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Yankees Dealing with ARod’s Injury by Shuffling Lineup, but Is Girardi Playing Cards Correctly?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on August 8, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Since Alex Rodriguez went on the disabled list, the Yankees have gone 5-7, ceding three games off their division lead in the process. After last night’s game, Eric Chavez, who has mostly filled in at third, placed the blame for the Yankees’ slide squarely on Arod’s injury. Considering how often Rodriguez was maligned during the […]

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Verlander Strikes Back at Empire (with Help from Umpire); Approaches Several Strike-Throwing Milestones

Posted in Baseball, MLB, PitchFX, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on August 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Last night, Justin Verlander was a strike-throwing machine. Over eight innings, the right hander threw 96 strikes, or nearly 73% of his career-high tying 132 pitches. That not only represented the most strikes ever recorded by the Tigers’ ace in one game, but it was also the highest total by any pitcher since Brandon Morrow registered […]

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Reevaluating the Curtis Granderson Trade; Austin Jackson’s Breakout, New CBA Alter the Equation

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Trades, Yankees, tagged , on August 6, 2012 | 3 Comments »

When Austin Jackson steps to the plate tonight in the bottom of the first inning, some Yankee fans might be surprised to see the centerfielder’s numbers. Jackson currently ranks third in batting average, on-base percentage and offensive bWAR, while his OPS+ of 150 stands behind only six others. Although it’s probably too soon to call […]

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Tough Luck: Yankees Falling Behind in One-Run Games

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) The last two weeks have been frustrating for Yankee fans. Not only has the team lost 9 of 14 games, but six of the defeats have come in one-run ballgames. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound. Intuitively, when games are very close, luck should play a […]

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Baseball Doesn’t Need Olympics; Should Step Away from Greedy IOC to Enhance Softball’s Re-entry Bid

Posted in Baseball, Interleague, tagged on August 3, 2012 | 5 Comments »

Baseball has been played intermittently at the Olympics since 1904, but the sport wasn’t granted official medal status until 1992. Unfortunately, baseball’s full recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was only a footnote during that Olympiad because the Barcelona Games also marked the debut of the U.S.  men’s basketball Dream Team. At the time, […]

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Casey At the Bat (but Off the Bench); Addition of McGehee Helps Alleviate Split-Based Vulnerability

Posted in Baseball, Roster Analysis, Trades, Yankees, tagged on August 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees ended July losing nine of their last 12 to finish .500 or lower in the month for the first time since 1992. Despite the slide, which has cost the team half of its division lead, Brian Cashman failed to pull the trigger on a major deadline deal, which means if the Yankees are […]

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