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Ichiro Suzuki – Hard to Believe He’s in Yankees Uniform

Posted on 24 Jul, 2012, by in Baseball

How did Ichiro Suzuki do on his first night wearing New York Yankees uniform? 1-4, 1 stolen base. Nothing sensational from a player going through a very sub-par season, showing that age catches up even with him. The surrounding and scenario were the special case this time – Ichiro Suzuki, playing for the New York Yankees, in Seattle, against the Mariners. More

10 Most Valuable Teams in the World

Posted on 16 Jul, 2012, by in Featured

Soccer (real football) might not be a big thing in the United States, but it’s a religion around the rest of the globe, making it hardly a surprise that four soccer clubs (Arsenal, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United) are among the 10 most valuable sport franchises in the world, along with 4 NFL teams (Giants, Patriots, Redskins, Cowboys) and two Baseball clubs, the Yankees and the Dodgers. More

Welcome to the 2012 MLB Season, Where Higher Payrolls Mean Your Team Sucks

Posted on 23 May, 2012, by in Baseball

Money usually means success, in the long run at least, when you talk about Major Leauge Baseabll. With no cap limits, teams that spend more money end up getting the best player, more wins and plenty of times more rings. In the 2012 season, so far, the four highest spending teams – Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and Angels, aren’t working according to formula. More

Bullpen Problems Get Worse and Worse (Yankees vs Red Sox)

Posted on 22 Apr, 2012, by in Baseball

Bobby Valentine got booed harder and harder every time he went up to the mound and made another pitching substitution. Each move he made just got worse and worse, as the New York Yankees came back from 0-9 to win 15-9 in Fenway Park, furthering the suffering of the rather dim 100 year Fenway Park celebrations for the Boston Red Sox. More

Alex Rodriguez Reaches 630 Home Runs ; Doesn’t Deserve to be on List

Posted on 13 Apr, 2012, by in Baseball

Alex Rodriguez hit his 1st home run of the 2012 season, moving him up to fifth on the all time list with 630. He’s now tied with Ken Griffey, 30 behind Willie Mays before he ventures, if he ever gets that far, to the 700 territory, where Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds reside. Like Bonds, Rodriguez shouldn’t be on it. More

The Top Ten Highest Paid MLB Players in 2012

Posted on 12 Apr, 2012, by in Featured

Alex Rodriguez leads the highest salary list in MLB once again, getting overpaid for producing less and less each year, like most huge contracts tend to do. He’s joined by two other Yankees in the top 4, while the Detroit Tigers send three players as well into the list of mostly overpaid players. More

Baseball Is Nearly Back, If You’ve Noticed

Posted on 2 Apr, 2012, by in Featured

The 2012 Baseball season has already started, but it hasn’t been really noticed. The NBA, despite of the lockout, didn’t really take a hit in popularity. Too many stars, too many crowd-pleasers in the league right now. March Madness and College Basketball has been extremely appeasing, despite the apparent uneven field. We’ll see if Kansas can do something about it. More

Yankees Aggressive Moves in Rotation Improvement

Posted on 15 Jan, 2012, by in Baseball

The New York Yankees struggled with their pitching last season, but they’ve gotten a whole of a lot better over the weekend. First they traded Jesus Montero to Seattle for 23 year old Michael Pindea who had a very impressive rookie season in 2011 and then signed free agent veteran Hiroki Kuroda on a one year deal from the Los Angeles Dodgers. More

2011 NLDS/ALDS Diary – Day 2

Posted on 2 Oct, 2011, by in Baseball

Robinson Cano came up big for the Yankees with a grand slam home run and six RBIs, Yovani Gallardo was pretty much untouchable for the Brewers in their win over … More

Playoffs Getting Closer? (Rays vs Yankees)

Posted on 23 Sep, 2011, by in Baseball

The New York Yankees didn’t seem to be too torn up after Matt Moore tore through them in his first Major League start, earning the win in the Rays’ 15-8 over the AL East leader, putting them two games behind the Boston Red Sox. More