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Opening Day Oddities; Blue Jays and Indians Play Longest Game; Valverde Perfect No Longer

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Opening Day, or at least yesterday’s version of it, pitted the two teams with best and worst Spring Training records. The Toronto Blue Jays just wrapped the second best spring winning percentage (.774) in a non-labor impacted season since 1984, while the Cleveland Indians turned in the lowest rate of success (.241) over the same […]

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600 Is Thome’s Coming Out Party

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Twenty years ago, the Yankees and Indians endured miserable seasons that ranked among the worst in each franchise’s respective history (sixth lowest winning percentage for New York and second lowest for Cleveland). However, on October 4, three games before the merciful end of a forgettable season, the two teams participated in a memorable moment that […]

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Did Yanks Lose the Deadline? How Potential American League Playoff Rotations Stack Up

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By most objective standards, the Yankees have the best pitching staff in the American League. And yet, according to some, Brian Cashman’s inability to acquire another pitcher has branded the team as a “trade deadline loser”.  So much for perspective. […]

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