I Hate Sean Rodriguez, Bizarro-Yankees Lose 7-4

By On July 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Game Recaps

is one of the worst offensive players in baseball. You could describe his bat as atrocious, horrendous, appalling, putrid, or dreadful, but somehow he hits the Yankees. There are certain ballparks with certain feelings, and Tropicana Field feels like another dimension, where the Yankees play like a $63 million team, and [...]

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Game 80: Beat TB!

By On July 3, 2012 · 98 Comments · In Game Thread

Sure – the title may be a bit more appropriate were this 1946 and a blog dedicated to the hot new antibiotic streptomycin … but it seems at least mildly relevant here. The Yankees are 4-6 against the Rays this year, including 0-4 at the Trop, and it often seems as if the hideous dome [...]

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Promotion season brings new challenges

By On July 3, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Prospects

We are now midway through the minor league season, which is often the time when high-performing prospects are advanced to the next level, and poor performers are demoted.  The earlier signing deadline for draft picks and new limitations on bonuses also increase the pressure to promote players, in order to make room for the new [...]

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Robertson’s Troubles More Than Just Regression

By On July 3, 2012 · 3 Comments · In PitchFX, Player Analysis

The regression hammer was bound to hit for , who was riding high on a 0.00 ERA through his first month of 2012. I made the not-so-convincing case of trading Robertson back then, under the assumption that his numbers were very close to running out of luck, and his arm was [...]

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Waiting For “The Kick” To Come From The Horse

By On July 3, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Player Analysis

(The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod)

Maybe I just didn’t pay close enough attention to the big declines in his overall power numbers the past couple reasons.  Maybe I saw what Kobe Bryant’s offseason PRP therapy did for him this year and got overly optimistic.  Maybe [...]

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Yankees lose lead late, lose 8th straight at the Trop

By On July 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Game Recaps

Despite solid performance for about a month now, it was hard not to be nervous about starting a game for the Yankees. That show did not go well early in the year and when a guy is as old as Garcia, those types of performances are seemingly more foreboding [...]

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