While the New York Yankees are on a three-day break before the ALDS this Sunday night at 8:30pm EST, I thought it was the perfect time to reminisce a little before the real season begins. So here it is…. Adversity is a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune. And that [...]
Archive of posts tagged Andy Pettitte
Yankees: Hugh for Hughes
New York Yankees loss + Baltimore Orioles win = AL East first-place tie. Yesterdays, 3-2, loss vs. the Blue Jays was the same old song of stranding runners on base and not doing anything to different to change things. The power hitting Yankees need to get back to hitting homers ASAP, as there are only four games left [...]
New York Yankees: Same old Andy
Welcome back Andy Pettitte! The New York Yankees southpaw made his first start, up the Bronx since breaking his leg back on June 27th, and did exactly what everyone had hoped, win. Pettitte hurled five scoreless innings, giving up four hits with three strikeouts, leading his Yankees in a 4-2 win in the daytime opener [...]
Believe me Yankees are October bound
Thanks to the added Wild Card spot, October started in September this season, extending the most exciting time on MLB’s calendar. With the AL East division still up for grabs, no doubt the New York Yankees have their work cut out for them, as do many other teams. Yankees great Yogi Berra once said something [...]
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 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, [...]
Yankees have to beat teams not from Seattle
The New York Yankees took two of three games from the Seattle Mariners in the Bronx over the weekend; and now are just three games deep into a 20-game stretch as they are now in Detroit to face the Tigers for a four game set. The Yankees head into Comerica Park maintaining a 6.5-game lead in the AL East [...]
