Plain and simple, the New York Yankees would not be boosting a 28-17 record. Nor would the Bronx Bombers be sitting pretty atop in the AL East. And you can bet they wouldn’t have the third best record in the Majors without one thing? The outstanding play of Vernon Wells. This by no means takes [...]
Archive of posts tagged Mark Teixeira
Yankees: Teixeira causing an Overbay problem
No one hypothesized that the New York Yankees would be anything less than joyful and relieved to get back their wounded superstars. Of course, no one assumed this haphazard army of reserves would be winning enough games to be atop of the AL East either. You can check out available MLB future odds to see [...]
Yankees: A win, a DUI and two new injuries only in New York
The New York Yankees are never short on drama, but this season might take the cake. Just look at the last 48 hours: - Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the second night in a row, 6-4. - Organization’s top prospect Mason Williams got a DUI at 3am. Mason passed the blood alcohol test but failed the road test, can [...]
Yankees: You are about to be exposed
After watching the New York Yankees lose the rubber match down in Tampa 3-0, I started to panic. The game was painful but quick as clear by the zero runs scored. Rays starter Alex Cobb whiffed the Yankee hitters, as he didn’t allow a base runner to reach third over his 8 1/3 innings pitching. [...]
Yankees: 3 reasons to start falling in like with this team
Are the New York Yankees playing good baseball? Yes, but is it too premature into the 2013 season to judge? Maybe but aren’t the Yankees making it darn hard not feel confident about this team right now? Here are three reasons why this makeshift team is one I am really starting to fall in like [...]
Yankees: CC saved today but what about tomorrow
CC Sabathia came up HUGE for the New York Yankees, throwing a seven-inning shutout before handing the ball to the tandem of David Robertson and Mariano Rivera. Sabathia’s performance, along with the Yankees bats lead to a 7-0 beat down of the Detroit Tigers who had their ace Justin Verlander on the hill. This marked [...]
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 [...]
