Yankees Turn First Triple Play Since 1968

The New York Yankees turned a 5-4-3 Triple Play on Thursday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics. It was the first triple play in the Yankees organization since 1968, and is one of the most rare feats in all of professional sports. There have only been 22 triple plays in all of the Yankees long and [...]

Phil Hughes Throws 7 No Hit Innings, 10 K’s in Win

Phil Hughes lost a no-hit bid last night with no outs in the 8th inning. He ended up with 7.1 IP, 10 SO, ER, 1 H after Joba Chamberlain allowed one of Hughes’ runners to come home via a single in relief. This is only Hughes’ second start of the season after winning the fifth [...]

A-Rod Passes McGwire on Home-Run List

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home-run of the season last night, and the 584th of his career. He is now the sole-owner of eighth place all time on the home-run list. Frank Robinson is the next to pass who has 586. No one has reached this milestone as quickly as A-Rod has, not even Hank [...]

Robinson Cano Takes Ownership of His Name

Robinson Cano, the second baseman of the New York Yankees, was named after Jackie Robinson. Last night on the annual celebration of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Robinson Cano came out swinging in honor of the man who gave him his name. He belted two line drive [...]

Teixeira’s Slow Start – Yanks Not Worried

Mark Teixeira has consistently not been a very good hitter in April. In the first month of the regular season Teixeira is a .249 hitter and is very close to .300 the rest of the months combined. This season Teixeira has only 3 hits to date. The Yankees aren’t worried however, the same thing happened [...]

Yankees Home Opener Today

The Yankees have had four days off already this season which is noteworthy since there have only been six games played by the team. They will open their season today at 1PM in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have one of the tougher opening two-week schedules in baseball with series against the Red [...]

Sabathia’s No-Hit Bid Broke up With Four Outs to Go

New York Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia had his no-hitter broken up in the 8th inning last night with two outs. Four outs to go and Sabathia would have been in the history books. There were several gold glove plays all around Sabathia as Mark Texiera made a diving snag at first base, A-Rod got the [...]

Vasquez Not Sharp in Return to Yanks

Javier Vasquez had his first chance in the Yankees rotation last night. As the fourth starter some of the pressure is taken off, but unfortunately in his first start Vasquez was not sharp at all. Vasquez’ Stats: 5.2 IP, 8 Hits, 8 ER, 3 W, 5 SO, and 2 HR His stuff looked great through [...]

MLB Umpire Joe West Complains of Slow Gameplay

MLB Umpire Joe West recently called out the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for their slow pace of play. Here was his statement: “They’re the two clubs that don’t try to pick up the pace. They’re two of the best teams in baseball. Why are they playing the slowest? It’s pathetic and [...]

What to Watch For – AL East Early Division Showdowns

It’s still the first week of the season, and you know what that means; Division Showdowns. The Yankees will square off tonight at 7:10 PM Eastern against the Tampa Bay Rays. It will be the return of Javier Vasquez to pinstripes against David Price in a battle of fourth starters. In all honesty, these two [...]

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