I realize CC Sabathia has another turn in the rotation before the ALDS starts (which makes sense–you want to keep him sharp, afterall) but now that he’s pitched his final game in September, it’s a good time to take a look at his season as a whole. If you go by ERA, CC had two [...]
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Important Facts Learned At Yankee Stadium
At Yankee Stadium the first time a player comes up to the bat, or when nothing is going on offensively in a game, the Armitron (that’s the giant TV screen thing in the middle of the place) usually displays some important fascinating fact about him since there’s nothing to note about the game so far. [...]
A Break From The Serious
Not much to whine about when the Yankees are doing so well (I feel bad for Sergio Mitre because I have a heart even if it is small and black and he’s not hurting the team too badly right now), so here’s an Onion Sports video to amuse you:
Out Twinning the Twins
The Yankees score a lot of runs. Right now, they lead all of MLB in the category (though the Rays are not far behind). I’m sure plenty of people out there are waving their hands around screaming “NEW YANKEE STADIUM BANDBOX” but those types are only partially correct. Here are the team home/away splits for [...]
Mariano Rivera Becomes Official Judge (Ok, Not Really)
People’s Court judge gives Mariano Rivera the tools to rule Kangaroo Court Michael Kay is crying somewhere, look at Mariano daring to have fun. Fun in baseball is Anti-Yankees.
Chien-Ming Wang's New Glove
Just saw this on East Windup Chronicle. It’s pretty suave: The character is his name.
Incentives
Chris Ray is alive. He was last seen pitching in relief for the Baltimore Orioles while his arm was falling off in 2007, then got Tommy John and nobody heard from him for a while. Well he got his new contract with Baltimore for 2009 and check out his awesome incentives: Ray’s contract also includes [...]
