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Much to the chagrin of the rest of the baseball world, this weekend brings the latest installment of the epic battle between the Yankees Universe and Red Sox Nation.  Over the next 72 hours, FOX, ESPN, and local sports networks […]

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Anatomy of a Slump: Too Many Goats and Not Enough Heroes

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on May 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »

When the Yankees left Baltimore on Easter Sunday, the team was riding a three-game winning streak into what was shaping up to be one of the weakest stretches on the schedule. At the time, the offense was averaging a whopping six runs per game and the starting rotation was rounding into form, so it seemed […]

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Is Cano Losing His Patience? Early Data Suggests Little Change to Robbie’s Approach

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

At first glance, Robinson Cano seems as if he has picked up exactly where he left off in 2010. His batting average, slugging percentage, wOBA, OPS+, and runs created per plate appearance are all in line with or even better than his near MVP season. However, there is one glaring indicator that has failed to […]

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Hypocrisy Overwhelms Pending Jeter Bio and Initial Reaction to It

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Books, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Derek Jeter is a human being. That seems to be the lesson derived from the New York Post’s preview of Ian O’Connor’s forthcoming book about Jeter, which will focus on the Captain’s relationship with Alex Rodriguez. Weaving Arod into the narrative has almost become a prerequisite for publishing a baseball book, so it’s not surprising […]

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