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Heads Will Roll

In a season of improbabilities for the New York Yankees, the improbable occurred again last night:  Mariano Rivera threw a wild pitch – he has only thrown two in six years! – that cost the Yankees the game and dropped them 10½ games behind the Rays in the AL East and 7 games behind Boston in the Wild Card race.   The lost was to the last place Royals, and it was the Yankees’ second straig... Read More

 
No Mo' Rivera

When is the Madison Avenue-brainwashed Yankee community going to finally start getting honest with themselves?  Mariano Rivera is not, I repeat, NOT the greatest closer of all time.  Oh sure, he is the greatest walk in from the bullpen in the ninth at the start of the in... Read More

 
Ranger Recap: Game 116 vs. New York Yankees(62-52)

Final Score: Yankees 3, Rangers 0Winning Pitcher: Mike Mussina(15-7)Losing Pitcher: Scott Feldman(4-5)Save: Mariano Rivera(28)Game summary: The Rangers have played 116 games this year, and out of them, this could have been the most bland one yet. A Ranger offense who leads the league in runs scored per game(somewhere in the 6-6.5 range) put up ... Read More

 
Texas Rangers Recap: Game 115: vs. New York Yankees(61-52)

Final Score: Yankees 5, Rangers 3Winning Pitcher: Sidney Ponson(7-2)Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter(0-1)Save: Mariano Rivera(27)Game summary: Normally I would start writing the recap o####ame around the 7th inning, when it's usually decided who will win and who will lose. However, with the Rangers only down by two runs going into the bottom of the ninth, the Cardiac Kid... Read More

 
Who Would You Throw Under The Bus? -- July 20, 2008

It's that time of week again. The time of week that you, the Joe Six-Pack Fan, get a chance to vent your ire at a team, individua... Read More

 
Rated R For Repulsive: My Boneheads of the Week

With the week almost over, I've been scanning and surfing through this atrocity known as the Internet to find the people who have done something so stupid that it warrants a permit to be that off the wall. After careful deliberation with several people, these seven entities have earned the title of B... Read More

 
Mariano Rivera Should Start the All-Star Game

Mariano Rivera is arguably the greatest closer of all time. He has developed his legacy and reputation as a member of the New York Yankees, while playing in le... Read More

 
Mariano & The All Star Game:

Josh Q. Public:  Tuck you in, warm within.  Keep you free from sin.  Till the sandman he com... Read More

 
Let The Debate Begin

This offseason, Eric SanInosencio had an excellent series, “The Great Debates” running over at Rays Anatomy (currently called Outs Per Swing). SanInosencio, now a podcaster and writer at Baseball Digest Daily, made his case for several up-and... Read More

 
Yankees Mid-Season Grades: Much Improvement Under Girardi

It sounds odd to say just days after Friday afternoon's debacle, but when one takes a step back and looks the the 2008 New York Yankees after 81 games (44-37) they are much improved compared to the 2007 version (40-41) at this point.  Which not to slight Torre, but makes me wonder with the kind of talent he had if Buck Showalt... Read More

 
New York Yankees: How Do You Spell Relief...JOBA!

With the New York Yankees sitting alone in last place behind teams like the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays, fans want to see Joba Chamberlain in the starting rotation sooner rather than later. As Hank Steinbrenner has been screaming all season that any "####" can see that Joba i... Read More

 
Kei Igawa phone home

by Ron PrezzanoOkay, something baseball.How about those Yankees? They look like a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter during th... Read More

 
Yanks Blaze Into Boston

The Yankees final game in Kansas City before they head off to Boston, showed just how different this team is at the start of this year compared to the 2007 Bombers.  Well ok, so Andy Pettitte is still back to being the stopper again, but it goes much deeper t... Read More

 
Yanks Spank Rays

The offense exploded and Mike Mussina never imploded as the Yankees cruised on by the Tampa Bay Rays by a final of 6-1 Monday.  The win gained the Yankees a split in the series and finished off their first homestand with ... Read More

 
Yanks Get Off The MAT: Hideki Homers And Wang K's Six

Well at least the Yankees won't be getting swept by the Rays.  The Yanks used some "Asian Persuasion" to turn away the Rays on Sunday afternoon, w... Read More

 
Baseball logic

by Ron Prezzano   I have been a Yankee fan since; the average cost of new house was $6,600.00. The average wages per year was $2,850.00. The cost o####allon of gas was 15 cents. The average c... Read More

 
Rescue Us Again Andy!

What a suprise, its up to Andy Pettitte fresh off the DL to be the Yankees stopper once again.  Though Pettitte couldn't have rounded up enough leeches to place on LaTroy Hawkins right arm ... Read More

 
Bobby's Bloop Leave's Yanks Philling Fine

No not quite a bloop and a blast.  But how about two bunts and a bloop?  Yes it was ugly, but it sure beats losing pretty a... Read More

 
House Built For Melky

For the first time since October 4, 1995, (Game 2 of the ALDS to be exact) a Yankee manager not named Joe Torre led the Bronx Bombers to a victory.  That man was Buck Showalter and just as Buck had a young up and coming star centerfielder in ... Read More

 
 
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