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 [...]
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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 [...]
Yankee fans are ready to welcome Youks to the Bronx
New York Yankee fans need to relax, big time! Kevin Youkilis might play for the Yankees, but he will forever be a Boston Red Sox in my mind. So earlier this week when Youkilis told ESPN New York, “I’ll always be a Red Sox,” personally, I found it refreshingly honest. The problem is the majority [...]
2013 New York Yankees: 27 tweets you want to read
Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training tomorrow is the equivalent to Christmas Eve for MLB fans. As that can only mean one thing, baseball is back. It comes as no surprise that Yankee Universe has bombarded twitter in anticipation of the upcoming 2013 MLB season. New York fans, bloggers, players and media are predicating [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Not doing their due diligence
Let me get right to the point. Yesterday, ESPN reported that the Boston Red Sox had got catcher Mike Napoli to agree to a one-year deal worth $5 million bucks. Mind-you Napoli has suffered from a lingering hip injury, so I am sure his physical wasn’t stellar but regardless he brings a right-handed power bat [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Youks welcome to the Bronx
For almost a decade if anyone heard Kevin Youkilis and New York Yankeesin the same sentence you can bet that it was not friendly banter. So a week ago, when Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch confirmed the rumor of the Yankees making a $12-million, one-year offer to the ex-Red Sox, I honestly didn’t know what to [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Youks got to be kidding me
The New York Yankeesoff-season remains at a standstill, which isn’t so surprising when you have an ownership that refuses to offer anything more than a one-year contract. Why? – See good players, like solid bench guys can usually get two-year deals. – The young and most talented will easily get multi-year offers from many ball [...]
