Yanks Go Yard » dallas braden http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:14:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Dallas Braden: Future Yankee? http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/20/dallas-braden-future-yankee/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/20/dallas-braden-future-yankee/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:00:18 +0000 Jimmy Kraft http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=7880 Recently, Mike Axisa of RAB and MLBTR fame opined that Dallas Braden is a potential non-tender candidate. Unfortunately for you guys, that got me thinking … Is Dallas Braden worth it for the Yankees to take a flyer on if he is indeed non-tendered by the Oakland Athletics? Before we move on, I just want to remind everyone of this: (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/20/dallas-braden-future-yankee/feed/ 0 CC dominant, Yanks break out brooms http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/09/02/cc-dominant-yanks-break-out-brooms/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/09/02/cc-dominant-yanks-break-out-brooms/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:50:39 +0000 Andrew Corselli http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=2015 Behind yet another phenomenal performance from CC, the Yanks beat the A’s 5-0 to sweep the four-game set and notch their sixth straight victory. It was the Yanks’ first four-game sweep of Oakland at home since 1985.

The Good:

On the ninth anniversary of Mike Mussina’s near perfect game against Boston, CC (19-5) went eight innings and gave up just one hit with five strikeouts to three walks. The A’s failed to hit a ball out of the infield from the second inning until Coco Crisp’s fly ball to right in the eighth inning. CC did it all on just 95 pitches, with 58 going for strikes.

With the win, CC tied Whitey Ford’s record for consecutive home starts without a loss (21) and is 16-0 over that span. Over his previous 20 home starts coming in (since ’09 All-Star Break), CC was 15-0 with a 2.17 ERA. Wow.

Grandy, who went 2-for-3 with two homers and three RBI on Thursday, has 31 hits vs. lefties this season (after missing a month), he had 33 against LHP all of last season. He is now 10-for-24 against LHP since working with Kevin Long. It was his six career multi-homer game and second this season.

A-Rod tested out his injured calf by fielding ground balls and taking batting practice, and Pettitte is on schedule to make his simulated start on Saturday.

As I predicted the other day, Javy will start over Moseley on Saturday.

Dallas Braden left the game in the sixth inning with cramps…I’ll leave it up to you to insert the proper joke.

The Bad: (more…)

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]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/07/05/pitching-matchups-all-stars/feed/ 0 Exonerate-Rod http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/05/23/exonerate-rod/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/05/23/exonerate-rod/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 20:46:07 +0000 Andrew Corselli http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=1493 Perfect, he’s not.

It seems that Dallas Braden might be full of shit with regards to Moundgate after all. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/05/23/exonerate-rod/feed/ 2 Trying to break out the brooms for all the moms out there http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/05/09/trying-to-break-out-the-brooms-for-all-the-moms-out-there/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2010/05/09/trying-to-break-out-the-brooms-for-all-the-moms-out-there/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:38 +0000 Andrew Corselli http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=1436 Dallas Braden will now forever be remembered for something other than bitching at A-Rod for running over his mound. More importantly, Dallas beat the Rays. So, at the moment, the Yanks are tied for the top spot in the AL East, let alone the best record in the majors.

For someone who said A LOT of stupid things in his early Yankee career, it was a pleasant surprise to see A-Rod take the high road on the Braden situation:

I’ve learned in my career it’s always much better to be recognized for some of the great things you do on the field. Good for him he threw a perfect game, and even better, he beat the Rays.

Anywho, the Yanks will try to complete a sweep of The Sawx tonight for yet another Boston Massacre. Your starting lineup:

  1. Jeet SS
  2. Swish Dog RF
  3. Tex 1B
  4. A-Rod 3B
  5. Robbie Cano 2B
  6. Georgie Posada DH
  7. Thames LF
  8. Frankie Cervelli C
  9. Gardner CF

On the mound will be AJ going against Lester. LET’S GO YANKS!!!

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The season starts tonight when the Atlanta Braves visit NL East rival and defending World Series champions, from the City of Brotherly Love, the Philadelphia Phillies. Looking at last year before the season, some people didn’t think the Phils would win their division, let alone the ultimate MLB prize, a championship ring. People just get it wrong sometimes. However, the exercise of predictions is always a fun one to partake in, particularly for a writer that loves baseball. So, that said, below are my prognostications for the upcoming 2009 season with some brief comments for each division results. After choosing the World Series champs, I’ll predict the individual awards as well. Agree or disagree, leave a comment!

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