Madden: Hank can thank interleague play

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Madden: Hank can thank interleague play
Projo Sox Blog found this 6/20/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]
In contrast to the toxic environment engulfing the other team in town, all is rosy in Yankeeland these days and figures to remain so for the foreseeable future, with the possible exceptions of when Chien-Ming Wang's turn in the rotation comes up. [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, June 20
Published 6/20/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... WHAT'S THAT YOU WERE SAYING THERE, HANK? The Daily News' Bill Madden looks back with amusement at Hank Steinbrenner's rant about interleague play, noting that the Yanks' current hot streak is the direct result of the Yanks' feasting on some National League cupcakes. ...

Joba and A-Rod: Doing their jobs and then some
Published 6/20/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... ; she fast forwards 12 games to consider how the Yanks', if they can keep winning, will put pressure on the Sox. For now, we don't really care about the Sox. The Yanks still need to just win more games regardless of Boston or Tampa's performances. Bill Madden notes the Hank-related irony : Hank would do away with interleague play if he could, but the NL schedule is saving this team right now. Yeah yeah, we know ... rational fans know, anyway ... Derek Jeter ...

Madden: Hank Steinbrenner can thank interleague play for soft schedule
Published 6/20/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Madden: Hank Steinbrenner can thank interleague play for soft schedule Back from a late night of droopy-drawed tangoing at a Wing Toy Oriental Orchestra gig...Madden delivers. Still, there is one caveat to all this, which I hate to bring up to Son of Boss Hank: The hard truth is, much of this Yankee resurgence, in which all of their pitchers have excelled, has been accomplished through - dare we say it? - interleague play. The Wang injury, suffered while running the bases in Houston, really got our boy Hank hacked off about Bud Selig’s interleague play novelty, but ...

Schedule Helping Yanks?
Published 6/20/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Bill Madden, of the Daily News, raises an interesting point today. Are the Yankees playing really well since May 20th? Or, is a big part of it having a soft schedule now - with so many inter-league games? Remember the 2006 season? The Boston Red Sox, that year, were sitting pretty (in first place) with a record of 52-32 on July 7th. They looked real good at that point. But, part of that was because they went 16-2 in inter-league play. Then, when a few injuries set in and they were not strong enough to overcome them, Boston finished in third ...

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