slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 7/24/2008
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From Mark Feinsand: With the trade deadline looming a week from Thursday, the Yankees ' brain trust will gather Thursday in Tampa to discuss potential moves. The meeting will include co-chairmen Hank and Hal Steinbrenner , president Randy Levine , general manager Brian Cashman , special adviser Gene Michael , pro scouting director Billy Eppler and senior VP Felix Lopez . Manager Joe Girardi ...
YANKS BRASS TO HOLD SWAP MEET
nypost.com 7/23/2008 — The Bronx and Tampa factions of the Yankees family will meet in Tampa tomorrow to decide if anything can be done to improve the club before next Thursday's trading deadline. Club president Randy Levine, GM Brian Cashman and director of...
Base-running becomes an issue
yankees.lhblogs.com 7/24/2008 — An interesting e-mail just dropped into my inbox.
John Dewan of Acta Publications has a “Stat of the Week.” This week he looks at something called Net Baserunning Gain, a stat Bill James helped come up with.
“It’s simply ...
Old Timers Day Attendee List Announced
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/24/2008 — The Yankees announced the list of attendees for this year's Old Timer's Day, which will be held on August 2nd at Yankee Stadium. Here is the partial of those scheduled to attend: (*Denotes first-time Old-Timer) Jim Abbott Luis Arroyo Steve Balboni Jesse Barfield *Don Baylor Paul Blair Johnny Blanchard Ron Blomberg Wade Boggs Scott Bradley Dr. Bobby Brown Homer Bush Andy Carey Chris Chambliss ...
Yanks Interested In Olivo and Laird
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/24/2008 — From Ken Rosenthal : The Yankees have expressed interest in both the Rangers' Gerald Laird and Royals' Miguel Olivo, according to major-league sources. New York's current catchers, Jose Molina and Chad Moeller, both are career backups. Laird, 28, has been on the disabled list since June 21 with a strained left hamstring, but he began a rehabilitation assignment Tuesday night at Class AAA and ...
SEXSON'S 'AWESOME' AT 1ST BASE
nypost.com 7/24/2008 — Though Richie Sexson didn't have a hit yesterday, Joe Girardi used the word "awesome" to describe Sexson's contributions in the Yankees' 5-1 victory over the Twins at the Stadium. The Yanks' new part-time first baseman made two big defensive plays...