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Ron Darling Inadvertently Uses Racial Slur During ALDS Game 2 In Reference To Masahiro Tanaka

Ron Darling Inadvertently Uses Racial Slur During ALDS Game 2 In Reference To Masahiro Tanaka

TBS baseball analyst and former Major League Baseball pitcher Ron Darling received flak on social media following what appeared to be his unintentional use of a racial slur when talking about New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka’s performance. As recalled by the New York Daily News, Darling’s comment took place during Game 2 of the […]

6y ago

Yankee Manager Aaron Boone Still Doesn’t Have A Wild Card Game Starter

Yankee Manager Aaron Boone Still Doesn’t Have A Wild Card Game Starter

New York Yankee manager Aaron Boone ended the season knowing he has a set idea on who will be filling out the batting order, but still doesn’t know who the starting pitcher will be. Boone said in post-game interviews that he isn’t concealing the identity of a starter as a means of trying to gain […]

6y ago

J.A. Happ Is Lined Up To Start The A.L. Wild Card Game For The Yankees Against Oakland

J.A. Happ Is Lined Up To Start The A.L. Wild Card Game For The Yankees Against Oakland

According to the New York Yankees starting rotation posted to their official MLB site page, their starters against Boston are J.A. Happ, Lance Lynn, and then Luis Severino. On the surface, that doesn’t sound like anything terribly important. However, this lines up Happ to pitch the wild card game against the Oakland A’s on five […]

6y ago

Aaron Boone Drops Big Hint That Masahiro Tanaka May Be Wild Card Starter

Aaron Boone Drops Big Hint That Masahiro Tanaka May Be Wild Card Starter

Yankee manager Aaron Boone dropped a big hint that has most baseball people thinking that Masahiro Tanaka will be his wild card game starter. With Luis Severino and C.C. Sabathia struggling, and Lance Lynn not a viable option, Boone was left with Tanaka or J.A. Happ to choose from. While both have been pitching very […]

6y ago

MLB Rumors: Yankees Looking At Masahiro Tanaka Or J.A. Happ For Wild Card Start

MLB Rumors: Yankees Looking At Masahiro Tanaka Or J.A. Happ For Wild Card Start

The Yankees appear to be leaning toward Masahiro Tanaka, or mid-season acquisition J.A. Happ, as their starter for the wild card game this year. It would take a miracle for the Yankees to catch the division leading Red Sox, so the team is already planning for the inevitable “play in” wildcard game. Earlier this week, […]

6y ago

Calling Up Justus Sheffield Is One Of The Five Keys For The Yankees To Contend In The Postseason

Calling Up Justus Sheffield Is One Of The Five Keys For The Yankees To Contend In The Postseason

When the 2018 season opened, the Yankees were already a postseason favorite on paper. There were few weaknesses in the lineup, at least nothing a little Brian Cashman magic couldn’t fix, and it appeared as if all the prospects were progressing the way they should. Then the games and injuries began piling up. Some players […]

6y ago

New York Yankees’ Trade Rumors: Yankees May Seek Cash From Rangers In Cole Hamels Trade, Per ‘NJ.com’

New York Yankees’ Trade Rumors: Yankees May Seek Cash From Rangers In Cole Hamels Trade, Per ‘NJ.com’

The MLB trade rumor mill keeps suggesting that the New York Yankees are looking at Texas Rangers’ star Cole Hamels to shore up their pitching rotation. While the Yankees and Cole Hamels seem to be a fit for each other, there are some reasons to put a pause on trade talks. The Yankees’ financial status […]

6y ago

New York Yankees Rumors: Is Masahiro Tanaka Injured Or Tipping Pitches?

New York Yankees Rumors: Is Masahiro Tanaka Injured Or Tipping Pitches?

New York Yankees rumors about a possible Masahiro Tanaka injury are getting discussed on nearly every baseball show Monday morning (June 19). Tanaka has struggled for the Yankees this season, making a lot of MLB analysts feel that there has to be something wrong with his arm or shoulder. During Monday’s episode of Boomer & […]

7y ago

New York Yankees Rumors: Will Yankees Lose 100 Games In 2017 MLB Season?

New York Yankees Rumors: Will Yankees Lose 100 Games In 2017 MLB Season?

New York Yankees rumors about the ugly state of the starting rotation have evolved. Now Yankees rumors also include the possibility of the current roster losing 100 games during the 2017 MLB season. Getting beat by the Tampa Bay Rays in the opening series was not how fans had envisioned the season starting out, but […]

7y ago

New York Yankees: Prospects, Pitching Can Help MLB Rebuild

New York Yankees: Prospects, Pitching Can Help MLB Rebuild

The New York Yankees and the MLB Postseason used to be a very common combination, but last year the Yankees missed the second season, and they’ve not won a postseason series since the 2012 season. For Yankees manager Joe Girardi and the rest of the “Bronx Bombers,” that must change this season, or the 2018 […]

7y ago

2016 MLB Awards: Mookie Betts, Gary Sanchez Lead American League Races

2016 MLB Awards: Mookie Betts, Gary Sanchez Lead American League Races

Goodbye, regular season and welcome, award season. With only 10 teams remaining in the hunt for the World Series, people with no vote for any of the major baseball awards: Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, etc., can now take to the internet to give their useless thoughts about who should win what award. Does anyone […]

8y ago

Tanaka Bests Fellow Countryman, Former Teammate Iwakuma In Yankees’ 4-3 Win

Tanaka Bests Fellow Countryman, Former Teammate Iwakuma In Yankees’ 4-3 Win

Masahiro Tanka (1-0, 3.06 ERA) stopped the New York Yankees’ four-game skid on Sunday afternoon after throwing seven solid innings, en route to a 4-3 win — defeating his former teammate from Japan, Hisashi Iwakuma (0-2, 4.50 ERA), in the process. Despite laboring through the first couple of innings, Tanaka eventually settled in and allowed […]

8y ago

Blue Jays Stop Red Sox On Sunday, Will Face Yankees’ Shutdown Artist Tanaka On Tuesday

Blue Jays Stop Red Sox On Sunday, Will Face Yankees’ Shutdown Artist Tanaka On Tuesday

The Toronto Blue Jays have come out of the doldrums with a win after losing four games in a row. In his season debut, starter Marco Estrada clinched the Jays a 3-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at the Rogers Centre, by giving up five hits in seven innings, […]

8y ago

Los Angeles Dodgers To Sign Japanese Hurler Kenta Maeda

Los Angeles Dodgers To Sign Japanese Hurler Kenta Maeda

One day after bolstering their rotation with the signing of Scott Kazmir, the Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly agreed to terms with Japanese hurler Kenta Maeda on New Year’s Eve. Christopher Meola first broke the news of the signing with CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman confirming it. At this time, the specifics of Maeda’s new deal with […]

9y ago

New York Yankees Rumors: Team Pursuing Jeff Samardzija In Free Agency

New York Yankees Rumors: Team Pursuing Jeff Samardzija In Free Agency

New York Yankees rumors link the team to starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. These Yankees rumors indicate Samardzija could be an important target to sign during the upcoming MLB offseason. A report from CBS Sports states that the team is expected to show real interest in the free agent right-hander. Though Samardzija isn’t on the same […]

9y ago

New York Yankees News: Masahiro Tanaka To Miss Next Start With Grade I Hamstring Strain

New York Yankees News: Masahiro Tanaka To Miss Next Start With Grade I Hamstring Strain

New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka will miss his next scheduled start due to a Grade I strain of his hamstring, according to Sweeny Murti of WFAN. Tanaka has Grade 1 hamstring strain. Will not start Wednesday vs Toronto. Nova in his place. Hope is Tanaka misses just 1 start. — Sweeny Murti (@YankeesWFAN) September […]

9y ago

Toronto Blue Jays Drop Second In A Row To New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays Drop Second In A Row To New York Yankees

While the Toronto Blue Jays boasted packed stands and fans that were on the edge of their seats trying to will their team to victory, that did not prove to be enough to beat the New York Yankees August 15. The Blue Jays’ bats were largely silent during their second matchup with the Yankees, leading […]

9y ago

With Blue Jays Nearing Division Lead, Yankees Must Find Pitching

With Blue Jays Nearing Division Lead, Yankees Must Find Pitching

The New York Yankees find themselves in an unusual yet familiar position with a Blue Jays team — a team revivified through key trade deadline moves — on their heels. Instead of fending off Boston in August, however, the Yankees stand to lose the American League East lead to Toronto. Any hope of maintaining their […]

9y ago

Toronto Blue Jays Sweep Front-Running New York Yankees

Toronto Blue Jays Sweep Front-Running New York Yankees

The Toronto Blue Jays are on a hot streak and have the New York Yankees looking in their rear view mirror. Toronto came into Yankee Stadium this weekend and swept a three game series from the Yankees to cut New York’s lead in the American League East to just 1 1/2 games. Toronto has won […]

9y ago

New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Mat Latos May Be Headed To The Yankees

New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Mat Latos May Be Headed To The Yankees

According to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com, the New York Yankees look to be interested in making a trade that would give their starting rotation some much needed consistent depth. The New York Yankees are among a few other teams interested in adding Mat Latos of the Miami Marlins, who is apparently being shopped. The other […]

9y ago

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