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It Happens Every Spring: A 111-Year Retrospective of Yankees Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Spring Training, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on February 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »

(This post was originally published on February 16, 2011) For 16 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 hearken […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

C.C. Sabathia is already enjoying the benefits of his new slimmed down physique. The big lefty has reported improved stamina, but it will still be a challenge to avoid the temptations of the road. Russell Martin has been quickly getting up to speed learning his new pitching staff. Martin and the rest of the catchers […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In the New York Times, Harvey Araton has an outstanding profile of Yogi Berra’s and Ron Guidry’s annual rites of spring, frogs legs and all. Yogi’s teammate Phil Rizzuto would undoubtedly be glad to hear that Brett Gardner has been working on his bunting skills. Newsday dug up an old conversation with the Scooter on […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Just like his father used to do, Hank Steinbrenner held court at the Yankees’ spring training complex in Tampa, opining on everything from house building to modern psychology to social and economic political systems. The elder Steinbrother also revisited the team’s off season acquisition of Rafael Soriano. Alex Rodriguez addressed the media for the first […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Arod, Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Position players got into the swing of things over the weekend, including Derek Jeter, who is working on a minor adjustment to his batting stance. Jeter’s opening remarks of the spring were somewhat defiant, as the 37-year old shortstop seeks to break the unfavorable trend among men his age who play the position. Although never […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Freddy Garcia is considered one of the favorites to make the Yankees’ starting rotation, but he’ll have to do it with guile. Despite no longer possessing a major league fastball, Garcia still believes he can get people out. Bartolo Colon is another veteran candidate for the rotation, and former manager Mike Hargrove gave him a […]

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Breakfast Links: A Quick Wind Sprint Around Spring Training

Posted in Baseball, Link Roundup, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Mariano Rivera finally arrived in camp after missing two days to tend to his sick children. Although the immortal Yankees’ closer spoke about how difficult it was to leave his family, he also stated that he still has the desire to compete. There will come a day when the Yankees will have to face the ninth inning […]

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