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Double Trouble: Failure to Protest Compounds Umpire’s Costly Error

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Umpires, Yankees, tagged , , on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Every time an umpire blows a significant call, there is the usual clamoring for instant replay. However, even that fail safe proved insufficient in the last night’s game between the Yankees and Royals. The controversy started in the bottom of the third inning when Royals’ DH Billy Butler lined a Bartolo Colon fastball off the […]

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Yanks Follow Formula to Defeat; Soriano’s Injury Creates Void, but Not in Eighth Inning

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

During his tenure as Yankees’ manager, Joe Girardi has adopted a formulaic approach to using the bullpen. During the early part of the season, his equation for winning was based on three variables: Joba Chamberlain in the seventh, Rafael Soriano in the eighth and Mariano Rivera in the ninth. However, Soriano’s injury poked a hole in […]

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Girardi, Posada Come Clean, but Cashman Is the One Who Has Some Explaining To Do

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on May 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »

When Saturday night’s lineup was first posted, Jorge Posada was batting ninth. Then, he was scratched just before game time. As various rumors about his status circulated, including speculation about a possible retirement, Brian Cashman announced to FOX cameras that Posada had asked out of the lineup. Cashman also stated that no injury was involved. […]

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Next Stop, Bench? Posada Dropped to Ninth in Lineup

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Bernie Williams entered June 1995 in a terrible slump, which prompted a temporary demotion to the bottom of the lineup. In order to motivate his young centerfielder, Buck Showalter jokingly suggested to Williams that after ninth, the next stop was the bench. The message must have been received loud and clear because not only did […]

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Girardi Makes Radio Waves; Yanks’ Manager Personifies Modern Media Realities

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi has been making waves of late…radio waves that is. Over the past two weeks, the Yankees’ manager has caused such a stir in radio circles that even Heinrich Hertz would be impressed. At the beginning of March, WFAN afternoon host Mike Francesa announced that Girardi would be expanding his weekly appearance […]

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