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 [...]
Archive of posts tagged Michael Pineda
New York Yankees: Harping on another team’s prospect
New York Yankee fans should make a point to tune in, or DVR both today and Friday’s Spring Training games vs. the Washington Nationals. And not to watch the Yankees, but to check out Nationals prodigy prospect Bryce Harper. This 19-year old is supposedly so ridiculously good it might remind you of the good old days of [...]
New York Yankees: Positive start
Today, New York Yankee fans got their first taste of pitcher Michael Pineda and so far, so good. In his Yankees début, Pineda pitched a solid two innings vs. the Phillies and after giving up a hit to Jimmy Rollins he sat down the next six hitters he faced, posting two strikeouts. Pineda threw a [...]
New York Yankees: 2012 starting rotation two down and three to go
It is no secret that the New York Yankees main focus this Spring Training is to figure out the 2012 starting pitching rotation. Up to now, skipper Joe Girardi has only confirmed the obvious, that ace CC Sabathia will be the Yankees’ Opening Day starter vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, on April 6th at Tropicana [...]
New York Yankees: Who to watch this spring
This Sunday, pitchers and catchers report to 2012 Spring Training, and like most baseball fans, I feel like a kid on the night before Christmas. The New York Yankees might not be able to top the Lin-sanity going on at Madison Square Garden, but you’d be hard pressed to find anything that could. Still, one [...]
New York Yankees: 2012 Spring Training Schedule
With pitcher and catchers reporting to 2012 Spring Training this Sunday, my guess is that New York Yankee fans might want to check out the team’s schedule to see what games spark your baseball interest . So, here is the New York Yankees 2012 Spring Training game schedule:
New York Yankees: 3 pre-season reasons to be very afraid of this team
The 2012 New York Yankees have a team that is built to win the World Series, and offer plenty of everything for opposing teams to be very afraid about. And here are the three reasons why: 1) MOTIVATION. From CC Sabathia to Mark Teixeira to Alex Rodriguez, if the Yankees have made one thing very clear [...]
