This Week in Yankees History (12/6-12/12)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/7/2009 — This Week in Yankees History December 6th - December 12th December 6th 1873 - Former Yankees 3B and Manager Harry Wolverton (1912) was born. The Yankees would go 50-102 in 1912 under Harry’s leadership. He would be replace dby former Cubs great INF Frank Chance in 1913. As a player, ...

This Week in Yankees History (11/8-11/14)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/8/2009 — This Week in Yankees History November 8th - November 14th November 8th 1896 - Former HOF Yankees Manager Bucky Harris (1947-1948) was born (1896-1977). Bucky won the 1947 AL pennant and World Series, while managing the Yankees. Bucky was a 2nd baseman in the AL during the ...

This Week in Yankees History (12/13-12/19)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/13/2009 — This Week in Yankees History December 13th - December 19th December 13th 1916 - Former Yankees reserve INF Hank Majeski (1946) was born. On May 25, 1941, Hank was purchased by the Yankees from the Braves. Hank appeared in 8 games for the 1946 Yankees, hitting just .083. On June 14, ...

This Week in Yankees History (11/1-11/7)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/1/2009 — This Week in Yankees History November 1st - November 7th November 1st 1884 - Former Yankees OF/1B Robert “Ham” Hyatt (1918) was born. On June 19, 1918, the Yankees purchased Bob from the Braves. Bob hit .229 in 53 games with the Yankees. 1893 - Former Yankees OF Alex Burr ...

The Yankees
myteamrivals.typepad.com 11/5/2009 — As you know the Bombers are in their 40th World Series appearance and need only one more win to make it 27 World Championships. Having made the playoffs 14 of the past 15 years and in their 4th World Series this decade and their 7th since 1996 the Yanks are continuing to roll along in the ...

This Week in Yankees History (12/20-12/26)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/20/2009 — This Week in Yankees History December 20th - December 26th December 20th 1876- Former Yankees 2B James “Buttons” Williams (1903-07) was born. Before the 1901 AL Season, James jumped from the Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles (pre-Highlanders). He appeared in 940 games with the Yankees ...

The Yankees Payroll
joeposnanski.com 11/6/2009 — The following is a screed about the Yankees payroll. If you are a Yankees fan uninterested in a screed about the payroll, don’t read it. You won’t enjoy it. Go out, buy a championship T-shirt, reminisce about this great team, enjoy the ...

This Week in Yankee History (10/25-10/31)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/25/2009 — This Week in Yankee History October 25th - October 31st October 25th 1869 - Former Yankees 1B Jack “Dirty Jack” Doyle (1905) was born. Jack appeared in 1 game with no hits in 1905 for the Yankees. 1917 - Former Yankees front office executive Lee MacPhail Jr. was born. Lee was ...

The Truth About Yankees Fans
baseballreflections.com 11/17/2009 — What better time to talk about the New York Yankees fan base, than two weeks after the 27 th World Series Championship in team history. Yes, the Bronx Bombers are the most successful franchise in the history of professional sports. Yankees “faithful” have been filling “The Stadium” to root on ...

This Week in Yankees History (1/3-1/9)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/4/2010 — This Week in Yankees History January 3rd – January 9th January 3rd 1891 - Former Yankees reserve INF John Dowd (1912) was born. John appeared in only 10 games in 1912 for the Yankees, hitting just .194. 1912 - Former Yankees OF Stanley “Frenchy” Bordagaray (1941) was born. On January 27, ...

Yanks & Red Sox battle for Cuban lefty — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 11/21/2009
Many in baseball believe either the Yanks or Sox will sign Aroldis Chapman, a 21-year-old left handed pitcher who has hit 102 miles per hour on the radar gun.

A-Rod hits it big, cousin Yuri hits skids — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 11/21/2009
An entire baseball season has passed since Alex Rodriguez acknowledged using steroids at that awkward spring training press conference in February, and the Yankees' $275 million man has rebounded quite nicely, going from steroid zero to World Series ...

Chapman hires new agents — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 11/21/2009
It remains to be seen whether this will be an advantage for the Yankees in pursuit of highly-touted Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, but Chapman has fired his original agency, Athletes Premier International, and signed with veteran agents Alan and ...

Keeping Score: To Hang In, a Series Winner Must Learn to Let Go — NYT > Baseball 11/21/2009
Getting too attached to the players who won a title can prove costly for a championship team.

Cuban pitcher fires agent — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 11/22/2009
It remains to be seen whether this is an advantage for the Yankees in pursuit of highly touted Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, but Chapman has fired his agency, Athletes Premier International, and signed with veteran agents Alan and Randy Hendricks, ...