First Third Projections - Hitting
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/6/2009 — [ With the completion of Game 54 on Thursday , the regular season is exactly one third over. The sample sizes are getting larger by the day, and it's now getting to the point where it's not exactly too early to be making any assessments. We can't draw any firm conclusions, but now seems as ...

Twin Killing
fackyouk.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — In tonight's game preview , we detailed the Yanks four game sweep of the Twins in May. Despite the four game sweep, the Yanks run differential for the series was only +5 and they required three walk-off wins. Tonight, they continued beating the Twinkies, and this time did so far more handily. ...

Yankees hitters midseason report card
lennysyankees.com 7/16/2009 — The past few seasons the Yankees seem to put together All-Star studded lineups from top to bottom, but for some reason it is never as good as expected and goes through its struggles. This season is no exception. They missed two big boppers for the first couple of months, but now the lineup is ...

Breaking Down the Yankees for the Second Half--The Starting Lineup, Part One
puristbleedspinstripes.com 7/15/2009 — [So the All Star Game is officially over--and we can thus consider ourselves in the second half. This is where it gets fun. All of those days players got rested in the first half? Well, now they have to play. Now the pennant races start to heat up, and every move a team makes, be it a trade, a ...

Great Pitching, Big Fourth Inning Leads to 12-3 Victory in Texas
yanksblog.com 6/3/2009 — Though the record setting errorless game streak came to an end (Jorge! - just kidding, Jorge), it didn't matter as the Yankees crushed the Rangers on Tuesday night, 12-3. Thanks to three singles, a walk and a balk, the Yankees were the first to...

What To Do About The Offense
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 6/24/2009 — What would you do to fix this pathetic offense right now? Sit back and wait (the Joe Girardi approach)? Shakeup the lineup? Fire Kevin Long? Have the team stop taking batting practice for a few days? Have a Native American shaman bless their bats? For now, let's look the numbers: From Opening ...

Game 85: Yankees @ Twins
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/9/2009 — Regular Season Game 85 Yankees @ Twins The Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN Game Time: 1:10 p.m. TV: YES | Radio: WCBS 880 Here are the lineups: YANKEES (50-34) Derek Jeter SS, Nick Swisher RF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez DH Jorge Posada C Robinson Cano 2B Melky Cabrera LF Cody Ransom ...

Brett Gardner earns his pinstripes as Yankees rout Mets
lennysyankees.com 6/27/2009 — You know that guy who doesn’t hit well enough to play in the majors, and is only good for his speed? If the headline didn’t give it away, it’s Brett Gardner . He posted an unheard of 5-for-6 night to help the Yankees (41-32) beat their National League rivals, the Mets (37-35) 9-1. Quick ...

Great Pitching, Big Fourth Inning Leads to 12-3 Victory Against Texas
yanksblog.com 6/3/2009 — Though the record setting errorless game streak came to an end (Jorge! - just kidding, Jorge), it didn't matter as the Yankees crushed the Rangers on Tuesday night, 12-3. Thanks to three singles, a walk and a balk, the Yankees were the first to...

How Does Your Gardner Throw?
fackyouk.blogspot.com 7/10/2009 — As Jay pointed out, by way of Ken Singleton, in Wednesday's recap , Brett Gardner is quietly putting together quite a season for himself. Gardner currently leads AL rookies in AVG, OBP, runs, SB, and BB. He's second in RBI and OPS and third in hits. It's an admittedly weak crop of rookie ...

Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6: Toronto’s Rookie Pitcher Stymies the Yankees — NYT > Baseball 7/6/2009
Adding a bit of style to his substance, Toronto’s Ricky Romero subdued the Yankees with fastballs and sliders, moving through a powerful lineup until the seventh.

Mid-Season Grades: New York Yankees Lineup — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
The New York Yankees have reached the halfway point of the season at 48-33, four games better than last season at this time (44-37), and have won 10 of their last 11 games entering their Monday afternoon tilt against the Toronto Blue Jays. With the ...

Much Ado About Nothing: Why All-Star Ideologies Simply Don't Matter — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
The flurry of posts by everyone from unknown bloggers to professional writers around this time of year are inevitable. The bevy of deserving All-Star snubs just provides too much good material to pass up for most writers, myself included. Save the ...

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira not showing home run power — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/7/2009
Mark Teixeira has a good reason to skip the home run derby at next week's All-Star Game. He's stopped hitting home runs. Teixeira entered Monday tied for third in the league with 20 homers, but none have come in his last 84 at-bats.  ...

Blue Jays—Yankees: Bad Pitching, Umps Help Jays Avoid Sweep — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
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