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The Yankees might not have had a game today, but there was some activity in the lockerroom. The Yankees made some of their Spring Training cuts today and sent some players packing. Highly awaited Yankees prospect, Jesus Montero, was one of the several players sent to the minor league camp. ]]>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:35:40http://t.love.com/311275635Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:45:59http://t.love.com/311251663Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:21:35http://t.love.com/311250243Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:16:49http://t.love.com/311236783
It's the most romantic, glorified position in our most romantic, glorified sport. Even when baseball was played with mushy balls by men wearing baggy uniforms and pillbox hats, and you traveled to the ballpark by horse and buggy or traipsed there by foot, center field was the glamour position. Ty Cobb started it, pretty much. ]]>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:53:25http://t.love.com/311210058Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:16:45http://t.love.com/311172970Sun, 21 Mar 2010 8:17:00http://t.love.com/311154216Sun, 21 Mar 2010 6:01:18http://t.love.com/311109112Sun, 21 Mar 2010 0:03:54http://t.love.com/311104755
As a fantasy baseball manager since 2003, I have experienced moderate success. With the 15 teams I have managed, I have won the championship twice, while finishing in the top—three five other times. Both championship victories I have both came last season, because it was then I realized what the secret was. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:29:00http://t.love.com/311094113Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:49:14http://t.love.com/311069193Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:31:45http://t.love.com/311047728Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:08:05http://t.love.com/311045901
Next year we'll pick up a big-name player in free agency. We'll overtake the Braves or Mets in the division race. We'll get a couple of good breaks, stay healthy all season, and win it all. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:56:25http://t.love.com/311014875Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:42:38http://t.love.com/310990033
What do the pitchers do when the rest of the team leaves for Kissimmee? For A.J. Burnett, Dave Robertson and Phil Hughes, they played fungo golf this morning at the stadium complex. It's exactly what you think it is - you hit a baseball with a fungo bat and try and get it as close to the 'pin' as you can. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:03:27http://t.love.com/310974288Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:21:32http://t.love.com/310921369
Carson's loss to North Rowan on Wednesday may have been the biggest baseball upset since Coach Buttermaker, Kelly Leak, Amanda Whurlitzer and the rest of the Bad News Bears beat coach Roy Turner's surly Yankees back in 1976. Carson coach Chris Cauble wasn't interested in a repeat stumble, and that explains why the Cougars were busy running in the outfield on Friday while winless North Iredell was taking infield. "We had a heart-to-heart practice on Thursday, but we still looked flat today and not ready to play," Cauble said. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 2:13:00http://t.love.com/310915487Sat, 20 Mar 2010 1:30:08http://t.love.com/310906148Sat, 20 Mar 2010 0:36:23http://t.love.com/310903756
When many non-sports fans think of Kansas City, they often think of it as a "cow-town" where people still live on farms, and as a home to some of the country's best barbecue. At least they have the barbecue part correct! Baseball fans around the country know Kansas City as home to one of baseball's most beautiful ballparks in Kaufmann Stadium, and the home to a once-proud Royals franchise in the midst of a resurrection. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 0:12:54http://t.love.com/310899679
And for the Kentridge High baseball team, those numbers are looking pretty good this spring. In a league loaded with talent from top to bottom, no team returns as many all-league players as the Chargers. As such, reason for excitement – and a reason to believe a return to the postseason is imminent – remains legitimate. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:57:16http://t.love.com/310894553Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:23:48http://t.love.com/310855202Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:15:59http://t.love.com/310854567
Mark Newman was nailed with a DUI the other day, but unlike former Yankee executive Steve Swindall it appears that Newman's status within the organization is secure. Or at least he's giving interviews and acting as if everything is all right. For those of you who don't know who Newman is, he's the Senior VP of Baseball Operations for the Yankees and he was recently interviewed by John Sickels of MinorLeagueBall.com . There was quite a lot of great information about the Yankees that we don't usually get from a typical newspaper article. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:11:06http://t.love.com/310847666
I am not of the mindset to obtain some other team's castoffs. When a veteran player is released or available, usually the call from most Yankees fans is for the Yankees to sign the guy. Reed Johnson, Rocco Baldelli, Randy Winn, and others were available for left field, and many pieces were written about the Yankees signing one over another. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:50:56http://t.love.com/310830822
Just like a couple good fights liven up any hockey game, dissension among the ranks of outfielders in fantasy baseball make my composite list somewhat interesting. Looking at rankings from ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo!, CBS Sportsline, and FOX Sports, there were only two unanimous picks (the first two outfielders on the board below) and then a whole lot of craziness. Compiling all these rankings into one quick reference—much like I did at catcher , first base , shortstop , second base , designated hitter , and closer —took quite some time and number-crunching. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:40:26http://t.love.com/310787364Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:58http://t.love.com/310764818Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:58:06http://t.love.com/310643737Fri, 19 Mar 2010 7:51:21http://t.love.com/310585281Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:04:29http://t.love.com/310577073
The issue of parity has come up frequently since the end of last season. Many have argued that MLB has become unfair to certain teams, and several ideas have come of it. However, I believe that I have the perfect solution to the problem. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:34:37http://t.love.com/310573428
I started playing baseball videogames back in the nineties on my PlayStation, the game of choice the Triple Play franchise by EA Sports. When Triple Play was replaced in 2003 by EA Sports new title MVP Baseball , I was not as happy. There was something I didn't like about the mechanics of the game. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:22:31http://t.love.com/310566510Fri, 19 Mar 2010 2:44:24http://t.love.com/310527977Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:22:52http://t.love.com/310479398Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:34http://t.love.com/310462935
If Nate Silver is correct, both the Democratic Party and the New York Yankees might be headed for tough times this fall. The ace political pollster/baseball analyst projects the numbers for 1,600 major league ballplayers in the current Baseball Prospectus 2010, and things don't look good for the Yankees' "Core Four." Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera average out at 38 years of age, and no team in the major leagues is anywhere near as dependent on four aging players as ...]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:23:07http://t.love.com/310423306Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:24:24http://t.love.com/310413588Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:53:29http://t.love.com/310359913
One commenter doesn't like any of the options and suggests the Yankees need to go out and get slugger Jermaine Dye. NJ.com member chalsk23 thinks that attitude feeds into the worst of the stereotypes of Yankee fans. Its time for y2j to follow another team. Jermaine Dye? ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:22:17http://t.love.com/310345699Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:37http://t.love.com/310339776
Tony La Russa was on his cell phone Tuesday morning as he walked off the field and toward reporters for his daily give-and-give-more with the media. He seemed particularly engaged with the phone call. Reporters waited patiently until he hung up. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:00http://t.love.com/310331334Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:57http://t.love.com/310331304Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:55http://t.love.com/310280005Thu, 18 Mar 2010 9:55:49http://t.love.com/310227922
When I originally started to type this feature up, I was almost sure Scott Boras was going to royally jam Damon into the corner. Then the Detroit Tigers went ahead and ruined a large portion of my argument. However, I still think there is enough ammunition to at least put a few holes in the Boras balloon. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 7:21:15http://t.love.com/310156561Thu, 18 Mar 2010 2:41:32