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This Year It Counts; Spring Training Takes On Heightened Meaning for Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, MLB, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on February 27, 2014 | 1 Comment »

Lately, when the Yankees make news in Spring Training, it’s usually off the field. Over the last decade, there have been various press conferences to announce retirements or make controversial admissions, but rarely have the Bronx Bombers used the exhibition season to forge their roster. This year, however, the team’s braintrust will need every last […]

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Kansas City Royals Look to Carry Spring Hope into Regular Season

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Spring Training, tagged on March 31, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Last year, the Toronto Blue Jays were the toast of Spring Training, compiling a 24-7 record that ranked as the second best in a non-labor shortened exhibition season since 1984. This spring, the Royals did them one better, ending the pre-season with a 25-7 mark that has optimism on the rise in Kansas City. If […]

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Boesch Represents Yankees “Best” Option in a Worst Case Scenario

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on March 15, 2013 | 2 Comments »

With spring training injuries ravaging the Yankees’ already thin 40-man roster, Brian Cashman has resorted to his best Claude Rains impersonation. In an attempt to fill the team’s many voids, the Yankees’ GM has resorted to “rounding up the usual suspects”, but based on the reaction to some of his recent moves, fans of the […]

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Are Smaller Crowds in Tampa Headed to the Bronx? Or Is WBC to Blame?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Spring Training, WBC, Yankees, tagged on March 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Attendance has become a hot topic in the Bronx, and, after two weeks of Spring Training, it seems as if the issue has followed the Yankees to Tampa. As of March 6, the Yankees are averaging 9,356 fans at Steinbrenner Field, or 14% lower than last year’s figure. […]

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Pop Goes the Season; Teixeira’s Wrist Injury Leaves Yankees Limp

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on March 6, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Mark Teixeira heard a pop in his wrist. Now, the Yankees have to hope the air hasn’t been let out of their season. Even before Teixeira was diagnosed with a strained tendon that will sideline him for 8-10 weeks, the Yankees’ Opening Day lineup figured to be one of their weakest in recent history. That […]

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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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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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