Baseball Historians

Looking at just getting swept, at home, by the Detroit Tigers didn’t seem to bother the Yankees at all, as they have just completed a sweep of their own against the Seattle Mariners.  The score of 8-2 is somewhat shadowed by the story of Darrell Rasner, a Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitcher for the Yankees, called up [...]

In a game that was strangely similar to yesterday’s pitching gem by Chine-Ming Wang, Mike Mussing  also stepped up and produced for the Yankees  another  great day from the mound.   He also went 6 innings.  He also had 5 strikeouts.  He also gave up one run.  He gave up 7 scattered hits, instead of Wang’s [...]

Just when you need a boost from the pitching staff, who else would you ask, other than your ace.  Chien-Ming Wang pitched another dandy today, scattering only 3 hits and giving up only one run, over 6 innings, and became the American Leagues first pitcher to 6 “w”ins, and remain without a lose.  5 strikeouts total [...]

The 4-8 lose marks the first time the Yankees have been swept at home this season.  The rain seemed to be coming down harder than it looked, but there was definitely noticeable precipitation.  This miserable display sent the club to 2 games under .500 with a record of 14-16, and a 3 game losing streak.
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The Yankees came out of the tunnel meaning business today as they chalked up 2 early runs in the first inning to go out on top of the Tigers in this one at Yankee Stadium today.  But it was the Tigers who kept chipping away to find themselves victorious against these hungry New York Yankees.  [...]

For the record…”Yankees lose first game to Tigers, fall back to .500”
Phil Hughes took his 0-3 record to start this season, and made it worse today, by losing, at Yankee Stadium, to the Detroit Tigers, in game 1 of this 3 game series.  This was by far Hughes’ worst outing to date, and it is [...]

A must-win for the Yankees in order to secure a split, Mike Mussina got the nod, and the Yankees looked to wrap up this long away-from-home schedule, and give the Indians another lose.  Mike Mussina, and the Yankees did just that.  Mussina’s record improved to 3-3, and the Yankees come away from this long road [...]

Chien-Ming Wang pitched a dandy today in front of 31,598 Progressive Field fans for a continued perfect 5-0 start.  This win was bigger then some of the others, because not only was it against a good hitting team in the Cleveland Indians, it was also against C.C. Sabathia, last years AL Cy Young Award winner.  [...]

It could not have been written any better, unless, of course, it was written better.  Anyways, enough about me, picture it runners at the corners, one out, and Jeter walking to the plate.  If this were the bottom of the ninth in Yankee Stadium you could guess the game would be over.  On the road, [...]

On the forth game of this long road trip the Yankees find themselves in Chicago facing the White Sox.  Chien-Ming Wang was on the mound for the Yankees.  He delivered a win, just like his previous outings this year.  This took his record to a solid 4-0, and seems to have the wind at his back.  [...]

The Yankees got the win today in Baltimore, and avoid getting swept, by a wonderful pitching performance by Andy Pettitte, who retired the first 14 batters he faced.  This was the start to a solid outing by Pettitte, who threw 7 innings of scoreless, 4 hit, baseball, striking out 5 also.  This was a must [...]

Ian Kennedy did not have one of his normal pitching outings, in fact he didn’t have anything today.  Of the 17 batters he faced today, he was behind on most of them, and took 10 of those batters to full counts, or 3 ball counts.  He threw more balls than strikes, walking 5, and giving [...]

Phil Hughes pitched a very solid game today through the first 5 innings, and lost his control in the sixth and was shown the exit, after giving up 5 earned runs, on 9 hits.  Although he did get the lose, and his current record looks dismal at (0-3), he did pitch an improved game from [...]

On a day that Mike Mussina wishes he could get back, the Yankees lose the second game of a 2-game series by a score of 7-5.  It was only the 3rd inning when Mussina exited the game, having given up 7 hits, and 5 runs (all earned), including two homers to Manny Ramirez, who seems [...]

The first game of this series to be played at Yankee Stadium was won in grand fashion as the Yankees slugged their way to victory today scoring 15 runs to the Sox 9, bringing their record to 9-7, and winning their third in a row.
Both starting pitchers were knocked out early, and both bullpens were [...]

Dice K Matsuzaka pitched a better game then the league’s youngest pitcher, Phil Hughes, as the Yankees lose the rubber game to those dreaded Red Sox.  The score was not indicative of the way this game was won by the Stockings.  A horrible combination of poor pitching, and a catcher that was given the “stand [...]

Mike Mussina (1-2) threw 71 pitches, 51 for strikes, today, and took the lose as the Yankees create a rubber game for themselves, tomorrow.  With a win they could have guaranteed a win of the series and be looking at a sweep with a win tomorrow.  Instead they slip to the same record as their [...]

Chien-Ming Wang probably just pitched the best game of his young Yankee Career.  A 2-hitter gem, that was one for the ages.  He may have just solidified himself as the most under-rated pitcher in baseball.  His style of pitching does not get the attention that a Clemens, or Randy Johnson gets, he pitches to contact.  [...]

Andy Pettitte rebounded very well from his less than average first start to pitch a beautiful game today, and help the Yankees come away from Kansas City with a much needed win, having Boston next on their schedule, in Boston.  The Royals couldn’t get anything going as they were held to only 1 run, which [...]

Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided to pull the ol’ “switch-a-rue” today, and switched the starting pitching with the relief pitching, and vise-versa.  Evidently, this is reminiscent of a move that Joe Torre pulled about a week ago, when he pulled scheduled pitcher Chad Billingsly moments before a 74 minute rain delay.
Whatever the case may be, the Yankees [...]

The Yankees seem to be having the problem that other teams faced when battling with the Kansas City Royals this season. Pitching. Brian Bannister, the Kansas City Royals right hander, held the Yankees to only two runs, both scored in the 2nd inning.  One of the runs came off the bat of Johnny Damon, the [...]

For the second straight game in this series, the Yankees find themselves on the losing end, by a score of 6-3.  Pettitte gave up 8 hits, and 5 runs (3 earned), over just 5 innings of work.  He walked 2, and struck out 3.  One of his 8 hits was a 3-run shot by Ray’s Right [...]

I sound like a broken record, but if it ain’t broke…right?  Well the Yankees were gifted another excellent pitching performance today by Mussina, this time, going 6 innings, and giving up only 2 hits.  One of them, for the Rays only run of the game, came in the 3rd to Gomes.  He sent that ball over [...]

Chien-Ming Wang threw another brilliant game today, not allowing a single run over 6 innings, striking out 6, on 4 hits.  He had a no hitter going into the fifth inning.  It sounds like he ran into some trouble in the 7th, and was replac ed by Joba Chamberlain, the home town favorite.  The crowd [...]

As if proving to Toronto that we have a decent pitching staff of our own, The Yankees marched out Phil Hughes.  All he did was retire the first 9 batters he faced.  Hughes was given a no decision today, after six innings of great pitching, allowing only two runs.  A very solid performance from the [...]

When A.J. Burnett (0-0), of the Blue Jays, is on (in the words of Mike Mussina), “he’s as tough as anybody.”  And that is what the Yankees faced today.  A.J. Burnett looked as good as he has ever looked, and showed the pitcher he can be if he can stay on the field healthy.  He [...]

The 84th opener of the house that Ruth built was postponed today due to rain.  It has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 1 at 7:05 pm. 
As exciting as it was to consider the fan fare amounted to open this, the last, season at Yankee Stadium, the rain would not let up, and those fans were [...]

George Steinbrenner showed some emotion today as the blue covering was removed from the scoreboard in left field, to unveil the beginning of a new era for the Yankees spring training facility.  Legends Field, as it is now previously known, became George M. Steinbrenner Field.  The sign gleamed in the sunlight as the audience in Tampa [...]

In a game that opening day starter Roy Halladay was slotted to pitch in, the Blue Jays showed up giving Kane Davis the nod.  He gave up 4 runs on 5 hits, in 3 innings.  Not the best performance, but it is spring training.  The Yankees ended up winning this one 7-2, and seeing Ian Kennedy go [...]

I know that it is spring training.  I know that these lineups are nothing like we will see in April.  I know everything you can say about this not meaning anything…after all it is only spring training.  Not so when it is Yanks-Sox.  There is something different about these games.  When you have a declared [...]