TYA Open Thread | Off Day | Monday April 18, 2011

By On April 18, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Open Threads

The Yankees have the night off tonight before they head up North to take on the Blue Jays, who will no doubt confront the team with a bunch of homers and pitchers who can´t top 89mph on the radar gun. The off-day is important because it will give and his achy back one [...]

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A Birds-Eye Look At 2011 Yankee Hitting So Far

By On April 18, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Statistical Analysis

We’ve heard a lot about “Too many home runs!” and other problems with the Yankee hitting so far this season. The Yankees have scored 77 runs in 14 games, which ranks us 5th in the AL, although it should be noted that we’ve got 1 game in hand over all the teams who have scored [...]

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Tabata Trade Comes Back to Haunt Yanks, but Offers Lesson Regarding Montero

By On April 18, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Former Players

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

One of the most exciting young players in the game today is Jose Tabata. However, because he plays in the relative obscurity of Pittsburgh, it’s likely that more than a few casual fans don’t even know his name.

Over the first two weeks of the [...]

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On something Bobby V said

By On April 18, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Media, Musings

Over three Sunday night games, I’ve had very little to complain about in regards to ESPN’s new Sunday Night Baseball announcing team of Dan Shulman, Orel Hersheiser, and . The last of the trio has been a bit of a weak link, but the other two have been more than passing. Shulman [...]

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Without A-Rod, it just feels odd

By On April 18, 2011 · 6 Comments · In General Musings

This article was written during the sixth inning of last night’s game

For the second straight Sunday night, the Yankees were without the services of Alex Rodriguez in the cleanup spot. Fill in Robinson Cano did fine, blasting a home run to the second deck in right field, but for whatever reason, there’s this slight [...]

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Yanks battle back, top Texas 6-5 in see-saw contest in the Bronx

By On April 18, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Game Recaps

In a game that saw four collective blown leads, the Yankees (in an ESPN Sunday Night Marathon Heartbreaker, no less!) on the strength of three more timely long balls and a huge go-ahead base hit.

This one started somewhat strangely, with uncharacteristically giving up a two-run [...]

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