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Joba Chamberlain first flashed on the major league scene in August 2007. He had been called up to the New York Yankees because they were floundering and needed bullpen help. Chamberlain came in from the pen in 19 games in August and September 2007. He pitched in 24 innings. He gave up ONE earned run and had an ERA of 0.38. His ERA-plus was a stupid 1204. (There is no decimal ...

Brett Gardner did not start in center field for the New York Yankees today as they played the Detroit Tigers in a Spring Training game. Curtis Granderson started in center field for the Yankees and got two hits against his old team. Gardner started in left field. Gardner raised his spring batting average to .143 when he got one hit in two times at bat. Gardner also worked a base on balls ...

Brett Gardner started in center field for the New York Yankees yesterday. But before all you Brett Gardner fans out there (all 12 of you) get too excited, Curtis Granderson started in center field for the New York Yankees yesterday as well. The Yankees played split squad games in Florida. Gardner was 0-for-3 at the plate, dropping his spring training average to .083. He has one bunt hit in 12 times at bat. ...

The New York Yankees lost a spring training game to the Minnesota Twins yesterday, 11-0. Brett Gardner started and got one hit in three times at bat. His hit came on a bunt. The bunt was fielded by the pitcher, whose throw pulled the first baseman off the bag. Gardner's speed was the critical element in the play because the pitcher had no time to make an accurate throw with Gardner speeding down ...

Ivy covered walls.   Day baseball.   Ernie Banks and “Let’s play two.”   Harry Carey and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”   All of these are Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Cubs for 94 years.   Wrigley Field was built in 1914 and is the second oldest baseball field in continuous existence, second only to Fenway Park in Boston.   On the north side of Chicago, this baseball venue has existed ever since, although at first it ...

Yesterday, in their fourth Spring Training game, the New York Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays. Brett Gardner started in left field. In his first plate appearance, Gardner hit a hard ground ball to Lyle Overbay at first base for Toronto. The ball was hit so hard and so directly at Overbay that he was able to turn it into a tricky 3-6-1 double play even with the incredibly ...

Three of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history have a lot in common. Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mariano Rivera each were great. Ford is in the Hall of Fame, Rivera is a lock for it, and Guidry would have made the Hall if injuries had not shortened his career. Number 16 is permanently attached to the wall in Monument Park in Yankee Stadium. So is Number 49. Number 42 will be there ...

Major League baseball has not been played in the Borough of Brooklyn since 1957.   But any serious baseball fan can still tell you that until that time some of the games greatest moments occurred at Bedford Avenue where Ebbets Field stood.   Beginning in 1884 a Brooklyn team played in the American Association. In 1890 the team would join the new National League.   This team changed names almost year to year, known variously as ...

In yesterday's Spring Training game against the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees fans got what was, for many, their first look at two young catchers in the Yankee organization. Austin Romine took over behind the plate for Jorge Posada. Romine looked very steady behind the plate in his set up and how quiet he was receiving pitches. He also showed good agility, blocking several balls in the dirt even though there were ...

Yesterday, I wrote a piece about Robinson Cano being the best Yankee second baseman in the history of the franchise. That made me think about the rest of the infield. If you look at the numbers, this Yankee infield is the best that the New York Yankees have ever had. When you consider overall talent, both offensively and defensively, there has never been an infield to compare to the one now assembled ...