If someone told me that the New York Yankees first move of this off-season would be the signing of OF journeyman Scott Hairston, I would laugh. Well, according to multiple sources (NY POST; SB NATION; BRONX BASEBALL DAILY) on the World Wide Web that might just be the case. And not because inking Hairston is a [...]
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Yankees Hot Stove: Gardner, Granderson, Ichiro and Swisher
What will the New York Yankees outfield look like next season? For starters, CF Curtis Granderson and LF Brett Gardner will be back. The Yankees picked up Grandy’s 2013 option and Gardner is under team control till 2015 but is arbitration eligible. So that leaves GM Brain Cashman with a need in right field and a [...]
ALCS Game 4: Mother Nature wants Yankees to rethink starting Arod
Last night’s postponement due to rain in Detroit makes ALCS Game 4 a day later. And thanks to Mother Nature, it also means the New York Yankees cannot pitch their ace CC Sabathia if needed in ALCS Game 7, which reaching is a pipe dream anyway. But the weather does give the Yankees time to [...]
Yankees battle continues on Yawkey Way
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 [...]
Yankees lose to umpire
The New York Yankees started last night’s game in sole possession of first-place in the AL East at Camden Yard. But instead of getting a chance to win the game, the Yankees got cheated, literally. Instead the door got slammed in the Yankees face and the game ended 4-5 in favor of the Baltimore Orioles [...]
New York Yankees: Bronx magic
OH WHAT A NIGHT: Last night in the 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers, the New York Yankees played like the best team in baseball. The Bombers had it all from solid pitching, an offense that scored with RISP, and productive defensive. But of course it wouldn’t be a Yankee game without some long [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Not the Ankiel I was expecting
The New York Yankees have been without Brett Gardner in left field all but nine games this season, and the impact could have been catastrophic but it hasn’t been. The Yankees are no doubt slower sans the speedy Gardner, as the Yankees rank 24th in steals with 50 on the season, but skipper Joe Girardi and [...]
