A-Rod and Teixeira lead Yankees to game 2 victory

After winning game 1 of the ALDS, the Yankees sent A.J. Burnett to the mound with Jose Molina as his personal catcher to face Nick Blackburn and the Twins. Both starters ended up throwing good games, but in vastly different ways. Burnett  went 6 innings, gave up only 3 hits and 1 run, but he [...]

ALDS Game 1: Twins at Yankees

Well, the regular season ending yesterday with an intense one-game-playoff between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins, and as you know the Twins came out on top after 12 tense innings. Tonight, at 6:07 on TBS the Yankees will play the Twins in the Bronx, on this extremely windy day. This matchup favors the [...]

Game 142: Orioles at Yankees

Here is tonight’s starting lineup via Pete Abe:
SS Derek Jeter – “I hear he’s about to break some record or something”
RF Nick Swisher
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Hideki Matsui
C Jorge Posada
2B Robinson Cano
LF Melky Cabrera
CF Brett Gardner
And on the mound, Andy Pettitte
Yankees to remember 9/11
There is supposed to be a ceremony before the game remembering [...]

Game 138 and 139: Rays at Yankees

Today, Labor Day, which looks to be a very nice day, the Yankees will play a day night double header against the Rays. I’m really looking forward to it because it means twice as much Yankee baseball as usual. Hopefully the Yankees can win the first game, which would take the pressure off AJ Burnett [...]

Game 133: Yankees at Orioles

Tonight with their ace on the hill the Yankees look for the sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. Here is the starting lineup via Pete Abe:
SS Derek Jeter
LF Johnny Damon
1B Nick Swisher – You are used to see “Mark Teixeira” in this spot, right? Don’t worry, supposedly Mark is just getting a day off.
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH [...]

Game 127: Rangers at Yankees

Last night Andy Pettitte and the Yankees defeated the Rangers by the score of 9-2, but don’t be deceived, it wasn’t a one-sided game, until the bottom of the 7th when the Yankees scored 5 runs, it was a 4-2 ballgame. Andy Pettitte was strong through 7 innings allowing only 2 runs and striking out [...]

Game 122: Yankees at Red Sox

2 weeks ago the Yankees began a 4 game series against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium with a small 2.5 game lead in the AL East, we all know how that ended. Tonight the Yankees begin a 3 game series against the Red Sox in Boston, but instead of a 2.5 game lead, the [...]

Game 121: Yankees at Athletics

Here’s tonight’s starting lineup via Pete Abe:
SS Derek Jeter
LF Johnny Damon
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Hideki Matsui
RF Nick Swisher
2B Robinson Cano
CF Melky Cabrera
C Jose Molina
And on the mound (making his first start as a Yankee), Chad Gaudin
Ian Kennedy progressing
As you know Ian Kennedy had surgery to remove an an aneurysm in his arm, now Kennedy [...]

Game 115: Yankees at Mariners

Nothing like staying past your bedtime to watch west coast baseball, right? Tonight the Yankees send out a lineup that happens to be missing two of their regulars that I figured would not play, and I discussed in the previous post. Take a guess right now of the two guys who aren’t playing. Okay, did [...]

Bronx Massacre

Last night Alex Rodriguez, Johhny Damon and Mark Teixeira powered the Yankees to a 4 game sweep of the Boston Red Sox. Let’s break down each game, and see how the Yankees were able to accomplish this incredible feat.
Thursday – Yankees 13, Red Sox 6

This was the ugliest of the 4 games played.
Joba Chamberlain started [...]