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 [...]
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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 [...]
New York Yankees: Four Days, Three Wins, One Surreal Goodbye and They’re Hot
Who’s the hottest team in MLB right now? The answer is the New York Yankees. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a Yankee-hater, because you either bleed pinstripes or you burn them. It is that simple. Looking back to just 7 days ago, things were not going so well for New York who finished 2-8 [...]
New York Yankees: Three Is A Magic Number. Yes It Is, It’s Our Magic Number.
Winning for the second night against the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees are 2 ½ games ahead in the AL East; in addition to lowering their magic number for playoff spot to three and winning the division to 10.Yankees can thank the Boston Red Sox for helping those numbers falling to the Baltimore [...]
Yankees-Rays: Why This Series Will Still Leave The AL East Up For Grabs
Ending a horrid 3-6 road trip, the New York Yankees are glad to be back home. Home or not though, starting with a 4-game series against the second-place Tampa Bay Rays, the next two weeks will challenge the Yankees in every possible way. The Yankees come into the week with a 90-59 record, just a [...]
Yankees-Rays On The Mound Game One: Ivan Nova Or Matt Garza?
Image via Wikipedia Tonight marks the first of four games, between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx. Rookie pitcher Ivan Nova takes the mound for the pinstripes, as the Rays counter with Matt Garza in a rematch from last week’s slug-fest. Nova is only making his sixth big-league start, but [...]
