slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 1/15/2009
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This is an official press release from the Yankees : The New York Yankees announced today that they have invited 20 non-roster players to 2009 Spring Training in Tampa, Fla. The list includes four pitchers, five catchers, seven infielders and four outfielders. The total number of players now ...
Projecting The Yankees Start In 2009
waswatching.com 1/21/2009 — The Yankees open 2009 with six games on the road against the O’s and Royals. All things considered, it’s reasonable to expect the Yankees to win four of those six games. Then the Yankees go to Tampa to play three. Since these are on the ...
The Yankees Are Bad For Baseball (yeah, right)
dugoutcentral.com 1/3/2009 — Here it comes. The annual “The Yankees are bad for spending money…competitive imbalance…blah blah blah.”
For those not familiar with this annual rite, the gist is this: the Yankees spend too much money; they are just buying ...
This Week in Yankees History (12/28-1/3)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — December 28th - January 3rd December 28th 1947 - Former Yankees reserve INF Aurelio Rodriguez (19801-81) was born. (1947-2000) On August 4, 1980 , he was purchased by the Yankees from the Padres. Aurelio would play in 77 games for the Yankees, hitting .283. On November 17, 1981 ...
This Week in Yankees History (1/11-1/17)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — January 11th - January 17th January 11th 1915 - Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston buy the Yankees from Owners Frank Farrell and Bill Devery for $460,000. Jacob Ruppert, who owns a local brewery, is thinking of renaming the team the Knickerbockers to promote his product, but ...
This Week in Yankees History (1/4-1/10)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — January 4th - January 10th January 4th 1904 - The Highlanders announce plans to play on Sundays at Ridgewood Park in Queens, NY, but the Brooklyn Superbas objects. Sunday MLB baseball games are legal in the cities of Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati. 1906 - Former Yankees ...
This Week in Yankees History (12/21-12/27)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/22/2008 — December 21st - December 27th December 21st 1947 - Former Yankees OF Elliot Maddox (1974-1976) was born. On March 23, 1974, Elliot was purchased by the Yankees from the Rangers. Elliot played well for the Yankees in OF, replacing Bobby Mercer as the Yankees CF during the 1974 AL season. ...
This Week in Yankees History (2/1-2/7)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 2/1/2009 — February 1st - February 7th February 1st 1921 - Former Yankees P (1950) and Scout (1956-58) Dave Madison was born. Dave was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. Dave appeared in only 1 game during the 1950 AL season with the ...
Has Yanks’ Competition Risen Or Have Yanks Fallen?
waswatching.com 2/8/2009 — Something Tom Verducci said to Alex Belth the other day has stuck with me. Here it is:
The Yankees helped raise the competition because they were so good. [Billy] Beane, in fact, compared those championship-winning Yankees teams to the UCLA ...
Yankees Blogs
questionpro.com 1/2/2009 — A Large Regular Almost Perfect Ashmore’s Thunder Thoughts Babes Love Baseball Baby Bombers Baseball & The Boogie Down Baseball Hot Corner Bats - NYT Blog Behind the Bombers Big Apple Sports Blogging The Bombers Bombers Beat Boy Of Summer Bronx Banter ...
This Week in Yankees History (1/18-1/24)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/19/2009 — January 18th - January 24th January 18th 1903 - Former Yankees INF Clifford “Nolan” Richardson (1935) was born. Nolan appeared in 12 games for the Yankees, hitting .217 in 1935. 1954 - Former Yankees minor league P Scott McGregor (1975-76) was born. Scott was drafted by the Yankees in ...
GOOSE GLAD RICE GOT INTO HALL —
NY Post: Sports
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Goose Gossage was always one of Jim Rice's secret admirers, figuring he had a kinship with his fellow intimidator whose presence at the plate put dread into pitchers' hearts. The former Yankees pitching great who bullied...
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