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Yankees Honor Rivera and Pettitte, but Is Farewell to Arms Also Goodbye to the Future?

Posted in Baseball, Hal Steinbrenner, Mariano Rivera, MLB, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on September 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees summoned the ghosts of recent glory to honor Mariano Rivera, but there wasn’t enough magic from the past to prevent the team from being haunted by its present. In an emotional pre-game ceremony, a litany of modern pinstriped legends joined a sellout crowd to say goodbye and give thanks to Rivera. However, the […]

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Yankees Come Full Circle with Acquisition of Alfonso Soriano, but Alex Rodriguez Has Team Chasing Its Tail

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Brian Cashman, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, PEDs, Rumors, Trades, Yankees on July 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

While Alex Rodriguez and Brian Cashman continue to dicker over the third baseman’s reinstatement to the active roster, the Yankees are set to welcome back the man they traded for Arod 10 years ago. The acquisition of Alfonso Soriano juxtaposed against the Rodriquez saga might seem like an amusing coincidence, but both events say quite […]

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Who’s Sorry Now? Apologies Excepted as Dodgers Return to the Bronx

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Don Mattingly, George M. Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, World Series, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on June 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers visited Yankee Stadium, their road grays were soaked with champagne. After losing the first two games of the 1981 World Series, the Dodgers swept the next four, including the series finale in the Bronx. It was the end of an […]

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Yankees Offense Continues to Crumble; Are Hal and Cashman Ready (and Willing) for Plan B?

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees on June 14, 2013 | 1 Comment »

The Bronx Bombers’ offense continues to make history this season, just not the kind Yankee fans have come to expect. Scoring two runs in 18 innings has not been a problem for the 2013 Yankees. The team has already had two sets of consecutive games with either zero or one run scored, compared to no […]

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No Hard Feelings for Swisher, but Yankees Left with Regret

Posted in Baseball, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees on June 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) “No Hard Feelings.” In his return to the Bronx, that’s how Nick Swisher described his departure. With most players, such a magnanimous response might seem like a poorly veiled cliché, but not so with Swisher. Hard feelings are not a part of his ebullient emotional repertoire. Just because the […]

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Are The Yankees Playing With House Money?

Posted in Baseball, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on May 30, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Because the Yankees have done well despite suffering several significant injuries, many have dismissed the team’s recent struggles. After all, if you had asked him on Opening Day, Joe Girardi probably would have signed up for .500 at this point in the season, the argument goes, so at 30-22, the Yankees are still way ahead […]

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Yankees Cost Cutting Plan on Chopping Block; I Told You So?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Yankees on April 26, 2013 | 8 Comments »

After a year of raking Yankee fans over the coals of cost cutting, Hal Steinbrenner has reportedly abandoned his plan to lower the team’s payroll below the luxury tax threshold in 2014. Is it too soon to say “I told you so”? Over the last several months, I’ve written extensively about the motivation for and […]

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