Ivan Nova strikes out ten as the Yankees sweep the White Sox; Boston loses, falling into a tie for first place

By On August 4, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Game Recaps

It’s hard to pick up a four game sweep in baseball. It’s harder still to do it on the road. But that’s exactly what the Yankees did Thursday night, beating the White Sox 7-2 in Chicago, their third consecutive decisive win in the series. The Yankees have now won seven consecutive games for the second [...]

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8/4 Game Thread: Going for the sweep at the Cell

By On August 4, 2011 · 21 Comments · In Game Thread

Phillip Humber just retired Brett Garnder and now Derek Jeter is batting. They’re looking to support Ivan Nova. Here’s the whole lineup:

Gardner, LF
Jeter, SS
Granderson, CF
Teixeira, 1B
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Chavez, 3B
Posada, DH
Martin, C

Sweep ‘em, Yanks.

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Miscellany: Thoughts on Posada, Burnett, A-Rod, and Jeter

By On August 4, 2011 · 6 Comments · In News and notes

There are a bunch of story lines and discussions that have been floating around the blogosphere over the last few days that I wanted to address. Let’s run through them:

1) Mike Axisa of RAB wrote an interesting post on Jorge Posada’s diminished bat speed, which set off a conflagration in the comments regarding [...]

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2011 Draft Signing Update

By On August 4, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Prospects

Here’s an updated list of the Yankees 2011 draft signings so far. The news about Jordan Cote’s signing, the Yankees 3rd round selection, is the most recent to have occurred.

 

 

Here’s how the signings have done so far this year.

Hitters:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitchers:

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TYA: Mailbag

By On August 4, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Mailbag

Thanks for all of your submissions, folks. Please keep them coming; we’ll certainly address each e-mail as quickly as possible! To submit, simply click the “Contact Us” tab under the site’s banner and send us your thoughts.

This week’s TYA Mailbag question come compliments of TYA reader, Alex.

Question : How often do [...]

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Cash’s scrap heap

By On August 4, 2011 · 14 Comments · In Player Analysis

Raise your hand if you thought would still be on the team in July. Put your damn hand down, you liar.

Don’t even try to tell me you thought and would combine for 35 starts and counting.

Go ahead, let’s make [...]

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Yankees pummel White Sox 18-7

By On August 4, 2011 · 31 Comments · In Game Recaps

The Yankee offense clobbered the White Sox Wednesday, 18-7. The bombers scored fours runs in the first, two in the second, seven in the third, four in the seventh and one in the eighth in a complete shellacking of Chicago. Every single Yankee starter collected at least one hit en route to the team’s [...]

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