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Brett Gardner continues to have a big impact for the New York Yankees. Last night the Yankees came from behind to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4. Derek Jeter was the hero of the game as he had a single, a two run homer and a two run triple. Jeter drove in four runs and scored another. But Gardner was critical too. Gardner went 2-3 with a stolen base. And two of ...

Please read this carefully. Take your time to understand the import of what you are about to read. For if the following hits you as it hit me when I first read it, you will be amazed. As reported in the New York Post today, last night Derek Jeter passed Ken Griffey, Jr. as the active player with most hits in his career. But the incredible part, the part you have to read carefully ...

One-tenth of the New York Yankee season is gone. The team is 12-5. One of the greatest surprises of the new season is Brett Gardner. Having been given the starting job out of Spring Training in 2009, Gardner could not hold it. He was unable to show a consistent ability to hit major league pitching last year. But this year, at least so far, Gardner has been fantastic. In yesterday's win over the Los ...

Brett Gardner did everything he could have possibly done to help the New York Yankees sweep the Texas Rangers in their weekend series. On Friday night, Gardner did not start the game. He came in as a pinch runner and immediately stole second base and then scored a run. On Saturday. Gardner started in left field and went 3-4 hitting in the nine hole. He also scored two runs, drove in one ...

After two starts for every other New York Yankee starting pitcher, 23-year-old Phil Hughes made his first start of the 2010 season last night against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hughes got the win, pitching into the sixth inning. He was good, at times overpowering, and also inconsistent. Hughes struck out six but also walked five. He gave up only three hits, one of them a home run, and finished the ...

Is Robinson Cano hot? SCALDIN'! In last night's 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim Cano hit two home runs, had three RBI, and finished the night hitting .395. In the first nine games Cano has four home runs and nine RBI and is a major reason the Yanks have won three straight series and sport a 6-3 record.  From the time he was introduced at the major league level, Robinson Cano ...

Brett Gardner was 0-3 for the New York Yankees. Not zero for three at bats in yesterday's loss to the Angels. Gardner is zero for the last three games. In a total of 10 at bats in the last three Yankee games, Gardner has not gotten a hit. He did get one walk yesterday and scored one of the Yankee runs. Gardner is not the only Yankee struggling right now. The most obvious ...

Javy Vazquez started his second game in his second stint for the New York Yankees yesterday.   Pitching against the Angels, Vazquez was just as abysmal as he had been against the Rays last Friday night.   Vazquez threw 100 pitches and 59 strikes in 5.1 innings against the Angels, giving up six hits and four earned runs while striking out four and walking two.  He finished with an ERA of 9.82 for his ...

Perfection is a word that must be used cautiously. And perfection in the sense intended here does not mean always perfect. Every fan of the New York Yankees can remember a base hit in the bottom half of a ninth inning of a seventh game of a World Series in 2001 when we all felt our team would win because Mo was closing. We can also remember home runs in crucial games in Fenway ...

The World Champion New York Yankees hung their 27th banner yesterday and passed out some very large rings. But now we leave '09 in the rear view and look to what the new season holds in store. After seven games in an odd 10 days that saw a forgiving schedule with three off days, the Yankees hold a 5-2 record. Derek Jeter has started as hot as he played last year. Through ...