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The Yankees are a notch below MLB’s elite

The Yankees are sitting at 37-27. That is 10 games above 500 and 2 games behind the AL East leading Boston Redsox. The Yankees are also leading the AL Wild Card race as of right now. They just took 2 out of 3 against the Mets and have won the first game against the Nationals. [...]

Rain’s Rant – The Definitive Joba-to-the-Pen Example

We’ve now seen it. The definitive example of why Joba Chamberlain needs to be our 8th inning setup man in the bullpen.
Last night, somehow, someway, Alex Rodriguez had the intestinal fortitude to get a hit when we needed it, and put the Yankees in the position to win the game going into the bottom of [...]

With Andy Pettitte to start tonight, what is Wang’s future?

There was question on whether or not Andy Pettitte would be able to make his start tonight. However he confirmed yesterday that he will be fine and good to go. I thought that with a hurting Pettitte, this would be a great time to throw Chien Ming Wang back into the rotation for a start [...]

With Bruney on the DL, who will be the answer in the bullpen?

Brian Bruney has been put on the DL and will visit Dr. James Andrews regarding his elbow. He came back from the DL, pitched once, and then felt that pain again. It is not a good sign and I have a strong feeling that Bruney will be out for a long time if not the [...]

Yankees looking for 8th straight win, on the right track:

What a difference a week makes huh? Just last week after losing 5 in a row talk radio was sizzling with calls for Girardi’s head, Tex is a bust, CC is a bust, AJ is a bust, and the team is old and can’t produce. Turn on the radio today and fans are saying the [...]

The A-Rod effect

There are a lot of A-Rod haters out there…so I just wanted to point a few things out since Alex joined the team on May 8th against Baltimore:

The Yankees are 7-2
Mark Teixeira is batting .323 with 3 HR’s and 9 RBI’s
A-Rod has hit 3 HR’s….all of which helped the Yankees win the game.

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Joba’s new pre-game routine helped first inning woes

In yesterday’s dramatic win, Joba Chamberlain threw 6 innings and only gave up 2 runs. However the big stat was that he gave up 0 runs in the first inning. In his previous two starts against Baltimore and Boston, Joba gave up 7 runs total in the first inning. In those starts, he pitched a [...]

Yankees are in big big trouble…

When we signed Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and AJ Burnett and I told you on May 12th we would be under .500 you would of laughed in my face. Welcome to reality. The Yankees have been putrid and so hard to watch, it’s about time someone took responsibility. This time last year the Yankees were [...]

Yankees vs. Blue Jays Preview; What to look for

The Yankees have faced the Redsox and Rays this year and have not looked good. In fact, the Yankees are a combined 2-8 against those teams. Coming into the season, we all knew that the Redsox and Rays will be the Yankees’ main competition in the AL east. However, the Toronto Blue Jays are in [...]

A-Rod and CC show why they are paid the big bucks

We have all gotten on Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia for their big contracts and not producing up to their hype. However last night, these guys delivered. In the top of the first inning, A-Rod had 2 men on and entered the batters box for the first time this season. I was in the car [...]

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