The New York Yankees are rolling. Winning their fifth game in a row by beating the Braves for the second night with a score of 6-4. Skipper Joe Girardi and crew deserve the recognition here for guiding this team through all the adversity and injuries. So now that we all know the Yankees can still win, [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2012
New York Yankees: Gardner solutions
After a perennial sluggish start, the New York Yankees have smoothed out the kinks and are playing solid baseball again. This doesn’t mean the Yankees problems are solved but it does show fans that the Bombers can still compete at the top, which was once again somewhat in question not so long ago. At this [...]
New York Yankees are cruising
The New York Yankeesare cruising right along. Since sweeping the Mets, the Bombers won their fourth in-game in row tonight 3-0, in their first of three games vs. the Braves down in Hot-lanta. To give you a better idea of just how well the Yankees have played here are some quick stats: (stats are courtesy [...]
New York Yankees: Get Melk
I read a quote once that said: “It pays to plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” It is no big secret that the New York Yankees brass goal is to get the current $209+ million payroll down to $189 million in order avoid the hefty luxury tax increases that MLB will [...]
New York Yankees: Losing Brett Gardner again
New York Yankees speedster Brett Gardner was supposed to return to the Bronx again; and again he suffered another setback and now will not return until after the All-Star break in July. Obviously Gardner’s injured right elbow is way more serious than the Yankees initially had hoped, or wanted to believe because he has [...]
Subways Series: Yankees Girardi might change his answer
Before the Yankees 9-1 blowout of the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series, I had the opportunity to meet the both New York skippers at a Dunkin Donuts promotional event at The Stadium. Joe Girardi and Terry Collins were all smiles but my guess is the Mets skipper is not so happy [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 9
There are usually, one or two moments by now that will bore me during a regular MLB season. Well, not in 2012, as this might be the most exciting season in decades. There are so many great teams it is crazy. The AL and NL East’s are as good as it gets but the two [...]
