Madden: Glass half-full for Yanks

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Wallowing as they are in the sea of mediocrity that currently represents much of Major League Baseball, the Yankees left town Thursday - appropriately - a .500 team after finally getting to flex their home run muscles against the Indians. [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, May 9
Published 6 days ago by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo SoxBlog
... BETTER TIMES AHEAD: The Yankees salvaged the finale of the three-game series with the Indians, and both Bill Madden of the Daily News and ...

Reason for optimism, but Yanks need baserunners
Published 5 days ago by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... can get homers from Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon every day; so without those, how exactly is this team gonna score? That's not to take anything away from Damon, who's quietly having a solid season (flirting with a .900 OPS) and who deservedly gets praise from Mark Hale . So the Yanks push onward, having saved a homestand that started 0-3 by winning four out of their last six. Ed Price has a pun we appreciate , saying the Yanks are at a "fortunate .500." There's even a little optimism from Bill Madden today . There's more optimism in an excellent entry ...

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