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The New York Yankees Took A Baby Step In The Road To Recovery
The scoreboard read New York Yankees 3, Kansas City Royals 2 after the final out was recorded last night, but that did not nearly reflect the importance of the game to the team from the Bronx. As has been thoroughly reported, the Yankees have struggled lately in losing 6 of 7 games going into yesterday’s [...]
New York Yankees Fans Panic Over Rumor That Season Has Been Shortened
As a fellow New York Yankees fan, I couldn’t believe what I was reading in the social media after the team’s most recent loss to the Kansas City Royals. Several themes came out of the numerous posts regarding the Bombers recent slump. Some were humorous and sarcastic, others very serious in the critique of the [...]
New York Yankees Struggles Will Soon be a Thing of the Past
The New York Yankees have not had a very good start to the 2012 season. Injuries ravaged the team in Spring Training and have continued to rear their ugly head throughout the season. The offense has struggled to score runs and the pitching hasn’t exactly kept opponents off the board. However, it is still May [...]
It May Soon Be Time For The New York Yankees To Give Someone Else A Chance
The New York Yankees have struggled recently in losing five of their last six games. Injuries and inconsistency have reigned over the team, contributing to their current slump and resulting in the club sitting 5 1/2 games back in the standings. If their current trend continues, the Bronx Bombers may find themselves out of contention [...]
The New York Yankees Have Another Problem Rearing Its Ugly Head
Much of the attention being paid to the recent struggles of the New York Yankees has centered around their inability to hit with runners in scoring position. However, it isn’t just the offense that is having problems. The current rotation has combined for 35 starts this season. In 27 of those games, the starters have [...]
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman Did Make Some Good Moves
This season the New York Yankees have made it easy for many, including yours truly, to criticize General Manager Brian Cashman’s off-season moves. The horrendous performance of Freddy Garcia, the season-ending injury to Michael Pineda, and the last-day of spring training demotion of Francisco Cervelli in favor of light-hitting Chris Stewart (acquired in a trade), [...]
The New York Yankees runners in scoring position problem
The New York Yankees are basically treading water. They are two games over 500 and in fourth place in the AL East. They are five games out of first place. The Baltimore Orioles are in first place and playing as well as they have in a very long time. Are they for real, they seem [...]
Why New York Yankees Fans Should Not Give Up
With yet another loss at the hands of a division rival, the New York Yankees sank to 4 1/2 games behind the first place Baltimore Orioles. It was the Bombers third consecutive setback and fourth in their last five contests. Yankee fans took to social media sites to express their frustrations and lament a season [...]
New York Yankees Bats Have Gone Quiet
The New York Yankees, following last night’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, have now been held to one run or less nine times this season, the same number of times as the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins. For the third straight game the Yankees managed to score two runs or less. This is now [...]
Tyler Austin Putting Together an Excellent Season for Charleston
Tyler Austin was selected by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft from Heritage High School in Conyers, Georgia. He began his professional baseball career in 2010 at rookie ball with the Gulf Coast League Yankees appearing in only two games before a pitch hit him in the [...]