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Archive for February 25th, 2011

Solving Another Baseball “Movie Mystery”: What Game Did Harold Lloyd Film for his 1928 Classic “Speedy”?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Movies, Nostalgia, Yankee Stadium, Yankees, tagged , , , on February 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Larry Granillo’s (Baseball Prospectus and Wezen-Ball) recent forensic investigation into Ferris Buehler’s whereabouts on his now infamous day off made for one of the more creative and entertaining blog posts in quite some time. For those who missed the piece, Granillo attempted (and succeeded) to determine the date of the game that Buehler attended with [...]

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Trying to Turn Brett Gardner into Another Babe Ruth?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) As Moshe Mandel covered in detail yesterday afternoon, Brett Gardner has made improving his bunting skills a priority during spring training. Hopefully, that means more drag bunts for base hits and not maddening sacrifices when the team can ill afford [...]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

C.C. Sabathia is already enjoying the benefits of his new slimmed down physique. The big lefty has reported improved stamina, but it will still be a challenge to avoid the temptations of the road. Russell Martin has been quickly getting up to speed learning his new pitching staff. Martin and the rest of the catchers [...]

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