Posts Tagged ‘Mariano Rivera’
Mo Not the Best of All Time?
From the Baltimore Suns Four Corners feature comes reason number 8,897 why newspapers are dying:
Four Corners: Who is baseball’s greatest closer of all time?
Dylan Hernandez
Los Angeles Times
Eric Gagne. OK, so the Mitchell Report taught us that his performance might have been enhanced. So what?...
July 6th, 2010 | Columns | Read More
Relievers Will Break Your Heart
Apparently, baseball has its unwritten rules. This season, we, as mere observers, have been lucky enough to discover a new one nearly every week. Never walk over a pitcher’s mound (via Dallas Braden). Never send your starter out to warm up just to get your reliever a few more reps (via Ron...
May 30th, 2010 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More
I Am A Great Yankee: Honest Ramblings of New York Fan
My wife and I have a long standing debate. A bone of contention. A ruffle in our respective panties. She takes issue with the fact that I use the term “we” when referring to something the New York Yankees have done, will do, can do, should do, or won’t do.
“You are not...
May 14th, 2010 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The Bill of Rights and Wrongs | Read More
The Vazquez Trade: The Day After
It’s the day after the Yankees traded for Javier Vazquez and the fans are split. I’ve heard and read a lot of different opinions over the last two days about this trade and thought it was worth addressing a few of them.
1. Melky Cabrera. A lot of people are treating Melky Cabrera like the...
December 23rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More
Melky or Gardner?
Now that Curtis Granderson is a Yankee, Brett Gardner’s name is popping up. ESPN’s Trade Rumors:
The Curtis Granderson deal seems to have made Brett Gardner a more valuable commodity.
Gardner became expendable in New York once Granderson was acquired in a three-team deal, and the latest...
December 11th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
Wrapping Up the World Series
It had all the makings of high drama.
Andy Pettitte, a homegrown pitcher, a man perennially on the verge of retirement, throwing on three days rest.
Pedro Martinez, a relic from another era when the Yankees seemed like they could do no wrong.
It felt like a game straight out of 1999, when the Yankees...
November 5th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
World Series Game 3 Thoughts
Some thoughts on Game 3, compiled while watching the Giants clash with the Eagles in the first half of an epic Philadelphia/New York Sunday doubleheader:
- I’m thrilled for Nick Swisher, who, despite struggling horrendously throughout this postseason and taking some abuse in the media, continued...
November 1st, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More
World Series Game 2 Thoughts
Random observations about a somewhat unexpected pitchers duel:
◊ I like AJ Burnett a little bit more today. That’s easy to say after the man gave up one run over seven innings in a must win World Series game. Burnett threw a first pitch strike to 18 of 26 batters last night. The three batters...
October 30th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
Thoughts on ALCS Game 6
Reflections on an evening I spent singing the Theme to New York, New York over and over while alone in my kitchen:
◊ Great game pitched by Andy Pettitte last night. It’s rare that you see Pettitte let out a yell or a fist pump but clearly, Andy was dialed in and on a mission.
It’s funny...
October 26th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again
Tempting as it was, I resisted the urge to scrawl a profanity-laden diatribe against Micro Joe Girardi following last night’s 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim California. My reasoning? One shouldn’t make rash decisions in the heat of battle.
If only Micro Joe had...
October 20th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
The Great Division Series Roster Debate
Yesterday, the soon-to-be-deposed Peter Abraham was riffing on the Yankees’ playoff roster possibilities.
His look at the pitching staff possibilities shapes up like this:
PITCHERS (10)
LHP CC Sabathia
RHP A.J. Burnett
LHP Andy Pettitte
RHP Mariano Rivera
RHP Phil Hughes
LHP Phil Coke
RHP Alfredo Aceves
RHP...
September 29th, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More
Bruney, Robertson Could Play Big Roles In October
George King of the New York Post is reporting that the Yankees have gotten some encouraging news on a talented young reliever:
David Robertson and the Yankees got good news after the reliever had his ailing elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews.
“He won’t be out more than 10 days to two weeks,”...
September 13th, 2009 | Articles, Quick Hits | Read More
Sunday Morning Manager – 9/13/09
Football has the Monday Morning Quarterback. Well, baseball has the… Sunday Morning Manager…?
Yeah, I’m going with that. Each Sunday we’ll take a moment to quickly address the week, second guess Joe Girardi, and rundown the players of the week.
If it seems like time to worry...
September 13th, 2009 | Featured | Read More
And the misuse of Phil Hughes continues…
This topic has been brought up many times, and I will start with this premise: Overall, I am not dissatisfied with Joe Girardi as a manager. I don’t think the Yankees found themselves the next great manager when they hired him; but they could have done much worse. Compared to what...
August 20th, 2009 | The Bullpen | Read More
Yankees’ Midterm Report Card
The Yankees are 88 games into the season at the All Star break, as good a time as any to break down the good and bad of the season. We went over this a bit in the podcast last week, but we’ll look a little more in-depth here.
On to the grades:
Catcher
Scott: It has been a strange year for the...
July 14th, 2009 | Columns | Read More
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Video Blog: Yankees in Tampa – Day 1
July 31, 2010 08:07
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Minors Report for 7/30/10 (Ivan Nova; Bad Night for Hector Noesi; Brandon Laird; Austin Romine; JR Murphy)
July 30, 2010 23:07
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The Lance Berkman Trade
July 30, 2010 20:07
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Heading to St. Pete
July 30, 2010 11:07
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David Adams Out for Season
July 30, 2010 11:07
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michael: thanks for fixing the blog entries........
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Scott Ham: Michael, I went back and fixed all of the articles that were missing content. You should see the full posts now....
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Scott Ham: Hey Michael, I think the posting plugin was messing with some of the formatting. I believe I fixed it and tonight's pos...
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michael: how come we cant see the full stories any more... its just first paragraph, scranton update only...
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300lbsofsportsknowledge: As long as they stay afloat they will be okay. Boston has injuries too and Tampa's pitching is cooling off so The Yanks ...
