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It Happens Every Spring: A 114-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Spring Training, Yankee History, Yankee Stadium, Yankees on February 18, 2015 | 1 Comment »

(This updated post was originally published on February 16, 2011) For 19 years, Tampa has been the Yankees’ spring training home, but it still seems like just yesterday when the team’s camp was located down the coast in Ft. Lauderdale. I am sure most fans who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s still reflexively […]

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White House Democrats Have Been Kind to Yankees, but Obama Has Pinstripes Turning Blue

Posted in Baseball on February 16, 2015 | 1 Comment »

(This post has been updated from its initial publication on April 26, 2010). At the risk of getting too political, President Barack Obama’s second term has been a disaster…for the Bronx Bombers. After racking up an impressive .602 winning percentage during his first term, the Yankees have struggled after President Obama’s re-election. Not only have the pinstripes posted […]

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Yankees Forgo Chance to Shield Risky Rotation

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

James Shields is headed to San Diego, and it didn’t take a mountain of cash to get him. Instead, the right hander signed a very reasonable four-year contract at a price commensurate with the value he has consistently provided during his career. So, why weren’t the Yankees interested in a player who would have fit well […]

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Shedding Light on Blackouts: Nothing Wrong with MLB’s Territorial Rights

Posted in Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB on February 4, 2015 | 19 Comments »

The blackout is one of the best things to happen to baseball fans in the last 20 years. Although conventional wisdom regards MLB’s blackout policy as a scourge, the truth is much different. Blackouts, which are based on territorial exclusivity, are the foundation of the sport’s economic system, and, it’s because of them that most […]

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Breaking Down Keith Law’s 2015 Top-100 Prospect List

Posted in Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees on January 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Keith Law has released his annual ranking of the top-100 prospects in professional baseball, and the Yankees managed to land only two players on the list. Aaron Judge (23rd) and Greg Bird (80th) were the Baby Bombers who made the cut, giving the Yankees their fewest number of entrants in Law’s ranking since 2010. Yankees’ Historical Representation […]

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Shifting the Blame: Are Defensive Alignments the Reason for MLB’s Offensive Resignment?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis on January 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Rob Manfred’s reign as MLB commissioner began on the offensive. Or was it the defensive? That probably depends on how you feel about shifts. During an interview with ESPN, the new commissioner casually stated he would be “open to eliminating shifts” in an effort to “inject additional offense” into the game. Although a small part of […]

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Yankees Not Yet Ready to Reap a Prospect Bounty, According to Keith Law

Posted in Baseball, Mets, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Red Sox, Yankees on January 28, 2015 | 1 Comment »

ESPN prospect guru Keith Law thinks the Yankees’ farm system is “trending up”, but still not ready to be cultivated. Thanks to a strong 2013 draft and aggressive foray into the international market, Law was more optimistic about the Bronx Bombers’ stockpile of prospects, but still ranked the team’s minor league system toward the bottom third […]

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