The New York Yankees clinched another playoff spot on Tuesday night, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1. The night belonged to ace CC Sabathia, who shut down the heavy hitting Blue Jays bats. Some are tagging the Yankees doomed in the playoffs, as the rotation is having some issues. Still, there are many positives in [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2010
Three American League Teams Baseball Fans Will Miss in 2010 Playoffs
With the regular season about to end, playoff spots are getting filled by eight of the 30 MLB teams who compete each season. For players on the Yankees and Phillies, October is a familiar time of year but for many it will remain a mystery. What is so crazy about baseball is an ace like [...]
World Series Rematch? Why Phillies Would Be Favored Over Yankees
Monday night, the Philadelphia Phillies won the NL East for the fourth straight season in a row. Up in Toronto, the New York Yankees evening could have been a champagne party too. Instead, AJ Burnett imploded worse than ever on the mound and the Blue Jays won the game 7-5. Burnett could not even get [...]
New York Yankees: Stop Losing, Start Playing
In 2009, the New York Yankees treated each game with the same sense of urgency. Winning wasn’t just the team’s job, it was what each player wanted and there were no excuses. The pattern was if one Yankee player’ slumped, another teammate or multiple would pick up the slack. It was no BS baseball, but [...]
New York Yankees: Three Game Losing Streak Not Magical
The New York Yankees are not in the playoffs; their magic number remains frozen at three just for a spot in October. Three appears to be getting bigger and growing harder to reach with each game. The Yankees need to stop playing Jekyll and Hyde since winning the first two games of their last series [...]
