The month of September is a great time for baseball. And 2012 appears to be another battle to the finish line. And mind you this is in the aftermath of one of the best finishes to a regular season ever in 2011. Is it the added Wild Card team? Well, the new format defiantly makes [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees drop on August 24
August 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Are the New York Yankees in serious jeopardy of losing the AL East division to the Tampa Bay Rays? Well, according to MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds it is inevitable. So let’s say this New York nightmare does come true, according to ESPN New York’s Wallace Matthews this team will still be remembered…. If they (the [...]
New York Yankees: Surviving August Schedule
July 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Even with the disaster happening out on the West Coast, the New York Yankees are still sitting comfortably atop the AL Eastdespite losing five of their last six games and losing Alex Rodriquez to a fractured left hand. What worries me is that fans don’t realize that even though October might look close on the calendar [...]
New York Times owes New York Yankees a sorry
July 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
First let me say, Happy Birthday America; and then let me tell you a story. This morning my father was giving me his usual rhetoric by saying, “don’t worry about the Yankees because they are so far ahead in the AL East standings.” See my dad is the type that usually turns off the TV [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 10
June 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As inter-league play continues to roll, the AL is still better than the NL but not by much like in the past. The Yankees are the hottest team in baseball, and as usual the Bombers are feasting on NL teams sweeping both the Mets and Braves this past week. Up next the Yankees play three against [...]
New York Yankees: Houdini returns
June 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The New York Yankees are having a mini-Thanksgiving As not only are the Bombers feasting on NL teams but also they are thankful for the return of bullpen ace David Robertson, aka. Houdini. Robertson has been sidelined with strained left oblique since May 11, and the Yankees will welcome him back with open arms for [...]
New York Yankees: Get Melk
June 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I read a quote once that said: “It pays to plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” It is no big secret that the New York Yankees brass goal is to get the current $209+ million payroll down to $189 million in order avoid the hefty luxury tax increases that MLB will [...]
Subways Series: Yankees Girardi might change his answer
June 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Before the Yankees 9-1 blowout of the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series, I had the opportunity to meet the both New York skippers at a Dunkin Donuts promotional event at The Stadium. Joe Girardi and Terry Collins were all smiles but my guess is the Mets skipper is not so happy [...]
The New York Yankees want you to run for cancer
May 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
JOIN THE LINEUP AND SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH AT THE RUNYON 5K AT YANKEE STADIUM, AUGUST 12 NEW YORK, MAY 4, 2012 — While the New York Yankees take on the Blue Jays in Toronto on August 12, thousands of baseball fans, runners, cancer survivors, and supporters will gather at Yankee Stadium for the fourth annual [...]
New York Yankees vs. New York Stankees
May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With all the hostility surrounding the 2012 New York Yankeeslately, I figured why not re-focus on some positives and embrace New York’s new role of being the Stankees. After losing 6-0 to the Royals last night, the Stankees officially moved to the cellar of the AL East but that is not exactly where they need to [...]
