Since coming off the DL on April 20th, Red Sox David Ortiz (aka. Big Papi) has had one of the hottest bats in baseball. To quote CBS Boston’s Dan Roche: There were some out there who didn’t think Big Papi would return (because his Achilles was so bad) or even should return (because of how [...]
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Yankees: Unfortunately we haven’t bought anything thus far
Have you heard this one? A man and his wife are walking down a busy city street when they see a giant billboard that reads: 16 Billion and counting…. “National Deficit?” asks the wife. Her husband replied, “No dummy it is the New York Yankees payroll.” Ok maybe not that specific joke, but certainly its [...]
Yankees need to copycat the Red Sox
Enduring the New York Yankees losing the first game of the 2013 season to the Boston Red Sox was not fun. How the Yankees succeeded in sustaining the depressing mood felt during the 2012 ALCS is beyond me. Opening Day is the only game in the 162-game season that every fan-base is assured baseball happiness [...]
New York Yankees: Top 3 non-baseball reasons Opening Day was awful
I hate to admit this, but 2013 Opening Day at Yankee Stadium was awful. Forget the 8-2 loss to the Red Sox, and that the Yankees could not muster up a hit after the fifth inning. The only smart thing I did yesterday was exit the game early with the rest of the Stadium because [...]
Yankees: Not signing Chavez proves costly mistake
Motivational speaker Tony Robbins once said, “In life you need either inspiration or desperation.” The New York Yankees have officially taken on the latter with only themselves to blame the day they decided not to re-sign third baseman Eric Chavez. Chavez, a six-time Gold Glover at third base would have allowed Kevin Youkilis to play [...]
AL East: O’s, Yankees, Rays, Jays, Red Sox a preview to my preview
Prophesying the infamous American League East has never been as hard as it is now. The dominant days when the division belonged to the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are long gone. It started in 2008 when the Tampa Bay Rays dropped ‘devil’ from their namesake. The just Rays made it all the [...]
2013 MLB Predictions: Yankees miss October to World Series Champ
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 [...]
