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Yankees Flying High Versus Blue Jays: Historical Look at Single Season Series Performances

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on August 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been a choppy ride for the Yankees in 2013, but their slim playoff hopes have been kept afloat by a life raft: the Toronto Blue Jays. Many expected the Yankees and Blue Jays to battle for supremacy in the A.L. East, but instead, the Bronx Bombers have used Toronto to prop up their lagging […]

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Staff Infection Puts Yankees Playoff Hopes on Life Support; Team Needs Starters to Pitch In for Wild Card Push

Posted in Baseball on August 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees offense has been their Achilles heel for most of the season. However, even amid a mini resurgence with the bats, the team’s starting pitchers have taken enough stutter steps to keep the Bronx Bombers limping down the stretch . 2013 Monthly ERA: Yankees vs. American League Note: AL average includes Yankees’ figures. Source: […]

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Yankees Make Like Early Birds in Day Games After Night

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

This afternoon, the Yankees follow up a “dreaded double header” with the equally lamented “day game after a night game”. These two scheduling hurdles are never greeted enthusiastically by managers, especially those with teams in a pennant race, but for the Yankees at least, the hand wringing is unnecessary. Yankees Day vs. Night Game Distribution, […]

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Let’s Play Two: Yankees Have Historically Doubled Their Pleasure in Twin Bills (Updated)

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 20, 2013 | 2 Comments »

The post below has been updated to reflect changes since original publication. Whenever a team is forced to play a doubleheader, the manager will usually express a universal lament about how difficult it is to win both games. No manager has been more vocal about this perceived dynamic than Joe Girardi, but is it really true? Since the […]

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Comeback to the Future: Has Time Run Out on the Yankees?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Red Sox, Yankee History, Yankees on August 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »

The Yankees have reached the three-quarter pole, and their position in the pennant race is an unfamiliar one. Instead of leading the field, the Bronx Bombers find themselves stalking a wide field that includes a few thoroughbreds as well as a couple of dark horses. And, among all the contenders, the Yankees may be the […]

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Walking More and Striking Out Less? A Look at League and Individual Rates

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis on August 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Although strikeouts in Major League Baseball have declined slightly this season, the overall trajectory in the last decade has been a precipitous rise. Meanwhile, walks have been gradually dwindling over the same span. This divergence has played a role in the overall decline in offense, however, some players have been able to buck these prevailing […]

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MLB Tactics in Biogenesis Case Raise Old Question, Hark Back to Steinbrenner/Winfield Saga

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Baseball History, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, PEDs, Yankee History, Yankees on August 7, 2013 | 1 Comment »

One of the most prominent figures in all of sports, whose controversial tenure with the Yankees kept the tabloids in business, was given an unprecedented suspension from an overzealous commissioner who grossly overstepped his authority in handing down the ban. Although that neatly sums up the ongoing Alex Rodriguez saga, it could just as easily […]

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