Enter Sandman…
...exit batter...The greatest closer in the game of baseball - Mariano Rivera - notched his 500th save while also getting his first RBI. ...read this Blog post →
It was 70 years ago today The Iron Horse…
...told the manager...I'm benching myself, Joe and that was the end of 2,130 consecutive games for Lou Gehrig. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankees
The house that…
...no one built... CC handed out the first K, Jorge hit the first homer but that was no way to open the new stadium. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Babe Ruth, Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankee Stadium, Yankees
Nine Nick Swishers…
...is that what the Yanks need? He leads the team in all the main batting stats so far and then he goes and pitches a scoreless inning against the Rays. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Home Runs, MLB, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, pitching, Sport, Tampa Bay Rays, Yankees
Aaaannnndddd relax…
...the pain has ceased. The expensive disaster that was the 2009 New York Yankees have turned into a great team over night with their first win of the season. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → AJ Burnett, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Sport, Yankees
Just a minute it's not…
...supposed to go like this. Wang is meant to be the New York Yankees stopper, they weren't meant to be worse off than last year...it's only two games in. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, Sport, Wang, Yankees
That wasn't supposed to happen…
...was it? I was supposed to post yesterday about the New York Yankees win in their opening game of the season behind Sabathia and Teixeira, things conspired to stop this happening. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, CC Sabathia, Joe Girardi, Mark Teixeira, MLB, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankees
If the Babe can't get 100% of the votes…
...then what chance did Ricky have. Rickey was a lock for first ballot election too the Hall, many were talking about record percentage of votes but 28 voters had other ideas. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Babe Ruth, Baseball, Don Mattingly, Hall Of Fame, Joe DiMaggio, Rickey Henderson, Sport
It's not my money the Yanks…
...would be spending. So of course I wanted them to get the two top notch free agents this off season and thankfully they did it. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, MLB, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankees
Moooooo…
...oooose. Called out one last time as Mike Mussina calls it a day in the big leagues, his name is up there with some famous old players but does it mean the HoF? ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Mike Mussina, Moose, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankee Stadium, Yankees
Should Britain be celebrating it's first World Series…
...champions. With the British government bailing out the Royal Bank of Scotland, who took over Citizens Bank do we sponsor the current champions of baseball? ...read this Blog post →
And I forgot a big thank you to Joe…
...Madden...and the rest of the boys down in Tampa Bay for winning game 7 of the ALCS and making it possible to watch the World Series this year. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Baseball, Don Zimmer, Joe Torre, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Sport, Tampa Bay Rays, World Series, Yankees
Moooooo…
...oooose. One bright spot on a dank season for the Yankees is Mike Mussina finally getting 20 wins after 18 years of trying. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Andy Pettitte, Baseball, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankees
Well that's it after 85 years…
...the final game at Yankee Stadium. At least they didn't blow this part of the season and saw the old place off with a win over the Orioles, helped by Jose Molina who hit the last home run at Yankee Stadium. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → A-Rod, Baseball, Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, New York Yankees, Sport, Yankee Stadium, Yankees
It's been a month and a half…
...totaling 40 games. And this is the first Toxic Web post about the baseball season, how could it have taken so long, is it because the Yanks are doing badly but not as bad as before? ...read this Blog post →