Tag Archive | "Joe Girardi"
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Exactly 8 years after the heart-breaking loss to the Diamonbacks in the 2001 World Series, the Yankees are once again the World Series champions. After not fully appreciating the 4 title run in the late ’90s, this playoff run will long be remembered by me. And before I go into some thoughts on [...]
Continue reading...Section 203: Opportunity Squandered
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Yankees had a chance to jump to a 3-0 lead in the ALCS but just failed to execute. Dear Joe Girardi, Yes, you can overmanage a game. Mike Scoscia had an opportunity to pinch run for Jeff Mathis but decided not to because that would remove his bat. It paid off when Mathis delivered the game-winning [...]
Continue reading...Section 203: Playoff Edition
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Lately it’s been all fun and games for the Bronx Bombers after sweeping the Red Sox over the weekend to clinch the AL East, beating the Royals with their Triple-A team on Monday night, and last night’s come-from-behind walk-off victory off the bat of Juan Miranda. This was the 15th walk-off and the 50th come-from-behind victory [...]
Continue reading...Asian Guy Power Rankings – Midseason Special Edition
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
After seeing three Asian players selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2006 and two in 2007, I was disappointed to see that Ichiro was the only Asian player selected to the All-Star game. The last few reserve selections – especially in the outfield – are usually toss-ups, but I felt that Shin-Soo [...]
Continue reading...Section 203 – A Yankees Blog – 7/6/2009 Edition
Monday, July 6, 2009
Welcome to Section 203 – the new home of the Bleacher Creatures and my new Yankees Blog as well. Blue Jays v. Yankees – 7/5/2009 At first it looked like a bigger blowout than the typical haircut of the Bridge and Tunnel crowd in South Jersey in the summer. Brett Cecil worked methodically to ensure his team [...]
Continue reading...Asian Guy Power Rankings: 06/15/2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Welcome to the second edition of the Asian Guy Power Rankings, headlined by a brand spanking new banner, courtesy of FiveToolPlayer’s artistically talented brother. I have made a few minor tweaks to the AGPR format. AGPR will now be released every other Monday morning and feature the top five performers (thanks to reader Warrior13 for [...]
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