Yankees Stretch Run: The Young Guns

Nova Back to the Bigs

56 to go and 34 on the road – tough for any team in the Major League’s to close strong and win their division. Not only that; missing the game’s most prolific player and heading into this stretch with one lefty in the bullpen will take your breath away. How are we going to handle [...]

Hey Joe, What’s the Rush?

Courtesy of NY Daily News

Doesn’t make sense to me…with the All-Star break a week away why not finish out the week with the team in place and bring Jeter and Hughes back after the break? There is absolutely no need to rush them back for a week of games and then three days off. The extra time can only [...]

Crossroad – What is Best for Derek Jeter and His Legacy

Derek

As the Yankees move to 9 – 3 over the last two weeks; there are a few statistics to point out. First – Curtis now leads the American League in runs scored. This is a stat that has no equal. The game is about scoring runs and powering out the opposition. Second – the Yankees [...]

Welcome to The Bronx Zoo – 2011 NYY Style

Granderson Blog Picture

Insanity – doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. As the weather is warming up the last three weeks; and players begin to accept their roles….or not, a team begins to develop the swag that will carry them to division glory or create tension and animosity that most fans never [...]

Yankees Need to Focus on the Rule of 5

This is my entry from the weekend after Colon pitched - got lost in the shuffle! What a game from Colon tonight. Two earned runs in six innings – those games we normally win. Garcia has done an admirable job as well philling in. And so Nova had a bad one recently; shake it off because all [...]

What’s Gone Wrong?! The Time Bomb was Ticking March 29th

I’m sorry; but when the articles started to appear by Sherman and King about how Posada was accepting his new role I just about wanted to wretch. You’ve got to be kidding! This is a Yankee that has driven himself and his game through competitive motivation – he has used anger, past experience and game [...]

Can Someone Turn Up the Heat?

It’s 9:00 PM and I’m sitting at home; warm and snug with the heat on 72. What’s killing me is knowing that I’ve never had the heat on in the middle of May! Why that’s a free month; you know, the one where you open all the windows; let the fresh air come in and [...]

The Reason Why the 2011 Yankees Will Contend: The Best Diamond in Baseball

The Best Diamond In Baseball

When you start to reflect on the season to this point; you have to start wondering how the Yankees are managing to hang in there and still lead the East. Our batting average as a team is pathetic; our baserunning is almost on par with a 9 year old Little League team and our bull [...]

Hot Start to May – Is The Big Guy a Yankee Fan?!

Watching Monday night’s game; you couldn’t help but wonder how fortunate the Yankees are. Bartolo Colon pitched like he was Cy Young – 7 innings, 7 strikeouts and probably more in control of that game than Avila made him look with his two solo homers. If he keeps this up; and there is no reason [...]

Coming Out of the Thaw – Why May Will Determine the Yankees Plans for 2011

Coming out of the Thaw

Thaw : to go from a frozen to a liquid state : melt b : to become free of the effect (as stiffness, numbness, or hardness) of cold For not only our esteemed team; we have all dealt with the unpredictable weather, the unusual cold spells and the non stop rainy days that can really [...]