After enduring the New York Yankees latest series loss to a struggling and AL East foe, the Toronto Blue Jays, it is pretty hard to deny what is possibly happening here. And that is the fact that this 2012 pinstripe squad is not competing like a team that is postseason bound; not even close. Personally, I am [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2012
New York Yankees: 2009 vs. 2012
After watching the New York Yankees, 11-inning loss to the Toronto Blue Jays last night without a doubt I was aggravated. So it I started thinking about the 2012 Yankees, and comparing them to the 2009 World Series Champions. And as usual started writing notes down. So below is my attempt to make sense of [...]
Yankee fans October predictions
The month of September is a great time for baseball. And 2012 appears to be another battle to the finish line. And mind you this is in the aftermath of one of the best finishes to a regular season ever in 2011. Is it the added Wild Card team? Well, the new format defiantly makes [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees drop on August 24
Are the New York Yankees in serious jeopardy of losing the AL East division to the Tampa Bay Rays? Well, according to MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds it is inevitable. So let’s say this New York nightmare does come true, according to ESPN New York’s Wallace Matthews this team will still be remembered…. If they (the [...]
Yankees are losing October
The Chicago White Sox swept the New York Yankees right out of the Windy City; and now all that separates the Bombers from the Tampa Bay Rays is just three-games in the AL East. There is no nice way to put it this, this was a pathetic and disgusting showing by the Yankees. The only [...]
New York Yankees: Too close for comfort
For the second straight night the Yankees lost to the White Sox in the Windy City, 7-3. Starter Ivan Nova couldn’t command his fastball, and since the All-Star break he is 1-4 with an ERA of 7.28, and opposing batters are hitting a .316 against him. I am a big fan of Nova but the [...]
Yankees Ichiro and Kuroda bring Japanese pride to the Bronx
Usually admitting when you are wrong can sometimes be a good thing, and I was wrong about Ichiro Suzuki. When the Yankees announced that they had traded for the Mariners biggest star outfielder, I did not think that it was a great idea. I had figured that helping the lull in ticket sales at Yankee [...]
