“Psst.  Hey kid.  Every done HGH?  Bet you want to, don’t you?” ~ Alex Rodriguez Sunday September 1st On a muggy Sunday in the Bronx the Yankee faced the Baltimore Orioles, hoping to sweep the series and gain yet more ground in the Wild Card. The Yankee started Andy Pettitte (10-9 4.01) and the former […]

“Baseball is like church.  Many attend.  Few understand.” ~ Leo Durocher. The Yankees tonight continued to use the Toronto “Useless, eh” Blue Jays as their personal bitch. The Yankees started Adam “Who?” Warren (1-2 3.57) and the Bitch Jays started last year’s Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey (9-12 4.49). Toronto scored (or should I […]

“Cream.  I love the stuff.  Oh, I mean it’s my favorite band.” ~ Alex Rodriguez Tonight your humble blogger went to Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.  The Yankees started CC “Not the ace anymore” Sabathia (10-10 4.66) and the Angels countered with Jason Vargas (6-5 3.86). The […]

“I used to be good.” ~ Joba Chamberlain Today the Yankees wrapped up the first half of the season with a game against the Minnesota Twins.  The Yankees started their “ace” Carsten Charles Sabathia (9-8 4.07) and the Twins started, in only his fourth start in the majors, rookie Kyle Gibson (2-2 6.45). Let’s see.  […]

“There’s no crying in baseball.  But there should be.” ~ Yankee executive that signed AROD to a ten-year contract. Fresh off yesterday’s tough loss the Yankees hoped to rebound, starting Ivan Nova (4-2 3.63).  The Royals’ starter was Wade Davis (4-8 5.89). As they did last night the Yankees scored a run in the bottom […]

“When people think of the Yankees I want them to think of me giving old people jobs.” ~ Yankee GM Brian Cashman Having lost two in a row the 2013 Yankees (just like the 1973 Yankees but with 100 percent more expensive ticket prices) tried to get a win against the Kansas City Royals.  The […]

“Innominaus is a bad man. A bad bad man.” ~ Ichiro Suzuki (after the game through an interpreter). On a wickedly hot and humid night the Yankees played the Texas Rangers.  The Yankees started Hiroki Kuroda (7-5 2.78) while the Rangers countered with Yu “Whirling” Darvish (7-3 2.84) Texas scored (“Plated” in modern parlance) first […]

“My kingdom!  My kingdom for a new back, or a new hip, or a new knee” ~ assorted anonymous Yankees Today was the 67th Old Timer’s game at Yankee Stadium.  A tradition in which elderly ex-stars painfully walk to home plate, painfully swing at pitches and painfully, slowly, run to first base.  No wait, that’s […]

“The hookers in Cleveland don’t have as much class as the hookers in New York.” ~ attributed to Nick “Bro” Swisher Tonight I went to see the Yankees play the Cleveland Native Americans which featured the return of Nick Swisher to Yankee Stadium.  The Yankees started Andy Pettitte (4-3 3.83) in his first start after […]

“My goal was to strike out 200 times this year, but obviously with my injury I don’t think I’ll be able to do it” ~ Curtis Granderson The Yankees tonight started a six-game home stand against the Seattle Mariners.  In what promised to be a great pitching matchup the Yankees started CC Sabathia (4-3 3.19) […]