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 [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Texas Rangers category.
MLB Power Rankings: August 17 and Yankees claim the top spot again
Wow! What an exciting time for baseball, as these last 6-weeks will be about as competitive as ever. The New York Yankees are back on the top again this week because with all their injuries, most recently to ace CC Sabathia, this team is still winning. The Bronx Bombers went 3-1 vs. the Texas Rangers this past [...]
Yankees are causing drama on the field
The New York Yankeeshave caused plenty of drama lately. No, the clubhouse is not in total disarray like their old rivals up in Boston. Nor has any Yankee been issued a 50-game suspension for failing a PED drug test, like their old pal and teammate Melky Cabrera out in San Francisco. And since the Yankees, [...]
New York Yankees: Bronx magic
OH WHAT A NIGHT: Last night in the 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers, the New York Yankees played like the best team in baseball. The Bombers had it all from solid pitching, an offense that scored with RISP, and productive defensive. But of course it wouldn’t be a Yankee game without some long [...]
MLB Power Rankings: July 27 and Yankees are barely on top
The New York Yankees had a rough time on the West Coast but even after going 2-5 and losing A-rod, the Bombers still own the best record in the AL. What the Yankees do now share is the best record in baseball, as the Washington Nationals also have a 59-39 record after their win over [...]
New York Yankees: Surviving August Schedule
Even with the disaster happening out on the West Coast, the New York Yankees are still sitting comfortably atop the AL Eastdespite losing five of their last six games and losing Alex Rodriquez to a fractured left hand. What worries me is that fans don’t realize that even though October might look close on the calendar [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 14
The second-half of the 2012 MLB seasonis officially underway, and my apologies for the rankings being a day late this week. The New York Yankees were the best team in baseball before the All-Star Break and they still are as they took the first two games from the red-hot Los Angeles Angels and are looking to sweep [...]
