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This Time, It Counted: All Star Game Reverberations Being Felt in Postseason

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Yankees, tagged , on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight’s World Series opens up in St. Louis because the National League won the 2011 All Star Game. For many in and around the game, linking home field advantage in October to an outcome in July is the height of folly, but this season at least, the symmetry is almost perfect. In order to advance […]

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Baseball Needs Its Stars to Come Out

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on July 11, 2011 | 8 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Since baseball unveiled its 68 All Stars last Sunday, the combined roster for both squads has swelled to 84 players. In addition to the 14 original selections who either backed out or were disqualified from the competition, two replacements were also […]

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Yanks Tally Six All Stars Despite Notable Snubs

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Despite garnering six All Star selections, three Yankees were conspicuous by their absence from the team. Both Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia currently rank among the top three players at their respective positions, according to fangraph’s WAR, while David Robertson sits atop all American League relievers in the category. If either or all three had […]

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