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SI likes the Javier Vazquez acquisition
Sports Illustrated writer Sky Andrecheck likes the Javier Vazquez pickup. We know Yankees fans are split on Javy, but we also like the bolstering of the rotation with one of the National League's best arms in 2009. Read more...

Yankees 2010 batting order
I believe the Yankees will sport three different batting orders this year, and they all hinge on Jorge Posada. Read more...

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Goodbye Johnny Damon, Hello Brett Gardner and Randy Winn
The Yankees signed Randy Winn, who we assume will platoon with Brett Gardner in center field, or left field... whatever. This pretty much spells the end of Johnny Damon's career with the NY Yankees. Read more...

Yankees 2009 - 2010 Offseason Notes
If you read columns in the local papers and throughout the blogosphere, you'll see that a lot of folks think the Yankees need to go out and get a left fielder. Also, Javier Vasquez is a great addition for the Yankees, and they didn't part with much to get him. Pettitte is back in pinstripes, where he belongs. Brian Cashman pulls off a great trade for Curtis Granderson. What's left on the shopping list, you ask? Read more...

Yankees 2009 Blog:
Yankees win 27th World Series!
We just want to take a second to pat ourselves on the back - skip down to 'Yankees top Angels and head to the World Series,' where we predicted that the Yankees would beat the Phillies in six games! OK, we're done patting ourselves on the back.
The Yankees outpitched the Phillies - it's that simple. Read more...
Yankee Stadium Area Businesses Not Happy
We find it puzzling that Yankee Stadium Area Businesses thought they were going to make more money in 2009 than they made in 2008 with a new Yankee Stadium opening. Read more...
Yankees and Phillies split 2 games at Stadium - Games 3 & 4 preview
Game 1: CC Sabathia was good, despite struggling with his control, but Cliff Lee was genius. Game 2: AJ Burnett delivered. Pedro Martinez was surprisingly good, but Burnett was better. Games 3 & 4: Cole Hamels, who was last year's World Series MVP, has not been the same guy this year. The Yankees have to be pumped that the Phillies are starting Joe Blanton in Game 4 instead of Cliff Lee on short rest. Read more...
Yankees top Angels and head to the World Series
Can't say enough good things about Andy Pettitte, but part of this Yankees victory belongs to the Angels. Read more...
Angels take games 3 and 5, Yankees take game 4 in ALCS
Recap of ALCS Yankees vs Angels with commentary on games 3, 4 and 5 as well as a look at the umpires' blown calls. Read more...
Yankees take games 1 and 2 from Angels
The Yankees are shinning their brightest in the playoffs with big hits and dominant pitching while the Angels look to be headed in the other direction. Read more...
Yankees move on to the ALCS
The Yankees completed their sweep of the Minnesota Twins in the final game at the Metrodome as Andy Pettitte pitched a beauty and the Yankees finally got a little just deserts off Carl Pavano. Read more...
ARod, Teixeira big hitters in Game 2 of ALDS
Sometimes, the ball bounces your way.
Amidst all of the silly controversy over Joe Girardi starting Jose Molina or Jorge Posada to catch temperamental AJ Burnett, the ghosts from across the street made 3 appearances in the game 2 victory of the Yankees over the Minnesota Twins. Read more...
Yankees win Game 1 of ALDS against Twins
One victory down, ten to go as the Yankees begin the race to eleven victories with the 7 other playoff teams. Read more...
Yankees Update October 2nd 2009
Sorry the Yankee blogs have been few and far between lately, but when the Yankees are this much better than their competition, what's there to say? Actually, we have quite a few thought provoking tidbits! Read more...
Yankees 2004 Roster vs 2009 Roster
In most recent memory, the farthest the Yankees have made it into the postseason is to the American League Championship season in the historic 2004 collapse. Read more...
Yankees sweep Red Sox
A Boston Massacre in the Bronx is hyperbole, but, did you expect anything less from the New York Post? The New York Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox and now have a 6.5 game lead in the AL East. Read more...
Yankees at Blue Jays
Validation at the end of the road trip! The Yankees are going home after a 5 and 4 journey spanning Tampa Bay, Chicago and ending with a two game quickie in Toronto. Read more...
Yankees take 2 of 3 from Rays
AJ Burnett was filthy in game 1. CC Sabathia wasn't great and neither was the rest of the team in game 2. Joba Chamberlin pitched 8 scoreless innings, looking nearly unhittable in game 3 - only 3 hits and 2 walks, that's it! Read more...
Yankees take 3 out of 4 from As
The Oakland Athletics are not a great team, and they are sellers at the trade deadline - Matt Holliday departed after game two to play against the Phillies for the St Louis Cardinals - but, anytime you can take 3 of 4, you're playing pretty good ball. Read more...
Yankees Update July 2009
The Yankees are rolling of late - here's some tidbits from the last few weeks: Derek Jeter out at 3rd, Chien-Ming Wang back to the DL, Kei Igawa has a win record, Francisco Cervelli and Ramiro Pena and Roy Halladay may be available via trade... Read more...
Yankees Update, June 2009
Bye Jose Veras and Wild Card Destiny for Yankees in 2009. Read more...
Yankees at Marlins, June 2009
Another sub .500 opponent, another series loss for the Yankees. Read more...
Nationals at Yankees, June 2009
Oh, the humanity! The Yankees bats have gone to sleep. Read more...
Mets at Yankees, June 2009
The Subway Series, 2009, edition 1, was a lot like a day at Great Adventure: a lot of waiting around followed by moments of pure excitement or sheer terror. Read more...
Yankees at Red Sox
"Oh the pain! The pain of it all!" Here's a simple breakdown of the Red Sox sweep of the Yankees at Fenway Park... Read more...
AccuWeather.com says Yankees Stadium RF wall design to blame for homers
AccuWeather.com posted a report that says the right field wall in the new Yankee Stadium is to blame for the increase in home runs and not wind from the stadium's old design. They say that the right field wall is lower and a bit shorter in spots. Read more... or check out more from our Yankees Blog
Yankee Update, June 2009
What a difference 4 players make!
The Yankees 25 man roster is had 4 fundemental changes since last year, and these guys are a making a huge difference in the standings. Read more...
Yankees at Rangers, May 2009
Game 1 is just what you want to see - a young prospect playing to form and an injured veteran doing the same. Read more...
Phillies at Yankees, May 2009
The streak is dead and dies at the hands of the World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies and to make matters worse, the Phillies took the series, too. Read more...
Orioles at Yankees, May 2009
CC Sabathia pitched a nice game and looked like he was going to come out for the 8th inning until the Baltimore Orioles' bullpen imploded to allow 7 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning. Sabathia had a nice inning, which is good to see after his slow start (typical of Sabathia), particularly against a team like the Orioles who have a decent lineup, although a bit top heavy in the 1 through 5 holes. Read more...
Yankees at Orioles, May 2009 - The Return of the ARod
Before we get into ARod's moment, lets talk about CC Sabathia, who's Friday night performance tended to get overshadowed by Alex Rodriguez coverage - that's an issue for another day. Someone could be performing an emergency appendectomy with a steak knife and if Arod ran out of the room and vomited, the press would all follow him. "Is he afraid of blood?" one reporter would ask. "Is he pregnant?!?" a reporter from the Post would ask. Read more...
Rays at Yankees May, 2009
The first game was a heart breaker, no question. You don't want to lose extra inning games at home, that's for certain. But once the Yankees got deep into their bullpen, confidence begins to wane. You can see it in everyone's faces, their body language and the end result. Read more...
Red Sox at Yankees May, 2009
You hear someone struck out 12 hitters in one game and you think, that pitcher must have won the game. Well, not this time. Joba Chamberlin pitched 5 and 2/3 innings and did strike out 12, but he let up four runs in the first inning. Read more...
Angels at Yankees May, 2009
After a 2-4 road trip, the Yankees return to the comfy and soggy confines of Yankee Stadium. And we've got pictures! Read more...
Yankees at Indians April 2009
After getting swept by the Boston Red Sox during the Sunday Night Baseball, the Yankees trudged into Detroit with CC Sabathia on the mound. Although he went 8 innings, he gave up 4 runs. Read more...
Reactions to new and old ARod steroid allegations
New excerpts obtained by the New York Daily News from the upcoming book "ARod" make allegations that ARod took steroids in high school and probably continued to use performance enhancing drugs after high school and after he was with the Texas Rangers, meaning he was using PEDs when he was with the Yankees. Our reaction is simple: so? Read more...
Yankees at Red Sox, April 2009
Now here is a great example of a rough weekend on the road for the New York Yankees; you come into Boston and run into the Red Sox who are red hot, winners of their last seven games, and things just don't go right for you. You have Mariano Rivera on the mound with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning and a 2 run lead and Rivera gives up a two run homer and Joba Chamberlin's gritty outing is wasted and you lose in extra innings. Read more...
Athletics at Yankees, April 2009
The Monday night game for the first meeting of the year between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees was washed away, and since this gave the Yankees the opportunity to send Chien-Ming Wang down to pitch in an extended spring training game in Tampa, things worked out for the best. Andy Pettitte started for the Yankees and went seven strong innings of well pitched ball, allowing no walks. Read more...
Indians at Yankees, April 2009
The Yankees would have probably preferred to open up the new Yankee Stadium's first official game with a win, but that didn't happen. They also probably would have preferred to not have the first series be a four game series, which are more often then not split between the two teams, in this case, the Indians and the Yankees. The game looked like a tight pitcher's duel between CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. Read more...
Fan sues Yankees and city of New York over ejection from stadium during God Bless America
A man named Bradford Campeau-Laurion was ejected from an August 26 Yankees vs Red Sox game when he attempted to leave his seat during the playing of God Bless America to use the bathroom, and he's suing. His lawsuit says that when he tried to pass a police officer, the officer grabbed his right arm, twisted it behind his back and two officers marched him out of the stadium and apparently suggested that he leave the country if he wasn't a fan of God Bless America. Read more...
Yankees at Rays April 2009
The Yankees finished off their road trip at the Tampa Bay Rays, arriving just in time to see them raise their American League Championship banner, a day many of us (probably including many people in the Rays organization) thought would never come. Read more...
Yankees at Royals April 2009
Andy Pettitte started Friday's game against the Kansas City Royals, their home opener. Our old friend Sidney Ponson started for the Royals and, well, as you can imagine, the Yankees roughed him up and won the game. We'll say this for Royal's - Koffman Stadium's new big screen is really impressive, just as nice as the one at the new Yankee Stadium. Otherwise, their team is not so great. Read more...
Yankees at Orioles on opening day
The New York Yankees squared off against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards for their first game of the season. CC Sabathia, the crown jewel in the Yankees off season triple crown, struggled with his control, particularly with his fastball. His curve ball looked good, but it appeared he was trying to throw a two seam fastball to the corners and kept missing. Read more...
Yankees about face against Orioles and avoid sweep
Starting pitcher AJ Burnett gave the Yankees what they desperately needed: five and a third innings reasonably pitched baseball. Burnett gave up 1 home run, allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6 for a total of 2 earned runs. Read more...
Yankees at Orioles Game 2 April 9
We didn't get to watch Yankees at Orioles, Game 2 on April 9 of the 2009 season, but the box score speaks volumes. Chien-Ming Wang didn't make it through the fourth inning, and when you're starting pitcher can't get through five innings, you have a very low percentage of winning that game, as we saw in game 1 when CC Sabathia got knocked out early. Read more...

Yankees 08 - 09 Off Season Blog:
ARod surgery was the right choice
Arod had his surgery on March 9, and we think this was the right choice. From what the doctors are saying, it sounds like ARod will return mid May at 99% - that sounds pretty good! Two days after the surgery, and he's already been cleared to begin rehabbing - more good news. Read more...
ARod News Cycle Fatigue Syndrome
We're sad to report that we've contracted ANCFS - yes, that's right, the dreaded ARod News Cycle Fatigue Syndrome. We understand why it's such a big story, we're just tired of it - not that we ever cared much in the first place - but we understand. Read more...
Reaction to ARod Press Conference
Alex Rodriguez told us more or clarified more about his steroid use - we didn't really care, but, you just can't ignore a media event of this size. How often do you hear someone asking reporters to make sure they don't trample anyone? This is probably why we pity the guy more than we loathe him - a veritable three ring circus follows him around everywhere he goes. He doesn't help the situation, but that's the reality. You have to wonder if its worth more money than you could possibly spend in a life time... well, Hammer could probably spend it! Read more...
Reactions to ARod Steroids "allegations"
First off, are we nuts, or did this story already break two years ago? ARod ran around and denied it... anyone? Hello?
We have to ask ourselves, at the end of the steroid era day (and in terms of being interested in this, it is the end of the day for us), we just don't care. We thought we cared about this issue, but we don't. ARod is an entertainer, and entertainers do stuff like this for... hm, maybe money, fame, even immortality? We can't say, but we just don't care any more. Professional athletes use steroids? Yes, we knew this. We've seen Olympians stripped of their medals, football's "False Glory: Steelers and Steroids : The Steve Courson Story" and yes, the amazingly boring Barry Bonds saga that seems like it will never end. Read more...
Yankees sign Mark Teixeria
In their best move of the off season, the Yankees have signed Mark Teixeria to be their first baseman for eight years at $180 million. This is a big pickup for them as they've done several things at once: kept Teixeria out of Boston, which would have been a disaster for the Yankees; plugged a big hole at 1st base; picked up a desperately needed #3 hitter to replace Bobby Abreu and gotten the team younger and more athletic. This was the best business and baseball decision the Yankees could have made. Read more...
Yankees sign AJ Burnett
The Yankees have reportedly signed AJ Burnett for $81.5 million over five years. Like the CC Sabathia deal, it's an order of broccoli sautéed in garlic sauce, extra spicy. Was this a good move? Yes, we think so - we always prefer free agent signings because we want the Yankees to hold on to their best prospects and only use them for emergency in season trades. Some of the Yankees brightest stars of recent memory have been home grown. Read more...
Yankees sign CC Sabathia
Well, everyone is saying CC Sabathia has signed with the New York Yankees for $161 million over seven years. That's a spicy falafel ball. There are at least two very different ways of looking at this deal. For the Yankees, not making the playoffs last year is akin to not playing "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch. They're opening a new ballpark for 2009, and they need a serious product they can market to advertisers and their fan base who'll see a ticket price increase during a season when most of us aren't exactly flush with cash. Oh yeah, and they're really short on starting pitchers. Read more...
Mike Mussina Retires
After 18 seasons in the big leagues, Mike Mussina is calling it quits. Mussina is the second pitcher in history to retire after a 20 win season. He finishes his career with 270 wins, 2813 strike outs and less than a hit per inning pitched. Mussina pitched for the Baltimore Orioles for ten years before making his way to the Yankees in 2001. Although Mussina never won a world series, he had some great moments with the Yankees: coming out of the bullpen in game 7 of the 2003 ALCS; a near perfect game in Fenway that was broken up by a single in the 9th inning; winning multiple gold gloves and, of course, his unpredictable rebound 2008 20 win season that kept the Yankees in the playoff hunt for nearly the entire season. Read more...
Yankees tade for Nick Swisher
The Yankees have traded Wilson Betemit for Nick Swisher (other minor leaguers you never heard of were also exchanged). Betemit, who saw time at first base as well as being the backup infielder, is probably best known for making his trips to the plate accompanied by Pearl Jam's "Better Man." We consider Betemit to be a bit too big to play middle infield positions and is probably more of a corner infielder without the power to back it up, but he's a decent enough player in a pinch - when longer injuries loom, he becomes more of a liability. Read more...
Yankees sign Demaso Marte for three years
The Yankees have resigned left handed reliever Demaso Marte for three years with a club option for the fourth year. With the emergence of Phil Coke at the end of last year, you might say the Yankees went a bit too long and expensive on Marte, and, coupled with Marte's poor second half, you might be right. But, Marte has late innings experience (and experience in general; Phil Coke is something of an unknown), and Marte was a bit over exposed during the first half of the year while still with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Read more...
comments on Joba Chamberlin's dui
On October 18, Yankees right hander Joba Chamberlin was arrested for "allegedly driving under the influence, speeding and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle." yawn. Chamberlin is due in court this December, so one way or the other, this situation will resolve itself in that respect. Whenever Chamberlin returns to New York, he'll have the fun of answering questions from the media, but he seems to know how to do that. So where does this leave us? Reaction. Our reaction, as previously stated, is a yawn. Who cares? It's not like he ran somebody over and killed them.Read more...

Yankees 2008 Blog: Yankees post season hopes die
There's no putting it off any more - the Yankees 2008 season is over, and their run of consecutive playoff apperances has ended at 13. Read more...

Yankees 07 - 08 Off Season Blog: Yankees set 25 man roster
New York Yankees pitcher Jeff Karstens has gone down with yet another injury. Read more...

Yankees 2007 Blog: Season Synopsis
As the season closes, this is the best Yankees team since 2001. When the season started, there were a number of starting and relief pitching question marks as well as a weak bench. Now, a team seemingly transformed after the first two months, in attitude as well as roster, sporting a new bench and a vibrant young core of new talent, lead by Joba Chamberlin on the pitching side who is joining Melky Cabera and Robinson Cano on the position player side. With the wildcard in their back pocket, it remains to be seen if the Yankees have a good enough starting rotation to make it through the post season, the biggest standout in early post season exits in recent years. Read more...