Sports in Perspective
Follow me on Twitter @jim_krug As I alluded to in my most recent article, the Pittsburgh Pirates have been so terrible for so long that even when they want to bring in free agents that could potentially help reverse the team’s plight, the players don’t want to come here. It’s a Catch-22 of baseball boobery. [...]
Coming off a disappointing season in which he batted a career-low .270 with a .340 on-base percentage and a career-worst .307 BABIP (batting average on balls in play) and being on the wrong end of his 30s, everybody on the outside started to say the dreaded words Yankee fans have not wanted to hear. Derek [...]
Through seven seasons with the Yankees Robinson Cano has belted 144 home runs, driven in 621 runs, hit 313 extra-base hits, all while sustaining a .308 batting average. He’s also been named an All-Star three times (2006, 2010, 2011) won three Silver Sluggers (2006, 2010, 2011) and won a Gold Glove in 2010. Cano also [...]
Yankee left-hander, C.C Sabathia jas announced on Twitter that he will ne returning to the Bronx in 2012 and beyond. ESPN has reported that New York and Sabathia have agreed on adding an extension to his contract of one year worth $25 million and a vesting option for $25 million in 2017 with a $5 million buyout. [...]
Over the past three seasons a certain Yankee first baseman has batted to an average of .266. While that number does seem average that same first baseman has also blasted 111 home runs and has driven in 341 runs. During those same three years, Mark Teixeira, has become a strong defensive mainstay in the Yankee [...]
While the 2011 season represented the end of the Jorge Posada catching era, the 2012 season will represent a whole new era in which the Yankees will have to replace one of the top 5 catchers in Yankee history, both in terms of leadership and production. With a career batting average of .273 along with [...]
Oh how quickly can things change in New York. After being ousted from the playoffs in the first round by the Detroit Tigers, the Yankees are now staring into a long offseason full of questions. The Yankees must now decide whether to pick up a $10.25 million club option on right fielder Nick Swisher, which [...]
So it has come to this for the New York Yankees. The season on the line in Game 4 against the Detroit Tigers, on the brink of elimination, and pitching for the Yankees will be the last guy any Yankee fan would want to see, A.J. Burnett. Yes, the same Burnett that posted an 11-11 [...]
In another game affected by rain, it was the Detroit Tigers coming out on top and tying the ALDS series at one all. New York was held hitless through the first five innings before Robinson Cano got a bloop single in the sixth inning, but most importantly the Tigers held the Yankees scoreless until an [...]
Game 1 of the Yankees versus Tigers ALDS series is finally in the books. The Yankees came up with big defensive plays and key hitting en route to a 9-3 win. Here are some rapid reactions on the Yankee victory. Nova continues to win ballgames for New York: The rookie right-hander made his first postseason [...]