By Pete Sabatini The Yankees have clinched their spot in the playoffs but still have to get their act together if they want to make a serious run at championship number 27.
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By Pete Sabatini Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, by Marty Appel Doubleday, 2009 Rating: 7* (out of 10), *8 for Yankee fans August 2, 2009, marks 30 years since the tragic death of Yankee captain Thurman Munson. An empty locker with the burly catcher’s uniform still sits in Yankee Stadium and [...]
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By Pete Sabatini Despite committing to an incredible sum ($243.5M) for two new ace pitchers, the New York Yankees find themselves wondering where they’ll find another. With the ghost of once great pitcher Chien-Ming Wang indefinitely out of commission, post-surgery fallback Sergio Mitre has already been tapped for rotation duty.
By Pete Sabatini After 53 games and nearly two full months, it’s about time to take another look at how the divisions are shaping up. To get things started we’ll check in with baseball’s most feared, and hyped – the American League East. Last time we discussed how the division was shaping up the Blue [...]
By Pete Sabatini After two starts for the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees, the New York team’s Triple-A affiliate, Chien-Ming Wang is starting to look like the Wang Yankee faithful used to know. After three major league starts and a 34.50 ERA, Wang has been working out with team coaches trying to find his strength and his [...]
By Pete Sabatini On Friday night the Yankees return to the Bronx to begin their third home stand of the season. This trip home will be the longest of the year for the Yanks, a 10-game run. The Yankees have a lot on their minds these days: injuries to nine active players, playing .500 baseball, [...]
By Pete Sabatini Alex Rodriguez made his first smart comment to the press on a budding revitalization of one of his most troublesome scandals on Thursday with the backing of his skipper. Now Alex is poised to make his return to the big league club and his timing couldn’t be any better.
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By Pete Sabatini Before the start of the 2009 campaign, the NL East, much like the AL East, was projected to be at least a three horse race. As we get past all the opening days, some players shift on and off the DL, and a rhythm to the season starts to form, it appears [...]
By Pete Sabatini Chien-Ming Wang, the No. 2 pitcher on the Yankees’ starting staff, has been a royal disaster through three starts in 2009. With expectations as high as always for the high-priced pinstripes, Joe Girardi and the Yankees have few ideas left for what to do with Wang.
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