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Card Corner: Lance McCullers
Bronx Banter — I’m hardly an expert on the mechanics of a pitcher, but even I can tell that the finish of Lance McCullers’ delivery in this game against the Blue Jays looks rather painful. When your head is completely turned toward first base just as you’ve released the ball toward home plate, there is something desperately wrong. As [...]
2 hours ago2010 Season Preview: Banking on another rebound candidate
River Ave. Blues — In 2008 the Yankees posted their worst offensive season in recent memory. The unit finished seventh in the AL in runs scored, after finishing in the top five, and usually in the top three, since their playoff ran began. Injuries played a large role in the decline. Hideki Matsui missed the entire second half, as [...]Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog2010 Season Preview: Banking on another rebound candidate
3 hours agoLink Dump: Backups, Cervelli, Media Jerks
River Ave. Blues — Let’s start Friday off with a few random links from around the netweb… Projecting the backup outfielders Sean at Pending Pinstripes took a look at some projections for the Yankees’ reserve outfielders, which essentially includes everyone not named Curtis Granderson or Nick Swisher. Unsurprisingly, Brett Gardner projects to be the best player of the bunch in 2010 [...]Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogLink Dump: Backups, Cervelli, Media Jerks
3 hours agoChat later today
River Ave. Blues — This afternoon’s game against the Nationals has already been called due to rain, which is a shame because I was looking forward to doing another game chat. I guess a regular old chat will have to suffice. See you at 1pm ET. Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogChat later today Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogChat later today
3 hours agoYankee Panky: Spring Flinging
Bronx Banter — A month into spring training has yielded little in terms of newsworthy occurrences in Yankee camp. The team announced it would not discuss or negotiate contract extensions for Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, or manager Joe Girardi until after the season, which is consistent with recent club policy. Nick Johnson missed time with back stiffness (uh-oh), but [...]
5 hours agoCanceled
Bronx Banter — That’s a term you rarely hear in baseball, but Thursday night’s exhibition game between the Braves and Yankees was rained out, and in spring training, that doesn’t result in the game being merely postponed. It’s canceled. A.J. Burnett threw three innings under simulated conditions to stay on schedule, working in his curve for the first [...]
12 hours agoHow Joba can learn about reduced velocity from Lincecum
River Ave. Blues — At this point last year, we began wondering about Joba Chamberlain’s velocity. After throwing in the upper 90s out of the bullpen, and then mid-90s in the rotation, Joba had been throwing in the low-90s for most of spring training. This caused particular concern because Chamberlain had missed more than a month in 2008 with [...]Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogHow Joba can learn about reduced velocity from Lincecum
13 hours agoHubba Hubba
Bronx Banter — Lauren Bacall’s silver screen debut. Not a bad start, eh? This scene is still smoking hot. William Faulkner helped on the script, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. The movie features a memorable performance by Walter Brennan in a supporting role and a couple of charming routines by the one and only Hoagy Carmichael.
16 hours agoRAB Fantasy Baseball League Part Five
River Ave. Blues — Alright folks, the league settings are the same as the other four leagues (see them here), though remember that the maximum number of moves per week has been capped at eight. We don’t want people swapping out starters every day to build up those win and strikeout totals. If you missed out on the other [...]Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogRAB Fantasy Baseball League Part Five
17 hours agoSpring Training Game Thread: A look at the phenom
River Ave. Blues — Aside from the general joy of watching baseball, there’s usually not much to get excited about when watching Spring Training games. Great pitching matchups last all of two innings, and by time a hot shot prospect enters the game, all the regulars are gone. But every so often something will come along that’s worth getting [...]Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogSpring Training Game Thread: A look at the phenom
17 hours agoNext game at Washington Nationals on Fri, Mar 12 Postponed
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Stephen Strasburg's magic number: 158 innings pitched Nationals Journal | Washington Post
- The Nationals' draft plot thickens Nationals Journal | Washington Post
- Nationals-Yankees game canceled Nationals Journal | Washington Post
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| Sun 3/7 | at Minnesota | L 0 - 11 | |
| Mon 3/8 | at Philadelphia | W 6 - 0 | |
| Tue 3/9 | vs Pittsburgh | L 7 - 12 | |
| Wed 3/10 | at Detroit | W 9 - 8 | |
| Thu 3/11 | vs Atlanta | - | |
| Fri 3/12 | at Washington | Postponed | |
| Sat 3/13 | vs Detroit | 1:05 pm EST | |
| Sun 3/14 | at Pittsburgh | 1:05 pm EDT |
- Two games (sort of) for the price of one Extra Bases | Boston Globe Just checked with the Sox. If you are going to be in Fort Myers for the Pirates-Sox game tomorrow, you can stay for the intrasquad "B" game that follows. The concession stands will close up after the first game, however....
- Wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round, Extra Bases | Boston Globe It is amusing to watch veteran players try and squirm their way out of long spring training road trips. Some of the trips in Florida can take three hours and no bus, no matter how nice, can make that palatable....
- Rays' travel director moves mountains behind the scenes Tampa Tribune As the Rays travel director for the past dozen seasons, Jeff Ziegler is responsible for getting the team and its 10,000 pounds of freight across the country for six months without a hiccup.
- Notebook: Rain wipes out Orioles-Marlins game Baltimore Sun Guthrie will start Saturday against Florida's Miller in makeup game Guthrie will start Saturday against Florida's Miller in makeup game
- Pitching updates (updated) School of Roch | MASN You already know that Jeremy Guthrie is starting tomorrow's game against the Yankees in Tampa, but we had some uncertainty over the bullpen because of the rainout. Alfredo Simon, Jason Berken, Cla Meredith, Matt Albers and Alberto Castillo also are making the trip. Brian Matusz starts Sunday against the Phillies, followed by Jim Johnson, Koji Uehara, Kam Mickolio and Will Ohman. Jake Arrieta starts the B-squad game in Pirate City, followed by Brandon Erbe, Troy Patton, Chorye Spoone and Luis...
- Red Sox rained out Sox Blog | Providence Journal Heavy rain continues to fall all over South Florida today, and it has led to the cancellation of today's game between the Red Sox and Cardinals. The two teams were to meet at 1:05 p.m. at the Cardinals' facility in Jupiter, but now the Sox are heading back across the state and will next play Saturday afternoon against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Ft. Myers.
- NY Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran happy with rehab progress Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger Beltran says he could be ready by mid-April
- Pitching assignments revised (again) Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News The pitching assignments again have been rearranged. Oliver Perez will start on Saturday vs. the Tigers and be followed by Hisanori Takahashi, Nelson Figueroa and likely two of three from Sean Green, Bobby Parnell and Jenrry Mejia Johan Santana will start on Sunday at Florida. The rest remains the same - R.A. Dickey, Pedro Feliciano and (Parnell-Mejia-Green - whoever doesn’t pitch Sat.) John Maine will pitch on Sunday in a B game against a yet to be determined team. Fernando Nieve will start on Monday vs. St. Louis, followed by Jon Niese, Francisco Rodriguez and Ryota Igarashi.
- LT in the house Green Machine | Bergen Record Ex-San Diego RB LaDainian Tomlinson is visiting the Jets’ Florham Park complex right now, one day after he visited with Minnesota but left without a deal. The Jets are in the market for a veteran RB after choosing to let go of Thomas Jones, but Tomlinson is coming off the worst season of his NFL career. Frankly, I’m not sure the ‘original’ LT doesn’t have more left in the tank after watching this LT against the Jets in January in the playoffs. We’ll keep you posted.
- He’ll have a Gay old time this summer Knick Knacks | Bergen Record That old “Flintstones” theme lyric had kind of a different meaning back in the day, didn’t it? But about Rudy Gay. He’s a restricted free agent this summer, so he’s on the Knicks’ radar. But that also means Memphis can match any offer he gets from another team. Yet Memphis is the NBA’s smallest market and draws the second-fewest fans. And the Grizzlies’ owner, Michael Heisley, isn’t exactly Daddy Warbucks _ and has talked about selling the team. Which often means whacking payroll, cutting costs, etc. And perhaps not matching a big-bucks offer for one of his prime players (see Kenyon Marti...
- Avery takes the high road Rangers Rants | Bergen Record Sean Avery probably has every reason to be annoyed about being a healthy scratch for the first time this season and, let’s face it, it’s not like he hasn’t made some outrageous comments in the past. But give Avery credit for this: He answered every question about being scratched tonight and did so in the least controversial manner and, publicly at least, with the most respect for the decision and his role in it. About 40 minutes earlier, coach John Tortorella cited Avery not being engaged enough in all facets of the game, despite the coaching staff previously talking to him about improving on...
- Jay Pandolfo, Anssi Salmela back in for Devils; Mark Fraser will sit Newark Star-Ledger Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond also out against Penguins