This past year, I somehow managed to get my butt up to Yankee Stadium for at least one game in every series that they played during the regular season. And then because of the unexpected low prices for playoff tickets, I was able to attend games in both the ALDS and the ALCS. Unfortunately, for [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2009
The Air Escaping The Balloon
Last night in a nutshell: I don’t really have much else to say. I was disappointed with the outcome obviously, and I’m somewhat worried about Swisher not being hit a 91mph fastball down the pipe further than second base but I got over it pretty quickly. The Yankees have got two chances to win it [...]
A Picture Says 1,000 Words
This is why we all (by “we” I mean Yankees fans) love Mariano Rivera so goddamn much.
Remembering the Greatest Series of Commercials Ever
In the late 90s Addidas ran a series of Yankees themed commercials in the New York area. The greatest of these was, by far, the El Duque. The other one everyone remembers is “What the Hell is ANSKY?” My mother’s best friend still wears her ANSKY shirt every now and then. Here are a few [...]
The ALDS Game 1 Experience (Picture Post)
I went to the game last night with my mother. It ruled. Here are the pictures I took.
Yankees ERA vs FIP by Month – End of Season Update
Once again: FIP is flawed, but until I find tRA/*tRA or xFIP by month it’s what you get as a benchmark next to ERA! Here’s the final wrap for the season. As you can see, the team took a big hit in September but that’s what happens when you’ve got Joba pitching bad and guys [...]
The Saddest of Possible Words
It feels so weird not having anything lined up to watch on any given evening.
Who Ate All The Innings?
This year, 9 different pitchers started for the Yankees. Whoa, that sounds like a lot, right? Well, last year 12 different pitchers got turns starting. Yes there were odd circumstances and all (such as Chien-Ming Wang dying and going to baseball heaven) but last year the team only had two pitchers approach 150 innings and [...]
Looking at AJ Burnett’s Season In Graphical Form
The last in my series looking at the seasons the top three pitchers for the Yankees put together. I’m not doing Joba or the miscellaneous riff-raff (plus Phil “God Please Shave That Thing Off” Hughes) because frankly it’s not worth the time. I may revisit Joba before the inning limiting kicked in, however. AJ is [...]
