a rod

Yankees win big 6-17-08

The Yankees won big tonight by a score of 8 to 0 against the Padres. Andy Pettite pitched strong for the win. Jason Giambi homered twice. A Rod also homered for the Yankees.

The Red Sox can’t stop being the Red Sox

In 2004, the Red Sox headed into the ALCS full of confidence. The Yankees had struggled against the Twins while the Sox had swept a good Angels team. We had Schilling and Pedro, Manny and Ortiz,...

He’s heating up (Nah, brotha - he’s on fiyah)

If the major leagues were NBA Jam, Ryan Howard would be stepping up to the plate with his bat on fire today. The Blastmaster went 3-3 with two more homers last night off of the chubby David Wells in...

The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: Part 2

We’re back with part two of the unwritten rules of baseball. Part one focused more on the rules that hurt feelings, and bruised egos. This time around it’ll be more about on field...

Welcome to Denver, Yankee fans

The Yankees are in town, and they brought about 25,000 extra fans along with them. A sellout crowd of 48,077 took in game one of the three game set. That’s quite a leap from the 22,000...

A-Rod finally finds passion, uses it to punch Pedroia in the stomach?

Bottom of the eighth, one out, bases loaded, Jorge Posada grounds into what should be a rally-killing double play. Running from first, A-Rod bumbles his aim on the takeout slide. So what does he do?...

Breakout Series?

These days, a trip to Shea Stadium doesn’t usually result in a team feeling better about itself. Especially when the team leaves with just one win in a three game series. However, that...

The adventures of A-Tiz

An exceprt from today’s Yankees-Red Sox game story in the New York Times: David Ortiz doubled in two and drove in two more with a homer, looking a bit like the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez. And...