Three keys to reach the ALCS

  Thursday in the Bronx is a sudden-death, winner take all showdown between the Yankees and Tigers; one of the more exciting events in all of sports.  The atmosphere should be electric so the Yankees will feed off their crowd, but if they want a rematch with the Texas Rangers in the ALCS, three things [...]

ALDS Game 1: Nova & Cano Win It

With the rain, the Yankees and Tigers took two days to complete Game 1. But the rain didn’t dampen the hot bat of Robinson Cano, who matched a Yankees postseason record with 6 RBIs in a 9-3 victory to put the Yankees ahead 1-0 in the best-of-5 series.   Because tonight’s game was a resumption [...]

Game 159: Sox Win in Extras

With the Red Sox in a state of panic and must-win times, they defeated the Yankees in 14 innings by a score of 7-4.   Jacoby Ellsbury hit two home runs in the first game of the doubleheader and his home run swing showed up late to the second game but his three-run home put [...]

Game 153: Nova Toughs Out Shut Out

The Yankees began a 4-game series in 3 days with a 5-0 victory and Ivan Nova’s 16th win of the season to reduce the magic number for clinching a playoff berth to 3, and later 2 as the Red Sox lost tonight as well.   The Yankees offense supported the Rookie of the Year candidate [...]

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 [...]

Ivan Nova Put on DL | Chavez Update

Via Alden Gonzalez |  MLB.com  | ST. PETERSBURG Joe Girardi isn’t particularly sure how Ivan Nova’s right ankle injury occurred, or how long he’ll be out because of it, but he knows one thing: Tests on the injury Nova suffered Tuesday night came back negative. “Which is a good thing,” Girardi said. “I don’t know [...]

Nunez powers Yankees past Mets

Subway Series

The Yankees took game 1 of this weekend’s Subway Series, 5-1.  Ivan Nova labored through 5 innings, getting out of a bases loaded jam by striking out Angel Pagan; it would be the last pitch he threw.  Nova seemed off all night, unable to consistently locate his fastball.  He did what a good pitcher has [...]

Nova Matches Career Best, 6 1/3 Innings

Nova Matches Career High

  Ivan Nova gives the Yanks a terrific 6 1/3 innings today during their Sunday day game against Toronto.  Nova matches his career high by taking  the Yanks into the 7th Inning while giving up only 2 earned runs.  The first run was a wind tunnel routine flyball by Adam Lind that peppered the Left [...]