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YESNetwork: Goldman: The Yankees exit April with a slew of problems
Published 4/30/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
YESNetwork: Goldman: The Yankees exit April with a slew of problems Goldman, with his latest Pinstriped Bible (brought to you by Jeep, not Gillette) Catcher is another kettle o’ fish. After Posada, the deluge. Jose Molina’s .245 on-base percentage is not out of line for his skill set, and the Yankees did a major disservice to Hughes on Tuesday by saddling him with Chris Stewart, who seemed as if he’d never caught a Major League pitcher before. When you see more of the catcher’s number than you do the pitcher’s, something has gone terribly wrong. Now, for a flashback to some ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, May 1
Published 5/1/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... to the Post's Joel Sherman to decry Girardi's "absurdly secretive nature . . . [which] would make Dick Cheney jealous." Sherman declares Girardi "is a hoodie away from being Bill Belichick . . . minus any success." That's off-the-field stuff. On the field, we have the unknown length of Alex Rodriguez' absence (New York Daily News) and a catching situation so dire that, as Abraham notes, Chad Moeller seems like a savior. Steven Goldman, writing for the Yes Network, says many of the Yanks' preseason plans are in ruins. Yes, tough times indeed. ...

An inconveniently ugly truth
Published 5/2/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Hopefully, practice makes perfect. But Girardi's tone with the media is somewhat enjoyable for us, especially in contrast to the more polished, never-say-anything-too-controversial Joe Torre. YES' Steven Goldman describes how it is still early in the season, but it's "getting late fast." Jack Curry describes ...