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Cano, Injuries, Global Competition: Thoughts on the World Baseball Classic

Alex Pugliese — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:00:14 +0000

With all the injury news surrounding the Yankees, it’s easy to forget that a fairly exciting event that involved baseball actually being played just wrapped up with the Dominican Republic’s successful big to win the World Baseball Classic. Despite being led by a solid team, including Captain America David Wright, RA Dickey, Eric Hosmer and Ryan Braun, Team USA had a relatively disappointing loss in the earlier rounds. However, Yankees fans can take heart with the news that Robinson Cano and the Dominican Republic successfully won the tournament for the first time, aided by a strong showing from the second baseman. While the WBC isn’t on the level of the Olympics in terms of the competitive nature of international competition, the games were all good fun to watch. That said, there are a couple of questions that get raised, some involving the Yankees, regarding the WBC. So, since we have to wait just a few more weeks for the MLB season to kick off, let’s take a look:

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Breaking News: New York Yankees Mark Teixeira Out Of WBC WIth Injury

Jason Evans — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:41:03 +0000

Well, the New York Yankees got some more injury news and it didn’t even happen at their own camp. Mark Teixeira is out of the World Baseball Classic for Team USA. (more…)

New York Yankees News & Notes 2/22: Outfield, WBC, A-Rod, Jay-Z?

Jason Evans — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:23 +0000

25 Hours until the first Yankee game of the year. That’s fantastic. The yankees will head to the Orlando to take on the Braves for their first game Saturday afternoon. With that, let’s take a look at some news and notes from the past day. (more…)

Bernie Williams Coming Back?

Dennis Velasco — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:30:25 +0000

So, Bernie Williams is mulling over a comeback after his stint with the Puerto Rican team at the World Baseball Classic, and it wouldn’t necessarily be with the New York Yankees either. Williams played 16 seasons with the Yankees from 1991-2006 and never officially retired, so a return for a 17th season with the Bronx Bombers is quite possible. You never know, right? But where would he play?

At centerfield, it’s a tight race between Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera and I don’t see Bernie having the range to cover center anymore. Call me crazy, but the guy is 40 years old. Unless he shoots himself up with some of that A-Rod juice, Williams won’t be as pliable, quick, or have the endurance to survive a whole season of manning the middle of the outfield.

How about designated hitter then? Forget it as there are already four players on the depth chart for this position – Hideki Matsui, Nick Swisher, Jorge Posada, as well as Johnny Damon. So, basically, it comes down to this – thanks for 16 seasons, Bernie, but there just isn’t spot for you on the team, but you’ll always have a spot in our hearts.