October 2009 Archive
Jorge Posada : Future With The Yankees ?
October 29, 2009
If you are a catcher prospect, please contact the New York Yankees today. Immediate position available. Looking for a regular catcher starting 2012. Maybe before. This is an employment ad you ...Phil Hughes Struggles: Should Joe Girardi Rethink Bullpen for World Series?
October 29, 2009
Phil Hughes hasn't been his dominant self this postseason, as has been very well documented. So far, his line reads: 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 6 K. That works ...Is It Time For Joe Girardi To Bench Nick Swisher?
October 29, 2009
On November 13, 2008, Brian Cashman made one of his rare very shrewd moves. He acquired 1B/OF Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox for two minor leaguers and utility ...Team 107: The 1996 Tigers
October 29, 2009
Year: 1996 Record: 53-109 (2nd most losses in franchise history) Win %: .327 Win % Change: -90 from the year before Run Differential: -320 Pythagorean Record: 56-106 AL Finish: 14th of 14 teams Manager: Buddy Bell Best Transaction: ...World Series, Game 1: Yanks Pick Wrong Time For Bad Night
October 29, 2009
In the minutes preceding the Yankees' miraculous, positively 2001-esque, one-run rally in the ninth inning last night against the Phillies, my friends and I attempted to glean any positive developments ...Phillies-Yankees: Cliff Lee, Chase Utley Help Phillies Take Game One
October 29, 2009
There’s an old saying in baseball that has held true from 1909 to 2009–good pitching always beats good hitting. That saying held true again last night in Game One of the ...Just Saying, Is All… | The Untold Story of the 2009 World Series
October 29, 2009
Old glory never dies—it just repeats itself into oblivion. The World Series isn’t what it was. It’s also, thankfully, still what it is. As America limps its way out of the ...This Is Why People Hate the Yankees
October 29, 2009
For many years I wondered why so many people seem to have such a disgust for the Yankees. You either like them or you don't. "They buy their players," people ...World Series: It’s a Sad Day When Seats Are Empty for Game One at Yankee Stadium
October 29, 2009
When I think back to the old Yankee Stadium, the first thought that comes into my mind is an animal house. The crowd was extremely loud, extremely rowdy, and the hostile ...Game 1 Diary: Cliff Lee and the Decepticons Wreak Havoc In NY
October 29, 2009
Bill Simmons did it. Then my buddy Tyler Thompson did it. Now, I'm going to give it a shot. Here is my running diary for Game 1 of the World ...