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Yankees Only Need Derek Jeter for October

The Yankees won again last night as they beat Milwaukee for the second straight time.  They continue to roll along with the best record in the American League and have a 2 1/2 game lead over the Red…Read More

Brewers-Yankees Mega Preview!

For the second time in three series, Yanks Go Yard has collaborated with another great site on the Fansided Network to breakdown a huge series. This week is Reviewingthebrew.com talking with us about…Read More

Russell’s regression

Through April 23, Russell Martin was hitting .333/.410/.722/1.132. It was clearly a small sample size — just 54 at-bats in 16 games — but we were all partying like it was 2007. He was coming…Read More

Book review: The Captain — The Journey of Derek Jeter

I know I’m a couple of months late on this, but I finally got around to finishing Ian O’Connor’s book The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter. O’Connor makes it known in the introduction…Read More

Happy birthday Jeter!

Derek Jeter turned 37 today, which makes me feel old as hell. I’m sure he wishes he played, but I’m just glad the team got a win this afternoon. The Yanks still in first place (.5 game) and…Read More

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Yanks get win on OTD

The Yanks grabbed a 6-4 win in their rubber match with the Rockies on Old Timers’ Day thanks to…Read More

A-Rod battling sore knee

A-Rod revealed after Saturday’s win that he has been playing through a right knee injury. The injury,…Read More

CC first pitcher to 10 wins

CC was on as the Yanks rocked the Rockies, 8-3. The big guy went eight innings (and probably could have…Read More

Rockies-Yankees Podcast Preview

Tonight, the Yankees begin a 6 game homestand against the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies (37-37) have…Read More

Jesus walks…a lot less than he did in 2010

Nathaniel Stoltz over at Seedlings to Stars took a look at the regression of the Yankees’ highly-touted…Read More

You can’t win ‘em all

The Yanks got smoked 10-2 in the finale with the Reds, but I’ll take a 4-2 road trip in NL parks. Plus, the three starters in this Cincy series were Nova, Garcia and Gordon, I’m glad they were…Read More

Yanks win Game 1

The Yankees took the first game of a day-night doubleheader, 4-2, from the Reds. Freddy Garcia was on, he went seven innings and gave up two runs — unearned — on three hits with four strikeouts…Read More

Should Jeter Bat 9th When He Returns?

In Sunday night’s Yankee/Cubs game, ESPN broadcaster Bobby Valentine stated the Yankees could move Derek Jeter to the 9th spot in the batting order when he comes off the DL.  His reasoning is Brett…Read More

I WASN’T saying Booerns!

Boone Logan has one job as a LOOGY (lefty one out guy) — to get lefties out – and he can’t even do that. His numbers against lefties are a joke: southpaws are hitting .300/.391/.425…Read More

Nova is super again

Ivan Nova was absolutely lights out in the Yanks’ 5-3 win over the Reds. It really shouldn’t have been as close as the final score indicates, but a win is a win. SuperNova went a career-high…Read More

Yankees-Reds Preview: Offensive Explosion?

  The Yankees (41-29) did not play their best at Wrigley Field this weekend, but they were still able to win their third straight series. Even though they have not gained much ground on the Red Sox,…Read More

Yankees-Cubs Preview: Will Wrigley contain Yankee Bats?

With Interleague play beginning, the Yankees could not come into it any hotter. Even though they were swept at the beginning of the home-stand by the Boston Red Sox, they still managed to win six of their…Read More

Wade in the water

The Yanks swept the Rangers via a 3-2 walk-off win on Wednesday afternoon. Brett Gardner got the pie in the 12th with a single to right but it was the pitching that more or less delivered the win, mainly…Read More

So we’re even for the ALCS, right?

No. Of course not. But it was a pair of great 12-4 wins. It was the first time all season they scored 10-plus runs in back-to-back games. Tex led the offense with a 3-for-5 showing. He hit a pair of dingers,…Read More

Time to second guess the organization!!

The best part about being a fan is that we always know more than the people in charge, obviously. That being said, how do you think they handled the Derek Jeter DL situation?

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