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Yanks Have Many Links to Mazzaro’s Nightmare Outing

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As the Yankees were busy losing their sixth consecutive game last night, Kansas City Royals’ right hander Vin Mazzaro was in the midst of a nightmarish relief appearance. The confluence of events was fitting because less than one week earlier, the Yankees’ skid was started with Mazzaro on the mound. In that 3-2 extra inning […]

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Ignorance Defines Posada’s Critics; Catcher No Stranger to Sacrifice, Not Only Legendary Backstop to Have a Bad Day

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Although it now seems clear that Jorge Posada made a mistake by pulling himself from Saturday’s lineup, the reactions of many have reached absurd proportions. Words like selfish, arrogant, liar and quitter have been freely tossed around, and some have even suggested that the transgression warranted a severe disciplinary action (a feeling reportedly shared by some […]

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Splitting Hairs: A(nother) Granular Look at the Yankees’ Slump

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on May 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) The longer the Yankees’ offensive malaise continues, the more it becomes confusing. Over a three-week period that has seen the team’s per game production plummet by almost two runs, no one explanation has been evident. Nonetheless, there must be something […]

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Swept Away: Red Sox Pull Off Rare Feat at Yankee Stadium

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

After being swept by the Boston Red Sox at home, the Yankees concluded one of their most embarrassing and demoralizing weeks in recent memory. In addition to losing three games to their heated rival, not to mention enduring the Jorge Posada soap opera, the Yankees also dropped two games to the Kansas City Royals. As […]

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Girardi, Posada Come Clean, but Cashman Is the One Who Has Some Explaining To Do

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on May 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »

When Saturday night’s lineup was first posted, Jorge Posada was batting ninth. Then, he was scratched just before game time. As various rumors about his status circulated, including speculation about a possible retirement, Brian Cashman announced to FOX cameras that Posada had asked out of the lineup. Cashman also stated that no injury was involved. […]

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Next Stop, Bench? Posada Dropped to Ninth in Lineup

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Bernie Williams entered June 1995 in a terrible slump, which prompted a temporary demotion to the bottom of the lineup. In order to motivate his young centerfielder, Buck Showalter jokingly suggested to Williams that after ninth, the next stop was the bench. The message must have been received loud and clear because not only did […]

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Take Me Out OF the Ballgame: Is the Bronx Becoming LA East?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on May 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Earlier in the season, there was some concern expressed about the decline in attendance at Yankee Stadium. Over the first 22 games of the home schedule, approximately 3,300 fewer fans have attended each game, which represents a 7% year-over-year dip from last year’s average of 45,050. From my standpoint, however, the greater concern isn’t the people […]

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