Johnny Damon is eligible come off the disabled list this Sunday and says he's hoping to be ready to go that day. That might be a little optimistic, but whenever he does return the Yankees will face a dilemma.The decision they are going to be forced to make is who exactly their starting center   more...
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The whole Bleacher Creature roll call thing at Yankee Stadium is cute in a drunken and slightly homo-erotic way, and it's nice to see at least a little civil fan-player interaction nowadays. A-Rod should at least have the right to be acknowledged before he is booed mercilessly the rest of the   more...
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Take it Deep: www.letsgodeep.comWhen you think of the most famous stadiums in baseball history, there are only 3 acceptable answers…Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium.The 2009 season will begin a new era for the New York Yankees and Yankee Stadium, as we know it, will be a parking   more...
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Tonight was the long awaited debut of one of the New York Yankees top hitting prospects, Brett Gardner. Gardner is a speedy center fielder who challenged Melky Cabrera for the starting job back in spring training. He failed to win a job then, but after leading the International League with 34   more...
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Hey Joe Girardi, have you ever heard of THE BUNT? That's bunt. B-U-N-T. You know, that thing you were supposed to have Melky Cabrera do with no one out and a runner at first with the Yankees trailing, 3-2, in the 9th inning Monday.That's the same Melky Cabrera who was 0-for-18 coming to the plate,   more...
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Hey Joe Girardi, have you ever heard of THE BUNT? That's bunt. B-U-N-T. You know, that thing you were supposed to have Melky Cabrera do with no one out and a runner at first with the Yankees trailing, 3-2, in the 9th inning Monday.That's the same Melky Cabrera who was 0-for-18 coming to the plate,   more...
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According to yanksblog.com, a major league exec has confirmed that the Yankees and Pirates have discussed such a deal. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but the Yankees don't really have the minor league bullets to land a true stud so maybe this is what we're looking at. Thankfully, it looks like   more...
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When national and local publications alike were calling the Bombers' farm system "barren", Gotham Baseball was lauding the likes of Chien-Ming Wang, Robinson Cano and Gotham Baseball Magazine's 2005 Minor League Player of the Year Melky Cabrera.See this years Top 10 NY Yankees Prospects.
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I love Melky Cabrera's energy, his enthusiasm, his throwing arm, his defense in center field. I love the fact that he is a young, home grown Yankee.I just don't know how much longer I can tolerate having him in the lineup every day. Cabrera's batting average has fallen to .246, and he doesn't hit   more...
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I love Melky Cabrera's energy, his enthusiasm, his throwing arm, his defense in center field. I love the fact that he is a young, home grown Yankee.I just don't know how much longer I can tolerate having him in the lineup every day. Cabrera's batting average has fallen to .246, and he doesn't hit   more...
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The ending of tonight's Yanks/Rangers game was difficult to swallow. I'm very frustrated. For starters, why wasn't Melky bunting? Melky, mired in an 0-18 slump, and let's be honest, isn't all that good to begin with, gets the swing away sign with the tying run on 1st with no outs in the 9th? And   more...
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The GNUru dishes out another edition of Lineup Literacy. The GNUru discusses the hot hitters and pitcher, as well as the all important double-start pitchers for week 19. A must read on a weekly basis for those in weekly head-to-head fantasy leagues!
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Thanks to millions of dollars thrown at players like Gary Matthews Jr. and Juan Pierre, the value of young outfield prospects with upside and all-around skills are rising. However, while that might seem like good news for teams like Tampa Bay (who need to move some young OF talent for some   more...
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According to Peter Gammons over at ESPN Insider, the Minnesota Twins want a three-player deal from the Yankees for Santana. The Twins are asking for SP Phil Hughes, CF Melky Cabrera and CF Austin Jackson.
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Dugout Central is a website created by former Yankee Mike Pagliarulo that touts itself as a place "where fans and scouts come together to discuss our national pastime." Yesterday on the site, one site author took a look at the three "high-ceiling" centerfielders that the Twins could be choosing   more...
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