Author Archives: Peter Menking

Series Preview: Yankees vs. Rangers

The Rangers swept the Yankees last season, one of only 4 teams to actually win a series against the Bombers in the new Yankee Stadium. Talk about an impressive home field advantage. While the Rangers had success against the Yankees in their new ballpark, historically the Rangers have been beaten up in New York, going ...

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Barry Bonds Rears His Massive Head

One of the nice things about this baseball season is that the steroids subject has been a relatively unimportant issue. The system that the MLB has in place may not be stringent enough but it gets the job done. Congress finally decided that healthcare and the economy are more important than steroid use in baseball. ...

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The Importance of CC Sabathia: No no-hitter? No problem.

Remember CC Sabathia’s almost no-hitter? Just kidding, of course you do. It was one of the better pitching performances the Yankees have been on the right side of in a while. Well I found this article by Joe Henderson of The Tampa Tribune which says that good old Joe Girardi would have pulled the Yankees ...

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Series Preview 4/9: Yankees vs. Rays

Fresh off taking the opening series against the Red Sox, the Yankees (2-1) are going to face the Tampa Bay Rays (2-1) at Tropicana Field. The main storyline of this game is the return of Javier Vazquez. Many fans remember his terrible 2nd half in 2004 and thought that he simply was not meant to ...

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Bad Start Shouldn't Eliminate Aceves from 5th Starter Competition

I wrote a while ago that Alfredo Aceves should at the very least be considered in the running for the 5th spot in the starting rotation. But given his performance in his latest start he shouldn’t even be in pinstripes, let alone even be considered in the running for the 5th spot! I mean, so ...

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Practice Some St. Patrick's Day Intelligence or Forever Be Linked to Chuck Knoblauch

To everyone who is already celebrating St. Patty's day, including Rob who is by now dangerously encroaching on the third stage of drink (Shakespeare reference for drunken stupor; we at the BBD like to keep it classy), please celebrate responsibly. As long as you celebrate with a certain amount of responsibility you will be able to ...

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Pujols for Howard? Let's Hope Not.

Why do the Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard swap rumors pertain to the Yankees? The Phillies are by far the best team in the National League. You could have argued last year that the Dodgers and the Cardinals were on par with the team from the City of Brotherly Love. Realistically, however, there is no ...

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Aceves Vying for 5th Spot in Rotation

Alfredo Aceves has always been a good pitcher. Though for the Yankees he has come out of the bullpen in long relief situations for the majority of his career, the 27 year old righty is making a push for the 5th spot in the rotation. An article on MLB.com notes how he has, to this ...

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New Arod Story a Headline? Hardly.

Alex Rodriguez has been summoned to speak to federal investigators about Dr. Anthony Galea, a Canadian doctor who is being charged with numerous crimes after his assistant, Mary Anne Catalano, was caught crossing the border with HGH. Any story with Arod in the headline will garner significant attention but this story is of little importance ...

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2010 Previews: Sergio Mitre

2009: Sergio Mitre was inserted into the Yankees bullpen (and occasionally starting rotation) mid-season after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery to help solve the Joba Chamberlain problem. Mitre was primarily used to fill in for Joba when his pitch count prevented him from making a start while making the occasional relief appearance in. For the ...

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