‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’

Chasing Records | September 8, 2011

Things just aren’t normal around here anymore. I don’t know when things started to be all over the place, but everything in Yankeeland seems to be out of the norm!
Let’s recap some of the things I’m referring to. A six-man rotation for the better part of a month. A doubleheader denied after a hurricane. The [...]

Six-Man Rotation to Stay

Chasing Records | September 5, 2011

The New York Yankees and Joe Girardi decided to stick with his six-man rotation. Girardi was supposedly going to make a big announcement after the game, but his announcement was nothing new.
I’m in favor of the six-man rotation as it allows CC Sabathia an extra days rest. He is the most important arm of the [...]

Too Much Sox

Chasing Records | September 1, 2011

The New York Yankees have split their first two games of the series with the Boston Red Sox, but at this point I don’t really feel the heat of one of the best rivalries in all of sports.
They just played a series in Fenway a few weeks ago and already they’re back at it again? [...]

What a Weekend!

Chasing Records | August 29, 2011

The New York Yankees‘ trip to Camden Yards this weekend is surely a trip they will remember for some time and Hurricane Irene is a major reason for that!
Not only did the Yankees lose Friday night’s opener to the Baltimore Orioles, but AJ Burnett once again had a disastrous outing — 9 earned runs [...]

Yankees Feeling Grand!

Chasing Records | August 22, 2011

In the series finale on Sunday, the New York Yankees were able to defeat the Minnesota Twins, 3-0, thanks in part to a gutsy performance by Ivan Nova.
Nova is now 13-4 and continues to show why he belongs in the rotation. AJ Burnett, on the other hand, showed on Saturday why he should be [...]