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Strange But True Postseason Feats of 2015
The team that lost the World Series was the team that always seemed to be winning. … Whereas the team that won the World Series was the team that apparently decided holding a lead before the eighth inning was overrated. … Not to mention … The most dominant slugger of the 2015 postseason was a […]
Continue readingYankees, Cano catch a lucky break
And at the moment of impact, that appeared to be a definite possibility. When Cano left the game a few minutes later, and it was obvious that he had been taken to a hospital for the dreaded X-word, it went from a possibility to probability. As Joe Girardi said, “We haven’t had a lot of […]
Continue readingFarmhands that can make an impact
NEW YORK — The Yankees can dream about a perfect summer day in the Bronx. A former All-Star — now just 25, maybe not firing his fastball at 98 mph anymore, but still filthy at 95 — goes seven dominant innings. A reliever, now just 23, comes in for the eighth dispensing lightning bolts from […]
Continue readingWhat does this weekend showdown mean for the Red Sox and Yankees?
Jump to what the series means for: Red Sox | Yankees Only 20 days ago, after the Boston Red Sox fell 10 games under .500 and a season-worst 10 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, it appeared a given that the next meaningful game at Fenway Park would come in […]
Continue readingMark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis return
Teixeira was in the lineup for the first time this season after tearing the ECU sheath in his right wrist during spring training. “I’m happy with how things went,” said Teixeira, who originally hoped to return around May 1. “It was a little slower than I would have liked. As I’ve told you guys a […]
Continue readingDerek Jeter takes rehab to Bronx
Jeter, 38, had been rehabbing at the Yankees’ minor league complex in Tampa but came to the Bronx on Saturday, in part to break up the monotony of the rehab process. He took batting practice with the team and planned to stay through Sunday. Jeter hopes that running on his ankle will be the final […]
Continue readingYogi Berra, Derek Jeter forged friendship across generations
In his oversized team jacket, slowly moving about Yankee Stadium as he checked on all of his guys, Yogi Berra would always tell friends he had one stop he absolutely needed to make. It wasn’t Monument Park. “Gotta go see Jeet,” Berra would say. Derek Jeter‘s locker was the place to find Berra in his […]
Continue readingElectronic trail helped MLB with bans
Major League Baseball investigators used an arsenal of high-tech tools to collect the evidence that persuaded a dozen players to accept 50-game suspensions this week for their ties to the Biogenesis clinic. When it came time to meet with the players’ association, the investigators flashed some of their documentary proof. While there was not enough […]
Continue readingCaptain expects to win it all in 2014
Derek Jeter is that someone. On the day Joe Girardi said he, too, might take off and leave this mess for someone else to fix, his 39-year-old captain said he expects to win a championship in 2014, just as he expected to win one as a rookie in 1996. “Always. Bottom line,” Jeter said at […]
Continue readingThe All-2017 fantasy team
For a second consecutive season, youngsters have dominated the fantasy baseball landscape. A quick glance at our Player Rater shows that five of the top 18 players are under the age of 25, significant in that the popular belief is that a player’s prime tends to reside somewhere between the ages of 25 and 30. […]
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