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This is just the coolest thing ever…
Via Robert Caplin …a time-lapse compilation of over 5,000 images taken from dozens of locations inside and outside of Yankees Stadium during Game 6 of the 2009 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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MLB
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Via Ken Rosenthal yesterday –
There are a number of ways for the World Series champion Yankees to address their starting pitching.
One would be to sign a free agent such as right-hander John Lackey or trade for an ace such as Blue Jays righty Roy Halladay.
Another would be to ...
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New York Yankees
Joba Chamberlain
Ken Rosenthal
John Lackey
Toronto Blue Jays
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The following was sent to me via email
yesterday by the folks at ACTA Sports - What
are the odds that a player will do better than he did the previous year? In the recently-released Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010, baseball guru Bill James ...
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THT/James: Posada Not To Match ‘09 In ‘10
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Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
found this 8 hours agofound this
Via George King -
The Yankees denied a published report they have let teams know right fielder Nick Swisher is available.
According to a Yankees official, switch-hitting Swisher, who played a big part in the Yankees winning the AL East but struggled in the postseason, isn’t being shopped by ...
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New York Yankees
Nick Swisher
Via Diamond Notes with a h/t to BBTF –
Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, a non-tender candidate, told Taiwanese reporters Thursday that his first choice was to remain with New York. But if the Yankees cut him loose, Wang said he would not be opposed to going to the Dodgers.
“Not bad,” ...
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New York Yankees
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chien-Ming Wang
Joe Torre
Via Jon Heyman yesterday -
The Yankees recently called the Blue Jays to express interest in superstar pitcher Roy Halladay. And while the Yankees made the very same call last summer with no hope of acquiring Halladay, this time they have a real reason to believe they may actually have a ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Roy Halladay
Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays
Pretty soon, the talk of the town will be around the MVP voting results in baseball…
If you could go back in time and change things so that Bobby Murcer wins the 1971 A.L. MVP Award or that Derek Jeter wins the 2006 A.L. MVP Award, which would you change?
It’s a tough one for ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter
Bobby Murcer
Ron Guidry
Cy Young
This morning, I heard Meco’s Star Wars Theme on “The Strobe” on Sirius XM Radio. Every time I hear that song, I think of the 1978 special “ It Don’t Come Easy ” – since this music was featured during some of the more exciting highlight footage in that ...
MLB
New York Yankees
This was in the New York Amsterdam News last week – an outlet that bills itself as “New York’s largest and most influential Black-owned and operated business institutions” – written by Jaime C. Harris:
The media has reared its hypocritical head again.
A large ...
MLB
Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees
The final voting announced today:
Manager 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Scioscia 15 10 1 106
Gardenhire 6 12 6 72
Girardi 4 3 5 34
Wakamatsu 2 2 3 19
Washington 1 1 11 19
Leyland 2 2
I could see Gardenhire getting more votes than Girardi. But, Scioscia?
I like Scioscia – ...
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Joe Girardi
New York Yankees
Via George King yesterday -
No Yankees coach except hitting instructor Kevin Long is signed for next year. And while the general feeling is that the rest of Joe Girardi’s staff is wanted back, none has been offered a contract for 2010.
“We are nowhere,” GM Brian Cashman ...
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New York Yankees
Joe Girardi
Tony Pena
Dave Eiland
Brian Cashman
The Yankees are scheduled to play 22 games next April – with 15 of them being on the road. Yikes! There will not be a lot of home cooking in Yankeeland during the first month of next season.
So, maybe May 1, 2010 will be the day the Yankees get their 2009 World Series rings? Seems like ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Yankee Stadium
Chris Jaffe, of The Hardball Times , has an article up today that should interest you. It’s an excerpt from his book “Evaluating Baseball’s Managers.” This excerpt is about former Yankee manager Billy Martin. Click here to check it out.
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New York Yankees
Billy Wagner
Yes, this is about the “King”…but, no mention of “Return on Investment”? Really…..?
Via Andrew Zimbalist in the WSJ –
Judging from the media coverage, it seems that the only thing the Yankees didn’t do on their way to buying the 2009 World ...
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New York Yankees
Many Yankees fans feel that New York should make a run at acquiring Rich Harden this off-season. Below are Harden’s statistics to date:
Report Created on Baseball-Reference.com
Good stuff – no question there. His relative stats prove this out. But, boy, is he not a ...
MLB
Rich Harden
New York Yankees
We’re just in the vestibule of this off-season and already I’m saying T.G.I.MLB Network. Today, they were running a replay of Roger Clemens 20-K game against the M’s on April 29, 1986 .
It was funny to see a young and much trimmer Rocket. And, oh, boy…the days when ...
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New York Yankees
Roger Clemens
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Wade Boggs
Could the Yankees use John Lackey next season? Well, first, look at this leader board via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia -
2005-2009
GAMES STARTED >= 130
INNINGS PITCHED >= 900
Sorted by RSAA
RSAA RSAA GS IP
1 Roy Halladay 167 147 1072
2 Johan Santana ...
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John Lackey
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Los Angeles Angels
Roy Halladay
…is one Krazy Kat. Via Joel Sherman the other day -
The Yankees have actually gotten strong inquiries from Japan about Kei Igawa, who is still due two years at $8 million. But the lefty has told the team he prefers to stay, though he almost certainly will be buried at Triple-A.
Do ...
MLB
Kei Igawa
New York Yankees
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons
Via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Game Finder, I now present a list of what could be considered as the best post-seasons by Yankees batters:
Report Created on Baseball-Reference.com
For those who cannot figure this out, this list is post-season games with reaching ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Hideki Matsui
Alex Rodriguez
Mark Teixeira
Via the Daily News -
Joe Torre could almost hear the banter in the dugout. Watching on television as the Yankees played in their first World Series since he left, the four-time champion Yankees manager knew exactly what Derek Jeter was saying as the camera zoomed in on him after Hideki Matsui ...
