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Yanks Go Yard Recap: New York Yankees Blow Early Lead; Come Back To Win

Jason Evans — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:34:33 +0000

Things haven’t been easy for the Yankees this year. They’ve had to scratch and claw and fight hard quite a bit. Tonight was one of those nights. The Yankees blew an early four run lead, but came back thanks to some smart base running by Lyle Overbay, to beat the Astros 5-4. (more…)

Yanks Go Yard Recap: Hafner and Kuroda Lead Way To Victory For New York Yankees

Jason Evans — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:11:59 +0000

Much wasn’t expected out of Travis Hafner coming into 2013. Why would there be? He had played in more than 100 games only once since 2008. He still may get injured, however, he’s certainly done the job for the Yankees with all of their injuries. Hafner added three more RBI to his totals as the Yankees beat the Astros 7-4. (more…)

Yanks Go Yard Recap: Pettitte Rocked As Houston Astros End New York Yankees’ WIn Streak

Jason Evans — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:15:32 +0000

Well, sometimes you have it and sometimes you don’t. Tonight was not Andy Pettitte‘s night. Pettitte only went 4.1 innings giving up seven runs as the Houston Astros, in their first appearance as an American League team, beat the Yankees 9-1. It was rough from the first inning on. (more…)

The Yankees and the month of August

Benjamin Orr — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:00:18 +0000

So clearly, it’s been noted that the New York Yankees have had somewhat of an unusual trend of losing games lately. Since the All-Star break, the Yankees have gone 11-11 and their streak of dominance in the MLB has been currently won over by the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds who now both hold better records than the Bombers. Even the Baltimore Orioles who sit 5.5 games out of first in the AL East are going nowhere but up, especially with the Tampa Bay Rays on their tail. Out of those 11 wins, six of them came from the softer teams in the AL such as the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. When the Yankees have faced contending teams as of late, such as the Oakland A’s, the Yanks seem to falter a bit. Currently, they’re locked in a four-game series with the Detroit Tigers, a team that loves to remind us who won in the ALDS last year. After this, the Yankees face quite a few tough teams such as the Texas Rangers for four games, the surging Boston Red Sox, the hard-nosed Chicago White Sox along with playing the Blue Jays six times in the remainder of the month. The Yankees have no reason to really be concerned, but if they continue to play the way they have, then the concern may be legitimate. (more…)

The Futility List: Bottom To Top – Ranking Week 1

Dennis Velasco — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:56:08 +0000

The Futility List is all about that… futility. Sure, many another website will give you a nice and clean MLB team power rankings, listing the league from top to bottom, but I say those teams at the end need love too. So, we’ll start our list at the bottom! It’s not all about the breast… err, best team, you know!

Let’s put the face down and the bottoms up… wait, I’m mixing metaphors again… and let’s get to the first edition of THE FUTILITY LIST!

1. Washington Nationals (0-6)- If baseball were a bar, the Nats would be the guy in the corner with a drink in hand, standing alone, and sweating. Profusely.

2. New York Yankees (3-3) – Going .500 combined against the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals, two teams not expected to do much this season except watch the “real” franchises above them, is not a good way to get out of the gate. So with the expectation factor in mind, this ranking is about as right as two ugly lesbians being a couple.

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