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Happy Thanksgiving to all, hope your day is filled with food, family, and football... great day huh? Yankee fans have enjoyed an amazing year, and our first title in 9 years- the 3rd longest streak in franchise history, btw. We've got a World Series title, a great outlook for next year, among ...
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Bob Sheppard has officially called it a career. The 99-year-old "Voice of Yankee Stadium" had this to say to Bryan Hoch : "I have no plans of coming back," Sheppard said on Wednesday in a telephone interview. "Time has passed me by, I think. I had a good run for it. I enjoyed doing what I did. I ...
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Ken Rosenthal explains on Fox Sports today why he thinks that any talks to acquire Toronto's Roy Halladay will likely take longer than what Boston is hoping for. He starts out the article by saying that discussions for the right-hander could mirror the Johan Sanatana talks if Halladay would ...
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Big League Stew came out with their list of the top 10 home runs of the 2000's. There were a couple Yankees on the list; Aaron Boone's shot off Wakefield in game 7 of the '03 ALCS came in at number two, and Derek Jeter becoming Mr. November was sixth. Homers from Matsui, Teixeira, and A-Rod ...
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It was reported today by Ken Davidoff that the Yankees have signed outfielder Jon Weber to a minor league contract with an invitation to major-league spring training. This winter he's been playing for Venados de Mazatlan of the Mexican Winter League. In 15 games he's hitting .455/.471/.682 with ...
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After being outrighted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, Shelley Duncan has elected to become a free agent and is now available for any team to sign. In two stints this season with the Yankees, hit just .200 (3-for-15) with one RBI n 11 games. but was named International League MVP after a ...
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Yesterday, Johnny Damon was back in the city for an event on top of the Empire State Building, where he and four-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson to flip the switch and light up the top of the building in Johnson's No. 48 team's blue, white and yellow. During the event he was asked by the ...
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From Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden : The Red Sox are "putting on a full-court press" to acquire Roy Halladay, according to a source, and are hoping to add the former Cy Young winner to the top of their rotation to go with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. "They would love to get it wrapped up before ...
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Baseball America (hat-tip to Chad Jennings ) posted their velocity information for the now completed Arizona Fall League. Here's the info they have on the Yankees pitchers who took part in the AFL: Fastball Max velocity and average velocity Ian Kennedy – 93.4 max, 90.66 ave. Zach Kroenke — 93.1 ...
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- Baseball America is reporting that the Yankees have signed Dominican center fielder Eladio Moronta, and the deal was confirmed by a team official. MLB had suspended Moronta for one year earlier this year for misrepresenting his age, then lifted the suspension on September 28 after Moronta ...
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Since the World Series ended almost 3 weeks ago, there has been very little news regarding talks with free-agents Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, or Andy Pettitte on potential new deals. And today, GM Brian Cashman said that he does not expect to hear from Pettitte regarding his future anytime ...
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Like Joe Mauer yesterday, today's announcement of the NL MVP comes as no surprise. Albert Pujols received all of the possible 32 first-place votes and finished off his third MVP season batting .327/.443/.658 with 47 home runs and 135 RBI. Florida's Hanley Ramirez finished second, with Ryan ...
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In his most recent blog post, ESPN's Buster Olney says that besides their outfield needs their main focus will be their bullpen and in all likelihood will look to land two relievers. Olney also said that "it's unclear whether New York GM Brian Cashman is going to be willing to give up his ...
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As you know, last night was the premiere of the 2009 World Series DVD. The main event, complete with red carpet, took place at Manhattan's Ziegfeld Theater. Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi, along with the team's announcers were on hand, but no players decided to show up for the event. I understand ...
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American League MVP, Joe Mauer, is set to be a free agent at this time next year, and Sam Borden thinks it would be a good idea for the Yanks to make a run at him. So do I. Here's some more from Sam: What would Mauer mean to the Yankees? Plenty. Pitching is forever the holy grail for success in ...
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From Ken Davidoff : Brian Cashman will meet with the Steinbrenners next week in Tampa - likely Thursday, Dec. 3 - to fully discuss the Yankees' offseason budget and plans, Newsday has learned. ... "Once I get some firm numbers, then I can go ahead and start putting together some ideas," Cashman ...
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Saw this over at NYY Fans dot com and thought I'd share it with you. It's a desktop wallpaper that shows Godzilla destroying Citizens Bank Park. (here's the full size version ) - The Yanks were named as 2009 honorees at the 11th annual National Sportsmanship Awards on for their work with ...
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Bryan Hoch just tweeted this: Yankees to distribute free turkey vouchers to Bronx residents Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m., Yankee Stadium Gate 2. I love seeing the Yankees doing things like this. Plus, with the Bronx still missing a park, the least those residents deserve is a few free turkeys. ...
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ESPN Radio's Andrew Marchand wrote today that he was told by an MLB executive that John Lackey would be lucky to get a deal like the five-year $82.5 million that A.J. Burnett got from the Yankees last winter. The executive also said that won't be that many buyers this winter, and Lackey could ...
