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Opening Day Flashback to the Early 1990s: When Hope Didn’t Spring Eternal

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For a few years in the 1990s, Opening Day wasn’t exactly a time of new hope and great expectations for Yankees fans. Younger followers of the team probably can’t fathom the idea of a season beginning with the Yankees staring down the barrel of last place, but such was the case two decades ago. Considering […]

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New York Yankees Opening Day Facts and Figures

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Opening Day is always a joyous occasion, but if Jorge Posada’s afternoon is tinged with a touch of remorse, it’ll be easy to understand. For the first time in 12 years, Posada will be watching the first pitch of the season from the dugout instead of catching it behind the plate. With Posada’s string of […]

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Uppity: A Baseball Career Remembered in Black and White

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Books, MLB, Yankees, tagged on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

During his over 40 years in the game of baseball, Bill White was a successful player, broadcaster and executive. Now, you can add author to the list. “Uppity: My Untold Story About the Games People Play” is due out on April 1, an ironic date considering White earned the reputation of being nobody’s fool. As […]

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2011 Season Preview and Predictions

Posted in Baseball, Mets, MLB, Predictions, Red Sox, Yankees on March 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Another season is upon us, and so too is the time for predictions. Listed below are my forecasts for the regular season standings as well as the major award winners. In addition, a capsule for each team is provided below. For what it’s worth, the Captain’s Blog did a pretty good job predicting the standings […]

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Garcia Wins Rotation Battle with Colon; Nova Set to Join Rare Company as Rookie Starter

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) The Yankees rounded out their rotation this morning by naming Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia as the team’s fourth and fifth starters, respectively. It was also announced that Bartolo Colon would serves as a swing man in the bullpen, similar […]

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Colon or Garcia: With No Right Answer, How Can Yanks Go Wrong?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Sergio Mitre‘s tenure in pinstripes came to an end today when he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for reserve outfielder Chris Dickerson. Once Mitre dropped out of the race to win a spot in the starting rotation, his place on the team became somewhat precarious, making today’s trade a confirmation of the inevitable. However, the downstream […]

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Girardi Makes Radio Waves; Yanks’ Manager Personifies Modern Media Realities

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi has been making waves of late…radio waves that is. Over the past two weeks, the Yankees’ manager has caused such a stir in radio circles that even Heinrich Hertz would be impressed. At the beginning of March, WFAN afternoon host Mike Francesa announced that Girardi would be expanding his weekly appearance […]

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