Category Archives: The Yankee Beat

The Yankee beat: trade deadline, Teixeira, and Hughes

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees had their chances, but like they have many times over the past two weeks they lost a very close game to the Orioles 5-4 behind a decent performance from Freddy Garcia. It has now been eight loses in the last 11 games. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the Yankees blogosphere has ...

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The Yankee beat: bad trades, no trades, and the lottery

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Hiroki Kuroda got a rare 7-inning shutout thanks to the rain as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 6-0 behind a 4-run 1st inning. The Yankees have now scored at least three runs in 42 consecutive games. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the blogoshere was talking about today. • NoMaas.org calls out the Yankees ...

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The Yankee beat: Pirela, Upton, and domination

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees got CC Sabathia back on Tuesday and he was very sharp as he threw six-shutout innings before being lifted because of a pitch count. They went on to beat the Jays 6-1. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the Yankees blogs were talking about today. • River Ave Blues has a good article ...

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The Yankee beat: run streak, CoJo, and A-Rod

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 6-3 behind a strong 7-inning performance by Phil Hughes and an 8th inning grand slam by Raul Ibanez. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what Yankees blogs have been discussing. • River Ave Blues takes a look at the Yankees now 40-game streak of scoring at least 3-runs per game behind ...

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The Yankee Beat: Hughes, the AL East, and a move

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Welcome to the post-Mariano Rivera era where Joe Girardi decides that mixing and matching in the 9th inning is just as good as bringing in David Robertson from the start. The Yankees blew a late lead to lose 4-3 against the White Sox last night. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the Yankees ...

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The Yankee Beat: Pettitte, Appel, and last year’s deadline

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Wednesday was a rough day for the Yankees. They found out that CC Sabathia was going on the DL first thing in the morning, Andy Pettitte broke his ankle later that afternoon, and then they were forced to demote one of their top prospects in Dellin Betances to Double-A. At least they beat the Indians ...

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The Yankee Beat: Too many homers? and Youkilis

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees put their brief three game losing streak behind them and have now won four in a row, 14 of their last 17, and 24 of their last 31. That's good baseball. Here is the recap and graph of their latest victory and don't miss video of Dewayne Wise's great non-catch. Here's what the Yankees ...

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The Yankee Beat: Dickey, RISP, and Chavez

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

I have been waiting for today for a week now since I saw that CC Sabathia would be taking on R.A. Dickey, and his 43 inning scoreless streak, and the Mets. This latest round of the Subway Series is tied at 1-1 and the Yankees dropped two of three to the Braves to start the ...

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The Yankee Beat: prospect interviews, Logan, and Granderson

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Since the Yankees 10 game winning streak, they have dropped three games in a row and the rotation that carried them for the past month is suddenly struggling. Here is the recap and graph from last night. Here is what the Yankees blogosphere is talking about recently. • Pinstripe Alley got a chance to interview both Mason ...

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The Yankee beat: winning streaks, the Rocket, and promotion

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The winning streak finally came to an end at 10 on Tuesday night as the Yankees offense was a no show and Hiroki Kuroda didn't pitch well enough to pick them up. Here is the recap and graph. Here is what the Yankees blogosphere has been discussing. River Ave Blues looks back at two other notable Yankee ...

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