Published: June 19, 2010
Bronx, NY —Hisanori Takahashi, in his first start at the current Yankee Stadium, continued his streak of holding the Yankees scoreless. The Japanese born hurler made his first start of the season on May 21 against the Yanks at Citi Field. He led them scoreless for six innings, surrendering five hits and one walk. He [...]
Published: June 3, 2010
New York – Prior to the game the New York Yankees reactivated catcher Jorge Posada from the disabled list who missed the last 15 games with a fractured right foot. But the Yankees, hindered by injuries, and leading the American League in scoring did not need Posada’s bat Wednesday evening in the Bronx. It was [...]
Published: June 1, 2010
The situation again for Alex Rodriguez at Yankee Stadium Monday afternoon was a tight ballgame in the seventh inning. Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta, with his team trailing 2-1 decides to intentionally walk Mark Teixeira and load the bases. Next up, it’s A-Rod and a grand slam home run. That opened up the game and [...]
Published: May 30, 2010
Bronx, NY—On the same day that Roy Halladay of the Phillies pitched the 20th perfect game in major league history, the Yanks and Indians struggled through a 4 hour and 22 minute baseball game that seemed even longer. During the game, a large crowd of 46, 599 attendees watched twelve pitchers give up 24 runs, [...]
Published: May 29, 2010
BRONX, NY – The combination of effective pitching and the long-ball led to the easy 8-2 victory of the Yankees over the Cleveland Indians in the opening game of the seven game Yankees homestand. The organization and its rooters are hopeful the relatively weak opposition, Cleveland Indians (4 games) and the Baltimore Orioles (3 games), [...]
Published: May 22, 2010
Before the largest crowd 41,382, in the short history of Citi Field, the Yankees edged the Mets by a score of 2-1 in the first game of the 2010 Subway Series on Friday night. The pitchers’ duel between starters Javier Vazquez and Hisanori Takahashi was a big surprise to most observers at the ballpark. The [...]
Published: May 5, 2010
The Yankees scored 24 runs on 34 hits to win its latest weekend series, two games to one, over the Chicago White Sox. The power hitting reminded many observers at Yankee Stadium of its many powerful clubs of the past, termed the Bronx Bombers. The new ballpark, in its second season, is looked upon as [...]
Published: July 7, 2009
New York- It has become a recurring theme this season at home for the New York Yankees in the Bronx. Trail in a ballgame, make that late inning comeback and get the walk off win. They led the Majors with 25 come-from-behind victories when they took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee [...]
Published: May 2, 2009
Pitching was supposed to be the strength of the Yankees and Mets. At least on paper the Mets shored up their pen with a prominent closer and the Yanks with a half billion dollars in starting pitching with CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. Three weeks now and the way pitching is going in New York [...]