TYA Trivia Open Thread for 3-9-11

By EJ Fagan On March 9, 2011 · 20 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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Standing Tall: Slim Love’s Rise from Bar Room to Big Leagues

By William J. On March 9, 2011 · 5 Comments · In History

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

After missing almost two weeks of action with a groin injury, Andrew Brackman finally made his spring debut for the Yankees in yesterday’s exhibition game against the Braves. Even before the setback, it was going to be a tall order for the young right hander [...]

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Discussion: Where Were You When Boone Went Deep?

By Moshe Mandel On March 9, 2011 · 36 Comments · In Former Players, History

Today is ‘s birthday, and I thought it would be fun to celebrate the occasion by trading war stories about the night that Boone vanquished the hated Red Sox and sent the Yankees to the 2003 World Series with one swing of the bat. I’ll get things started.

I was a [...]

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2011 Yankee Second And Third-Tier Prospects Much Better Than 4 Years Ago

By EJ Fagan On March 9, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Prospects

4 years ago, the Yankee farm system was enjoying its first revival in half a decade. After years of terrible drafts and an overall barren system, the Yankees managed to very quickly add to the top of their farm system and become one of the best organizations in baseball, at least temporarily. I [...]

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An Excercise in Attrition and Time

By Matt Imbrogno On March 9, 2011 · 1 Comment · In General Musings

When we here at TYA started discussing our nightly trivia questions and sources from which we could pull questions. I mentioned in an e-mail that I had . As a time killer, I thumbed through each team’s page to see their respective Major and Minor League players of the year from [...]

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2011 Yankees Position Preview: Third Base

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 9, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Player Analysis

In 2007, posted a wOBA of .449 (which is practically unfair) and hit 54 homers. In 2008 he posted a wOBA of .413 and slugged 35 homers in an injury shortened season. In 2009, A-Rod missed even more time, but managed an excellent .405 wOBA when he played, and hit 30 [...]

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Report-Yanks offered Chapman 54 mil

By Steve S. On March 9, 2011 · 14 Comments · In Business of Baseball

Melissa Segura of Sports Illustrated dropped a minor bombshell on Twitter late last night. what she reported:

The FL lawsuit v. Hendricks/Fernandez says Yankees made “offer to Chapman valued at more than $54 million” Chap signed 6yr/$30.25 mil w Reds

The Florida lawsuit she’s referring to is by Carlos Thompson, whom she [...]

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