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Yankees.com: Jeter, Tex take home Gold Gloves
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Shortstop Derek Jeter and first baseman Mark Teixeira were named to the Rawlings American League Gold Glove team, taking home the awards for the fourth and third times in their Major League careers, respectively.
Here are the 2009 AL defensive metrics at each of the AL non-pitcher...
2009 Yankees Season in Review: Brett Gardner
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While we’ve apparently already kind of moved into off-season mode, I’m going to try and do a quick retrospective on the key players for the 2009 Yankees, which also should also help us think about what we should expect from them going forward where applicable. Since...
Fanhouse: MLB Free-Agent Compensation ‘Elias Rankings’ Released
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Free agents are classified as Type A, Type B or not at all. The compensation applies to free agents offered arbitration by their former club by the Dec. 1 deadline or to those who sign before then.
If a team signs a Type A free agent, its first-round pick goes to the former team...
Hardball Times: Mahnken: Why the Yankees won the World Series
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The Phillies certainly can point to any of a number of dreadful performances and declare they should have made a better showing in the series—in the clubhouse after Game Six, Rollins told reporters that the Phillies were better than the Yankees—but New York overcame dreadful performances...
BuffaloNews.com: Inside Baseball: Rivera adds to his large legacy
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NEW YORK — You can run down the list and see the difference. Start with Joe Nathan and Jonathan Papelbon. Move to Ryan Franklin and Huston Street. Then came Brian Fuentes and Jonathon Broxton. Throw in a smidge of Brad Lidge.
What’s the connection? Every main closer in the...
MLB.com: Damon hopes for chance to repeat
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NEW YORK—Johnny Damon’s last on-field action of the season was to touch home plate at Yankee Stadium, scoring on a two-run Hideki Matsui single in the third inning of Game 6 of the World Series.
That’s not a bad way to go out, but Damon is hoping it doesn...
Just About Every Media Outlet In The Country: Various Writers
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Waaaah. Payroll. Waaaah. $1.4 billion. Waaaah. The Yankees spent over $423 million to sign CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett.
The Yankees have always spent money. What’s scary for the rest of the baseball is they are seemingly moving...
AP: Yankees Win 27th World Series Championship
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Can’t get enough.
What It Means
5 days ago by
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You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don’t know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain&...
YANKEES WIN THE 2009 WORLD SERIES!!!
6 days ago by
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Once Alex Rodriguez returned from his hip surgery, the Yankees were the best team in baseball. The best team doesn’t always make it to the promised land, but they did this year. Apparently having swagger and not being intimidated was less important than being the better...
Phillies (93-69) @ Yankees (103-59), Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:57pm **Game Chatter**
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PHI: Pedro Martinez (37, RHP, 5-1, 3.62 ERA, 4.12 FIP, 0.9 WAR) vs NYY: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 14-8, 4.16 ERA, 4.19 FIP, 2.2 WAR)
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Jimmy Rollins, SS (.250/.295/.423, 1.8 WAR)
Shane Victorino, LF (.292/.356/.445, 2.6 WAR)
Chase Utley, 2B ...
2009 World Series Odds before Game 6
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Hopefully this will be the last time these need to be posted this season. When we last visited these odds after Game 4, the Yankees' probability of winning the World Series was 92.1%. Here are the revised team strengths for the last two potential games of the season. #games 2 home...
2009 World Series Run Values Through Game Five
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I figured today’s off day would be a good chance to look at who’s contributed what so far in the World Series. I still don’t know of any place that’s tracking play by play defense, so I’m just going to look at the offense and pitching so far.
2009 World Series Game 5 Complaint Thread
8 days ago by
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This was a winnable game, but the Yankees couldn’t quite come all the way back from the hole that A.J. Burnett and Phil Coke put them in. Back to the Bronx for Game 6…
Yankees (103-59) @ Phillies (93-69), Sunday, November 1, 2009, 8:20pm **Game Chatter**
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NYY: A.J. Burnett (32, RHP, 13-9, 4.04 ERA, 4.29 FIP, 3.1 WAR) vs PHI: Cliff “Big Train” Lee (30, LHP, 14-13, 3.22 ERA, 3.15 FIP, 5.2 WAR)
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New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.334/.404/.465, 5.5 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.282/.364/.489, 3.0 WAR)
Mark Teixeira...
Why You Shouldn’t Even Consider Starting Chad Gaudin over A.J. Burnett on Short Rest
8 days ago by
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Although the readers on this site are pretty much unanimous in agreeing with the Yankees starting A.J. Burnett in Game 5 on three days rest instead of Chad Gaudin on something like 20 days rest, in other places the sentiment is a little more mixed. So I figured I should try and quantify...
2009 World Series Odds after Game 4
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Game 4's over and done with, so here are my updated playoff odds. First, I'll again present the updated team numbers for the remaining games. As far as what's changed since Game 3, the primary thing (aside from # of games and HFA) is the Yankees lose a CC Sabathia start...
Yankees.com: Johnny lately: Yanks’ 9th makes it a 3-1 Series
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PHILADELPHIA—Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez stunned Brad Lidge and the Citizens Bank Park crowd with a memorable rally in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday, stealing a 7-4 victory in Game 4 of the World Series and taking a commanding 3-1 advantage.
After Pedro...
Yankees (103-59) @ Phillies (93-69), Sunday, November 1, 2009, 8:20pm **Game Chatter**
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NYY: CC Sabathia (28, LHP, 19-8, 3.37 ERA, 3.38 FIP, 4.8 WAR) vs PHI: Joe Blanton (28, RHP, 12-8, 4.06 ERA, 4.43 FIP, 3.2 WAR)
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.334/.404/.465, 5.5 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.282/.364/.489, 3.0 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.292/.383/.565, 4.5 WAR...
2009 World Series Odds after Game 3
9 days ago by
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With Game 3 in the books, here are my updated playoff odds. First, I'll again present the updated team numbers for the remaining games. As far as what's changed since Game 2, the primary thing is the Yankees avenged their home loss, and the Phillies announced that Joe Blanton...
Yankees.com: Homers, Pettitte pace Yanks to victory
10 days ago by
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PHILADELPHIA—Alex Rodriguez belted the first video-reviewed home run in World Series history to support another winning Andy Pettitte effort as the Yankees defeated the Phillies, 8-5, in Game 3 of the Fall Classic on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park.
Nick Swisher and...
Yankees (103-59) @ Phillies (93-69), Saturday, October 31, 2009, 7:57pm **Game Chatter**
10 days ago by
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NYY: Andy Pettitte (37, LHP, 14-8, 4.16 ERA, 4.19 FIP, 2.1 WAR) vs PHI: Cole Hamels (25, RHP, 10-11, 4.32 ERA, 3.74 FIP, 2.5 WAR)
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New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS (.334/.404/.465, 5.5 WAR)
Johnny Damon, LF (.282/.364/.489, 3.0 WAR)
Mark Teixeira, 1B (.292/.383...
FoxSports.com - Rosenthal: Pitching Gaudin could be right move for Yankees
10 days ago by
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"I've got no chance against lefties," the Yankees' CC Sabathia said Friday, talking about his hitting, not his pitching.
Well, the Phillies are starting right-hander Joe Blanton in Game 4 and lefty Cliff Lee in Game 5, making the decision easy for Yankees manager...
2009 World Series Odds after Game 2
11 days ago by
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With the Yankees win last night, here's how the revised playoff odds look. First, here are the estimated team numbers for the remaining games. #games 5 home games 2 #outs 125 offense 29.2 pitching 20.2 defense -0.2 wpct .661 162 gm equiv 107-55 #games 5 home games 3 #outs...
Yankees.com: Behind Burnett, Yanks even World Series
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A sixth-inning homer by Hideki Matsui Thursday turned a duel in the Yanks’ favor, sparking a 3-1 win over the Phillies that tied the Fall Classic and ended with six outs by Mariano Rivera.
As one of the few bloggers who didn’t ridicule the A.J. Burnett signing...
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