Game Thread: Red Sox vs. Yankees, 9/23/2011 (7:05PM EST on YES)

By On September 23, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Game Thread

[Update: 9/23/11 -- 8:03 PM] Game’s been postponed.  Double header scheduled for Sunday.

[Update: 9/23/11 -- 7:00 PM] Tonight’s game is currently in rain delay.  Check back with TYA for updates throughout the evening.  Until then enjoy your Friday!

The Yankees have clinched a playoff berth. They’ve won their division. With a [...]

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Joe Girardi: Manager of the Year

By On September 23, 2011 · 13 Comments · In General Musings


(Graphic courtesy of Tyler Wilkinson)

What makes a great manager? Is it a keen mind that grasps and applies strategy well? A foundation of organization and planning that allows the manager to rarely be caught off guard? A sense of the moment and the ability to improvise and go with his gut? [...]

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A stark example of why wins and losses don’t measure pitching performance

By On September 23, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Whimsy

If I could choose to eliminate one statistic from all of baseball, I’d choose a pitcher’s wins total gleefully. There may be other popular statistics that are also misleading, such as RBI or runs, but no statistic is as egregious an offender, no statistic is leaned upon so heavily for misinformation, as a pitcher’s number [...]

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Series Preview | Yankees vs. Red Sox VI: Winless in the Bronx

By On September 23, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Series Previews

The Yankees are 0-6 at home against the Red Sox this year, having first suffered the ignominy of being swept at New Yankee Stadium for the first time in its three-season history by Boston in mid-May, then less than a month later being on the receiving end of an even more dubious distinction, as [...]

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Rays wreck Yanks as Moore wins first career MLB start

By On September 23, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Game Recaps

I skipped this one, and it looks like I didn’t miss all that much, as the Rays bludgeoned the Yanks 15-8 behind a beastly performance from rookie phenom , who struck out 11 Yankees and allowed zero runs over five innings, picking up the win in his first career Major League [...]

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