It was a devastating 0-2 loss to the Tigers in the ALCS, but now is the time for the New York Yankeesto pick themselves up and get back on form. However, there is already much debate how, and indeed if, they will meet this ambition task. Firstly, they will have to overcome the absence of Derek [...]
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Yankees: Tigers are coming
Yankee Universe couldn’t be happier about-facing the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS and I will tell you why. October 6, 2011: It was a chilly October night in the Bronx, a Thursday to be exact, when Yankee Universe crumbled at the hands of the Tigers. Losing Game 5 of the 2011 ALDS was one of the most intense [...]
Yankees have to beat teams not from Seattle
The New York Yankees took two of three games from the Seattle Mariners in the Bronx over the weekend; and now are just three games deep into a 20-game stretch as they are now in Detroit to face the Tigers for a four game set. The Yankees head into Comerica Park maintaining a 6.5-game lead in the AL East [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 11
Inter-league play is about to wrap-up this weekend, which is good for most of the NL teams who got exposed by their AL counterparts. The AL is winning the majority of the match-ups thus far with a 119-91 record but it has not been the easy street of years past. The Yankees finally lost this [...]
New York Yankees: Hughes you are far from complete
Yesterday afternoon, in Detroit, New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes took the hill in the rubber match vs. Tigers ace Justin Verlander. The Yankee bats got to the reigning AL CY Young and MVP winner quickly, as Derek Jeter hit a homer off the first pitch of the game. A-rod followed with a solo shot [...]
New York Yankees: You Are Not Alone
The New York Yankees are not the only team happy that April is finally over, as a few other MLB teams are hoping to turn things around in May. So, here is a quick list of the Yankees and three other troubled teams who should be much better than they were in April: 1 – [...]
New York Yankees: Can you not lose to Verlander please
Coming home after losing the last two games of a road trip is never a good feeling. Returning to face the 2011 MVP and CY Young award winner Justin Verlander makes that losing feeling never go away. That is the New York Yankees reality today, as they finished their road trip 3-3 and now have [...]
