Umpires, warnings and rules 2.0
If you didn’t catch last week’s post on Umpires, warnings and rules, the intended message was: Umpires and rules are all well and good, but sometimes, the umpires need to impose the rules while using...
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Now these are the kind of blown calls I can live with. With one exception… With Mark Teixeira on first, Alex Rodriguez hit a ball that dropped in front of Trevor Crowe – or so everybody with a pair of...
View ArticleYankees versus minor league pitchers
Everything you need to know about last night’s game is in the box score – but really, it’s far simpler than that: the Yankees faced Cleveland Indians rookie Josh Tomlin, just called up from triple A –...
View Articlethe box score says it all
There is not a ton to say about last night’s romp by the Yankees over the Indians – the box score says it all. Oh never mind – here’s a bunch of crap I’d like to talk about for a sec: AJ Burnett threw...
View ArticleDustin Moseley picks up the win
After a first inning during which he threw 30 pitches, it looked like Dustin Moseley’s start had disaster written all over it. Yet Moseley showed some grit – granted, he wasn’t facing the most powerful...
View ArticleYankees Days at the Polo Grounds
That's the Polo Grounds in the background and Yankee Stadium in the foreground. The New York Times ran an interesting article in today’s paper about the Polo Grounds and its history. They had a quote...
View ArticleYanks and Chi Sox split 4 game set
When two teams get together and play a four game set, I would bet on a split every time – yet the Yankees should have took three out of four against the inferior Chicago White Sox. Let’s take a look at...
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