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26 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Potential Replacements for Posada

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The Yankees announced yesterday that Jorge Posada will be sidelined for a while with a " torn hamstring tendon ". Not that I don...

DPD: Tigers to be Tested; Hernandez Not the El Duque of Old

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My job is much too easy. In today's sports world, there are always well-known personalities saying something on TV or talk radio, or wr...
24 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AAA Columbus Team Report, 5/24/06

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It's been a game of musical chairs for much of the Clippers roster for the last month. Injuries in New York's outfield corps have l...
23 May 2006

Interleague Play Still Interesting after Ten Years

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A decade ago, Major League Baseball was still struggling to regain its fan-base. The Great Strike of 1994-95 had devastated attendance acro...
17 May 2006

Book Review: Burying the Black Sox, by Gene Carney

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Burying the Black Sox : How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded by Gene Carney c. 2006 Potomac Books Inc....
12 May 2006

DPD: An Open Letter to Roger Clemens

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Dear Mr. Clemens, You don't know me. I'm only a fan. Mostly I'm a fan of baseball, but in particular, I've been a fan of t...
11 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Melky Cabrera, International League Player of the Week, Called up by Yankees

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Yankees outfield prospect Melky Cabrera was named the International League Player of the Week for the first week of May. He hit .458 for th...
10 May 2006

DPD: Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Colorado Rockies' Pitching Staff??!!

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It's not supposed to work this way. There are supposed to be a few things you can count on in baseball: 1) Barry Bonds is a jerk. A j...
05 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes Prospect of the Week: Justin Christian

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I mentioned Justin Christian in my Trenton Thunder Team Report last week, but as I looked at him, it seemed like maybe he'd be a good c...

Double Play Depth: Camden Riversharks Opening Night

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Last week, I had the privilege of attending Opening Night for the Camden Riversharks, an independent Atlantic League team based in Camden, N...
02 May 2006

Double Play Depth: Everything's Coming Up Red Sox; Beat Yankees, 7-3

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This was not the column I had hoped to write today. With the Yankees facing the Red Sox for the first time this season, I hadn't planne...
01 May 2006

Pending Pinstripes: AA Trenton Team Report 04/30/2006

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The Trenton Thunder currently sit in last place in the AA Eastern League Northern division, with a 6-14 record. Of course, when you consider...
27 April 2006

All-Baseball.com: A Song for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Your Pitchers are Made for Walkin’

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Cue Nancy Sinatra... You keep saying you've got something for us, Some winning base-ball? ...but confess. You keep throwin' balls ou...
25 April 2006

Double Play Depth: Cincinnati Reds the Flakiest Team in Baseball

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The Cincinnati Reds are kind of a flaky team. For one thing, they play in one of the more pronounced hitters' parks in baseball. The t...
23 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes - 4/22 Team Report: Charleston Riverdogs

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The Yankees' Low-A farm team is currently 6-8 for the season, which is "good" for second to last place in the Sally (South Atl...
20 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: GCL Yankees’ Manager, Another Official Killed in Dominican Republic Car Crash

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Oscar Acosta, field manager of the Yankees' Gulf Coast (Rookie) League team, and Humberto Trejo, another official in the Yankees' mi...
19 April 2006

Double Play Depth: Information Overload - Greg Maddux

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Greg Maddux turned 40 last week, the day after he won his 320th career game. There has been no shortage of accolades for the Smartest Pitc...
15 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Columbus Clippers Organizational Report 14 April 2006

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A not-so-Good Friday if you happen to be a Columbus Clipper. The Yankees' AAA affiliate lost badly, 9-1, to the Buffalo Bisons, the Cle...
11 April 2006

Book Review: The Last Nine Innings, by Charles Euchner

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The Last Nine Innings : Inside the Real Game Fans Never See by Charles Euchner $22.95, 2006, Sourcebooks, Inc. Charles Euchner is not a bas...
10 April 2006

Double Play Depth: No Relief In Sight

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You know the scene well: Bottom of the ninth inning. A rival for the AL playoffs in a bitter contest with the Yankees. The game is on the ...
05 April 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Last of the Spring Demotions

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On Saturday, the Yankees released IF Luis A. Garcia and sent LHP Matt Smith, RHP Matt Childers, RHP Jose Veras, RHP Ramiro Mendoza, C Omir S...
03 April 2006

New All-Baseball.com Blog: Double Play Depth

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Welcome to the latest of my baseball writing ventures, Double Play Depth . Ben Kabak and I, both expatriates of 360thePitch.com 's writ...
29 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Mr. Bean, Austin LOOGY, and Other Bad Movies...

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I somehow forgot to mention it yesterday, but the latest in the long line of Posada's Pursuers is Keith McDonald , acquired from the Tex...
28 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Six Catchers and Kevin (Rakin')

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Recognizing an abundance of outfielders named "Kevin" in Camp, the Yankees sent both Kevins down to the minors this Sunday. Kevin...
22 March 2006

All-Baseball.column: 2006 Phillies Predictions

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Well, it's officially Spring. Birds are chirping. Flowers are blooming. Everybody and their uncles are heading to hardware stores to s...
21 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Eric Duncan, Melky Cabrera Among Weekly Spring Yankee Reassignments

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Another Sunday in March, another round of cuts from the Yankees' Spring Training camp. This week, the Yankees sent RHP T.J. Beam to AA ...
14 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes Prospect of the Week:Kevin Thompson

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For those of you who've been watching Spring Training instead of the World Baseball Classic, especially Yankee fans, please calm down. ...
13 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes: Hughes, Rasner Among Five Yankees Sent to Minors

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On Sunday the Yankees reassigned several players to their minor League Camp. These were: RHP Philip Hughes Phil Hughes , ranked the #1 pros...
09 March 2006

Pending Pinstripes Prospect of the Week: C.J. Henry

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C.J. Henry, ss Born: May 31, 1986 Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Bats/Throws: Right High School: Putnam City High School (Oklahoma City,O...
08 March 2006

All-Baseball.column: Soriano Not Selfish Enough

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The Alfonso Soriano soap opera should not exist. The reasons for this are manifold. For one thing, the Nationals should have just asked h...