June 2009 Archive
Yankees Activate Brian Bruney, Designate Jose Veras For Assignment
June 16, 2009
Brian Bruney is back! But don't celebrate, or he'll get angry. And you won't like him when he's angry. But the part I don't like about this story is that the ...A-Rod: Mark Teixeira Should Be MVP
June 16, 2009
Mark Teixeira, first baseman for the New York Yankees, has belted 20 home runs in the 59 games he has played this season. He has also driven in 54 runs, has ...The Tale of Two Brains (or, I Wonder Which Team Will Show Up Today?)
June 16, 2009
The week ended in one of those laugher, sigh-of-relief games that every Yankee fan is used to...and every opponent dreads. The play-by-play men and color men talk in platitudes like, "You ...Judg-Ming-t Day: Wang Faces Last Chance to Stay in Yankees Rotation
June 16, 2009
Yankees fans attempt to remember a time when Chien-Ming Wang led all of MLB in wins. They try to hold onto the memories of a sinker once described as “trying ...The New Yankee Stadium: A New Englander’s Review
June 16, 2009
From a New England perspective, Fenway Park is to the old and decrepit Foxboro Stadium as the new Yankee Stadium is to the world class Gillette Stadium. I have been of the ...Does Jorge Hurt the Yanks When He Catches?
June 16, 2009
Well, it seems that more and more people are starting to believe he does. And since Jorge Posada has returned from the DL, there has been a lot of talk ...Yankees Destroy Mets, Will They Defeat the Red Sox?
June 15, 2009
The New York Yankees destroyed the New York Metropolitans 15-0 Sunday in the Bronx to win two out of the three games played during this weekend’s first installment of the ...Derek Jeter Is The Second Best Shortstop In Baseball History
June 15, 2009
Cliff Eastham just wrote a piece on the top 10 shortstops in the Hall of Fame and I was very interested in the piece. One of the reasons it was so ...Where Is the Wind Coming From in the New Yankee Stadium?
June 15, 2009
Ever since the New York Yankees have moved across the street from their old home that hosted them for the last 85 years, the Yankees moved into the New Yankee Stadium, ...Mickey Mantle’s Poor 1959 Season Has Gotten Better
June 15, 2009
In 1959, Mickey Mantle batted .285 with 31 home runs and 75 RBI. Mickey admitted that it had been a lack luster season for him. "It wouldn't surprise me if the ...