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16,500,000
15,285,714
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455,100
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422,450
414,000
403,300
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1. Hal Chase
1912
2. Roger Peckinpaugh 1914-1921
3. Babe Ruth
1922
4. Everett Scott
1922-1925
5. Lou Gehrig
1935-1941
6. Thurman Munson 1976-1979
7. Graig Nettles
1982-1984
8. Willie Randolph
1986-1989
9. Ron Guidry
1986-1989
10. Don Mattingly 1991-1995
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| Saturday, April 25, 2009 |
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Don't blame Mo |
I think many people will be inclined to blame Mo for the absolute embarrassment and disaster which occurred last night, but many people would be wrong.
Mariano Rivera is not perfect, nor should he be expected to be. His ERA was 0.00 before last night's game and he has already saved 4 games a little more than 2 weeks into the season. Even after giving up the 2-run blast to Jason Bay, his ERA is still only 2.16. You could blame Marte. He gave up one run in 1.1 innings and his ERA is 15.43 so far this season. He has not been stellar. But anyone who points their finger anywhere besides the starting lineup is kidding themselves.
The bats are simply not getting the job done. They certainly didn't last night. In the top of the 7th inning, the New York had a 3 -2 lead with the bases loaded and no outs. How many runs could they muster? One. With the bases loaded and no outs, even two well-placed outs could score two runs. They didn't even need a clutch hit...just two well-placed outs. But the most expensive lineup in major league baseball managed to only score one run. They had the chance to put Boston on the ropes and failed. But the disappointment doesn't end there....
In the top of the 9th inning, with a 4-2 lead, the Yanks had bases loaded and no outs. With Mariano warming up, they were on the verge of closing the door on the game. They could smell victory. Again, they could have scored two runs with two well-placed outs. Could they even muster one this time? Nope. Cano grounds into a double play (including getting the runner from 3rd trying to score) and Melky strikes out. Sad.
I hope Girardi took a piece out of their asses after the game was over. That was unacceptable.Labels: Chumps, Disaster, Embarassment, Girardi, Hitting, Losing |
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| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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Yankees acquire Nady and Marte from Pirates |
Tonight the Yanks traded three young prospects and Ross Ohlendorf for Rightfielder Xavier Nady and relief pitcher Damaso Marte. First, to address who they gave up:
Ross Ohlendorf is a 25-year old right-handed reliever who was 1 - 1 with a 6.53 ERA in 6 games this, his first major league season. Jose Tabata is a 19-year old right-handed outfielder who has shown signs of being an average hitter in the minor leagues. George Kontos is a 23-year old, right-handed starting pitcher who consistently has a high WHIP. Phil Coke is a 26-year old, left-handed starting pitcher whose ERA seemed to float around the mid to high 3's and also had a high WHIP. You never know who will pan out and who won't. Just because some of these guys are in the mid-20's doesn't mean they can't come around and develop into an impact player. You can't predict the future, you can only go on the information you have available to you at the time. Based on that thought, I'd say they didn't give up too much.
As for who they received in return:
Xavier Nady is a 29-year old right-handed right-fielder who has a career average of .281 and 75 career homeruns. However, he has never played a full season in his major league career and appears to have the type of power to hit 20-25 home runs per season if he was an every day player. This season he has been an everyday player for the Pirates and is hitting .330 with 13 home runs. Here is a quote from Stats Inc.
"Even though his swing can get a little long and he still has to learn to lay off the breaking stuff outside, there were noticeable improvements in Nady's approach last year. He didn't give away as many at-bats and didn't try to yank everything. He came to the plate with a plan, and when the pitcher made a mistake, he hit it a mile. There still are questions about what position Nady will end up playing, but given the dimensions of Petco Park, he's probably best suited to first base. He's a smart base runner, but with only station-to-station speed. "
Damaso Marte is a 33-year old left-handed middle reliever. His career ERA is 3.21 and he is 21 - 21. He's right around 1 K per inning pitched and his WHIP is a little over 1.
Clearly, this move is at least partially a reaction to the status of Posada and Matsui. The Yankee bats have been quiet and with the prospect of either or both of them being out of the lineup for the remainder of the season, the Yanks had to make a move. With the addition of Marte, they now have a left-handed reliever. Other than Pettitte, Marte is the only left-handed pitcher they have. This, no-doubt, was also a factor in the acquisition of Marte.Labels: Hitting, Marte, Nady, Offense, Outfield, Pitching, Trade |
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| Sunday, June 01, 2008 |
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Approaching Mantle...and on to Rose? |
| A-Rod is eleven home runs short of reaching Mickey Mantle on the career home runs list. It's a fairly safe assumption that Alex will eventually reach and surpass Barry Bonds on the all-time home run list. However, there will be another Yankee that in all likeliness reaches another one of Mantle's career marks even sooner. Jeter is 5 hits away from reaching Mantle on the career hits list. It will surely be a great milestone when Jete passes the Mick, but more interesting is that Jeter is still on track to make a run at Charlie Hustle himself. Jeter, who is about to turn 34, has just over 2400 career hits at this point. Assume for the moment that he averages 200 hits per season for the next 6 years. It's not unreasonable since he has averaged 195 his per season for the first 12 years of his career. So, if he continues on this pace, he'll finish up the 2014 season with 3700 hits at the age of 40. That still puts him about 550 hits away from the record, and at that age, he may very well not be getting 200 hits a season for long and may also not be playing all 162 games each season. Also, any chances he has of reaching Rose rest on the assumption that he does not suffer any long-term injuries for the rest of his career. However, keep in mind Jeter's competitive spirit and his love for the game. He is still ahead of Rose's pace in terms of age, and Rose had to play until the age of 45 to set his record. Whatever happens, no doubt he will make it an interesting chase. Labels: A-Rod, Hitting, Home runs, Jeter, Mantle, Records |
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| Sunday, May 20, 2007 |
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Not time to panic yet. Not even close. |
I know the arguments. The Yanks are 18 - 23. They are 10 1/2 games in back of the first-place Red Sox (Oh how it pains me to use the phrase "the first-place Red Sox"). They are 5 games under .500. Nope, it's not fun watching this. But is it the end of the world? No. Is it even the end of the season for that matter? Not even close.
Normally, this is where I would go on one of my anti-media tirades. But I have to say, they seemed to have handled this situation with a sense of appropriateness. There are stories going around about how Torre won't last long if they don't pull things together. And this I don't doubt. But lately, I think the media has done a fairly good job of maintaining some sense of proportion to their coverage of the Yankees' woes. They hardly even noticed that after completely pounding the cover off the ball for the first three weeks of April, A-Rod has been very quiet and not as clutch. So for this, I commend the media.
The simple fact of the matter is this: The Yanks are too deep, their talent is distributed too far and wide, they have too many options for them to continue playing .439 ball for the rest of the season. Need I remind anyone that their starting rotation still includes Chin-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina. It will also include Roger Clemens when he is ready and Phil Hughes, the rookie who threw 6 1/3 no-hit innings until he pulled his hamstring. Don't look now, but that's not exactly a bad starting rotation. It very much has the potential to be dominant. And I shouldn't have to mention their lineup. Their 1-9 lineup can go toe-to-toe with any other lineup in the game. Furthermore, I am highly skeptical that Boston is goign to play .700 ball for the rest of the season. I respect what Josh Beckett is doing. Matsuzaka seems to be slowly improving from a slow start. And I don't doubt that Schilling still has some good games left in his arm. And of course, Ortiz and Ramirez have to be two of the scariest back-to-back hitters in teh game. However, these guys are not unbeatable. Not by a long shot. But back the the Yanks...
So they start their season with lousy pitching for the first month or so. Lately, they have pitching and no hitting. Previous to the 10-7 loss to the Mets yesterday, the Yanks pitching staff had given up 34 runs in 15 of the last 17 games (excluding blowouts on May 10 by Texas and May 4 by Seattle). That is an ERA of about 2.30, excluding thew two blowouts, over almost 3 weeks. And they still find themselves playing under .500 ball. You can't blame the bats for this season so far and you can't blame the arms. They have already suffered their way through a lot of injuries and, in my opinion, aren't doing that bad all things considered. The problem is injuries and the problem is getting success out of the bats and the pitching at the same time. Neither of these implies a problem with management. Joe Torre is not the problem right now, and replacing Torre will not fix the problem. However, with a series with Boston following today's game against the Mets, you know heads are going to roll soon. A sweep from Boston and Torre may find himself sitting at home watching the games from now on. And it doesn't get better after that. Anaheim comes in the the stadium following the Boston series. Joe has his work cut out for him, and I hope the Boss remains patient.Labels: Hitting, Pitching, Slump, The Boss, Torre |
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Trevor Hoffman
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Ty Cobb
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Barry Bonds
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| 27 WORLD SERIES TITLES |
1923 - 1927 - 1928 - 1932 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1941 - 1943 - 1947 -
1949 - 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1956 - 1958 - 1961 - 1962 - 1977 - 1978 -
1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2009
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1 BILLY MARTIN
3 BABE RUTH
4 LOU GEHRIG
5 JOE DIMAGGIO
7 MICKEY MANTLE
8 YOGI BERRA
8 BILL DICKEY
9 ROGER MARIS
10 PHIL RIZZUTO
15 THURMAN MUNSON
16 WHITEY FORD
23 DON MATTINGLY
32 ELSTON HOWARD
37 CASEY STENGEL
44 REGGIE JACKSON
49 RON GUIDRY
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| 40 HALL OF FAMERS |
Frank Baker 1916-19, 1921-22
Yogi Berra 1946-63
Wade Boggs 1993-97
Roger Bresnahan 1901-02
Frank Chance 1913-14
Jack Chesbro 1903-09
Earle Combs 1924-35
Stan Coveleski 1928
Bill Dickey 1928-43, 1946
Joe DiMaggio 1936-42, 1946-51
Leo Durocher 1925, 1928-29
Whitey Ford 1950, 1953-67
Lou Gehrig 1923-39
Lefty Gomez 1930-42
Goose Gossage 1978-83, 1989
Clark Griffith 1903-07
Burleigh Grimes 1934
Ricky Henderson 1985-1989
Waite Hoyt 1921-30
Catfish Hunter 1975-79
Reggie Jackson 1977-81
Willie Keeler 1903-09
Joe Kelley 1902
Tony Lazzeri 1926-37
Mickey Mantle 1951-68
Joe McGinnity 1901-02
John McGraw 1901-02
Johnny Mize 1949-53
Phil Niekro 1984-85
Herb Pennock 1923-33
Gaylord Perry 1980
Branch Rickey 1907
Phil Rizzuto 1941-42, 1946-56
Wilbert Robinson 1901-02
Red Ruffing 1930-42, 1945-46
Babe Ruth 1920-34
Joe Sewell 1931-33
Enos Slaughter 1954-55, 1956-59
Dazzy Vance 1915, 1918
Paul Waner 1944-45
Dave Winfield 1981-88, 1990
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