Archive for April, 2011

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O offense, where art thou?

Freddy Garcia had his first clunker as a starter for the Yanks in a 5-3 setback to the Blue Jays, but even in shitting the bed he was still pretty effective. He allowed 12 base runners in five innings…Read More

Kindly disregard that last post

A few hours after I was bitching that the Yanks scored early and then not so much, the team exploded for 12 runs on 13 hits in a 12-3 rout of the ChiSox. The Yanks, who earned a split with the Southsiders,…Read More

Do the Yanks have a problem scoring runs late?

It seems like the 2011 Yanks score early in games and then have trouble scoring later on in the tilt. They do boast a 13-8 record, sit stop the division with a two-game lead and carry a +26 (114-88) run…Read More

Cy Colon

Eight innings pitched, seven hits, one run, six strikeouts, one walk and 99 pitches with 65 going for strikes. That is all. Bart retired eight in a row at one point and 11 of 12, he was absolutely filthy…Read More

Yanks lose to Sox, at least they weren’t Red

The Yanks lost a tough one tonight to the Pale Hose, 2-0. Philip Humber took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but it was broken up by A-Rod. The kid, making his sixth start, was wheeling and/or dealing.…Read More

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The new-look Orioles…

…look an awful lot like the Orioles of recent years — awful. They’re now back in the…Read More

O’s Series Preview

As the Yanks and Orioles prepare to do battle in Baltimore this weekend, Lauren Tilley, lead writer at…Read More

News and notes from yet another off day

Nobody likes when their team doesn’t have a game scheduled, but two off days in the span of four…Read More

Happy birthday Hitman!

On Don Mattingly’s 50th birthday, the Yanks avoided another ninth-inning meltdown and beat the…Read More

Yanks/Jays series preview

As the Yanks head north of the border for a two-game set with the Blue Jays, my man Jared McDonald of…Read More

Book review: Joe DiMaggio The Long Vigil

“Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil” by Jerome Charyn paints a picture of what Joe D was like as a person on and off the field. If you’ve never read a biography about “The Daig,”…Read More

The Kid is at it again

After notching a win at The Stadium yesterday I am now 3-0 on the year, with wins in four straight games and 12 of my last 13 trips to the Bronx. My record at the new stadium stands at 15-3 (incl. 1-0…Read More

Injury updates

A-Rod, who left Saturday’s game with stiffness in his lower back and oblique and didn’t play in Sunday’s win, was sent for an MRI yesterday. The MRI came back “clean,” according…Read More

Hughes keeping it on the DL

According to Marc Carig, Phil Hughes will be going to the disabled list with what is being called a “dead arm phase.” He will stay with the team and not be sent to Triple-A, as was reported…Read More

Interview with Tommy John

The good folks over at Jax Car Wash and Speedy Lube of Maywood, NJ hosted a promotional event with pitching legend Tommy John sponsored by Mobil Super this morning, and they invited me to stop by to interview…Read More

The O’s reign on top was short like leprechauns

The Yanks beat the O’s 6-5 in 10 innings to take sole possession of first place in the division. Jorge tied it in the ninth with a solo homer and Swish Dog won it with a sac fly to right an inning…Read More

Feliciano is gone-o

It was reported this afternoon that Pedro Feliciano has a torn shoulder capsule. Feliciano, who signed a two-year, $8 million deal in the offseason, is deciding whether to have season-ending surgery or…Read More

Yanks rough up O’s, take share of division lead

After two days off the Yanks beat the O’s 7-4 on Wednesday to move into a first-place tie with Baltimore. AJ had a much better game than his line suggests. Girardi left him in too long (shades of…Read More

O’s Series Preview

On Tuesday, weather permitting, the Yanks will welcome the first-place Orioles to town for a three-game set. The O’s won the last matchup, 4-3, in 11 innings on September 19 of last year but the…Read More

New poll

5.5 percent of the 2011 Yankees season has been played, so how do you feel about the team?

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