Game Thread: Yankees at Tigers, 5/4/2011

By EJ Fagan On May 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Game Thread

Before the game, the Yankees announced that Phil Hughes received a cortisone shot to the shoulder, and he was feeling better, but he would still be out for 6-8 weeks. File this one under, “The Yankees are throwing stuff at Hughes to see what sticks.” If they can’t figure out what’s [...]

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Should We Have Seen Jeter’s Drastic Decline Coming?

By Moshe Mandel On May 4, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Player Analysis

Derek Jeter is clearly in decline. With each passing at-bat he further cements that fact, as he shows little sign of recovering any sort of pop and looks slow in all facets of the game. While it is possible that he has some sort of recovery and raises his stat line a bit, we have [...]

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The Greatest Save in Baseball History: Monday’s Heroics Were a Defining Moment in Patriotism and the American Pastime

By William J. On May 4, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Former Players, History, Uncategorized

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

The death of Osama Bin Laden sparked a wave of patriotic fervor that swept across the United States. One of the most vivid images of this spontaneous reaction took place at Citizens Bank Ballpark, where during the tenth [...]

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Dodgers Dragging Down MLB Attendance Figures

By EJ Fagan On May 4, 2011 · 19 Comments · In General Musings

Tom Verducci for Sports Illustrated yesterday:

4. The Dodgers are a drag on the game.
Through May 1, the Dodgers alone accounted for 63 percent of the decline in MLB attendance. They are down 95,843 fans through 15 dates, or 14.5 percent. One scout said before the Dodgers hired Los Angeles police [...]

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Delving into D-Rob

By Matt Imbrogno On May 4, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Player Analysis

For whatever reason, I’ve been a big fan of since he came up to the Majors in 2008. If I had to nail it down, it’s probably the strikeouts that have drawn me to Robertson. There’s nothing I like more than to see a Yankee pitcher rack up the whiffs, and [...]

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Yankees put eleven men on base but lose another CC start

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On May 4, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Game Recaps

Coming into this game, the Yankees were averaging 5.5 runs on 8.3 hits and 4 walks per game. Tuesday night the Yankees collected eight hits and three walks — more than enough offense to put some runs on the board — but managed only two runs, well below the efficiency they’ve shown this season.

That’s [...]

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