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Archive of entries posted on June 2011

New York Yankees Pitching Update: Cashman Confusion Continues

Yankees GM Brian Cashman is officially having a pani (short for panic attack)…. as MLB Trade Rumors reports that the Yankees have signed southpaw Greg Smith and right-hander Cory Wade to minor league contracts, according to the International League’s transactions page. Reality is the only thing these two pitchers can do is make the Yankees [...]

New York Yankees: Usual Panic Leads To Signing Pitcher Brian Gordon To Start Thursday Vs. Rangers

The New York Yankees have many holes to plug with the recent plague of injuries, but the blank spot in the pitching rotation might be the biggest and hardest. Finding a dominant arm to match a sidelined Bartolo Colon will be impossible. Colon has been a secret weapon that the Yankees have come to rely [...]

New York Yankee Fan’s Sign Dedicated To Michael Kay’s Wife

While at the Yankee Stadium Tuesday night, witnessing the 12-4 blowout of the Texas Rangers by the Bombers, there was a fan who stood holding up a sign above his head for innings at a time. Since I couldn’t read it through the on and off rain showers, so I attempted to take a picture [...]

New York Yankees: The Cashman Rules

HISTORY OF THE “RULES”: It would be almost impossible for any New York Yankees fan to forget about the infamous “Joba Rules” and “Hughes Rules”. GM Brian Cashman gave the impression that these rules were set guidelines for rookie pitchers Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes, with the intent to make their transition’s smooth, while allowing [...]

Home-Stand From Hell: Injury Update On New York Yankees Captain

The New York Yankees home-stand nightmare continued on Monday night in the fifth inning. On a hit fly out, Captain Derek Jeter suffered obvious calf pain in his right leg as he was running out of the batter’s box. Jeter immediately went straight down the stairs into the clubhouse with the Yankees trainer, Gene Monahan [...]

New York Yankees: Odds Not Good Of Jeter Reaching 3000 Hits In The Bronx

How Have Things Been Going At Yankee Stadium? Since returning home, the New York Yankees have not had much luck. After being swept by the Boston Red Sox, reliever Joba Chamberlain found out that he needed Tommy John surgery. The next day, starting pitcher Bartolo Colon was added to the Yankees ever-growing disabled list initially [...]

New York Yankees: Bartolo Colon Officially On 15-Day DL

It is official, according Ben Shpigel of the New York Times, New York Yankee pitcher Bartolo Colon will be placed on the 15-day DL, following a misstep while running to first-base to get an out. Whether Colon will have to be out longer has not been decided, but regardless it is another blow to the [...]