Tag: 2019 Yankees

Gerrit Cole - 2020 Free agent ( (Photo: pinstripalley.com Edited)
Posted in Analysis Brian Cashman Yankees 2020 Yankees prospects

Yankees roster: Is it really all about landing a marquee pitcher

The Yankees can feel the pressure mounting to sign a top-flight free-agent starter. Brian Cashman knows better, though, and he’ll show us why… Yankees GM…

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Mike Ford Walks Off The Yankees (Photo: Newsday)
Posted in A Baseball Story Babe Ruth New York Yankees Yankees - The Replacements

Yankees: On Solving The Mystery Of The Replacement Players

The Yankees season has been marked by the number of players who step right into their lineup from the minors, ready to play. Maybe it’s…

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Please sign one more... (Photo: Flickr)
Posted in New York Yankees Yankees 2019

New York Yankees News, Notes, Tidbits, And Musings

As the Yankees wind down their regular season and prepare for the postseason, we pause for a few notes, tidbits, and general musings about the…

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Brett Gardner, The Straw Who Stirs The Yankees Drink( Photo Credit: Jim McIsaac)
Posted in Analysis Brett Gardner New York Yankees Yankees 2019

Brett Gardner: In Retrospect – You Should Have Known Better

Brett Gardner is a quintessential New York Yankee. But after all these years, his recent childish behavior endangers the spirit of play he is known…

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CC Sabathia - Grit And Determination (Photo: USA Today)
Posted in A Baseball Story CC Sabathia Yankees Playoffs Yankees Starting Pitching

CC Sabathia: Hopes For A Postseason Swan Song Plummeting

CC Sabathia is in the final two months of his career. Limping to the end is not what he envisioned. A significant role in the…

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Gleyber Torres - The Sky Is The Limit (Photo: SNY TV)
Posted in A Baseball Story Analysis Gleyber Torres

Gleyber Torres: Who Dares To Write The Script For His Career?

Gleyber Torres is someone who comes along only a few times in a lifetime. With no end in sight to his meteoric rise, Yankees fans…

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Gary Sanchez, An all too familiar sight (Photo: Newsday)
Posted in Analysis Gary Sanchez Yankees 2019

Gary Sanchez: Sorry, Somebody Needs To Get On His Case Again

Gary Sanchez is in another swoon. And if the perception is indeed as good as reality, it is for lack of trying. Who’s going to…

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Brett Gardner ejected for dugout antics 8/17/19 (Photo: New York Times)
Posted in Analysis MLB Editorial Yankees 2019

The Yankees Have A Legitimate Complaint About Umpiring

The Yankees, for the second time in two weeks, were caught in the path of umpires overstepping their bounds. Two wrongs don’t make a right…

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