So, what is the New York Yankees secret to success in this ALDS series? It is a pretty simple formula…. winning Game 1 and beating Justin Verlander. Appropriately in Game 1, both skippers’ Joe Girardi and Jim Leland, have their aces taking the hill. This is almost a prerequisite for all teams competing in the [...]
Archive of posts filed under the 2011 ALDS category.
2011 MLB Postseason Schedule: Yankees Vs. Tigers In ALDS
When you are talking about the New York Yankees hosting the Detroit Tigers to start the 2011 ALDS, you can bet it will be an all out brawl in the Bronx. Here are the probable pitching match-ups for this 2011 ALDS series: Related articles 2011 MLB Playoff Bracket: Yankees Can’t Afford to Overlook Tigers in [...]
New York Yankees: Losing But Not The Losers
No baseball fan could dream up a better finish to the regular season that is unless you are a Boston Red Sox, or Atlanta Braves fan. Over the last month we saw the mighty Red Sox go from leading the AL East to destination unknown. It was hard to watch, even as a Yankee fan [...]
New York Yankees Fans Are You Ready For Some Baseball
Tonight baseball nation will be watching, as four teams will be battling but not against each other for the last two coveted Wild Card postseason spots. In the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays (90-71) are tied with the Boston Red Sox (90-71) so if both teams win or lose there will be a sudden [...]
Assuming That New York Yankees Are Resting CC Sabathia Too Much
Back on August 6th, the New York Yankees skipper Joe Girardi decided to expand the standard five-man pitching rotation to six. Looking at the rotation with veterans Freddie Garcia and Bartolo Colon, an unstable AJ Burnett and Phil Hughes and the young phenom Ivan Nova, the added day-off made sense considering each start was a [...]
New York Yankees: Do You Like The 2011 Playoff Hats?
Have you seen MLB’s 2011 Playoff Hats yet? In case you didn’t catch the new lids last Wednesday night, when the New York Yankees clinched a playoff spot and won the AL East Division, here they are: Not my personal favorite, as it seems that either someone got lazy or stumped because these hats are [...]
New York Yankees: Postseason Deja Vu
Assuming that most people reading this are baseball fans, but just in case the New York Yankees clinched a postseason and winning the AL East Division this past Wednesday. As fantastic as the news was, it also let New York fans relax because the Yankees are expected to be playing in October and at the [...]
