Opportunity of a Lifetime

UPDATE: We’re all set. In a last minute hail mary attempt, I’d like to see if anyone is interested in playing fantasy baseball with yours truly.  I know you must be confused as to how people don’t line up to play in a private ESPN fantasy baseball league with me, but fear not, this is [...]

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Hughes wins most epic 5th starter competition ever.

As you’ve probably heard, Phil Hughes has ousted Joba Chamberlain as the fifth starter for the New York Yankees to start the 2010 season.  Having been a member of Camp Joba and now looking stupid for what I said, I’m obviously not overly enthused about the decision. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy for [...]

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Day 5: The Thrilling Conclusion of the Pre-Season Over/Under Expert Picks’ Poll

As promised, here are the big guns. Before we get started, I’d like to thank the experts for their picks and the readers putting up with this silly little game. Number Category Matty Andy Will Eric Sal Consensus: 0.5 World Series won Over Over Under Over Over Over 92 Yankee Victories in 2010 Over Over [...]

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Streak for the Ca$h [We're going streakin']

So I was recently informed about this whole “Streak for the Ca$h” thing on ESPN by a source, and obviously I love it.  I haven’t even picked a single game yet,  but just the prospect of picking things correctly got me hooked.  For those of you unaware of what it is, you basically pick the [...]

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Day 4: It’s Not Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings

For today’s posts I’ve got some light-weight predictions before I bring out the big guns tomorrow. “Bigger guns than the ones you have already brought to the table?” you ask. YES. Number Category Matty Andy Will Eric Sal Consensus: 0.5 Yankees in Baseball Tonight’s Web Gem Leaderboard at the end of the year Under N/A [...]

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Day 3: It’s all over (unless you’re Eric)

And we’re back for day three! Today we have a couple categories regarding three players that have something to prove to the Yankee Universe. Let’s take a look at the results: Number Category Matty Andy Will Eric Sal Consensus: 0.207 Cano’s BA w/RISP Over Over Over Over Over Over 100 Times you will hear Granderson [...]

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Day 2 of The Over/Under: More of the Same, but Very Different

We have the top four ninths of the Yankee batting order in today’s discussion. Let’s dive right in to today’s poll results: Number Category Matty Andy Will Eric Sal Consensus: 0.317 Jeter’s batting average Under Over Under Under Over Under 0.414 Nick Johnson’s OBP Over Over Over Under Over Over 36 Tex’s Home Runs Under [...]

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The First Round of Results from the Pre-Season Over/Under Expert Picks’ Poll

Finally, the results from the Preseason Over/Under poll have been compiled and counted! A couple weeks ago, I asked some of the most knowledgeable baseball insiders (read: some of Eric’s friends) for their opinions on various Yankee statistics for the 2010 Season. The categories range from total wins and average runs scored to A-Rod’s RBI [...]

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Frankie, don’t worry, you’re still the man.

After being plunked in the head last week and suffering a(nother) concussion, the Yankees are making Francisco Cervelli wear the extra padded Rawlings helmet.  You know that one right?  We all cracked up when it surfaced in Queens last season. So now we’ve got a suave guy like Cervelli donning the big head gear for [...]

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3/9/10 – Yankees vs. Pirates – Gamelog

I feel like the Yankees have played the Pirates everyday this spring.  Does anyone else get that feeling? Today’s gamelog is going to be more like a bunch of random notes from the game.  I’m multitasking today (playing MLB 10 The Show and watching) so updates will be rather sporadic. Starting the game for your [...]

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