The Yankees' case for Halladay

...were unwilling to absorb the double-barreled cost of first trading prospects like Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, and then paying Santana like a free agent. The Yankees have been vindicated for that choice...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Obstacles to a World Series rematch

...to make choices and decisions. The guess here is they will continue to work to develop Joba Chamberlain as a starting pitcher, and they might do the same with Phil Hughes. New York must...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Howard's slide-step hurting the Phillies

The great thing about the postseason, an evaluator noted the other day, is that you always find out what the real weaknesses of hitters are (or at lea...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

The top matchups of the World Series

These are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Pettitte's arm sends Yankees past Angels into first World Series since '03

Alex Rodriguez, welcome to the World Series. The New York Yankees are back in baseball's big event.

What to watch for in Game 6 of the ALCS

...of the summer, but he has had trouble locating his fastball -- and at the same time, Joba Chamberlain remains a complete enigma, sometimes throwing the ball well -- and sometimes generating very flat stuff. So...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2009

Girardi calm amid stormy Bronx weather

The Yankees won't alter their plans at all despite having the opportunity to do so after rain forced the postponement of Game 6 of the ALCS.

Moves making ALCS more interesting

The ALCS continues, and so too will the examination of the jobs being done by managers Mike Scioscia and Joe Girardi.

Yankees miss chance to close out series

While the Yankees had their opportunity to close out the Angels in Game 5, the ALCS being extended to a sixth game is a good thing for the sport.

Walk-off wisdom

...fastballs, slamming a home run off starting pitcher Andy Pettitte and later hammering a triple against Joba Chamberlain on a 94 mph fastball. So Girardi took out the right-hander who relies on a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009

Mathis' 2-out double in 11th helps Angels trim Yanks lead to 2-1

Jeff Mathis hit a two-out double in the 11th inning to drive home the winning run and the Angels survived a second straight thriller for a 5-4 victory.

Girardi simply manages to overmanage

The many pitching changes. The many visits to the mound. Joe Girardi might have finally been a detriment to the Yankees in their loss in Game 3 of the ALCS.

Slew of mistakes have haunted Angels

The Angels' impact players aren't producing, and coupled with their physical and mental mistakes have made it likely they won't recover in the ALCS.

...Jose Molina reacts after Los Angeles Angels' Vladimir Guerrero struck out to New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain with bases loaded during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship baseball...