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http://waswatching.com/ - Laconic Commentary From A Yankeeland Zealot
Via Joel Sherman -
So this game was yet another reminder that - forecasts to the contrary - the Mets’ young players are outdoing their Yankee counterparts in 2008. That is among the reasons the Mets are in first place and the Yanks are barely hanging in the wild-card race.
Pelfrey, at 24, is just 11 months older than Ian Kennedy. Yet while Pelfrey was becoming the first Mets hurler ...
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Thank you , Andy Pettitte.
You know, when it’s all said and done for Pettitte, the Yankee may, or may not, elect to retire #46. And, if New York decides not to retire Pettitte’s uniform number, I’d be OK with it.
But, when Andy hangs them up, the Yankees darn well better give Pettitte a plaque in Monument Park.
Andy may never make it to Cooperstown…like Whitey ...
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Lefty Gomez
Alex Eisenberg of Baseball-Intellect just gave me a heads up to a feature that he’s done on “ Breaking Down the Pitching Mechanics of Joba Chamberlain .”
Click here to see it.
Alex’s work is a nice follow-up to the piece that Driveline Mechanics did this past April on Joba .
Again, it seems that an abrupt finish/short follow-through is the finding that’s ...
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Catfish Hunter
To watch SNY.tv’s New York Baseball Today, which features a rotating panel of analysts and previews today’s local baseball action, click play below:
You can email the show your questions at baseball@sny.tv .
And to watch Harold Reynolds weigh in on the Yanks’ playoff chances, click play below:
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Via Murray Chass today -
Hank Steinbrenner can blame the injuries. Others can blame the hitting. To see where the Yankees went wrong, however, I believe you have to look at the pitching and the decisions the team’s brain trust made about its pitching last winter.
Injuries are something every contender has to deal with. How it deals with and overcomes its injuries can determine how far a ...
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In 2003, the Yankees won the pennant and made it to Game 6 of the World Series. Following that, prior to the 2004 season, the Yankees acquired Alex Rodriguez. What happened next?
The Yankees finished first in the A.L. East in 2004 - but, then they lost the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox in the worst way possible.
In 2005, the Yankees barely finished in first, tying for the top spot with the ...
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Via Mark Feinsand -
The Yankees held a players-only meeting less than an hour before Tuesday night’s game in an attempt to reinforce the sense of urgency that filled the visitors’ clubhouse at the Rogers Centre.
Only a couple of players spoke during the session, but the message was clear: Unless the Yankees get their act together, they’ll all be going their separate ways ...
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O.K., I’m starting to see the point where the Yankees offense is a big part of the problem for New York this season. Via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Team Batting Game Finder, these are the number of losses, per team, in the A.L. this season where the team has scored two runs or less:
Tm Year Games Link to Individual Games
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Joe Torre is now blogging. (Hat tip: BBTF .)
Click here to see Joe’s blog (entitled “Torre’s Stories”).
I could get on Joe’s case for starting a blog just about the time that his book is coming out…but, then again, I did the same thing. So, let’s just say nothing about that…
On the plus side, it’s nice to see someone older than me ...
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I hate to do this again, but, I gotta. This one just hurts too much for me to comment on it at this time. And, I need time to cool off. Check back for more later this evening - much later.
For now, I’ll just offer that this loss really, really , stings. I’m not sure if I want to throw up, punch something, or cry…heck, I might have to do all three to help offset the pain of ...
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I’ve always had an interest in Craig Biggio.
He’s a local guy - born in Long Island and lived in Spring Lake (NJ) for a while. And, there was the Bill James thing about him. Also, there’s all the work that he’s done for the Sunshine Kids Foundation . Plus, what’s not to like about a guy who played catcher, second base, and the outfield in the major leagues - ...
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Well, if you are…I just wanted to say I would be more than willing to participate…if you wanted to copy (on Yankees Magazine ?) the great idea that SNY and the Mets recently had with respect to team bloggers for a feature on Mets Weekly . (Hat tip: CSTB .)
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Via the Daily News - He’s not the
villain he’s cast as,” Cashman, who signed Pavano to
the contract, said Monday. “Carl Pavano has worked his butt off. He’s always tried. He just hasn’t stayed healthy. No one is ...
Via the Times -
With 38 games to play, 10 games to make up on Tampa Bay in the division race and five and a half games to make up on Boston in the wild-card race, the Yankees face a difficult, but not insurmountable, task in trying to assure themselves a postseason berth.
The 2004 Houston Astros are the only team to come from seven games back through 122 games or later to earn a wild-card ...
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Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star takes a shot at the Yankees and Hank:
Note to Hank and Hal Steinbrenner: These are not your father’s Bronx Bombers … and unfortunately for the team’s forever premium-paying fans, it’s a Damn Yankee shame.
In the most recent Bomber heyday as the Yanks were dominating the majors from 1996-2000, then even into the early 21st ...
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In the current print edition of Baseball America , they list the “Best Tools” for players in the majors, Triple-A, Double-A and A-ball. Here’s the Yankees “minor league” players who made the cut:
International League (AAA) Best Strike Zone Judgment: Brett Garnder, Scranton/WB
International League (AAA) Best Baserunner: Brett Garnder, Scranton/WB
International ...
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David Robertson
Remember Domingo Jean?
On January 10, 1992, Jean was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Melido Perez and Bob Wickman to the New York Yankees for Steve Sax. (On November 27, 1993, the Yankees would later trade Jean and Andy Stankiewicz to the Houston Astros for Xavier Hernandez.)
I was just looking at old standings to find the last time the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays were within two ...
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Before this season started, back on February 19, 2008, in an entry here entitled “ In The Rear View Mirror: The Tampa Bay Rays ,” I wrote:
The Tampa Bay Rays have some interesting young talent under their control…
Some time around 2009 or 2010, there’s a chance that this talent could gel into a contending team.
What happens if this comes true in 2009 - as the Yankees ...
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The Yankees and Red Sox each have 38 games left to this season. The Tampa Bay Rays have 39 games left to play.
If the Rays go 20-19 in their remaining games, playing just one game over .500 for the rest of the season, then the Yankees would have to go 30-8 in their remaining games to pass Tampa in the standings.
So, basically, once the Yankees lose 8 more games this season, barring a ...
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Cashman: Pavano ‘One Of The Hardest Workers We’ve ...