Archive for May 2nd, 2007

No Brainer Move!

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees, hobbled in the early season by a string of injuries to the pitching staff, have dismissed their conditioning coach, according to media reports Wednesday in New York.
The New York Times reported that general manager Brian Cashman would discuss the move before Wednesday night’s game at Texas.
Marty Miller, who [...]

In case you wondered….

Just thinking

Not sure why this popped into my head, but I remembered Mariano Duncan’s quote from 1996:
“We play today, we win today.”
Simple. Have most of the Yankee starters experienced hamstring injuries?
Wang
Mussina
Pettitte
Hughes
Is that everyone?

Sweeney Murti reads the Roundtable

Sweeny Blog: Yankees At DefCon 5? …4/30
That was the title of Sweeney Murti’s (WFAN’s Yankee beat reporter) blog from April 30, 2007.  Obviously, he reads the Roundtable for his information and taking the “pulse” of Yankee fans.  We have been throwing around the “DEFCON” thing for weeks now.  And, he’s got it wrong DEFCON 5 [...]

Yankees Call up Emergency Starter.

Arlington, TX – Following yet another hamstring injury to one of its starting pitchers, the New York Yankees dug deep into their farm system and activated Chewbacca to fill the hole in the rotation.
 
Chewbacca, a righthanded wookie from the planet Kashyyyk, was signed as an intergalactic free agent by the Yankees in the 2002. Chewbacca’s pitch [...]

There ought to be an investigation

Settling in to watch some Yankee baseball.  Murcer is back so that’s all good.  Abreu is not hitting 3rd (good) instead he’s leading off (ok – I said I wouldn’t go nuts over the lineup).  Giambi is hitting 3rd (good).  The Yankees score early (good).  Cano gets in on the action (very good).  Cano has [...]