On the road in Tampa Bay a few weeks ago, Brett Gardner started a fad bigger than Beanie Babies, Silly Bandz, or those demon children Furbies; he grew a pitiful excuse for a moustache. In the coming days, the rest of his Yankees teammates followed his lead, sprouting whiskers of their own, in an expression of misguided masculinity, superstition, and […]
Tag: Alex Rodriguez
The Prodigal Son: Alex Bonds-riguez
During most weeks, the primary Yankee focus is the performance of the team on the field in the form of wins and losses. We’d care about Beltrán’s bat going through menopause, Chris Young’s MVP candidacy, wins, and losses. In the words of a frustrated and impassioned Herm Edwards, “You play to win the game!” But this is not most weeks; […]
Recap: Yankees 2 Rays 3
The Yankees were bound to lose a game to the Rays eventually and it happened for the first time this season in a 13-inning one-run Wednesday matinee in the Bronx. New York starter Michael Pineda nearly provided his club with a quality start as he went five and 2/3 innings while allowing two earned runs […]
Alex Rodriguez and his milestone history
On Sunday night, Alex Rodriguez belted the 659th homer of his long career, something that only four other players in major league history have accomplished. With his next one, he will tie Giants legend Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time list and spark craziness on social media, all while his own organization collectively acts […]
Getting Offensive
As the first tenth of the baseball season concludes this week, the annual transition from screams of “small sample size!” to admissions of “that’s a real trend!” begins. Right now, I like to think we’re somewhere in between these two, in a “well, maybe that means something” phase of the season. For analysts, being able […]
The role of Adam Dunn will be played by Alex Rodriguez
Coming into the 2015 season Alex Rodriguez was one of the most difficult players in baseball to project. He was clearly one of the best talents of all-time, but that talent was tainted by his checkered past. Father Time was catching up to him, but he had also been forcibly given a year off to rest […]
Running Base: Yankees Can’t Scapegoat Rodriguez Anymore
It’s no secret that the New York Yankees have been unhappy with Alex Rodriguez for quite some time now. The club initially rebuffed his offer for a meeting to clear the air this offseason and was somehow caught off guard by his arrival to spring training. A-Rod’s employers are on the hook for the remaining […]
Assessing the Yankees’ early base running gaffes
Looking back on the New York Yankees opening series against the Toronto Blue Jays, one of the things that stands out is the number of thoughtless mistakes made by the Bronx Bombers. The team looked shaky in the field at times and made boneheaded plays on the base paths as well. It is not altogether surprising […]