Open Thread-Grandy’s Heat Map

By On September 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Open Threads

I feel a bit guilty not opening with something about Jesus Montero‘s big day, but this was just way too cool to pass up. It’s from (a highly recommended follow). On the left is Curtis’ hot zone map for power hitting (Iso) facing lefties in 2010, and on [...]

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If John Lackey Is Having a Terrible Season and You Know It, Clap Your Hands

By On September 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Statistical Notes, Whimsy

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

Maybe the grass isn’t always greener on the other side? While Yankees’ fans have been lamenting the historically poor performance of , Red Sox Nation has been home to an even bigger bust, both in terms of performance on the field [...]

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Lock Robby up already!

By On September 5, 2011 · 14 Comments · In Business of Baseball, Organizational Philosophies, Player Analysis

A couple weeks ago, Mike Axisa of RAB contemplated on whether the Yankees could benefit from an early extention on Cano’s current contract. The Yankees had previously broken their own policy regarding contract negotions for Cano once before as they signed him to a four year, $30M deal that included two additional club options (in 2012 [...]

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Game Thread: Freddy’s got a job to do on Labor Day

By On September 5, 2011 · 104 Comments · In Game Thread

Fresh off their sweep of the usually troublesome Blue Jays, the Yanks begin a four game set against one of their favorite opponents, Buck Showalter’s  Baltimore Orioles. On the bump for the Orioles is Brian Matusz, who sports a 9.07 ERA on the season and has actually been worse (9.56 ERA) in 3 starts since [...]

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On watching the game

By On September 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In General Musings

Over the last few days, I’ve been to two Yankee games. I went on Friday night with two friends and one of them brought two work friends. Yesterday, my girlfriend and I went to the Stadium to see CC do his thing–which he did, excellently. I usually don’t get to go to two games in [...]

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Series Preview | Yankees vs. Orioles VI: Bye Bye Birdos

By On September 5, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Series Previews

Strange how the schedule works out sometimes. As noted in Friday’s Jays preview, the Yankees hosted Toronto last Labor Day weekend as well, and, in yet another parallel to 2010, once again follow that set up with a series at home against the Orioles.

As you may recall, a year ago the O’s surprisingly took [...]

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