After living through the 80s and early 90s as a Yankee fan, I thought I'd experienced the lowest of the low. Honestly, the 2008 Yankees haven't been nearly as bad on the field as those teams were. The Steve...
In case you missed it, the Yanks are playing some halfway decent baseball right now. One team who surely has not missed it is the Boston Red Sox. While the Yanks hammer the Cinderella Rays at the Trop, the Sox...
For a stretch earlier this season the Yanks rolled with the following formula for success:6 innings from the starter + Veras + Farnsworth + Mo = WinWell, today was a perfect example of the new formula:Score 5 runs + 0...
Today's gut-punch moment came in the bottom of the third when Andy Pettitte, of all people, got frazzled in the middle of an Angels' rally and balked. It led to the go-ahead run and even though the Yanks would come...
One to go.The Yanks followed up their gutsy 1-0 win over the Sox, in Fenway, with a more comfortable 10-3 thrashing on Saturday afternoon.Pettitte ran into trouble early, but settled down to go 6 innings while only allowing 2 earned...
It's almost as if the Yankee bats realize who's on the mound and hit accordingly. With Sid the kid out there tonight against the Twins, A-Rod and the Yanks delivered 12 runs of support and got him his 6th win...
I couldn't think of a better way to open the nominal second-half of the season. The Yanks pounded Greg Smith to the tune of 6 earned on 8 hits in only 3.2 innings. Mike Mussina dropped his ERA to 3.49...
UPDATE: Peter Abraham throws some cold water on this rumor. He's saying Boras will remain A-Rod's baseball agent and Oseary will handle everything else. Boras used to handle everything, so it's more of a demotion than a kick-to-the-curb.Alex Rodriguez put...
Now that the details of the record-breaking 10 year/$275M (minimum) deal Alex Rodriguez formalized with the Yanks today are available, my first thought is that the Yanks didn't make out too badly.Forget about the historical achievement bonuses for now, and...
If you believe the reports, Alex Rodriguez will be signing with the Yanks. It looks like it'll be an incentive-laden 10 year deal worth at least $280 million, and Scott Boras has been involved. The PR moves by the Yanks...
MAJOR UPDATE (5:41 p.m.): Two updates in fact, both found via MLB Trade Rumors.A-Rod released an official statement saying that he has spoken to the Steinbrenner family, and will continue talks.As I speculated in the comments, A-Rod will have to...
When you subtract 156 RBI and 143 runs from a lineup obviously the knee-jerk reaction is going to be "We have to find that offense somewhere else." Today, I'm going to use a particular newfangled stat favored by the new-age,...
As expected, the Yankees exercised their $16M option and retained Bobby Abreu's option for 2008. Good move, and one we all saw coming.In other news, Alex Rodriguez is apparently seeking a $350 million contract. I'm sorry, that should read a...
I'm not sure exactly what papers need to be filed for A-Rod to officially opt out of the final three years of his contract, but as the details of his behavior over the past 24 hours or so leak out,...
Ken Rosenthal just reported on Fox that A-Rod will opt out of the final three years of his contract. The diminutive sideline reporter was quoting evil incarnate/super agent Scott Boras (pictured at right) as saying A-Rod made the decision today...
