Open Thread-Who’s next?

By Steve S. On June 11, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Open Threads

The title of this thread can be read three different ways, which was why it appealed to me. Who’s the next Yankee to get hit by a pitch? Who’s going to make the next start in place of Colon? Who’s going to be the next Yankee pitcher (Hughes/Soriano/Joba/Colon) to go on the DL for [...]

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Yankees beat Indians 4-0 in second shutout of season

By Larry Koestler On June 11, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Game Recaps

The Renaissance Tour continued Saturday afternoon for 6 2/3 more brilliant shutout innings before encountering an unfortunate roadblock in a pulled left hamstring. In the postgame said he didn’t know how long they’d be without Colon until tomorrow, while Brian Cashman said he expected a DL [...]

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Colon leaves game with strained left hamstring, DL stint likely

By Eric Schultz On June 11, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Injuries, Roster Decisions

Bartolo Colon suffered a strained left hamstring (according to reports) in today’s game against the Cleveland Indians.  After firing 6 2/3 shutout innings (and looking like he was capable of going the distance), Colon pulled up lame while covering first base on a ground ball to Mark Teixeira.  Colon left the game immediately, and will [...]

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Watch 2011 Draft Picks in the Super Regionals

By Sean P. On June 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Prospects

This weekend, college baseball is in the midst of it’s double elimination super regional round “on the road to Omaha”. Right now the teams are playing a best of 3 series to determine who moves on to Omaha, site of the college World Series. The Yankees took several college players in the draft but only [...]

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Hammurabi sez: “a pitch for a pitch”

By Matt Warden On June 11, 2011 · 5 Comments · In General Musings, Uncategorized, Whimsy

Prior to Friday night’s seventh inning [inert expletive here] meltdown, Tweets condoning retaliatory pitches were running rampant. Tensions were already high after the Ortiz Bat Flip Incident. Fan frustration was further exasperated by who managed to plunk in the bottom of very first inning. Before most of [...]

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A Forgettable Debut for Whelan

By Steve S. On June 11, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Player Analysis

In last night’s game Kevin Whelan made his MLB debut. Things didn’t exactly go according to plan. He walked 4 batters, gave up a run and threw just 8 of his 26 pitches for strikes. Whelan has always had dynamite stuff, and has always missed loads of bats. The question with him [...]

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With the Red Sox safely in another country, the Yankee bats come alive

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On June 11, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Game Recaps

Just about every Yankee got a hit in the Boogie Down in Friday’s 11-7 clobbering of the Cleveland Indians. and had three hits apiece. and hit home runs that may not have landed yet. (A-Rod hit his bomb [...]

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