Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 9, 2012, 1:17 am
Image via Wikipedia Since six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez seems to be AWOL, at least on the New York Yankees radar, GM Brian Cashman is up to his old tricks and I don’t mean off the field. Once again Cashman is handing out minor league deals and 2012 Spring Training invites, and the latest reci...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 8, 2012, 3:01 am
There is never a dull moment in Yankee Universe, even in the wake of the New York Giants winning Super Bowl XLVI the stuff that was happening over in the Bronx almost rivaled the new NFL Champs. So, if you need to catch up on what the heck the Yankees have done you came to the right place. Here ar...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 7, 2012, 3:04 am
Image via Wikipedia Just two days after watching the New York Giants win their second Super Bowl in four years, it is hard not to dream of the Yankees capturing a World Series title. Being on the brink of the 2012 MLB season, I got to thinking, what do the Giants have that the Yankees are missing...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 5, 2012, 5:23 pm
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 4, 2012, 11:31 pm
Image via Wikipedia At 6:30pm tomorrow, Super Bowl XLVI will officially be underway, so it only seems proper that I pick a winner and a loser between the New England Patriots or the New York Giants. There is only one problem; I am a lifelong Giants fan. Picking the Giants to win felt way too...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 3, 2012, 3:24 am
What happened to re-signing six-time Gold Glove winner Eric Chavez? Image via Wikipedia Somewhere between the Pineda-Montero trade, Kuroda signing and the never-ending fifth starter debate, Chavez’s status got pushed aside. Also, baseball in general has taken a back seat to Super Bowl XLVI but ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 2, 2012, 5:21 pm
The Yankees captain Derek Jeter has always been quite the heartthrob, and not with just the ladies. It seems that the Jeter bug has hit Indianapolis this week, as not one but both Super Bowl XLVI quarterbacks admitted to having a serious man-crush on El Capitan. Yes, that would be one Patriots Tom...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 1, 2012, 11:58 pm
Super Bowl XLVI is this Sunday, between the New Giants and New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the Indianapolis Colts. Image via Wikipedia So, what will I be watching for after kickoff, which is scheduled for 6:30 ET on NBC? Here are 3 key factors that I will have a close...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Feb 1, 2012, 3:38 am
Since my mind has been on the New York Giants and Super Bowl XLVI, I neglected to comment on New York Post Joel Sherman’s tweet Image via Wikipedia from this past Sunday, about the Yankees signing reliever Manny Delcarmen to a minor league deal. Truthfully, I didn’t realize Delcarmen still pi...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 31, 2012, 3:30 am
Image via Wikipedia Like most New Yorkers and New Englanders, I’ve got Super Bowl XLVI on the brain. Now that the Giants and Patriots are officially both in Indianapolis, the anticipation level among fans here in New York is getting pretty crazy. Las Vegas bookmakers have picked the Giants to l...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 30, 2012, 12:52 am
Over the last two weeks, the hottest topic that has everyone from baseball fans, bloggers and expert analysts talking about is what the heck are the New York Yankees going to do about their now over-crowded pitching rotation, and more specifically AJ Burnett. Image via Wikipedia Among the thre...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 29, 2012, 1:11 am
New York Giant fans are like a bunch of kids on Christmas, as they wait for their G-MEN to play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, February 5th. Hope this latest youtube.com creation gets you even more pumped for this game…..and hopefully another Boston & Brady beating. You o...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 28, 2012, 2:16 am
The hottest topic in Yankee Universe at the moment is who should win the fifth spot in the starting pitching rotation between Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett and Freddy Garcia. So, over the last week I have read and heard many opinions on the topic from bloggers to analysts to the manager at my local Starb...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 27, 2012, 3:16 am
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman took the words “Pitching is a priority,” right out of ex-Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks mouth this off-season. Cashman has left skipper Joe Girardi and Co. with a tough decision to make come Spring Training, as seven starting pitchers cannot fit into five spots....
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 26, 2012, 4:12 am
In a few days it will be February, which means Spring Training is right around the corner as pitchers and catchers report on the 19th. Image via Wikipedia So, while baseball fans are ready to end another long off-season, team’s front offices are scrambling to get everything in order. As for the...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 25, 2012, 9:02 am
... monster contracts, just like the Yankees have done for years. YOU’ ... understand this concept because the Yankees wrote this memo and it ... ’s press release after the Yankees early 2011 ALDS exit: “I ... starts now.” This offseason, the Yankees were slow out of the ... :(...) Re...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 24, 2012, 11:04 pm
Jose Campos will have his personal cheering section this week. (Shari Sommerfield/MiLB.com) In the midst of all the hysteria surrounding the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero trade, the name Jose Campos might have gotten lost in the shuffle. Campos was the other pitcher the New York Yankees received f...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 23, 2012, 9:52 pm
Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow New York Yankees fan will have to say goodbye to Jorge Posada, as according to MLB.com he will officially announce his retirement from baseball in a press conference at the Stadium. Personally, saying goodbye to another piece of the infamous Yankees Core Four will numb...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 23, 2012, 5:24 am
Wow, is all I can say. Anyone who saw the NFC Championship Game featuring the New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers game would be hard pressed to say any different. In the end the Giants won in OT 20-17, but the game was so inspiring because both teams fought with so much heart as it was a liter...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 21, 2012, 8:39 pm
The New York Giants are in San Francisco to take on the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. The winner will play in the Superbowl XLVI against either the New England Patriots or Baltimore Ravens in Indianapolis on February 5th with kickoff time scheduled for 6:30EST. First, for the Giants to co...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Jan 21, 2012, 2:17 am
Tonight, Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun will be presented with the 2011 NL MVP Award at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America dinner in New York City and everyone is wondering what he will do. That is because back in October, Braun failed a routine performance-enhancing drug test. The l...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Nov 2, 2011, 11:59 pm
After getting snubbed from the Gold Gloves, two New York Yankees were recipients of a 2011 Silver Slugger Award. So congratulations are in order, for outfielder Curtis Granderson and second baseman Robinson Cano who both consistently produced at the plate throughout the 2011 season. The Yankees als...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Nov 2, 2011, 3:17 am
The 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards winners were announced and here are the recipients:     CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2011 Gold Glove Winners!         Don’t think I didn’t notice that not one New York Yankee won a Gold Glove for the 2011 season, which makes this award lose a lo...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Nov 2, 2011, 12:52 am
Pretend it is the middle of MLB’s off-season, and you are hard at work as most General Managers are at this time of year. Significant decisions are looming and need to be made sooner than later, as your team’s forthcoming success depends on it. Now, below are the stats of two currently active ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 31, 2011, 10:55 pm
Image via Wikipedia If you haven’t heard the good news start spreading it, as CC Sabathia is staying a New York Yankee. All it took was adding another year (with an option of adding a second) and $30 million rise. Sabathia’s new contract, which supersedes the remaining four years and $92 mil...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 31, 2011, 1:15 pm
... is easy to presume that the Yankees offer was lucrative. I know ... understands that he should get a new deal with more years etc. I just assumed that if Yankees made an offer, Sabathia would ... would only be exercised if the Yankees were being stubborn. And why ... . (......) READ THE RES...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 29, 2011, 11:24 pm
Image via Wikipedia It hasn’t even been 24-hours since the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, and the New York Yankees are already hard at work, getting ready for 2012 season. The latest since the 6 ½ hours of executive meetings in Tampa, FL last Wednesday is that the Yankees picked...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 29, 2011, 2:56 pm
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina celebrates after Game 7 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in St. Louis. The Cardinals won 6-2 to win the series. - YAHOO SPORTS Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals for winning the 2011 World Series. The Card...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 28, 2011, 3:01 am
Image via Wikipedia The 2011 World Series had been a snooze, until last nights Game 6. The game was far from perfect, way too much sloppy defense and both the Rangers and Cardinals reliable bullpens finally looked worn. The imperfect, textbook mistakes aren’t what made this game so good; the at...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 27, 2011, 3:31 am
There were no celebrations in St. Louis on Wednesday night, as Mother Nature elected to drag out the 2011 World Series for another day, as Game 6 was officially postponed to Thursday. Currently the Texas Rangers have a 3-2 hold-on the Cardinals, making Game 6 a must win for St. Louis. As for Texas...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 25, 2011, 4:38 pm
Image via Wikipedia Well, the good times are no longer rolling up in Boston as the Red Sox clubhouse turned frat-house will be without one founding member for the 2012 season, pitcher John Lackey. Ben Cherington confirmed the news during his first official press conference as Boston’s new GM. C...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 25, 2011, 9:00 am
With each fleeting game, my attempts not to notice the absence of the 2011 New York Yankees in the World Series is wearing thin. The more I watch the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals play, the more I realize that the 2011 Bombers were truly molded to win this postseason. With only five ga...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 24, 2011, 12:18 am
Hey sports fans – - do you need to be inspired, or get reminded why you love sports all over again? Well, then go no further than your local movie theater and buy a ticket to Sony Pictures new film, The Mighty Macs. You can thank me later…..but  just check out the trailer below, courtesy of ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 22, 2011, 3:33 am
Image via Wikipedia October 6, 2011 – It was the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Yankee stadium scoreboard read 3-2. With two out already posted, the fate of the season lied in the bat of baseball’s richest, three-time MVP New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez. That was the calm before the storm...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 21, 2011, 2:14 am
Sure you are well aware that the New York Yankees are not playing in the 2011 World Series, as the team lost to the Detroit Tigers Image via Wikipedia in the ALDS. The Texas Rangers are playing for the franchise’s first WS Championship, for the second season in a row. It is no secret that the ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 20, 2011, 2:34 am
OPTING IN: Ben Nicholson-Smith at MLBTradeRumors.com has reported that New York Yankees reliever Rafael Soriano has no plans on using his contract’s opt-out clause. Not officially confirmed, according to ESPN New York, but there is no reservation that Soriano will play out the 2-years left on hi...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 19, 2011, 2:35 am
The battle for the title of 2011 World Series Champion starts tonight, as the St. Louis Cardinals will duke it out with the Texas Rangers in a match-up that you won’t want to miss. The only sure thing is the one team will be crowned the champs, while the other will join the long list of World Ser...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 18, 2011, 8:33 am
... defies the odds. Regardless that the Cardinals have the best player on earth ... season. The Bad: Thus far, the Cardinals starting pitching has gotten away with ... Still, the bullpen cannot be the Cardinals crutch, which means the starters ... knock out any starter. Also, the Cardinals ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 18, 2011, 7:32 am
Image via Wikipedia The 2011 World Series kicks off on Wednesday night, with the St. Louis Cardinals hosting the Texas Rangers to start this best of seven series. Which team has the advantage? I have watched both teams throughout this postseason and they match up well. So instead of going stat cr...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 17, 2011, 12:39 am
  2011 World Series Schedule Series Date Match-Up Network Air Time (ET) Game One Wednesday, October 19 Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals FOX TBA Game Two Thursday, October 20 Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals FOX TBA Game Three Saturday, October 22 St. Louis Cardinals at Texas Rangers FOX TB...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 16, 2011, 11:36 pm
... Sabathia an offer he can’t refuse if New York’s ace opts-out of his contract, five days after the World ... insider told him that Texas is ready to throw the Yankees ace a “boatload of money” to come to Arlington in 2012. Wilson is not an ace like Sabathia, not in the same class. That ...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 15, 2011, 3:16 am
MLB announced that Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury (AL) and Cardinals Lance Berkman (NL) as the winners of the 2011 Comeback Player of The Year Awards. LANCE BERKMAN: Berkman would have gotten my vote as his career looked to be in the toilet the moment he got traded from the Astros to the Yankees. Berkm...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 13, 2011, 2:23 pm
“There’s too much drama, man,” … “There’s too much drama. I have been thinking about a lot of things. I don’t know if I want to be part of this drama for next year.” – David Ortiz That was the answer given by Boston Red Sox David Ortiz, when asked during an interview by ESPN’s Re...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 12, 2011, 11:49 pm
It is hard to imagine that things could get much worse Boston, but it did. ESPN’s Buster Onley reported today that Theo Epstein, the Red Sox’s GM is officially going to sign a 5-year deal with the Chicago Cubs. That is the second prolific Red Sox leader to get the heck out of dodge, with Read th...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 12, 2011, 3:19 am
Imagine this scenario…. it is mid-December 2011 and the New York Yankees just sent word to the media that they would be holding a press conference at 2pm at Yankee Stadium. The news spreads fast, and at 1:55pm both fans and haters of the Yankees were already tuned in to hear what this was all Read...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 11, 2011, 4:06 am
Everyone is well aware that the 2011 New York Yankees season is over; to be precise it concluded last Thursday in a heart wrenching ALDS Game 5 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The 3-2 loss was about the worst thing I have ever saw at Yankee Stadium. It felt like a little of New York Read the rest of New...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 10, 2011, 8:56 pm
Lady Loves Pinstripes was nominated for SHAPE Magazine’s 2011 Best Blogger Award. Voting is so easy, as there is no sign-up required; and what an honor if Lady Loves Pinstripes actually won. To vote, please click HERE. Voting ends on October 28, 2011, so you have some time. If you want to see Lady...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 10, 2011, 12:27 am
With the 2011 New York Yankees exiting the postseason earlier than planned, the looming questions surrounding this off-season are no longer avoidable. Key players contracts are up, team/player options will be decided and the consequences will dictate next season’s outlook. So, here are 2 situation...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 9, 2011, 1:10 am
The 2010 World Series Champs, the San Francisco Giants proved what I knew to be already true, that last season was based more on luck. The defending WS Giants didn’t even make the playoffs, or put up much of a challenge. If blaming it on injuries is a workable excuse in San Francisco, than so Read...
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Kate C. posted an article on Lady Loves Pinstripes - Oct 7, 2011, 10:55 am
Ok Yankee fans, I know last night was not the ideal outcome…at all. Trust me I feel you; and let me say that I was at the Stadium for Game 5 yesterday and all I can say is the fans were rocking. If anything the Yankee players know the fans had their backs, but it just Read the rest of “Too Much...
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