zellspinstripeblog.com - 14 days ago
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The champagne is barely cleaned from the carpets in the Yankees clubhouse and the confetti is not even cleaned from the Canyon of Heroes, yet some important decisions need to be made about the Yankees’ three free agents. I am of course referring to Matsui, Damon and Pettitte. I am not ...
Update on Yankees free agents: Damon, Matsui & Pettitte
lennysyankees.com 12 days ago — Yesterday, my busy newspaper-making Monday, was day 1 of the General Managers Meetings in Chicago. The big name thrown around the Yankees radar was John Lackey – just as Tim Dierkes expected . However, the Yankees have some housekeeping to do first. The contracts of Johnny Damon , Hideki ...
Could the Yanks keep all three free agents?
riveraveblues.com 11 days ago — When discussing the pending free agencies of Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon , the refrain all season long was that the Yankees would probably keep one and cut loose the other. On the surface, that seemed to make sense. Both players will be 36 next ...
Let the Off-Season Begin
yankees.gearupforsports.com 12 days ago —
It would be wrong of me to go back to last week and recap the Yankee greatness that was, the 2009 World Series. Justice prevailed as Matsui finally got the Championship ring he ventured over the big lake for. Girardi was right and can breathe another day in Yankee land, maybe even ...
Hideki Matsui: the Silent Hero
soxandpinstripes.com 16 days ago — If this was his last night in pinstripes, Hideki Matsui had one of the most memorable careers we will almost definitely overlook. His last moments could have come during the same game as Andy Pettitte and Johnny Damon. One is a decorated hero of postseason history and a staple of the old guard ...
Perry: Yanks should worry about Damon, not Matsui
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5 days ago — Dayn Perry of FOX Sports put out his list of ten offseason moves that need to be made. Number five covers the Yankees, specifically their outfield. 5. The Yankees should worry about Johnny Damon and not Hideki Matsui. The reigning champs have some decisions to make. They need to coax Andy ...
An agent’s online appeal for Hideki
riveraveblues.com 9 days ago — It’s not a stretch to say that no sport has been impacted more by the power of the Internet by baseball. From the rise of cross-country sabermetrics to the proliferation of blogs and smarter analysis than that offered by local papers and sports ...
More on the Matsui Revenue Factor
nybaseballdigest.com 4 days ago — A theme that may become part of the Yankees decision making process is the revenue stream that Hideki Matsui’s creates. After much thought I think off the field financial considerations are just as important as his homers, RBI’s, and batting average.
NYBD contributor Frank Russo wrote ...
Was Game 6 Matsui’s Swang Song?
nybaseballdigest.com 17 days ago — Speculation is the Yankees will not re-sign designated hitter Hideki Matsui.
Obviously the newly crowned World Champions have decisions to make as they attempt to get a bit younger and look toward the time when both Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter spend time as designated hitters.
If that is ...
The Hardest Off-Season Decision Looms
puristbleedspinstripes.com 15 days ago — When you’re the defending World Champions, life is usually pretty good in the offseason; the decisions you need to make to improve your team fairly minimal.
Right now, it looks like the Yankees may want to sign another starter–not a one or a two, but an insurance policy if Hughes ...
Yankees have issues to dodge in quest to repeat —
NY Post: Sports 14 days ago
Before the confetti was even falling in the Canyon of Heroes, the subject already had switched to 2010.
Could the Yankees become the first repeat champion since their 1998-2000 three-peat forerunners? Of course they can. They have a strong nucleus an...
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