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Today the Yankees enjoyed a lavish ticker-tape parade down Broadway Avenue celebrating their 27th World Series Championship. While most folks in New York came out in droves to celebrate, the rest of the baseball world basically rolled their eyes and said "not again."
After watching the continued success of the New York Yankees as the most financially driven team in MLB, it begs the questionùare the New York Yankees as World ...
$200 Million Buys the Yankees a World Series Championship
Posted: 5th November 2009 by Ian Hunter in MLB
Very quickly, congratulations to the New York Yankees on becoming World Series champs.
There was nothing overly dramatic about Game Six or the series in general; however, good for the Yankees for coming out on top. But for the New York Yankees organization, anything less than a championship this year would have been an utter disappointment.
So after missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons, they went out ...
The Alex Anthopoulos Game Plan: What Will Blue Jays Do with Roy Halladay?
Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Ian Hunter in MLB
Alex Anthopoulos has a plan for the Toronto Blue Jays. The problem is that he can't reveal the full details just quite yet. He's been in the midst of attempting to rebuild this team, solidifying the coaching staff last week. Now the next thing on Anthopoulos' agenda is the players. Last week on Primetime Sports , Paul Beeston assured us that fans would have a better idea of ...
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After what has seemed like an eternity since the end of the ALCS, the World Series is finally ready to get underway later tonight. On paper, I can't say that a Yankees-Phillies matchup is one that will go down in history as one of the greatest playoff rivalries, but I'm sure some people probably thought the very same thing about the 2001 World Series between the Diamondbacks ...
It took almost an entire year of recruiting, but finally there is a President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays.
With the official announcement that Paul Beeston (pictured above) will in fact be the new President and CEO of the team, the good news is that Rogers wonÆt have to change the name plate on the PresidentÆs desk and send out that pesky ôso and so is no longer with ...
By now, you've probably already heard the story of how Scott Richmond overcame all odds and made his way into the major leagues by winning a spot in the starting rotation spot with the Toronto Blue Jays.
While that particular anecdote was penciled back in May, it turns out that the Scott Richmond story wasn't even close to being over; not by a long shot. Since then, Richmond has remained ...
Where Were You 16 Years Ago, When Joe Carter Made History?
Posted: 23rd October 2009 by Ian Hunter in MLB
Today is a very special day—it's an occasion so momentous that it should almost be declared a national holiday in Canada. It was this very day 16 years ago that Joe Carter solidified himself as one of the greatest Blue Jays of all time by taking a Mitch Williams pitch deep to ensure the World Series trophy would remain in Canada. Fly-by-night and casual fans talk about how ...
One star has taken over the headlines and drawn all the attention on themselves this post-season. ItÆs not Alex Rodriguez, not Ryan HowardàIÆm talking about the umpires. The officials have taken centre stage during the playoffs this year and have caused more controversy than ever thanks to some botched calls and just plain flat-out mistakes. This was evident as ever as I was live-blogging last nightÆs Game ...
On the heels of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announcement of the AL Cy Young Award and Tao of Stieb's ballot , I thought I would chime in with my own two cents on the subject. Of course, any year Roy Halladay doesn't win is a damn shame and this was the fourth year in a row where he was at least in the top-five pitchers in the league. Now ...
It seems like every hero gets a second chance at glory.Rocky got another kick at the can, John McClain came out of retirement to kick some ass, and even good old Ma$e decided to return to the rap game. So why not have one of the most prolific Blue Jays return to claim his rightful throne? King Carlos, consider this your invitation back to Toronto.Despite any bad blood there may ...