Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
And so yet another key part of the 2007 World Champion New York Yankees has been traded away. Of course Melky Cabrera was always expendable, being not all that much better a center fielder than "league average". But dammit, he was extremely fun to watch and cheer for, ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
NYY 10, Los Angeles 1. Finally for the first time this post-season the Yankees were hitting on all cylinders. Well, all except the ones in Jorge Posada's brain, but that's another story. CC Sabathia delivered his third playoff gem in a row -- he's now 3-0 in ...
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
NYY 13, Boston 6. With John Smoltz and Joba Chamberlain on the mound, you had to know there was a good possibility of this one becoming a slug fest, and sure enough that's what we got, with Smoltz actually winning the battle of "Whatever you can do I can ...
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Who's Hot, Who's Not: Hitting
Name
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
BB
SO
LOB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
BA/RISP
Cabrera, Me
10
34
8
14
2
5
6
2
13
.412
.500
.765
1.265
.375
Cano
10
37
7
9
2
7
4
6
19
.243
.317
.486
.803
.154
Damon
9
34
5
8
1
8
7
2
18
.235
.366
.353
.719
.429
Jeter
10
46
9
17
1
7
4
3
19
.370
.420
.500
.920
.308
Matsui, H
9
28
2
8
0
5
5
3
11
.286
.394
.393
.787
.455
Posada
10
33
3
6
1
3
2
7
25
.182
.229
.303
.532
.071
Rodriguez, A
9
39
5
12
0
4
2
11
25
.308
.341
.385
.726
.214
Swisher
9
31
8
9
3
4
7
9
11
.290
.421
.645
1.066
.000
Teixeira
10
42
4
13
2
7
5
8
23
.310
.396
.524
.920
.333
TEAM TOTAL
10
348
56
102
13
54
44
61
178
.293
.374
.491
.865
.270
Last 10 games as of 08/02/2009 min 15 AB
Not much you can complain about here, as the offense continues to get the job done. As you might expect, the two best hitters lately have been Cabrera and Jeter. But somewhat ...
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
NYY 8, Chicago 5. This was certainly a terrible day for all the Melky-bashers out there, as Cabrera pretty much single-handedly saved the Yankees from what would have been a devastating sweep at the hands of the Chicago White Sox. Melky gave the Yankees a much needed lead ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
NYY 6, Tampa Bay 2. Talk about a flip-flop. The Yankees looked as good today as they did bad yesterday. Maybe it was Boss Steinbrenner being in the house? Who knows, but after one off day, the Yankees got back on track quickly. Joba Chamberlain ...
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
NYY 8, Oakland 3. Whatever it was Joba Chamberlain did over the All-Star break, someone ought to bottle it and sell it. For the second time since the break, Joba was dominating, this time actually pitching in to the 8th before running out of gas and only giving ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
NYY 2, Detroit 1. At last an excellent start from a Yankee pitcher, and just at the right time as Detroit's Justin Verlander was doing more than matching up with CC Sabathia. Yes, CC might not have looked all that great and he did appear to struggle with his ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
NYY 8, Seattle 5. Last week Joe Girardi did the Yankee offense a huge favor by getting ejected from a game, which apparently was all it took to awaken them from a rather deep slump -- and they've been on an offensive tear ever since. But last night, ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
NYY 5, New York Mets 0. At last we got to see CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett deliver the 1-2 punch that we anticipated coming in to the season, as A.J. followed up CC's masterpiece yesterday with an even better one-hit shutout over 7 innings. That's three excellent ...
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