If you really sit back and think about it, a Spring Training battle for any position should mean absolutely nothing. Not only is the sample size absurdly small, but the results obtained are against lineups and/or pitching staffs that are either warming up or severely compromised because of split-squads, guys getting eased into things, etc. [...]
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I was wondering when the real 2010 Yankees were finally gonna show up.
The Yankees — riding a far-from-dominant but still-plenty-competitive outing by — finally erupted on offense after a three-game stretch in which they scored only five runs, beating the Rangers 7-2 to stay alive [...]
In a game in which delivered his worst outing in pinstripes (a very un-Sabathia-like 4 innings of five-run ball) and the Yankees’ chances of winning fell as low as 2.9% as of the bottom of the sixth, the team surprised the ever-loving hell [...]
I was able to catch this game with a fine group of people last night, including Ben Kabak, Rebecca Glass, Jay Jaffe, Andy Katz, my buddy Sean and others, and so despite the loss I still had a great evening.
But [...]
Now in fairness, the Yankees have faced some very tough pitchers in August. Thus far they are a weak 3-6 on the month, and those six losses have come in games started by (an excellent pitcher having a less-than-stellar year), (tied for 10th in [...]
The first-place Yankees (69-42, 1.5 GA) are in Arlington tonight for the first time all year to play the AL West-leading Texas Rangers (64-47, 8 GA) for a two-game quickie. A lot has changed since the Yankees swept the Rangers at home during the second week of the season: Most [...]
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