- Sam Borden, LoHud.com Yankees Blog on February 6, 2010, 5:38 PM CT
(32 days ago)
Was doing some reading this afternoon and came upon a nice piece by good buddy Bob Klapisch, who wrote about Joe Girardi’s spring training opening address to the Yankees. Klap is right in that some of the best advice Joe Torre ever gave his teams came in these speeches, and I can remember talking to [...]
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- Sam Borden, LoHud.com Yankees Blog on February 6, 2010, 2:09 PM CT
(32 days ago)
Extra-special birthday wishes go out to the spirit of Babe Ruth today, who is no doubt looking down somewhere and wondering what all the fuss over Johnny Damon wanting millions of dollars is all about. The Babe, who passed away in 1948, would be turning 115 today.
Earlier this week we debated the greatest Yankee of [...]
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- Bill Madden, NY Daily News on February 6, 2010, 1:53 PM CT
(32 days ago)
After restoring the Yankees to championship status after a nine-year hiatus by spending mightily in the free agent market on three players last winter, Brian Cashman clearly set about tweaking the roster through trades.
- Lenny Neslin (lennysyankees@gmail.com), Lenny's Yankees
on February 6, 2010, 1:40 PM CT
(32 days ago)
Today is Babe Ruth’s 115th birthday. All hail: The Sultan of Swat The Wali of Wallop The Rajah of Rap The Caliph of Clout The Wazir of Wham The Colossus of Clout Maharajah of Mash The King of Clout The Colossus of Crash The King of Swing The Terrible Titan The Kid of Crash The Jovial Giant The Great Bambino Credit WikiAnswers for all the nicknames. I only knew the ones in bold. Anyway, I’m a stats guy — not a sabermetrician — bu
- Bryan Hoch, Yankees.com/Official on February 6, 2010, 12:53 PM CT
(32 days ago)
Around the Horn: Outfielders
- Sam Borden, LoHud.com Yankees Blog on February 6, 2010, 11:08 AM CT
(32 days ago)
In general, I’m a very big believer in the present tense as it relates to sports. While I absolutely appreciate the concepts of “up-and-coming,” “upside” and “potential,” most of the time I look at all those terms and just think they’re nicer ways of saying “haven’t made it yet.”
In baseball (especially when it comes to [...]
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- Chad Jennings, LoHud.com Yankees Blog on February 6, 2010, 8:38 AM CT
(32 days ago)
Next up in the Pinch Hitters series is Moshe Mandel, who used the career of one young pitcher to evaluate the trade of another young pitcher.
Moshe is a second-year student at Harvard Law School, “and would love to use my legal education to find a job in sports,” he wrote. The law education came in handy when [...]
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