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This is an absolute no-brainer. The Yankees player of the week from May 6 through May 12 is 1st year Yankee Vernon Wells. In my mind, Wells might have had one of the best weeks of anyone this season. He hit .360 on the week, with 3 HRs, and 7 RBIs. starting the week against Colorado, [...]
For the first time this season, the player of the week honors will be shared between two Yankee hurlers, Phil Hughes (Player of the week from April 22-28) and Hiroki Kuroda (1st time honor). In a week where the Yankees played .500 baseball (3-3), the team was bolstered by two incredible outings from an aging veteran, [...]
The Yankees player of the week for the fourth week of the season goes to Phil Hughes. In a week where the Yankees bats were fairly quiet, Hughes stepped it up. Unfortunately, Hughes was not able to pick up a win this past week as he pitched two no-decision games; but his dominance showed as he [...]
For a team that most people were ready to write off before the season started, the Yankees had a strong third week of the season. The teams record for the week was a respectable 4-2, winning two of three games against both the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Toronto Blue Jays. The player of the week [...]
On this day 64 years ago, it was Opening Day of the 1949 season. Slightly over eight months after the passing of The Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, the Yankees unveiled a monument in his honor in center field next to other Yankee legends Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins. The Yankees would go on win [...]
The BronxPinstripes.com Player of the Week for week 2 of the 2013 season is Robinson Cano, and how appropriate that he is selected today on Jackie Robinson Day. After all, he is named after the Brooklyn Dodger great. Cano also wears numbers 24 in honor of Jackie Robinson (inverse of 42). After a slow first [...]
April 9, 1996 It was a cold, snowy Opening Day in the Bronx. The Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals, 7-3. Starter Andy Pettitte allowed 3R in 6.1IP (6H, 2BB), earning the win. Newcomers Joe Girardi, replacing Mike Stanley, and Tino Martinez, replacing Don Mattingly, get booed during pregame introductions. Girardi goes 1-for-5 batting in [...]
April 8, 2003 Today marks the 10th anniversary of Hideki “Godzilla” Matsui making his name known in the Bronx. It was a cold opening day of the 2003 season, and with the fans chanting his name, Hideki Matsui hit his first major league home run, a grand slam into the right field bleachers. Godzilla’s blast [...]
Each Monday during the 2013 season, I will be selecting a player of the week for the Yankees from Monday to Sunday from the previous week. There is no requirement for this selection. The only requirement is that the player contributed the most during the week, whether it’s an offensive player hitting .400 on the week, or a [...]
American League East Colin MacNeil Suzanne Bange Dan Pfeiffer 1 New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees 2 Toronto Blue Jays Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays 3 Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays Tampa Bay Rays 4 Tampa Bay Rays Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles 5 Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Boston Red [...]
American League East Brian Capozzi Ryan Nakada Dan Hickey Rich Kaufman 1 Tampa Bay Rays New York Yankees New York Yankees New York Yankees 2 New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Rays 3 Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays 4 Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Rays Boston [...]
American League East Andrew Rotondi Justin McElrath Matthew Golda 1 New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays 2 Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees 3 Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays 4 Toronto Blue Jays Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox 5 Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Baltimore [...]
Earlier this year, I asked a handful of my colleagues here at BronxPinstripes.com if they would be interested in providing their predictions with how they think they 2013 MLB season will play out. From the regular season standings, to the post-season match-ups, I have compiled the predictions from 10 contributors here, including myself. Outside of [...]
After experiencing Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit in person at Yankee Stadium on July 9, 2011, I believe that everyone should be able to experience a milestone at the stadium. To be honest, it could be any stadium. Milestones are fun to witness no matter where you are. While not all are historic or even article [...]
Time for a little role playing. You are Brian Cashman this off-season. Which free agent(s) do you target, and why? Are there any specific trade opportunities you would visit as well? If so, what are they, and why would you make the trade(s)? Let’s get some chatter going on this topic. Please leave your comments in the comments [...]
As the Yankees prepare to finish off the 2012 regular season with a home series against their rival Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter is just 6 hits shy of tying his career season high of 219, which was set in 1999. Entering tonight ballgame sitting at 213 hits, do you think Jeter will end the [...]
In Trinity, FL, some 1,144 miles south of Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner, aka “The Boss”, is rolling over in his grave wondering how the Yankees could blow a 10 game lead. While there is still plenty of baseball left, “The Boss” would’ve never let it get this interesting. At the 5 game mark, Steinbrenner would’ve [...]
In the summer of 1990, my father took me to my first Yankee game when I was 7 years old. At that point, the Yankees were in the middle of a horrific playoff drought. My reaction when entering the stadium for the first time what that the place was ENORMOUS, but mostly empty. The smell [...]
Former New York Yankee all-star Bill ‘Moose’ Skowron passed away today at the age of 81. As the first baseman for the New York Yankees from 1954-1962, he hit .294, with 165 HRs, 672 RBI, and 1,103 hits in 1,087 games. Moose won four World Series with the Yankees during his time in the Bronx. [...]
If last night was enough, I really think the Yankees need to consider removing Phil Hughes from the starting rotation and put him in the bullpen. I know that all Yankees fans think he’s a legitimate “quality” starter, but the fact of the matter is, he definitely is not! Looking at his stats in 2009 [...]