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Next Stop, Bench? Posada Dropped to Ninth in Lineup

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on May 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Bernie Williams entered June 1995 in a terrible slump, which prompted a temporary demotion to the bottom of the lineup. In order to motivate his young centerfielder, Buck Showalter jokingly suggested to Williams that after ninth, the next stop was the bench. The message must have been received loud and clear because not only did […]

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Will April Showers Bring May Flowers for Jorge Posada?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

April has usually been very kind to Jorge Posada. Entering 2011, he had posted an impressive line of .282/.380/.510 during the season’s first month. What’s more, he ranks as the franchise leader for homeruns and RBIs in April (since 1950). In other words, Posada has been no stranger to a fast start. Most April HRs […]

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Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Slumping Yankees

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Over any 10-game stretch, even the most accomplished hitter can experience a dry spell. For the most part, such slumps pass by unnoticed, but when they occur at the beginning of the season, there is usually much more scrutiny. For […]

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Posada Looks to Make Mark as Rare Fulltime Yankee DH

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The early part of a baseball season is about uncovering early clues to help answer all the questions that accumulated in the offseason. Heading into the 2011 season, one of the concerns facing the Yankees was whether Jorge Posada would adapt to his new role as a fulltime DH. With three homeruns in his first […]

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