(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts). For 16 years, Tampa has been the Yankees’ spring training home, but it still seems like just yesterday when the team’s camp was located down the coast in Ft. Lauderdale. I am sure most fans who grew up in the […]
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It Happens Every Spring: A 110-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Spring Training on February 16, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Wild Thing: Alcoholism, Not Throwing Strikes, Was Duren’s Real Control Problem
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Alcoholism, Ryne Duren on January 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On January 6, former Yankees relief pitcher Ryne Duren passed away at the age of 81. Duren was the original wild thing. Thanks to the combination of a power arm and poor eyesight, the fire balling right hander ranked as one of the most intimidating pitchers in all of baseball, mostly because he often had […]
Comparing Yankees’ Offseason Transactions from the Past Decade
Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Trades, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Brian Cashman, Free Agents on December 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) The New York Yankees are in the unfamiliar position of entering a new year without having made any significant improvements to the team. Although the free agent signings of Russell Martin and Pedro Feliciano are both positive complementary acquisitions, the […]
Tulowitzki Signs Extension While Hero Jeter Still Waits for His
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Rumors, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Troy Tulowitzki on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While the Yankees continue to bicker with their legendary shortstop, the Colorado Rockies have taken a dramatic step to lock up a player who they think will become one. Yankees’ fans probably first took notice of Troy Tulowitzki back in June 2007, when he went 5-12 in the Rockies’ three game sweep of the Bronx […]
Awkward to All Star: Yankees’ Swing Man McDougald Dead at 82
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Gil McDougald on November 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) The Yankee family has lost yet another member in 2010 with the passing of Gil McDougald at the age of 82. McDougald, whose 10-year Yankee career included five world championships and eight pennants, was best know for his versatility, a […]
Giving Thanks, Yankee Style
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Thanksgiving on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Thanksgiving in Yankeeland usually meant waiting around to see if George Steinbrenner was going to make a managerial change. Like a conflicted hunter standing over the neck of his Thanksgiving Turkey with an axe, the Yankees’ owner would often take all winter to make a final decision. Perhaps the […]
Yankees’ Arbitration History, or Why Rick Cerrone Was Ungrateful and Don Mattingly Couldn’t Play Little Jack Armstrong
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Business and Finance, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged Arbitration, Jeter, Mattingly, Rivera, Steinbrenner on November 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last night was the deadline for major league teams to offer salary arbitration to their ranked (type-A and type-B) free agents, and a surprising 35 of the 64 eligible players were extended the invitation. The most active teams were the Rays and Blue Jays, who respectively offered seven and four players arbitration. With draft picks […]