With Masahiro Tanaka going on the Disabled List -- joining CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda from the Yankees' original intended starting rotation, leaving only Hiroki Kuroda -- and with …
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…
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."…
Yesterday's finale of the homestand, an afternoon game at The Stadium Mark II vs. the Oakland Athletics, seemed to prove what Connie Mack, manager of the A's in their Philadelphia days, tried…
In the last few games, when the Yankees have had bullpen meltdowns, at least they did it in the regulation 9 innings, so we didn't have the additional hope ruined. Last night, home to the Oakland…
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…
All right, everyone who thought the Yankees would win a game started by Vidal Nuno, and in which they would score only 3 runs in the 1st 9 innings, and allowing 3 runs in the 1st inning, after 2 stra…
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…
Pitching is not a hard concept to grasp. If a pitcher is pitching well, and shows no sign of fatigue, you leave him in, and let him continue to do his job. If he's not doing well, get him out soo…
