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Yankees Sell Rasner To Japan
November 15, 2008 by
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We all remember Darrell Rasner. He came up from Scranton to attempt to fill some holes in the rotation. He did his best, but to put it bluntly, he sucked. In 24 appearences, 20 starts, he had a 5.40 ERA. Anyway, today, the Yankees sold Rasner to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Pacific ...
Dodgers Withdraw Deal to Man-Ram
November 15, 2008 by
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The Dodgers withdrew their two year 45 Mil offer to Manny today. Manny, of course, does not know what is going on and is spending his off-season doing who knows what. Now Manny is out on the open market but the Dodgers are not out of the sweepstakes yet. The Dodger GM, Ned Colletti...
Sabathia Offer
November 14, 2008 by
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Anthony McArron claims that the Yankees intial offer to Sabathia is 6 years for 140 million dollars. That`s a little over 23 million dollars a year for Sabathia from ages 28-33. I think that its worth it for an ace like Sabathia. I don't think anyone else will come close to that...
Peavy to Braves-Dead
November 14, 2008 by
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The Braves have informed the Padres that they will be moving on and are looking for other pitchers. A. J. Burnett and the Braves are rumored to have mutual interest as well. As the Yankees may have interest in both of these pitchers, I thought I`d mention it. The Cubs still have interest in Peavy
Yankees To Offer Deals to Big Name Pitchers
November 14, 2008 by
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The Yankees are offering deals to CC, Burnett and Lowe. The 3 offers together will total around 250 million together. The offer to CC will exceed Johan's deal of 137 million. I think that it is very aggressive to go after all three of them. I personally do not like Burnett and...
Fire Joe Morgan-Closes
November 14, 2008 by
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Its not directly related to the Yankees or really revelant to this blog at all but I thought I`d make a post about Firejoemorgan.com closing. The irony of this is that the post before the one announcing their closing implied that Joe Morgan may finally, actually be fired.
Now I get it.....
November 14, 2008 by
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Here`s an exclusive transcript of the dialogue between Kenny Williams and Brian Cashman while discussing the Swisher trade. Now I finally understand what Williams was thinking.
Coaching Staff
November 14, 2008 by
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We`ve had a flurry of news the past two days and lost among it all has been the announcement of the coaching staff. Apparently this is old news but we must`ve missed it. Manager- Joe Girardi Bench Coach- Tony Pena First Base- Mick Kelleher Third Base- Rob Thomson Pitching Coach- Dave Eiland
Peavy
November 14, 2008 by
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The Padres have been largely unsuccesful in working out a trade with the Cubs or Braves as has been strongly rumored. This puts the Angels and Yankees back into the mix. Now night Tower's demands be lowered to something more reasonable? David Pinto suggests a trade of Igawa, Kennedy, and an ...
Yanks Acquire Nick Swisher
November 13, 2008 by
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As Charlie already said, the Yankees have traded for Nick Swisher. Like both Nate and Charlie I love this trade. Its strange how we heard nothing about this trade before it happened other than speculation on RAB (good job by them). Swisher is a criminally underrated player. He'...
Swisher Will Play First
November 13, 2008 by
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It looks like we have found our everyday first baseman. Cashman said that Swisher is more of a corner outfielder or first baseman and that he will be an everyday player. He`d be more of an insurance policy for centerfield. He also implied that they will be going with a defense first type guy in ...
YANKEES TRADE NOTHING FOR SWISHER!!!!!
November 13, 2008 by
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YANKEES ACQUIRE 1B/OF NICK SWISHER AND RHP KANEKOA TEXEIRA FROM THE WHITE SOX IN EXCHANGE FOR INF WILSON BETEMIT AND TWO MINOR LEAGUE PITCHERS THEY GOT HIM FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!! Update by Nate: The two minor league pitchers are Jeff Marquez and Johnny Nunez. Marquez was once...
Marte Re-Signed
November 12, 2008 by
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Marte has been re-signed to a 3 year deal worth 12 million with a club option for 2012. I`m not sure about this. They have a knack for picking out good arms from the minor leagues and using them in the bullpen. I`m also usually against signing relievers to long-term deals. However, Marte is the ...
Theirs an idea....
November 11, 2008 by
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I was reading through the last chat on MLB Trade Rumors and one of the questioners actually had a pretty good idea. Why not have the Yankees solve their two biggest problems on offense and trade for David DeJesus and Billy Butler in the same trade? I`ve advocated trading for DeJesus...
Gerrit Cole Facebook Update #1
November 10, 2008 by
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Since I am Gerrit Cole's facebook friend I can do whatever the hell I want. Whenever he puts something up that is questionable we will show it to you. Here is the first update:A This is Gerrit Cole's facebook profile picture. Maybe he would be happier if he signed with the...
Yankee Auction to benefit The Domestic Violence Project
November 09, 2008 by
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I just got an email from the Trenton Clubhouse manger, Tom. Read it for yourself:A I have been a clubhouse manager in the minor leagues for 20 years, the last four employed by the Yankees. For many years I worked for the Canton/Akron AA affiliate of the Indians.A About a week before opening day ...
Baseball America's Yankees Top 10 Prospects
November 08, 2008 by
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This comes out online in two days, but River Ave. Blues has it early: Austin Jackson,OFJesus Montero, CAndrew Brackman, RHPAustin Romine, CDellin Betances, RHPZach McAllister, RHPAl Aceves, RHPPhil Coke, LHPMark Melancon, RHPBrad Suttle, 3BI'm pretty much in agreement here, except...
Baseless Speculation
November 07, 2008 by
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Joel Sherman sees Robinson Cano as perhaps being a fit for the Dodgers while Russell Martin and Matt Kemp being potential fits for the Yankees. as he admits, this is extremely unlikely but its fun to toss around ideas like this. The Red Sox also have had some rumors involving Martin. This may ...
Moose to Retire?
November 07, 2008 by
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According to Pete Abraham, Joe Girardi says Mike Mussina told him he wanted to retire after the season ended. However, Moose hasn't said anything since, which makes me think he is contemplating a comeback and may have changed his mind. We won't know until Moose tells us himself...
Marte's Option
November 06, 2008 by
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Damaso Marte's option has been officially declined. I`m thinking they will just offer him arbitration and then let him go. They seem to have a talent for finding solid bullpen arms in the minor leagues. Let's not have another Farnsworth. Reliever's are extremely volatile...
2 Years for Pettitte
November 05, 2008 by
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Andy Pettitte may want a 2 year deal after all. I really don't like this and if the Astros jump into the mix they may face some problems in re-signing him. I wouldn't give Pettitte a multi-year deal unless they have no other choice.
Matt Stairs Gets His Ass Hammered
October 19, 2008 by
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ouch
click on the link for the video of him admitting
he likes to get his Ass hammered
http://thechuckknoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/matt-stairs-gets-his-ass-hammered.html
Joba Arrested!?!?!?!?!
October 19, 2008 by
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Joba Chamberlain has been arrested for diving while drunk in Nebraska.
Joba Chamberlain was arrested for driving under the influence early Saturday morning near his hometown of Lincoln, Neb.
Deborah Collins, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska State Patrol, said that the 23-year-old Chamberlain...
ALCS; A Victory For The Civil Rights Movement
October 14, 2008 by
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In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Twenty-five years later, the Tampa Bay Rays appear to be on the verge of defeating the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. The BoSox are historically...
Deadspin Interview
September 05, 2008 by
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Interview with Rick D from DEADSPIN
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