Over the last two weeks the New York Yankees have been playing bad baseball; and on top of that are now sans slugger Mark Teixeira but for how long is the question. The Bombers start a 20-game stretch today and guess we will see if their 6.5-game lead is enough to stay atop the AL [...]
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Yankees vs. Rays: Pettitte vs. Shields
The AL East leading Tampa Bay Rays (31-23) are in town to face the third place New York Yankees(29-24) in a three-game set with the division at stake. Tonight, the Rays send James Shields to the hill against the Yankees southpaw Andy Pettitte. SHIELDS vs. PETTITTE Shields, is 0-1, with an ERA of 7.36 in his [...]
New York Yankees: To start Girardi needs to ban homers and move Tex
The New York Yankees lost in Toronto for the second night in a row 4-1; and once again it was at the hand of the dead bats who left a total of 16 runners on base in both defeats. The line-up couldn’t muster up anything to give Phil Hughes‘ a win after solid outing where he only [...]
New York Yankees: Are the bats the problem?
After watching CC Sabathia struggle and the Yankees lose pathetically, 5-2, to the Baltimore Orioles last night I realized that the pitching was not the problem here. Even with a bad start, Sabathia allowed four runs to score but the Yankee hitters can easily beat that number; and this reminded me of a something MLB [...]
New York Yankees: Wounded but winning
As if there weren’t enough already, the New York Yankees suffered even more injuries during their big, 8-5 win against the Baltimore Orioles last night. The wounded Bombers are literally dropping like flies, and it is going to make it tough for skipper Joe Girardi to give Mark Teixeira, who was hacking up a lung [...]
Yankees Sabathia vs. Rangers Holland
The New York Yankees didn’t get to go for the sweep up in Boston, as it hasn’t stopped raining here in the Northeast since late Saturday night. So, the team heads to Texas to face the red-hot Rangers in a three-game set that promises to be a dogfight. These are two of the best teams [...]
Yankees Universe trumps Red Sox Nation
DON’T MESS WITH TEX… What started out as a Yankees blowout in Fenway Park, ended in New York win. Starting pitcher Freddy Garcia was worse than horrible, as he even made Phil Hughes look good. The Red Sox feasted on Garcia’s inability to pitch. Boston had a 9-0 lead come the 5th inning and things [...]
