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Archive for April 6th, 2010

What A Relief…Or, I Am Joba Hear Me Roar!

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Defense was the early theme as the Yankees allowed Jacoby Ellsbury to reach base on a fairly routine pop up. It looked like Marcus Thames should have made the play, which plays to his reputation. Thames is a solid righty bat against lefties, but he doesn’t do that well enough to justify defense like he put […]

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Game 2: Yankees vs. Red Sox

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The Yankees and Red Sox are back in action, this time with Jon Lester facing AJ Burnett. The current Red Sox lineup has had considerable success against Burnett, fueled in large part by AJ’s 8.85 ERA against Boston last season. Meanwhile, the Yankees will have to lean on the Captain and Arod because the rest […]

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Stop Whining…

Posted in MLB, Yankees on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

That was the message sent by Yankees President Randy Levine to Brewers Owner Mark Attanasio in an interview with ESPNNewYork.com. “We play by all the rules and there doesn’t seem to be any complaints when teams such as the Brewers receive hundreds of millions of dollars that they get from us in revenue sharing the […]

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Baseball Is Still The National Pastime

Posted in MLB on April 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Traditions abound on Opening Day, but one unfortunate reoccurring part of the festivities seems to be at least one inane and misinformed article touting the demise of baseball as the national pastime. I am convinced that the same article gets passed around each year so a new author can add a few extra distortions and […]

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