Yanks Go Yard » Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 03:25:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Man In The Middle: The Yankees need a return to form from Mark Teixeira http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/01/03/man-in-the-middle-the-yankees-need-a-return-to-form-from-mark-teixeira/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/01/03/man-in-the-middle-the-yankees-need-a-return-to-form-from-mark-teixeira/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:00:21 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=9889 It was an injury-plagued 2012 for New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira and despite that they were still able to win the division. However, if Teixeira and his bat don’t come alive in 2013, the Yankees are going to find the road to winning another division title even more daunting than it’s already shaping up to be. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2013/01/03/man-in-the-middle-the-yankees-need-a-return-to-form-from-mark-teixeira/feed/ 0 Does the Future of the Yankees Include Robinson Cano? http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/23/does-the-future-of-the-yankees-include-robinson-cano/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/23/does-the-future-of-the-yankees-include-robinson-cano/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:10:16 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=9800 The real story of this offseason for the Yankees has been their pursuit of a more flexible payroll for the future. It seems that every move made or not made by the Yankees for 2013 has been impacted by their goal of reducing their payroll to $189 million by 2014. It sets the stage for this question…

How does this affect their all-star second baseman Robinson Cano and his future with the team? (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/23/does-the-future-of-the-yankees-include-robinson-cano/feed/ 0 Yankees Continue To Stress Patience For 2013 and Beyond http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/10/yankees-continue-to-stress-patience-for-2013-and-beyond/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/10/yankees-continue-to-stress-patience-for-2013-and-beyond/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:07:03 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=9678 It would be easy to take one look at what the New York Yankees are doing to get ready for 2013 and reach the conclusion that it’s not much. The gaping holes they went into this year’s winter meetings with are still there and it seems that they are the only team not doing anything at the moment. To anyone wondering if that’s really  the case with the Yankees, I’d propose this question to them …

Have any of you taken a look at this free agent market lately? (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/10/yankees-continue-to-stress-patience-for-2013-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Cashman and Yankees Gear Up For The Winter Meetings http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/02/cashman-and-yankees-gear-up-for-the-winter-meetings/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/02/cashman-and-yankees-gear-up-for-the-winter-meetings/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:39:19 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=9603 The Yankees head into the Winter Meetings feeling pretty good about what they’ve accomplished already and they have good reason to. General manager Brian Cashman and his staff took care of the team’s top offseason priority when they were able to retain Andy Pettitte, Hiroki Kuroda, and Mariano Rivera. Now that the pitching has been addressed, it’s now time for the Yankees to turn their attention to their position players and a couple of glaring holes. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/12/02/cashman-and-yankees-gear-up-for-the-winter-meetings/feed/ 0 On A Budget, The Yankees Look To Get Creative For 2013 http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/11/18/on-a-budget-the-yankees-look-to-get-creative-for-2013/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/11/18/on-a-budget-the-yankees-look-to-get-creative-for-2013/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:00:53 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=9433 The Yankees have a different approach to their offseason plans and it’s an approach that fans are not used to seeing. The free-spending Bronx Bombers are on a budget and appear to be focused on sticking to it. It makes for an interesting winter for the Yankees who have areas of concern with their pitching, in the outfield and at catcher. The Yankees are going to have to figure out how to address these matters with a checkbook not as blank as it may have been in past years. (more…)

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Paging Alex Rodriguez? (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/10/14/at-the-crossroads-alex-rodriguez-the-yankees/feed/ 0 Yankees showing resiliency at a time when it matters most http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/30/yankees-showing-resiliency-at-a-time-when-it-matters-most/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/30/yankees-showing-resiliency-at-a-time-when-it-matters-most/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:12:09 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=8711 There comes a time where a team has to just find a way to win a game. The New York Yankees managed to do just that today on the road against the Toronto Blue Jays and it may have been the biggest win of the season for them. The Yankees didn’t win the division or even make the playoffs because of the win, although it does get them closer to achieving those goals. However, they showed a resiliency that’s been missing lately and that may very well carry them into October. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/30/yankees-showing-resiliency-at-a-time-when-it-matters-most/feed/ 0 Ichiro picking up the pace as the Yankees close in on playoff spot http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/26/ichiro-picking-up-the-pace-as-the-yankees-close-in-on-playoff-spot/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/26/ichiro-picking-up-the-pace-as-the-yankees-close-in-on-playoff-spot/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:00:30 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=8633 It’s down to the last week of the regular season and the Yankees know they must continue to win ballgames in order to keep the resilient Baltimore Orioles from taking the division away from them. Ichiro Suzuki has played a major role for the Yankees in September, the kind of role that was envisioned in a best-case scenario when the team acquired him from the Seattle Mariners. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/26/ichiro-picking-up-the-pace-as-the-yankees-close-in-on-playoff-spot/feed/ 0 In Pursuit of October, The Captain Derek Jeter Continues To Set The Tone For The Yankees http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/17/in-pursuit-of-october-the-captain-derek-jeter-continues-to-set-the-tone-for-the-yankees/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/17/in-pursuit-of-october-the-captain-derek-jeter-continues-to-set-the-tone-for-the-yankees/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:00:46 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=8461 In a month where analysis has provided everything that has gone right & wrong for the Yankees in this crucial stretch of the season, the one constant throughout has been the leadership provided by their captain Derek Jeter. Jeter has once again set the tone for his team as only he can. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/17/in-pursuit-of-october-the-captain-derek-jeter-continues-to-set-the-tone-for-the-yankees/feed/ 0 Time for the faces of the Yankees to get into gear for playoff push http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/09/time-for-the-faces-of-the-yankees-to-get-into-gear-for-playoff-push/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/09/09/time-for-the-faces-of-the-yankees-to-get-into-gear-for-playoff-push/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:30:35 +0000 Anthony Rushing http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=8314 The battle for the American League East continues to show every indication that it’s going down to the wire. The good news for the Yankees is that they have not lost any more ground in the race for the division and they are getting healthy as a team at the right time. Now is the time where the Yankees are going to have to turn to their team leaders to pull them across the finish line. (more…)

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