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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on September 30, 2011
Yankees’ farm team to play 2012 home games on road (AP)
The New York Yankees' top farm team is hitting the road for its home games next year, playing most of them at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y. Officials say Friday that 37 of the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees games will be played at Frontier, home of the Minnesota Twins' Triple-A affiliate, the Red Wings.
Derek Jeter breaks record for most games played as a Yankee: Fan reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
On Sunday, August 28, 2011, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter set a new team record for total games played as a Yankee - 2402 - during the first game of a double header against the Baltimore Orioles. In 2010, Jeter passed Lou Gehrig as the all-time Yankee hit leader.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on August 29, 2011
Atlanta Braves take aim at 10,000th win in franchise history (Yahoo! Sports)
One hundred and thirty-five years after their franchise was conceived in Boston, the Atlanta Braves are on the brink of becoming the third team to win 10,000 games in the major leagues. Their first shot at five digits comes Friday … Continue reading →
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 15, 2011
Molina Factor
Yankee team ERA in games that Pudge has caught: 7.80
Team ERA with Molina behind the plate: Awesome (sorry, couldn’t find that one…).
I’m not sayin’…I’m just sayin’…
Sure, it’s only five games for Pudge…and yes, those were games against the Angels and the Rangers…but the Yankee pitching has taken a turn for the worse with Pudge Rodriguez as the everyday catcher. He did call seven-innings of shutout ball for Sidney Ponson against Ervin Santana last week, but otherwise it’s been ugly. Aside from that Ponson game (a 1-0 loss), the last time a Yankee starter pitched well was when Mike Mussina got the win in an 8-2 victory over Angels — a game caught by Jose Molina.
Now, I’m not calling Pudge a bad signal caller, but Molina seems to have a certain knack. Let’s look at last night. Ponson struggles badly giving up two runs (and what should have been more) in two innings with Pudge behind the plate. Pudge gets knocked out of the game saving a third run and Molina comes in…Yankee pitching then only lets up one run the rest of the game.
Perhaps the data sample is too small to say anything at all…and again Pudge’s games have been against two teams that can really score runs. But I’m starting to wonder if Pudge’s offense is worth losing Molina behind the plate…
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This post was written by Phil on August 7, 2008
