I have a confession: I kinda dig the extra innings tiebreaker rule. The Yankees haven't played an extra innings game yet, but I've seen it in action elsewhere around the league, and I like the chao...
2020-08-14 14:40:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Good article by Marc Carig and Patric...
2020-08-10 22:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostIf not for the expanded postseason format, this weekend's four games in three days series at Tropicana Field would have been a Very Big Deal. Instead, it feels like just another series to me. Maybe...
2020-08-07 13:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostNine games into the season -- 15% of the schedule -- the Yankees are 8-1 for only the third time in franchise history. They also did it in 1988 and 2003. According to 2020-08-04 13:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm gonna miss Tommy Tightpants. (Getty)
The season is a week old but it doesn't feel like it. What a year this week has been. The Yankees are 4-1 (10.8-2.7) and they will play their first home game at Yankee Stadium later tonight, two da...
2020-07-31 14:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees won games started by Max Scherzer and Patrick Corbin this weekend and lost a game in which Stephen Strasburg was scratched and replaced by Erick Fedde. Go figure. Gotta say though, the ...
2020-07-28 00:24:10 +0000 UTC View PostEvery game this season is equivalent to 2.7 games in a 162-game season, so the Yankees are currently 2.7-0. Aside from the annoying rain delay, I'm not sure we could've scripted a better Opening Da...
2020-07-24 14:29:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hooray baseball. (Photo via Presswire)
Weather permitting, the Yankees will open the 60-game 2...
2020-07-23 17:52:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Summer Camp started a few weeks ago but only now do I feel like baseball is really, truly back. The Yankees played other teams (!) in exhibition games the last three nights and it felt ... normal. ...
2020-07-21 14:09:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The regular season is less than a week away and once teams begin traveling, the league's COVID-19 protocols will really be put to the test. "We got four months to go out and win a championship. We ...
2020-07-17 14:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Tigers prospect Riley Greene made a spectacular Endy Chavez-esque catch in left field during yesterday's intrasquad game. 2020-07-14 14:18:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees still have two open spots on the 60-man roster and you know, CC Sabathia is looking mighty...
2020-07-10 13:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees played the Yankees tonight and the Yankees won, I think. The pitchers looked way ahead of the hitters, which isn't surprising after the long layoff. It'll take guys a while to find thei...
2020-07-07 01:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostIntake testing is complete and Summer Camp at Yankee Stadium officially begins later today. The Yankees will work out in staggered groups and they'll use all of Yankee Stadium to remain socially di...
2020-07-03 14:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostSpring Training 2.0 begins this week and it is officially "MLB Summer Camp presented by Camping World," because everything needs a sponsor. To be fair, Camping World sponsors Spring Training, and t...
2020-06-30 14:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Baseball is on the way back and I am weirdly ambivalent about it. I can't wait to watch some games, don't get me wrong, but labor battle fatigue has me feeling relieved more than excited, and of co...
2020-06-26 14:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostIn a world without pandemics, the Yankees would have opened a three-game home series with the Orioles last night. It would have been their 79th game of the season, meaning tomorrow's series finale ...
2020-06-23 12:55:17 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you may know Jay Gordon, who handled the technical side of RAB for years. Jay's wife Betsy ran RAB's Facebook account and was our social media guru for a while. Their dog Rico is having...
2020-06-19 13:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't mention this last post because it was a happy fun day after the draft, but last Friday was the...
2020-06-16 14:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope Wells has a good bat flip tool. (Photo via 2020-06-12 15:08:56 +0000 UTC
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In a pandemic-less world the Yankees would have started a three-game home series with the Royals later tonight. It would've been their 67th game of the season. So much baseball has been missed alre...
2020-06-09 13:28:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs the NBA and NHL finalize their restart plans, MLB and the MLBPA continue to publicly bicker over money and season length. It's getting tiresome. I think bickering is better than radio silence, b...
2020-06-05 13:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time since the shutdown, I am optimistic we will have baseball this year. I have upgraded from "hopeful" to "optimistic" because there has been (a little) progress on the money the la...
2020-06-02 14:16:56 +0000 UTC View PostI've been instructed to inform you Patreon is requi...
2020-05-29 13:24:26 +0000 UTC View PostIn a pandemic-free world, the Yankees would have wrapped up a four-game home series with the Mariners yesterday afternoon. It would've been their 54th game. The 2020 season should now be exactly on...
2020-05-26 13:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhenever Spring Training 2.0 begins, teams will have the option of training at their spring complex or at their home ballpark, and 2020-05-22 13:51:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Twenty-two years ago today Armando Benitez drilled Tino Martinez in the back, sparking the craziest baseball brawl I have ever witnessed. 2020-05-19 14:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Sad news: former Yankees player and general manager Bob Watson passed away last night following a long battle with kidney disease, his family announced. He was 74. Watson played for the Yankees fro...
2020-05-15 14:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: I w...
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