With Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the AL East-leading Red Sox, and Toronto’s 5-1 win over Baltimore, the Yankees are not dead yet. Boston nearly broke through multiple times, and even tied the game in the seventh. But ultimately, thanks to Tyler Austin’s short porch home run, the Yankees proved too much this night and Boston’s plans to […]
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Game 156 Recap: One Last Exciting Game
The beginning of this game really doesn’t warrant a recap, but since it did in fact occur it should be at least mentioned. As a former college level baseball player I never understood or agreed with the act of “clearing the benches.” On rare occasions it may be warranted, to an extent, if one of […]
Game 155 Recap: The Yankees are Clippard by the Jays
The Yankees lost again. The death spiral that began in Boston last weekend continued into this weekend. This time, the Yankees offense, which went 33 innings without scoring, finally scored a run in the seventh inning of Sunday afternoon’s game. Then, perhaps even more miraculously, they scored two in the ninth to take a 3-2 […]
Game 154 Recap: Another zero
The Yankees’ offensive ineptitude reached a new low on Saturday, as the team was shut out for a third consecutive game, falling 3-0 to the Blue Jays. The loss drops the team to 79-75, four games out of the second American League wild card spot with just eight games left to play, essentially extinguishing what […]
Game 153 Recap: Tough times in Toronto
The playoff hopes for the New York Yankees are hanging by the proverbial thread. With the streaking Detroit Tigers now supplanted in the second spot in the Wild Card, and the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros closing in, it’s do or die time for the Bombers. A major opportunity was afoot for them as they […]
Game 152 Recap: Snell Ya Later
The Yankees’ tragic number is down to eight. After a big 11-5 win in Tampa on Wednesday, New York fell to rookie Blake Snell and company, 2-0. Snell was on for five innings, striking out five and allowing just five hits, and old friend Chase Whitley had an easy go of it in building a bridge […]
Gary Sanchez, Too Good For Comparison
With a two-homer performance in an 11-5 victory over the Rays on Wednesday night, Gary Sanchez became the fastest player in major-league history to reach both 18 and 19 home runs, having done so in 43 games. Individually, Sanchez also has 38 RBIs and a patently preposterous .337/.410/.747 slash line. Called up and given full-time […]
Game 151 Recap: Gary Sanchez is not human
Yes, he did it again. Twice. Gary Sanchez powered two more home runs, Nos. 18 and 19 on the season, to lead the Yankees to a 11-5 victory on Wednesday night. At this point there is not much more to say about Sanchez. Major League pitchers cannot seem to figure him out. And, when they do, […]
Game 150 Recap: El Gary does it again
While the Yankees may essentially out of the A.L. Wild Card race, that doesn’t mean they aren’t playing exciting games. Michael Pineda turned in one of his finer performances of the season and Gary Sanchez punctuated a late-game comeback as New York took the series opener against the Rays 5-3. Pineda pitched well, but New York […]
Don’t be fooled, Billy Butler is not a thing
Billy Butler is a guy you’ve heard of. He’s recognizable for a being six feet tall and weighing 260 pounds. He has a rather awesome nickname, “Country Breakfast,” which reflects his shape. All of this has made him into what you might call a “name.” When the New York Yankees acquired Butler, some ears certainly perked […]