TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-4-11

By Matt Warden On March 4, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Trivia

On every weeknight throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators will keep track of the winners, and the commenter with the most correct answers will win a prize that has yet to be decided upon. The answers will be posted in [...]

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The Importance of Latin America in the Yankee System

By Eric Schultz On March 4, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Musings, Prospects

Baseball America recently released a list of the top spending teams for international free agents in 2010, as well as a list of the top individual bonuses given out.  On the team list, the Yankees come in at #2 with 5.27 million spent on international free agents, with the Mariners at 6.47 million [...]

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The ABCs of Baseball’s Next CBA

By William J. On March 4, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Uncategorized

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

Over the past two days, the NFL and its players association have been engaged in a high stakes game of chicken. Will the league lock the players out? Will the union decertify first and force the fate of a new CBA into the courts? Or, [...]

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Cervelli out at least a month with broken foot, is it Montero time?

By Eric Schultz On March 4, 2011 · 4 Comments · In General Musings, Prospects

Chad Jennings of Lohud reported that catcher Francisco Cervelli, who injured his foot with a foul ball in yesterday’s Spring Training game, will miss at least 4 weeks with a fracture in his foot.  This is an unfortunate situation for Cervelli, who was the likely front-runner for the backup catcher position on the major [...]

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Yankee Analysts Live Chat | March 4, 2011 @ 3:00PM EST

By William J. On March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

Hello, hello.  Today’s TYA live chat starts at 3pm. 

Yankee Analysts Chat | March 4, 2011

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We Are All False Witnesses: First A-Rod and Now LeBron

By Moshe Mandel On March 4, 2011 · 13 Comments · In General Musings, Guest Post

This is a guest post from friend of the blog Eddie Perez, who can be found at @eddieperez23 on twitter.

This has been a fun week for the LeBron James detractors, as “LeBrick” and “LeFraud” tweets filled my timeline with the Heat losing 3 close games all ending on missed 3 point [...]

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Players to Watch: N.L. East

By Matt Imbrogno On March 4, 2011 · 2 Comments · In The Opposition

Let’s end our week with an eye towards the Right Coast and the N.L. teams that inhabit it. You know the drill.

NL West
NL Central

Starting, as we so normally do, at the top with the Phillies. Let’s go with shall we? No. The obvious choice [...]

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2011 Yankees Position Preview: Second Base

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 4, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Player Analysis

2010 was ‘s coming out party. He exploded out of the gate, posting an incredible .497 wOBA in April, while batting .400. He posted a wOBA below .375 in only a single calendar month and went on to post career highs in homers, OBP, walk rate, slugging, wOBA, fWAR, OPS+ and bWAR. [...]

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Cervelli’s uncertain status opens door for Montero

By Steve S. On March 4, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Prospects

It’s been two days since Yankee backup catcher Francisco Cervelli fouled a pitch off his left foot. The initial results of the CT scan were negative, but a follow up MRI was inconclusive, leading the Yanks to believe he may have a hairline fracture. The injury could put Frankie on the shelf for up to [...]

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