Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
NYY 4, Oakland 3. As I've said before, there's nothing more predictable than A.J. Burnett's unpredictability. So after two terrible starts, you had to figure A.J. would pitch a good game in this one against the A's, and sure enough that's exactly what we got -- 6 innings, ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
NYY 10, Los Angeles 6. So much for counting on Javier Vazquez to bolster the struggling starting rotation. Vazquez did pitch four solid innings, but imploded in the fifth and couldn't record an out in the sixth. What a different rotation this is since the ASG. ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
NYY 6, Oakland 2. So maybe there is something to the "A.J. Burnett needs pitching coach Dave Eiland in order to be effective" story. Yeah, small sample size, yada yada -- but 0-5 with an 11.35 ERA during Eiland's absence, and since his return 1-0 with a 1.32 ...
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
So now that we are officially at the halfway mark for the season, how have the 2010 Yankees, the defending World Series champions, done? Looking back it seems like it's been a frustrating 81 games with more low lights than high lights -- Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriquez are ...
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
NYY 8, Detroit 0. It was back-to-back pitchers' duels (well, at least for eight innings anyway), but this time it was the Yankees shutting out the Tigers. Phil Hughes pitched yet another gem -- 7 innings 0 runs 5 hits 1 walk and 8 Ks. In each of ...
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
At long last, baseball is back! In no particular order, here are some of the things I'll be watching for as Spring Training progresses......
No doubt the biggest change from last year's team is the outfield. Clearly Curtis Granderson (3.4 WAR) is a significant improvement over Melky Cabrera (1.7 WAR) -- ...
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
NYY 7, Oakland 5. This is pretty much the way you have to win with your No. 5 starter. Sergio Mitre struggled from the beginning, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits in just 5 innings. But to his credit, he didn't walk anyone, thus limiting the ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
NYY 11, Atlanta 7. The offensive outburst continued with everyone in the lineup except for poor Mark Teixeira getting a hit. The top of the order was particularly hot -- Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon combined to go 7-for-9 with 5 R and 4 RBIs. Not much ...
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
NYY 9, Texas 2. At last A.J. Burnett puts one in the win column with 6 solid innings of 3-hit shutout pitching. It would be nice to think he's now getting in a groove -- but the rap on him when he got here was being inconsistent, so ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
Boston 4, NYY 1. About all you can do with this series is just chalk it up to the alignment of the stars, and move on. The Yankees lose game one when Mario Rivera blows a save -- something he did only once all of last year. That's clearly a ...
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