Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 9, 2009, 11:12 am
Well that didn't long. Andy Pettitte is officially back with the Yankees. The team signed him to a 1-year deal worth a reported $11.75mm. It's a very smart signing. AP earned himself the ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 9, 2009, 9:20 am
Jon Heyman is tweeting that the Yankees will reach a deal with Andy Pettitte by the end of the day. If true, and I believe it is, this is great news for we Yankee fans. Andy had a rock-solid year la...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 8, 2009, 2:01 pm
Well, that didn't take long. The reported 3-team blockbuster deal that's been swirling around the rumor mill all day is apparently a done deal. The deal as it's being reported is as foll...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 8, 2009, 11:13 am
According to the most current updates over at MLBTradeRumors, the deal to bring Curtis Granderson to the Yankees is picking up a little steam. Both Jon Heyman and Mark Feinsand seem to agree. It sou...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 8, 2009, 9:40 am
I went to bed last night around 10:15 and woke up today around 6:30. Within 5 minutes from waking up, I was on MLBTradeRumors, checking to see if any late-night action went down at the Winter Meeting...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 7, 2009, 12:59 pm
The winter meetings started today. This is always a fun time of year if you're a baseball fan. I pretty much live on MLBTradeRumors, checking about 40 times a day, as there's always some new...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 4, 2009, 10:49 am
I've been meaning to post this for a few weeks now but am only now getting around to it. Time to take a look back at the predictions I made for the 2009 season. Here's how I predicted each d...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Dec 2, 2009, 11:05 am
The Yankees declined to offer arbitration to any of their free agents yesterday. No real surprise there. I originally thought they might offer something to Damon or even Pettitte, but it makes sense t...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 30, 2009, 11:01 am
First off, I'll get the formalities out of the way. I hope you all had a great holiday. Nothing beats some extra days off from work, right? Again, hope you all had a good little break. I know ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 25, 2009, 2:06 pm
I've done this in the past and figured why not do it again. In the spirit of giving thanks, here are 10 Yankee-related things I am thankful for this year: 10) This blog and for everyone who read...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 23, 2009, 1:25 pm
The AL MVP was announced today and the winner was rightfully, Joe Mauer. I have no qualms whatsoever with his selection. Mauer was without a doubt the best player in the American League. The only beef...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 19, 2009, 10:56 am
I read yesterday on MLBTradeRumors that per Jon Heyman, the Yankees have contacted the Blue Jays about Roy Halladay. Well duh. I could have written that and had a 99.9% chance of being right. This isn...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 17, 2009, 11:05 am
The other day I posted the 2009 stats for 2 players asking the question who would you prefer based on their stats. For those who didn't check it out, here were the stats: Player A: 27 year old R...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 15, 2009, 2:33 pm
Earlier this past season, I got into a healthy debate about 2 players with a friend of mine. He preferred the Yankees have one and I preferred the Yankees had the other. I'm curious who you would ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 13, 2009, 6:00 pm
It's been reported that the Tigers have made it known that Curtis Granderson is on the market. The Yankees of course have interest. When don't they, right? Bringing Curtis into the fold intri...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 13, 2009, 11:20 am
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira won the Silver Slugger Award for their respective positions in 2009. It's hard to argue that either one was not th...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 13, 2009, 8:47 am
As a Yankee fan I never thought I'd utter these words: Derek Jeter is a bum. Before you jump all over me, please read on. DJ is playing a bum in Will Ferrell's upcoming movie titled "The Ot...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 11, 2009, 1:30 pm
Joel Sherman, has an interesting blurb about Chien-Ming Wang in his Hardball blog today: But I am getting a strong vibe from Yankee officials that the intention is to non-tender Wang and, perhaps, no...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 10, 2009, 2:04 pm
The 2009 AL Gold Glove winners were announced today and the Yankees, as expected, had 2 winners. Congrats to Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter on picking up the honors. For my money, both were no-braine...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 10, 2009, 11:00 am
The November installment of the GM meetings started yesterday and as expected not much went down. The real fun is at the December GM meetings. So if you're expecting some juicy stuff this week, ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 7, 2009, 10:35 pm
I just got finished watching the 3 hour parade down the Canyon of Heroes on my DVR. I didn't want it to end because I knew when it did that the 2009 season would officially be over. But as they sa...
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Jason D. posted an article on Elect Mike Mussina - Nov 6, 2009, 11:06 am
As you probably know if you're familiar with my other blog, Baseball & The Boogie Down, I'm a huge Yankees fan. I was really excited back in 2001 when the Yankees signed Mike Mussina. It is ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 6, 2009, 6:02 am
Not sure if anyone out there saw The Late Show with David Letterman last night but if uou missed it, I highly suggest you look around online to see if you can find clips from the show. Dave was joine...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 5, 2009, 12:01 pm
The chorus from Jay-Z's song, Empire State of Mind, is very fitting right now. "In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of. There's nothing you can't do, now you're in New Y...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 5, 2009, 6:45 am
I checked the headlines today and it wasn't a dream. The Yankees won the World Series! The New York Yankees are the champions of baseball! Today is going to be a great day! It'll be a tired da...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 4, 2009, 11:50 pm
Mission accomplished! They did it. They did it. They did it. The New York Yankees are the 27-time World Champions! Man that feels good to say, err, write. That has a nice ring to it too. It als...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 4, 2009, 11:15 am
I'm really nervous about tonight's game. Andy is 37 and hasn't pitched on short rest in over 100 starts. But if anyone can figure out a way to battle through the game, it's Andy Pettit...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 2, 2009, 10:29 pm
Well that was fun, wasn't it? I'm going to save a lot of my comments for tomorrow. I could use some sleep so I'm going to keep this one real short. Yeah right. A.J. Burnett was terrible. ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 2, 2009, 3:07 pm
Here's the million dollar question: Do you want A.J. Burnett starting game 5 over Chad Gaudin? I'm not sure myself. There are pros and cons to both and I'm not sure which side has better...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Nov 1, 2009, 10:53 pm
... ;m nervous when anyone not named Mariano comes in to pitch. One of the Yankees' greatest strengths coming into the postseason was ... game 7 of the World Series or I'm watching the Yan...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 31, 2009, 11:47 pm
Man it's late. I've been up since about 5:15 and I'm exhausted. You think that'll stop me from doing a little postgame blogging? Please. The Yankees did what they do best and that&...
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Jason D. posted an article on Elect Mike Mussina - Oct 30, 2009, 12:44 pm
Wow it's been a while since I've posted. I'm still around and I plan on doing quite a few things once the MLB season wraps up. So stay tuned and within the next few weeks I hope to post ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 29, 2009, 10:38 pm
OK Yankees fans. You can breathe now. The Yankees won and the World Series is tied at a game a-piece. I still can't believe how many people were so quick to write them off after one game. It's...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 29, 2009, 2:07 pm
Wow. I can't believe how many people, Yankee fans included, that are writing off the series after just 1 game. Like I do everyday, I've been listening to a lot of MLB on XM. The Yankees certai...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 28, 2009, 10:42 pm
I'm going to keep this post brief. I'm tired, annoyed, and my laptop is going to die soon. Tonight's Yankees/Phillies game didn't go as I had hoped. Despite his rough start, I thoug...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 27, 2009, 9:29 pm
It's about 10:15pm EST on Tuesday night. The first pitch of the 2009 World Series is a little more than 22 hours from now. I just got finished watching MLB Network's "Path To The Pennant - New...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 26, 2009, 12:13 pm
I'm still flying high after last night's Yankees clincher. Despite getting about 5 hours of sleep I'm feeling pretty good. I've got a little extra bounce in my step today. I haven&#...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 25, 2009, 10:45 pm
7 down! 4 to go! The Yankees are back in the Fall Classic! What a huge win for the Yanks! A huge win! I said after the rain out that this game was a must-win for the Yankees. I'm glad to see...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 24, 2009, 6:04 pm
Tonight's game 6 is postponed because of the weather. This makes winning tomorrow extremely important for the Yankees. They can not afford to play a game 7 on Monday. If the have to play a game 7 ...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 23, 2009, 11:25 am
Ok. I've slept on it and I don't feel as bad about last night's loss as I did right after the game ended. I had a gut feeling during the 7th inning meltdown that I was watching the Yanke...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 22, 2009, 10:43 pm
9 outs. The Yankees were 9 outs from closing this series out. Then the wheels fall off. As I was watching the Angels retake the lead, I couldn't help but feel like I was watching the Yankees...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 22, 2009, 12:50 pm
Like I always do, I've been listening to MLB on XM all day today. There's a lot of talk about the Phillies returning to the World Series. The general consensus seems to be that the Yankees wil...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 20, 2009, 10:24 pm
It's late. I'm tired. This post will be abbreviated with a much longer one coming tomorrow at some point. I wanted to get something up before I went to bed. Who am I kidding? I'm prob...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 20, 2009, 4:57 pm
The Yankees lineup for tonight's game has been released and it features a swap that I suggested here earlier today. Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui swapped spots with Posada now batting 5th and Ma...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 20, 2009, 11:29 am
I've slept on it. I've thought about it all night. I still draw the same conclusion. Joe Girardi is a big fat idiot. I've been listening to baseball talk on MLB on XM all morning. I've...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 20, 2009, 11:09 am
I've slept on it. I've thought about it all night. I still draw the same conclusion. Joe Girardi is a big fat idiot. I've been listening to baseball talk on MLB on XM all morning. I&#...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 19, 2009, 8:29 pm
Tonight's loss to the Angels has me so frustrated. I had to go to the store to pick up a few things right after the game and the whole time I was there I kept uttering some not so nice things und...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 18, 2009, 7:27 pm
Oh my God! What a way for me to pop my cherry at the New Yankee Stadium. Last night's game against the Angels was absolutely incredible. I could not have asked for anything more. As the game w...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 16, 2009, 10:23 pm
What a game! The Yanks got off on the good foot with a 4-1 win over the Angels in game 1 of the ALCS. I've got a 7 hour drive ahead of me tomorrow morning so I want to make this post as brief as...
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Jason D. posted an article on Baseball & The Boogie Down - Oct 3, 2009, 9:17 pm
The Yanks lost for the 2nd straight time to the Rays tonight. I don't really care. I can't put a lot of stock in these games. The only thing I've been keeping my eye on is how the pitchers...
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