Leave of Absence

I will be taking a one month vacation and I will not be writing for the blog, so until late July, please keep reading old posts!

Where did the name World Series come from?

If you watched the Yankees broadcast last night on MY9, you might have heard them talking about where the name World Series came from. They originally said that it was sponsored by The New York World newspaper and that the name was kept after the paper stopped publishing. But, a few innings later the broadcast team said that the theory was being debunked on Twitter. This is true as the theory had been disproved by many people over the years. In this series of posts, I will explore various theories of the origin of the name.

Zoilo Almonte called up by Yankees

As I talked about in my first prospect watch, Zoilo Almonte is playing very well. He was called up by the Yankees and will play in this series with the Los Angles Dodgers. He will provide hitting and fielding in the outfield. The Yankees also agreed to terms with two draft picks.

Longest Games in MLB and Yankees History Part 3

On Sunday, June 24,1962, the Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-7 at Tiger Stadium in the longest game in Yankees history. 21 players took part in the game for the Yankees alone. The teams combined for 16 runs, 39 hits, and 7 errors. Jim Bouton pitched 7 innings in relief for the win.

AL East Standings

Boston 42-29
Orioles 40-30
Yankees 38-31
Rays 36-33
Blue Jays 32-36

The Yankees dropped from the top of the division due to their recent losing streak.

Longest Games in MLB and Yankees History Part 2

The second longest game in innings and the longest game in time was played on Tuesday, May 8,1984 at Chicago's Comiskey Park. The game was 25 innings long and took 8 hours and 6 minutes. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on a walk-off homerun by right fielder Harold Baines. The White Sox had 95 at-bats and had 3 players recording 11 at-bats! Tom Paciorek had 5 hits on 9 at-bats for the White Sox.

Staten Island Yankees

The Single-A Staten Island Yankees begin their season on Monday, June 17 with a game at Richmond County Bank Ballpark versus the rival Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' Single-A affiliate. They let fans pick the design of the field and diagonal stripes were chosen. The Yankees are hoping that first round pick Eric Jagielo can make an impact this year after quickly signing.

Yankees Baseball Card Gallery

Here are some of the most valuable Yankees baseball cards ever made.

Longest Games in MLB and Yankees History Part 1

With the Yankees losing to the Oakland Athletics in 18 innings yesterday, I am going to show you some of the longest baseball games ever played.

The longest game (in innings) in MLB history was actually a tie, with the Brooklyn Robins tying the Boston Braves 1 to 1 in 26 innings. This happened on May 1st,1920. The game was suspended because of darkness. Both of the pitchers, Joe Oeschger of the Braves and Leon Cadore of the Robins went the full 26 innings.

Here is the box score:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=192005010BSN

2013 MLB Home Run Derby

Here are David Wright and Robinson Cano with the 2013 MLB Home Run Derby jerseys.

2013 MLB All Star Game

With the 2013 MLB All Star Game on being played in New York at Citi Field, the two captains for the homerun derby on July 15 will both be New York players. The Mets' David Wright who has hit eight homeruns this season and 212 in his career will captain the National League team. The Yankees' Robinson Cano who has 15 homeruns this year and 192 in his career will captain the American League. This is the second year in a row Cano has been captain, he also won the event in 2011.

College World Series Update

The 2013 College World Series is in Omaha. The eight teams that will be there are Mississippi St., Oregon State, Indiana, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, UCLA, and LSU.

You can find a link to the bracket here:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/baseball/d1

Prospect Watch:Tyler Austin

Tyler Austin is the Trenton Yankees'(the Yankees' Double-A team) right fielder. He is 21 and was selected by the Yankees out of Heritage High School in the 13th round of the 2010 draft. This year, he is batting .270, which is 4th among qualifying members of his team. He is third on the team with five homeruns. But due to his .300 batting with runners on base, he is first on the Trenton Thunder with 34 RBI. He also maintains a good slugging percentage at .409 and a fine OPS at.774 , both good for fourth on the team. Among members of his team that have played more than 20 games, he is first in on-base percentage at .365. He also is one of the best fielders on his team committing zero errors in 56 games. While he is not on the 40 man roster, Tyler Austin is progressing well and should be in the majors soon.

Did another team want A-Rod?

Last fall, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan actually inquired about acquiring Alex Rodriguez from the New York Yankees. The probability of this actually happening was very slim however as The New York Times explains:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/sports/baseball/japanese-suitor-for-yankees-alex-rodriguez-got-no-response.html?ref=sports 

Could Michael Pineda be coming back to the Yankees within the month?

Today, Michael Pineda will begin his rehab with the Single-A Tampa Yankees. He has never played in a regular season game for the Yankees. He came over in a trade that brought Jesus Montero, a former highly-prized Yankees catching prospect, to Seattle.

Here is another article from ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/56884/pineda-30-days-to-the-bronx

Chien-Ming Wang to Blue Jays

He opted of his contract to pitch with the Toronto Blue Jays. Here is the story from Sports Illustrated.

http://mlb.si.com/2013/06/07/chien-ming-wang-yankees-blue-jays/

MLB Draft

The Yankees took Eric Jagielo, Aaron Judge, and Ian Clarkin in the first round. They took Gosuke Katoh.

You can find some scouting reports here:
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/6/3/4386492/2013-mlb-draft-prospect-eric-jagielo-scouting-report

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/6/3/4387600/mlb-draft-2013-prospect-aaron-judge-scouting-report

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/6/3/4385724/2013-mlb-draft-prospect-ian-clarkin-scouting-report

World Series Rings

In this series of posts, I will be talking about the various Yankee World Series rings. Today, I will start off by analyzing the 1996 ring. In the 1996 World Series, the Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2. This particular ring is Rey Quinones' a Yankees administrator at the time. It has 1.5 ounces of gold and 23 diamonds on the interlocking NY symbolizing the Yankees' 23 championships to that point.

Yankees vs Indians

Mark Teixeira hit a grand slam for his first home run of the season and the Yankees won 7-4 to beat the former Yankee Nick Swisher's Indians. The winning pitcher was Shawn Kelly who is now 3-0. Mariano Rivera got his 20th save of the season.

Prospect Watch:Zoilo Almonte

This year, Zoilo Almonte is having a great season for the Scranton RailRiders. He is batting .286, has 6 homeruns, and has 34 RBI,12th in the International League and first on his team. But, he also has great value through walks, having 27 against only 39 strikeouts raising his OBP to .368. Last year in double A Trenton, he hit 21 homeruns and had 70 RBI. Zoilo Almonte mostly plays centerfield. He will probably be called up if a Yankee outfielder gets injured or if he continues to produce well. He also leads he team in hits, doubles, and is tied for the lead in homeruns.

Yankees 0- Red Sox 3

Clay Buchholz threw a two hit shutout in a shortened 6 inning game. Hiroki Kuroda got the loss. This drops the Yankees to 31-25 on the season, two games behind the Red Sox.

100!!!!!

Less than one day and I am already at 100 page views! Thanks to everyone who viewed my blog and please keep reading, I will post probably once a day!

AL East Standings

Boston: 34-23
Yankees: 31-24
Baltimore: 32-25
Tampa: 31-25
Toronto: 23-33

As you can see it is a close division with only Toronto being out of the race at this point. In their last 10 games, the Yankees are 3-7.

Yankees Game tonight

Vs. Red Sox 8:00PM on Espn

Minor League Update

The Scranton RailRiders won 9 to 1 over Durham last night. Zolio Almonte hit his 6th homerun of the year while Melky Mesa also hit his 6th. The winning pitcher was Chien-Ming Wang, who moved his record to 4 wins and 4 losses. Today, the RailRiders play their third game of the series against Durham, Brett Marshall will face off against the Bulls' Mike Montgomery.

First Post

In this blog, I will discuss all topics relating to baseball. I will try to post at least once a week.