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When Curtis Granderson caught the final out of today’s game, the Yankees set a new American League record. The team, that has been decimated by injuries and picked against since the beginning of the season, is now 18-0 when scoring first to start the season. The Yankees are the only team in the major leagues [...]
Seattle Mariners 3 — New York Yankees 4 Felix Hernandez exits and the comeback is in effect in tonight’s 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. The matchup of aces lived up to the hype. Until the sixth inning, Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia were in a battle in a one-run game. The lone [...]
New York Yankees – Colorado Rockies Rain could not dampen the bat of Robinson Cano in today’s 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Yankees sent CC Sabathia to the mound for this rubber game and looked strong in a rain-shortened appearance. The lone run that Sabathia allowed came in the first inning. Right [...]
Oakland Athletics 2 – New York Yankees 0 Shortstop Adam Rosales didn’t hesitate with CC Sabathia. On the very first pitch of the game, Rosales took Sabathia deep to put the A’s ahead by one before fans could even get settled in. After this, CC would hold the A’s off the scoreboard until the [...]
Toronto Blue Jays 4 — New York Yankees 5 In a gritty start, CC Sabathia is assisted by Travis Hafner in today’s 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. In his sixth start of the season, Sabathia trailed by one going into the fourth inning. A leadoff home run by Jose Bautista increased [...]
The Yankees took the first two games of this four game set against the Blue Jays and are looking to win their third game in a row. Taking the mound for the Yankees is ace C.C. Sabathia, who is 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA on the season. In a meeting of initials, J.A. Happ [...]
New York Yankees 1 — Tampa Bay Rays 5 Early home runs spelled doom for Sabathia in tonight’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. In the first inning, CC Sabathia struggled with location and velocity. On an 0-2 slider, second baseman Ryan Roberts went deep with a solo home run, his first [...]
The Yankees own an all-time record of 71-58 at Tropicana Field. However, they’ve experienced some trouble at the place the Rays call home in recent memory, according to ESPN Stats and Info. More specifically, ace CC Sabathia has struggled against the Rays and most notably at the Trop. The Yankees are 6-12 in Sabathia’s last [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks 3 — New York Yankees 4 Travis Hafner comes through in the eighth in tonight’s 4-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. CC Sabathia started tonight’s game and struggled in the beginning. A two-run home run by first baseman Paul Goldschmidt put the Yankees in an early hole. Sabathia would settle down [...]
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 [...]
Baltimore Orioles 2 — New York Yankees 5 A three-run error and a triple play take place in tonight’s 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. After two games postponed due to rain, the Yankees finally got to play a game and sent CC Sabathia to the mound. CC looked dominant in tonight’s game, [...]
New York Yankees 7 — Detroit Tigers 0 CC Sabathia got his first win of the season in today’s 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. In a matchup of aces, Justin Verlander started for the Detroit Tigers. Francisco Cervelli put the first run on the board with a double in the second inning, [...]
Boston Red Sox 8 — New York Yankees 2 The regular season is officially under way in today’s 8-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox. CC Sabathia is the ace of the Yankees pitching staff and got the start today. After a strong first inning that featured two strikeouts, a walk of Jarrod [...]
Threat Level: 9 The Blue Jays were the busiest team in baseball over the offseason, as they made a major overhaul to their roster heading into the 2013 season. Jose Reyes, R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, Melky Cabrera, and Emilio Bonifacio to name the big moves. These moves have created enormous buzz heading [...]
Houston Astros 4 — New York Yankees 4 [10 Innings] The Yankees overcome an early deficit and end tonight’s game in a 4-4 tie with the Houston Astros. Opening Day starter CC Sabathia had his last warmup of the Spring and started with struggles but settled down to put together five innings of [...]
Threat Level: 6 The White Sox were projected to finish in last place in 2012 by many pundits, yet they almost won the division if it not for a sub-par September (13-18; 4-11 in the final 15 games). First year manager Robin Ventura definitely got the most out of his team and will need to [...]
Miami Marlins 3 — New York Yankees 7 CC Sabathia made his Spring debut in today’s 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Travis Hafner was brought in this offseason to provide offense that would benefit from the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium and today was his first true showing of [...]
If one thing can be said about Ivan Nova over his brief career already, it’s that he is very confident. Confidence in sports is just as important as physical ability. It all starts with the belief that anything is possible – the talent will take care of the rest. Especially for a young starting pitcher [...]
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 [...]
The Yankees have agreed to sign Andy Pettitte to a one-year, $12 million contract, tweets Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. In 12 regular season starts this past season, Pettitte (5-4) posted a 2.87 ERA with 8.2 K/9, 2.5 BB/9 in 75 1/3 innings, while earning $2.5 million. With the southpaw signed for the [...]