The New York Yankees are in Boston today to start a three game set at Fenway Park vs. the Red Sox. It feels like ions ago when the above statement would electrify baseball fans everywhere but sadly one of greatest rivalry in sports got wrecked right on Yawkey Way when the Red Sox had a [...]
Archive of posts tagged Ichiro Suzuki
Yankees Ichiro and Kuroda bring Japanese pride to the Bronx
Usually admitting when you are wrong can sometimes be a good thing, and I was wrong about Ichiro Suzuki. When the Yankees announced that they had traded for the Mariners biggest star outfielder, I did not think that it was a great idea. I had figured that helping the lull in ticket sales at Yankee [...]
Yankees vs. Team USA
The heart-stopping days where watching a Yankees-Red Sox game was about the best thing since sliced bread now seem like a distant memory even though the rivalry has only been stale for a few years. Long gone are those infamous bench-clearing brawls, and 5-hour games that you never wanted to end. Maybe it is not the end [...]
Yankees trading for Ichiro Suzuki is alarming
I learned of the Ichiro Suzuki trade made by the New York Yankees from my Starbucksguy who informed me as he was making my double, tall skim latte. At first, I accused the poor guy of lying and actually said, “that is not even funny.” Well that explains why he wasn’t laughing. Honestly, I am [...]
New York Yankees: Sports Illustrated gives new meaning to overrated
If you haven’t heard yet, Sports Illustrated recently released a poll asking 228 MLB players: Who is the Most Overrated Position Player in Baseball? And the winners, listed in order were as follows: 1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Derek Jeter 3. Jayson Werth 4. Nick Swisher 5. Albert Pujols 6. Ichiro Suzuki 7. Hanley Ramirez 8. [...]
2012 MLB Team Preview: Seattle Mariners
It has been a long and rough 11 years for Seattle Mariners fans, as that was last time the team gave them anything to celebrate about in October. And in 2011 the Mariners teased fans by staying in contention in the AL West until a 17-game losing streak put an end to any hopes of [...]
Think You Got Problems? Top Three Biggest Losers In MLB
The 2010 MLB season is in the home stretch, as contending teams battle for a coveted playoff spot and the possibility of going to the World Series. It would be impossible to name the fate of teams still in the hunt. There is a lot of baseball to be played and anything can happen. That [...]
