Potential Trade Partner Series: LA Dodgers

By Steve S. On May 30, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Business of Baseball, Trade Musings

(This is the first installment of a series that will be looking around baseball to see who has has the starting pitching the Yankees will surely be after, and how the two teams match up)

-Are the Dodgers looking to make a deal?

In terms of the NL West pennant race, they’re not. They’re in [...]

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Game 52: Memorial Day

By Eric Schultz On May 30, 2011 · 50 Comments · In Game Thread

After dropping 2 of 3 against the light-hitting Seattle Mariners, the Yankees continue their west coast trip to take on the Oakland A’s.  Bartolo Colon (2-3, 3.77) will oppose the surging Trevor Cahill (6-2, 2.02) in the series opener, and Colon hopes to keep his memorable (pun intended) season going.  Russell Martin has been scratched [...]

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Memorial Day a Time to Remember the Forgettable End to Babe Ruth’s Career

By William J. On May 30, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Former Players, History

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

On May 30, 1935, the greatest career in the history of major league baseball came to an end.  It was Memorial Day in Philadelphia, but there were no fireworks to bid farewell, just a weak ground ball to Phillies’ first baseman and [...]

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More trade speculation–hitting edition

By Matt Imbrogno On May 30, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Trade Musings

The more the day goes on, the louder the trade drum will beat. George King of the New York Post tried to do a little beating of his own over the weekend. He speculated on Carlos Beltran, Michael Cuddyer, and Vladimir Guerrero as potential trade targets for the Yankees.

I wholeheartedly agree on [...]

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Trying to guess at trade options

By Matt Imbrogno On May 30, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Trade Musings

May is coming to a close. The Yankees have performed pretty well over all, but it doesn’t exactly feel that way. The feel the team has is more of a “treading water” type feel. We’re just kind of waiting things out, hoping for that proverbial lifeboat in the form of a big midseason acquisition. We [...]

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Series Preview | Yankees vs. Athletics I: A 16-3 record over the last two seasons says the Yanks can stomp all over your mound as much as they please

By Larry Koestler On May 30, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Series Previews

Hope you’re all enjoying the Memorial Day holiday! Though you may be off from work, the Yankees are not, as they continue their first West Coast swing of the year with a three-game set against the A’s. For a broader overview of what the A’s have been doing, please refer to my Series Preview on [...]

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