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Olney: Yanks Have No Interest In Holliday
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This is a tweet from earlier today via Buster Olney (hat-tip to LenNY's Yankees):NYY are not interested in signing Holliday. They'll talk to Boras to keep other bidders honest, but corner outfield not a priority for them.Too big of a contract anyways.
Yanks Recently Called Jays For Halladay
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From Jon Heyman:The Yankees recently called the Blue Jays to express interest in superstar pitcher Roy Halladay. And while the Yankees made the very same call last summer with no hope of acquiring Halladay, this time they have a real reason to believe they may actually have a legitimate...
Tracy, Scioscia Named Managers of the Year
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Anaheim's Mike Scioscia and Colorado's Jim Tracy were named AL and NL Managers of the Year today.Both did a great job this year. One dealt with death and injuries on a solid roster, the other turned a bad team into a good one over night. Yankees manager Joe Girardi finished...
CC Happy With Ring
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From George A. King III:CC Sabathia required two words to describe being a World Series winner rather than copping a second Cy Young award."Much happier," the Yankees' ace lefty wrote in a text message yesterday after Kansas City's Zach Greinke was named this year...
Latest Headlines
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Project Prospect came out with their list of the top 15 centerfield prospects, and recent Yankees draft pick Slade Heathcott was ranked 14th.There's this article from MLB.com's Danny Wild about Ian Kennedy and his offseason in Arizona.Jesse Spector points out 27 things about...
Yankees Decline Mitre's Option
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The NY Post is reporting that the Yankees have declined Sergio Mitre's $1.25 million option for the 2010 season. Mitre is arbitration eligible so he's still under Yankees control.There was talk about the bombers wanting to keep him around so they should work out a deal.
Perry: Yanks should worry about Johnny, not Zilla
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Dayn Perry of FOX Sports put out his list of ten offseason moves that need to be made. Number five covers the Yankees, specifically their outfield.5. The Yankees should worry about Johnny Damon and not Hideki Matsui.The reigning champs have some decisions to make. They need to coax...
Greinke Wins Cy Young Award
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It was just announced that Zack Greinke is this year's American League Cy Young award winner. This was almost a no-brainer. In 33 games this year for the Royals, Greinke went 16-8 with a ridiculous 2.16 ERA and 1.07 WHIP. In 229.1 innings pitches he allowed just 55 earned runs...
CC Nominated For Sportsman Of The Year
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Yankees ace, CC Sabathia, is up for the AL Cy Young award but he is also one of 30 people nominated for this year's Sport Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. The award will be announced on Decemeber 1st.Last year's winner was Michael Phelps, and the year before it was Brett...
Cashman On Staff: "We are nowhere"
12 days ago by
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From George A. King III:No Yankees coach except hitting instructor Kevin Long is signed for next year. And while the general feeling is that the rest of Joe Girardi's staff is wanted back, none has been offered a contract for 2010."We are nowhere," GM Brian Cashman said...
The New Stadium Gets Taste Of Old Through Boxing
13 days ago by
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The new stadium is getting some taste of the old stadium with boxing. According to Greg Bishop it's possible that the stadium will be host to a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight next spring. “I get chills just thinking about it,” said Ross Greenburg, president of...
Cashman Playing It Slow With FA's
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From Erik Boland:"You probably won't see offers right out of the gate," Cashman said. "When free agency kicked in last year, I jumped in. The first call was to CC. This year is different.""Thankfully we have a real strong nucleus in place and we have some...
ROY Honors Go To Bailey, Coghlan
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Oakland's Andrew Bailey and Florida's Chris Coghlan were named American and National League Rookies of the Year today.Bailey went 6-3, with 26 saves in 30 chances, and posted a 1.84 ERA, an 0.88 WHIP, and in 83.1 innings struck out 91 and walked 24. Cohglin hit .321/.390/.460...
NYY Generating More Money For NYC Than NYM
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Not only are the Yanks the better overall team but, the Yankees also put more money in the city treasury than there cross-town rivals.From David Seifman:The Yankees can now legitimately claim to be twice as good as the Mets -- at generating cash for the city.The World Series champs...
2010 UZR Projections
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Jeff Zimmerman has come out with UZR projections for the 2010 season. All the data can be found on this spreadsheet, and the math used to determine the numbers is here. (hat-tip to River Ave. Blues)The higher the number on the positive side the better. Here's how the Yanks projections...
Yanks, Sox Dividing Themselves From Between Leagues
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Alan Schwarz of the NY Times took a look at the growing disparity between the American and National leagues. He not only talks about how the AL has dominated in the all-star game, World Series, and interleague play, but how players seem to improve as soon as they get out of the AL...
'09 Awards
14 days ago by
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Beginning Monday and concluding next Tuesday, the BBWAA awards will be revealed.Monday: AL and NL Rookie of the Year Awards.Tuesday: AL Cy Young Award.Wednesday: AL and NL Manager of the Year Awards.Thursday: NL Cy Young Award.Monday, Nov. 23: AL Most Valuable Player Award.Tuesday...
Saturday's Links
15 days ago by
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Y'all should check out the recent comments by recently defeated Angels manager Mike Scioscia. He was talking to 300 people at a fundraiser lunch for KidWorks, and was asked by someone in the crowd if the Yankees could buy another championship next year.He first said that the Yankees...
NY Senator Wins Bet
15 days ago by
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New York Senator Charles Schumer is eating up a philly cheesesteak courtesy of Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. If the Yanks won, New York Senators would receive a supply of cheesesteaks, and if Philly had won the Senators from Penn would receive a supply of New York cheesecakes...
Zimmer Was Rooting For Yanks
15 days ago by
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From Bryan Hoch:Torre's former bench coach Don Zimmer, now a senior advisor with the Rays, said he was also cheering hard for the Yankees. Girardi broke in as a rookie catcher with Zimmer's Cubs in 1989 and went along with him to Colorado in '93 before continuing with the...
Hideki Will Be Disappointed If Not Brought Back
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From Anthony McCarron:Hideki Matsui says his "feelings are still with the Yankees" but he doesn't know whether the Bombers will re-sign him.And, Matsui acknowledged, it would be disappointing if he did not play an eighth season in pinstripes. "If that happens, yeah...
AD For Boston
15 days ago by
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Not a real AD but.. this Nike Ad was found over River Ave. Blues last night.
J. Torre Happy With His Former Team
15 days ago by
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From Torre via Kristie Ackert:"To watch what they've done, especially with Joe Girardi at the helm, it really made me feel good," Torre said. "Even though I am supposed to be a National League fan, when you're as close to these guys as I've been all these...
Headlines For Friday
16 days ago by
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Bert Blyleven breaks down the Yankees in this article from NBC Sports. Blyleven believes David Roberts could be a better starter that both Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain.Both the Yankees and Mets are showing interesting in Aroldis Chapman. He talks about his defection in this article...
Why Are The Yanks Making Jeter Wait?
16 days ago by
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Bob Klapisch thinks if the Yankees wait until after next season to give Jeter his extension it'll be a bad move.To this we say: think again. Running out the clock on their most cherished player is bad business, not to mention bad karma. And it's not like the Yankees are going...
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