by Deb Seymour ~ December 1, 2022 We all know by now the Yankees’ Hal Steinbrenner-Brian Cashman regime isn’t in the habit of signing their young players, even their really good ones, to long-term deals before they even reach their first arbitration. We’ve also seen them trade for young players without immediately locking them upContinue reading “How to Decide? The Aaron Judge Dilemma”
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NY Yankee Harrison Bader is Back Home
by Deb Seymour ~ August 4, 2022 This is the kind of story baseball fans love to hear. It’s a story about a player who grew up a fan of the team for whom he’ll now be playing; a story about a player who lived throughout his childhood near that very team’s ballpark; and aContinue reading “NY Yankee Harrison Bader is Back Home”
How do the 2022 Yankees stack up against the 1998 Yankees?
by Deb Seymour ~ May 14, 2022 As I tweeted this week, the 1998 Yankees, who won 114 games in the regular season, had 25 wins and 7 losses after 32 games. The 2022 Yankees have a record of 24 wins and 8 losses after 32 games. The tweet itself didn’t get much attention; butContinue reading “How do the 2022 Yankees stack up against the 1998 Yankees?”
The Yankees: Big Payroll, Not Enough Superstars?
by Deb Seymour ~ March 23, 2022 If you were asked to name the most sabermetrics-driven team in Major League Baseball, you’d probably say it’s either the Oakland Athletics or the Tampa Bay Rays. The former team had a book and movie dedicated to their use of the art and science of sabermetrics; the latterContinue reading “The Yankees: Big Payroll, Not Enough Superstars?”
The Many Faces of Derek Jeter
by Deb Seymour ~ March 1, 2022 Back in 1995, when the Yankees called up a 20-year-old Derek Jeter for the first time to the major league team, there were noises about him being some kind of wunderkind. Yankee fans had already heard about this kid from Kalamazoo, Michigan (who had been born in NewContinue reading “The Many Faces of Derek Jeter”
Is Simply Getting into the Playoffs Enough for the NY Yankees?
by Deb Seymour ~ October 7, 2021 Back during the 1995 MLB season, prior to social media and when Buck Showalter was managing the Yankees, the fan base was pretty critical of Buck’s management style. How did we know this? Well, there were reports in the newspapers, of course. And radio call-in shows. And studentContinue reading “Is Simply Getting into the Playoffs Enough for the NY Yankees?”
How a Win Eluded Both the NY Yankees and the NY Giants on the Same Night, in Eerily Similar Ways
by Deb Seymour ~ September 18, 2021 On Thursday night, September 16th, both the Yankees and the Giants were scheduled to play in almost back-to-back time slots, with the Yankees playing the last game in their season series against the division rival Baltimore Orioles at 5 pm Eastern and the Giants playing their second gameContinue reading “How a Win Eluded Both the NY Yankees and the NY Giants on the Same Night, in Eerily Similar Ways”
Ballpark Dimensions and the Balanced Baseball Lineup
by Deb Seymour ~ August 17, 2021 Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of baseball discussions mentioning “a balanced lineup.” So I did a Twitter search for the expression “balanced lineup.” Here’s what I found: 106 tweets with the words “balanced lineup” from the past week alone. About 10 percent of these were not aboutContinue reading “Ballpark Dimensions and the Balanced Baseball Lineup”
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