Tanaka Won't Go to the John. Maybe He Should.

Not only is The One Yankee Who Still Gives Us Hope, Masahiro Tanaka, on the Disabled List with an elbow ligament tear, but he's been given a choice: A rehab that might allow him to pitch again in…

Big Moves, Big Score Was Barely Big Enough

This is how the Yankees' 2014 season has gone: On Saturday, against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, they scored only 1 run, and, tantalizingly, it was almost enough; yesterday, they scored 9…

On the 4th, the Yankees Aren't THAT Far Out of 1st

I have nearly a week of game reports to make up for. So I'll post only the facts that I think are relevant: Scores, pitchers of record, home runs, controversies. * Last Saturday: The Yankees got …

The Frustrating Thing and the Strange Part

Last night, David Phelps started for the Yankees, and we scored 6 runs. The frustrating thing is, it wasn't enough. The strange part is, it wasn't Phelps' fault. True, he also allowed 6 r…

Mr. Phelps, Bats Show Sweeping Jays NOT "Mission: Impossible"

"Good evening, Mr. Phelps. Your mission, which is one I feel that you must accept, is to pitch well enough against the Toronto Blue Jays to give the Yankee bats a chance to win the game and swe…

David Phelps' Pitching Was the Weekend's Highlight. No, I'm Not Kidding.

If you had told me before the Yankees' weekend series away to the Oakland Athletics that they would win only one game, I might have believed it. If you told me it would be the one started by Davi…

Cryin' Won't Help You. Prayin' Won't Do You No Good.

As I said yesterday, God answers every prayer, but sometimes the answer is "No." Or, as Led Zeppelin put it, "Cryin' won't help you. Prayin' won't do you no good."…

Mission Impossible: Mr. Phelps vs. King Felix

Remember Mission: Impossible ? The 1960s TV show, not the insult to the fans that is the Tom Cruise movie franchise, which did to that show what J.J. Abrams did to Star Trek . Peter Graves played Jim…

Not a Happy Homecoming For Phelps In St. Louis

As I said, if the Yankees can just get decent, if not great, pitching performances from the likes of David Phelps until the injured starters come back, and score enough runs to win those games, we…

Nobody's Perfect, But That Game Was Perfectly Awful

So the Yankees began a 4-game series away to the Chicago White Sox last night, against a pitcher just coming off the Disabled List. True, it was Chris Sale, but they should still have been able to be…

Pirates' Raid In New York Yields Only 1 of 3

So the Pittsburgh Pirates -- a National League Central Division team, and thus not normally on the Yankee schedule -- came to town this weekend. The Friday night game was pushed back to Sunday, as pa…

Not the Best Way to Head Into a Series With The Other Team

The Yankees put CC Sabathia on the 15-day Disabled List before yesterday's series finale with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. So now, that's 3 starters on the DL: CC, Michael Pineda and…

Mr. Roberts Helps Yanks Take 2 of 3 With Orange County Angels of Anaheim

The Yankees' series in Anaheim did not get off to a good start on Monday night. David Phelps, pressed into emergency service due to injuries to both Michael Pineda (who was suspended anyway) and …