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Read’em and Weep: Baseball Cards Tell Story of Yankees Struggling Offense

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Robinson Cano, Roster Analysis, Yankees on September 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees find themselves idle on Labor Day for the first time since 2005 and on only the second scheduled date in franchise history (1994 was victim to the strike, and rain postponed games in 1922, 1933, 1935). Considering how poorly this year’s offense has performed, the day off seems rather appropriate. Because of the team’s slumbering bats, […]

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Can Money Still Buy Happiness in Parity-Laden MLB?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 26, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Major league baseball has achieved competitive balance. Whether you choose to call it parity or mediocrity, the difference between the best and worst teams in the league has seldom been so narrow. Max/Min Winning Percentage Comparison, 2001 to 2014 Note: 2014 data is as of the August 25, 2014. Source: Baseball-reference.com (data) and proprietary calculations. […]

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Playing Middle Has Become Road to Nowhere for Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Robinson Cano, Yankees on August 22, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The 2014 Yankees have been one of the weakest teams in franchise history. Through 125 games, the Bronx Bombers have been outscored by 40 runs, the organization’s 11th lowest run differential over that span. Not only have the Yankees achieved mediocrity in terms of their record, but their aggregate performance suggests they have been very lucky to do so. In […]

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Yankees Deadline Deals Could Look Better in 2015

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Red Sox, Roster Analysis, Yankees on August 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Brian Cashman had a pretty good July. Without sacrificing the future, he was able to add four players who, at the very least, should allow the Yankees to remain near the pennant race, if not in it. Of course, considering the season’s late stage, and the consolidation of talent among the American League’s elite, these reinforcements could […]

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Yankees Lose Their Oriole Way: BR.com Removes Baltimore Years From Franchise History

Posted in Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Yankee History, Yankees on July 23, 2014 | 3 Comments »

It’s been a rough year for the Yankees. First they lose four-fifths of their opening day starting rotation to injury, and now the first two years of the franchise’s existence have been erased from the team’s record book at baseball-reference.com. Before Monday, baseball-reference.com had recognized the 1901-1902 Baltimore Orioles as the predecessors of the current […]

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Yankees Showing Age Up the Middle

Posted in Baseball, Derek Jeter, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on July 2, 2014 | 3 Comments »

When the home plate umpire yells play ball this afternoon at Yankee Stadium, history will be made in the Bronx. With Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki penciled into the lineup, the Yankees will become the first team to start a 40-year old at short stop and centerfield in the same game (during at least the […]

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Like Birds of a Feather, Yankees, Orioles Flock Together

Posted in Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Yankees on June 27, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Following a mutual off day, the Orioles rank one game ahead of the Yankees in the A.L. East. The season doesn’t end in June, but if it did, Baltimore would be listed above New York in the standings for the first time since 1997. And, if the Orioles do outlast the Yankees, it will represent […]

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