Will the Yankees miss the playoff for the second time in 17 seasons? Who are the six favorites to win their respective division? Which four teams will be the Wild Cards? Are the World Series teams both from the West Coast? How do you predict the 2013 MLB Season will finish up? Here are my [...]
Archive of posts filed under the NL East category.
Yankees Universe: Predictions wanted
The sport of baseball is in a fantastic place right now. The fact is that two of the 10-playoff berths only got locked up yesterday is absurd, considering there are only 12 -14 games left in the regular season. And the two teams who clinched spots were the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds, both NL teams from the East and [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 12
Another week closer to the half-way mark of the 2012 MLB season and teams are battling all over baseball. In the NL West the 2nd place Dodgers have hit just 6 homers, and the 1st place SF Giants made them miss Matt Kemp. In the AL West the Halos are leading almost every hitting category for the [...]
Yankee Stadium was hot but Hughes was not
Starting pitcher Phil Hughes was up to his old tricks yesterday afternoon in the Yankees’ 10-5 rubber-game loss against to the Atlanta Braves. Hughes gave up four homers, six earned runs, with five strikeouts and was out of the game after just 4.1 innings pitched. In his last outing vs. the Nationals, both Hughes and the Yankee [...]
Yankees continue to beat themselves
Heading into last night’s game the Yankees were the hottest team in baseball until the Bombers bombed, losing 4-3 to the Atlanta Braves last night; and here we go again. The moaning about the nine runners the Yankees left on base has already been resonating all over twitter. Luckily most fans don’t seem to know [...]
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 [...]
New York Yankees: Double whammy week
This week may be the most significant for New York Yankees since the start of the 2012 season. Not only will the Bombers be fighting to steal first place in the AL East, but also New York City. Starting tomorrow night, the Yankees begin a three-game set against the divisional leading Tampa Bay Rays. Immediately [...]
