It is high, it is far, it is... caught!

“John had no guile. He didn’t understand it when people were mean to him because he could never be mean to anybody."—Suzyn Waldman

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Batting third for the mightiest lineup in baseball... and hitting, gulp, .204?

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The Yankee saga of Aaron Hicks began in Nov. 2015, when the Retrieval Empire dealt John Ryan Murphy - the catcher formerly known as "...
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The Man in the Arena

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"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..." —Teddy Roosevelt, 1910. So welcome back to the Twin Towers ...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Don't laugh, it's a steady income stream

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I was stumbling around the intertubes yesterday and found this advertisement (pronounced ad-VER-tiss-ment), revealing the secret side busine...
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Soon Enough We Shall Watch In Misery

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All the sports writers hail the return of Stanton. Some fans think, " he is a great ballplayer." I am in the opposite camp a...
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Guest Post: "TODAY... A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY"

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Submitted by commenter Ranger lp: “Day No. 450... A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” But this is not about Pearl Harbor. It's a...
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The saga of Hammerin' Cameron Maybin is about to end, and it just doesn't seem fair

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I wheedle and whine about Brian "Zolio" Cashman - ( new nickname: as GM, he's 1 for his last 18 years in world championships...
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Monday, June 17, 2019

Cashman Goes All In

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Interesting stat from tonight's telecast:  the Yankees now have four of the five guys with the top home-run rates in MLB since 2012. T...
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"That is a MAN'S performance!"

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So said Michael Kay as Tanaka finished his complete-game shutout. Hey, you can't knock him.  It had actually did have a bit of a no-hi...
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So, 13Bit Had This Idea...

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13Bit, esteemed contributor to this blog, had a great idea for an It Is High, It Is Far, It Is... caught get together at Yankee Stadium. ...
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Who Wants This Bet?

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The Wager : Giancarlo will strike out in his first at bat, having just returned from a long vacation. The pitch will be a breaking ball...
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Something Is On The Way, But I wouldn't Call It Help

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We all see the happy headlines of the local sports rags. "Help is on the way." And we see the smiling faces of Giancarlo Stant...
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Once again, Brian Cashman took a call from another team and simply could not say no.

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You've heard the adage about government bureaucracy: Too many chiefs and not enough Indians . For the 2019 Yankees, I propose a new on...
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"You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Goddamn you! Goddamn you all to hell!"

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Back in 1951, the Yankees had a very promising 19-year-old outfielder, a converted shortstop who amazed the sporting world with the great sp...
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Sunday, June 16, 2019

By acquiring Encarnacion, Yankees shore up 4-man starting rotation... at DH

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You know the old saying: "Baseball is 90 percent DH-ing, DH-ing, DH-ing...!" And the Yankees last night placed a big fat cherry ...
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Saturday, June 15, 2019

"We Have The Pitching We Need."

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I watched Aaron Boone's face when he said this. He had just been informed that Dallas Kutchel had signed with Atlanta.  Boone had no...
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10-game report card

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Sure, sure, we can bitch and moan all we like about the complete collapse of the starting rotation, but let's look at the bright side. ...
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Dear Mr. Cashman, You better not wait until Aug. 1 to decimate the Yankee farm system

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Dear Mr. Brian, I'm turning over a new leaf. I'm tired of being a Negative Nelly, a glass-half-empty, self-loathing Yankee fan. ...
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A Thought Experiment, Third Time's a Charm!

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Okay, so what's it all mean? Sure, that super team I just imagined is pretty unlikely.  There are few if any management teams who woul...
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Friday, June 14, 2019

A Thought Experiment, Part de Two

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Ladies and gentlemen, your 2019, Right Earth New York Yankees! (A quick caveat: all salary figures are from baseball reference or spotrac....
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A Thought Experiment, Part de Uno.

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All this talk about what the Yankees supposedly can and cannot afford, and what the consequences would be for both, got me going on a little...
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