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Don’t Look Back: An Ageless Tale of Satchel Paige

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, tagged , on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

  Understandably lost amid the furor surrounding the Yankees and Mariners decision to swap talented young players was news that 49-year old Jamie Moyer, who is recovering from Tommy John Surgery, signed a minor league contract with the Rockies. So much for out with the old.Baseball is a young man’s game, but unlike most other sports, there’s still plenty of […]

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Yankees, Mariners Swap One Rare Talent for Another

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hot Stove, MLB, Prospects, Trades, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , on January 15, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Did Brian Cashman make a wise decision when he sent 22-year old offensive wunderkind Jesus Montero to Seattle in exchange for 23-year old phenom Michael Pineda? As much as it pains me to answer that question with a cliché, in this case, it applies: only time will tell. However, what we do know is Pineda […]

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A Closer Look at First Ballot Hall of Famers

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, Yankees on January 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Although the reasons have varied over the years, the BBWAA has long placed importance on the notion of a first ballot Hall of Famer. Even though the Hall of Fame makes no such distinction, and despite the fact that several great players have needed multiple ballots to gain admittance, for the most part, the class […]

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Larkin Wins Enshrinement, but Intrigue Rests Further Down the Ballot

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2012 | 3 Comments »

  Barry Larkin was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame (click here for final tally), having being named on 86.4% of all ballots cast. Despite being overlooked over the past two elections, Larkin’s enshrinement was all but ensured heading into the vote. However, there were some interesting, and in some cases surprising, […]

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No, No, Frazee: A Look Back at the Reaction Following Babe Ruth’s Sale to the Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Red Sox, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , on January 6, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Day will break and I’m gonna wake; and start to bake a sugar cake;for you to take for all the boys to see. – Lyrics from Tea for Two, from the Broadway musical, No, No, Nanette During the first week of January in 1920, Yankees’ manager Miller Huggins hopped on a train and made the […]

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Yankee Classic (Video): A Memorable Mattingly Moment

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Video, Yankees, tagged on January 6, 2012 | 9 Comments »

Don Mattingly only hit two walk off homer runs in his career. The first, which came against the Minnesota Twins on May 13, 1985, just so happens to be one of my favorite moments growing up as a Yankee fan in the 1980s (the other walk off came against the Brewers in 1989). To set the […]

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Reaching the Height of Potential

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Yankees, tagged , , on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Baseball Americarecently unveiled its new ranking for the Yankees’ farm system, and once again Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos were featured prominently. Absent from the list, however, was Andrew Brackman, who ranked fifth on last year’s list. Of course, the reason Brackman didn’t make the list is because he is no […]

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