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New York Yankees: To Pissed To Write

Posted by on 7 December 2011, 12:02 am

New York Post - Front Page - 12/6/2011

I knew it!

As I watched the New York Giants lose on Sunday 38-35 to the Green Bay Packers, I knew that something was not right with the officiating.

For an Eagles friend to say to me that the game looked “rigged” about five different times throughout the game was enough for me to make a list of reasons why.

When I got home and relooked at what I had jotted down, I unambiguously ripped the paper into pieces. I didn’t want to be that fan.

So, when the New York Post arrived at my front door on Tuesday morning I felt alleviated. Obviously, I wasn’t the only one who felt “robbed.”

Coach Coughlin threw the red flag in the first quarter, and still the ruling of an incomplete stood. Coughlin, who is renowned for being right when he throws that red challenge flag, got it right.

Next time I promise not to let my ego get the best of me, as I thought of how I would look not what I saw clearly in front of me.

The Giants won that game, and listening to announcers Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, you heard how perturbed they were with more than just the Jake Ballard missed call.

In addition to the NYP’s picture:

1)   Two facemasks tugs that the referees didn’t call on the Packers. Continue reading ‘New York Yankees: To Pissed To Write’ »

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Ready Freddy? New York Yankees Sign Garcia For 2012

Posted by on 26 November 2011, 12:33 am

The New York Yankees and pitcher Freddy Garcia had something to be thankful for, as the two sides agreed on a one-year, $4 million +incentives deal according to the New York Post; and confirmed via tweet by SI’s Jon Heyman.

Last season, Garcia won 12-games in his first year as a Yankee; and he did it on the cheap too.

Garcia made $1.5 million in 2011, and compared to other 12-game winners, the Yankees certainly got their money’s worth and then some.

Garcia made a total of 25 starts in 2011, where the team won 15 games; and in 13 of those Yankee wins Garcia pitched 6 or more innings. He posted a 3.62 ERA, giving up 16 home-runs, 45 walks, 59 earned runs, with 96 strikeouts and pitched just shy of 147 innings in total.

The 35-year old Garcia doesn’t try to live in the past when he pitches and he has adjusted himself so. He relies on throwing an arsenal of off-speed pitches to make up for his loss of speed, and it has prolonged his career.

Bringing back Garcia for 2012 almost had to happen for two reasons:

  1. The bleak availability in the free-agent market.
  2. Banuelos and Betances.

The Yankees don’t want to overpay for a starter in desperation, only to be stuck with another huge contract for god knows how many years. Garcia gives them a solid, backend starter for one season. Continue reading ‘Ready Freddy? New York Yankees Sign Garcia For 2012’ »

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New York Yankees Injury Update: Captain To Start Road Trip Listed As Day To Day

Posted by on 1 August 2011, 11:33 am
Derek Jeter bats against the Orioles on 4-19-08.

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With just a week of games in his pocket since the 3000 hit frenzy, New York Yankees Captain Derek Jeter got hit in the hand by a pitch causing him to exit in the fourth inning of Sunday’s 4-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles.

Following the Yankees third win in a row; the New York Post reported that x-rays determined Jeter’s right middle finger is not broken, and that the injury is not serious.

Skipper Joe Girardi told ESPN New York that doesn’t expect this injury to sideline Jeter for a week, but maybe for a day or two during the team’s seven-game road trip.

Jeter is now listed as Day-To-Day.

Over his last 10 games, Jeter has 11 RBIs, one homer, five walks and two steals in 39 at-bats.

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New York Yankees: Oh No Now Robbie Cano Is Day-To-Day

Posted by on 2 May 2011, 3:30 am

Brain Lewis of the New York Post reports that a bruised left-hand was the reason New York Yankees second-baseman Robinson Cano left the game in the eighth inning.

The Yankees had Cano get x-rays and they came back fine.

Cano is listed as day-to-day, which has Yankee fans on high alert, as Cano is one of the best hitters and all-around players in baseball. Losing Cano would be devastating, as he has been the most consistent bat on the team.

Cano is tied for fourth in the majors with eight home-runs, batting a whooping .320 and has 21 RBIs already this season.

Let’s hope that Cano gets a well-deserved night off on Monday night just to be safe, as he has played every game this season.

The Yankees flew to Detroit after the 5-3 win against the Blue Jays, to play a four game set against the Tigers.

 

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New York Yankees Rumor: Please Pass On Kevin Millwood

Posted by on 17 March 2011, 12:29 am

Free agent pitcher and ex-Baltimore Oriole Kevin Millwood is back or never left the New York Yankees radar.

According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post the Yankees attended a showcase for pitcher Kevin Millwood on Wednesday at UC-Irvine, according to a source.

Early in the winter, Millwood rejected a minor league offer from the Yankees that was rumored to be in the six figures. Millwood wants a major-league deal somewhere around $4 million bucks, which is way more than he is worth.

Millwood has been a durable pitcher throughout his 14-seasoned career, making an average of 34 starts a season. In 2010, as an Oriole, Millwood had a 5.10 ERA, over 190 innings but posted a record of 4-16. He also gave up 30 home-runs and 108 earned runs, not conducive numbers to bring to Yankee Stadium.

It comes as no surprise that Millwood would be asking for such a high salary since his agent is Scott Boras, who tends to inflate his clients true worth to a point where they believe it. Millwood is not getting any offers at the price he wants and that should speak loudly enough in itself about his unrealistic terms.

Supposedly, Cashman even gave in a little offering Millwood a salary in the low-seven figures but would not budge on signing him to a minor league contract.

All I can say is thank God because the Yankees have better options in Colon, Garcia and Nova. Boras is trying to sell Millwood as an innings eater, but when you lose games because a pitcher is allowing runs to score cancels out that possibility.

No Millwood in pinstripes….PLEASE

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Yankees Hot Stove: Brian Cashman Needs To Stop With Kevin Millwood

Posted by on 18 February 2011, 7:13 am

New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman is still in talks with veteran pitcher Kevin Millwood, who wants $4-$5 million for the 2011 season.

NY Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed this:

The Yankees definitely have interest in lingering free agent Kevin Millwood. But they remain adamant that they will not pay a significant amount for him and it may be that the Yankees will only do this if the righty accepts a minor league contract like Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon. The other issue the Yankees have is just how many starters that they find untrustworthy do they want to throw into the competition for a back-of-the-rotation spot.

I could not agree more with  the Yankees only offering Millwood a minor league contract.

Sherman nailed it on the head, because it’s hard to understand why Cashman even offered to give Millwood a contract in the first place?

Millwood is 36-year-old, 230 lbs. righty and last season he had 4-16 record in 31 starts playing for the Baltimore Orioles. To Millwood’s credit he was pitching on the worst team in baseball for about three-quarters of the season, because he did eat 190 innings.

Millwood did give up 30 homeruns, 223 hits, 116 runs and 65 walks; but than you look at the 132 strikeouts he racked up in 2010 and it makes you wonder for just a second.

Eating innings is a plus, but only when it is done successfully. The pros don’t supersede the cons regarding Millwood. He would get killed pitching in the Bronx’s hitter friendly park.

The Yankees already have enough veterans to start a nursing home or an old timers all-star game.

No teams are signing these guys for a reason. Continue reading ‘Yankees Hot Stove: Brian Cashman Needs To Stop With Kevin Millwood’ »

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Brain Cashman: GM Makes New York Yankees Look Desperate By Signing Bartolo Colon

Posted by on 27 January 2011, 2:40 pm
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New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman signed another ex-superstar to a minor-league deal, ex-Angels-White Sox-Red Sox pitcher Bartolo Colon.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that Colon will earn $900K in the majors and has the right to be released if he isn’t on the team after Spring Training.

Is Cashman really this desperate?

In 2005, Colon won the AL CY Young award, but has since completely imploded, both physically and mentally.

The following three seasons, 2006-2009, Colon had 14 wins in 47 starts, one complete game, allowed 44 balls to go yard, only had 172 strikeouts and pitched a total of 226 innings.

You might remember Colon back in 2008, when the Red Sox were the only ones interested in signing the overweight pitcher, who stood at 5’11″ and tipped the scale at 245 lbs.

Making seven starts for Boston, the injury-prone Colon found himself back on the DL again.

Colon then left Boston for his home in the Dominican Republic to tend to personal issues and never returned. The reason given was, “He didn’t feel like it.”

Colon’s attitude is why no team wanted him in the first place; add that to all the injuries and that, my friend, is the definition of being unreliable.

By no means am I trying to erase how talented Colon used to be, but since he took home pitching’s biggest honor, he has been a mess. Continue reading ‘Brain Cashman: GM Makes New York Yankees Look Desperate By Signing Bartolo Colon’ »

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