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Comment on Breaking Down the Yankees’ Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included) by Breaking Down the Yankees' Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included) : Hatching News

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:35:47 +0000

[...] Breaking Down the Yankees' Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included) The first clip features two scoreless innings pitched by Dave Righetti in a March 30 exhibition game against the Baltimore Orioles (the Yankees wound up losing the game 1-0 in 15 innings; today, such a game would probably have been declared a tie after … Read more on The Captain’s Blog (blog) [...]

Comment on Breaking Down the Yankees’ Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included) by Breaking Down the Yankees' Spring Training Roster…in 1986 … | Yankees News Source

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:46 +0000

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Comment on Goodbye to A.J. Burnett Means Hello to a New DH…but Which One? by Price Is Right, but Raul Ibanez Signing Comes With Opportunity Cost | New York Yankees blog, Yankees blog, A blog about the New York Yankees | The Yankee Analysts

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:02:20 +0000

[...] as the Yankees’ left handed DH was a fallback position. Among free agents, Johnny Damon would have been the superior choice, but the veteran’s salary demands were too rich for the Yankees’ new budget conscious approach. [...]

Comment on Goodbye to A.J. Burnett Means Hello to a New DH…but Which One? by Price Is Right, but Raul Ibanez Signing Comes With Opportunity Cost « The Captain's Blog

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:06:10 +0000

Comment on It Happens Every Spring: A 111-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training by Pineda, CC, and Injury Updates: Weekend Yankees Links - Yanks Go Yard

Pineda, CC, and Injury Updates: Weekend Yankees Links - Yanks Go Yard — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:51:12 +0000

[...] celebration of us all making it through a seemingly never-ending winter, The Captain’s Blog has an interesting look at the 111 years of Yankees spring training. « Previous [...]

Comment on Goodbye to A.J. Burnett Means Hello to a New DH…but Which One? by YankeesVine » Blog Archive » Yankees News and Notes: Let’s Get Physical

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:15:01 +0000

[...] Once the Burnett deal is made official, the Yankees are expected to address vacancies in the DH role and on the bench. Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez are considered to be the respective front runners for those positions, although Johnny Damon seems to be the most qualified. [...]

Comment on An Offensive Look at the Defensive Spectrum Through a Yankee Prism by William Juliano

William Juliano — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:53:02 +0000

It’s not that significant. The difference between RF and LF isn’t great, and at Yankee Stadium, you probably need a better left fielder anyway. It wasn’t my intention to imply significance. Rather the negative correlation was of anecdotal interest, probably because, as you pointed out, it was one of the rare spots on the field for which the Yankees didn’t have an All Star.

Comment on An Offensive Look at the Defensive Spectrum Through a Yankee Prism by steve g

steve g — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:09:18 +0000

interesting article but does the fact that oneill and the rest played right field instead of left really that significant? also how much of that negative correlation attributable to just the late 90s- chad curtis, ricky ledee, etc while the yankees were winning- for which i guess the lesson would be that great teams can afford one bad player, i dont think the fact that it was a lf really matters.
thanks

Comment on Is 3,000 Hits Johnny Damon’s Scarlet Letter? by Johnny Damon and the shadow of 3000 – - SportNewsX - Sport News AggregatorSportNewsX – Sport News Aggregator

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:49:17 +0000

[...] Damon’s swing and walk rates, but his analysis is suspect. Over at the Captain’s Blog, William took at skeptical look at Sherman’s statistical conclusions. Still, the rumblings are there. Damon may be a good [...]

Comment on Burnett’s Departure Could Give Hughes His Last Chance by End to the Riddle: A Postmortem on A.J. Burnett’s Yankee Career « The Captain's Blog

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:31:46 +0000

[...] Yankees had many reasons for trading A.J. Burnett, but the deal also came in the nick of time for the right hander, assuming he is [...]