Game 83-Happy 4th! Here Come the Yankees!

By Steve S. On July 4, 2011 · 29 Comments · In Game Thread, Open Threads

Since it’s a holiday, I’m going to take a break from our usual format and do something different. The 4th of July is a rah-rah holiday where we cheer on America, so I want to offer up to you the “Yankee Fight Song” which many long time fans and stadium goers will be familiar with. [...]

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Brief Series Preview: Yankees v. Indians

By Matt Imbrogno On July 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Series Previews

Let’s start broadly here, before jumping into the pitchers the Yankees will face over the next three games in Cleveland.

As it stands, the Indians are 44-38, 0.5 games up on the Tigers for the lead in the American League Central, despite being just 5-5 in their last ten games. In their favor, though, [...]

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“If George Was Still Alive…”

By Moshe Mandel On July 4, 2011 · 10 Comments · In General Musings

In last night’s Open Thread, Steve asked us to complete the following sentence: “If George was still alive….” My response was as follows:

“….he’d probably wonder why people forgot that he was basically all bark and no bite once he came back from suspension, and would be baffled by the fact that [...]

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Comparing Nova and Hughes

By Steve S. On July 4, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Player Analysis

The demotion of Ivan Nova caused quite a stir on Sunday among a significant number of Yankee fans. The reasoning for wanting to stick with Nova over Hughes fell largely into the ‘what have you done lately’ category. As we all know, Hughes was bad earlier this year..check that. Let’s not sugarcoat things, Phil [...]

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Weekend Thoughts

By Matt Imbrogno On July 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In General Musings

Hope everyone’s enjoying the Fourth of July safely! Anyway, onto the events of the weekend.

1. Way to go, ! I didn’t get to watch any of this because I was with friends for the day, but everything about the start just sounds fantastic. 6 IP, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 [...]

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Mets beat Yankees 3-2 in extra innings

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On July 4, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Game Recaps

It’s the 4th of July, and I wasn’t in a position to watch this game, so the recap will be possibly the shortest I’ve ever written. The Yankees took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday. Usually, that’s a recipe for a victory, but a team on a seven game [...]

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Yankee trade target-Mike Adams

By Steve S. On July 4, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Trade Musings

John Heyman had a tidbit about a reliever the Yanks may be targeting earlier this week:

Jon Heyman like mike adams (0.65 whip), more than k-rod or maybe even heath bell. getting lots of calls, tho.

 

So who is [...]

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