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Yanks leave Sox in 'aughts' dust

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

New York Daily News guest columnist David...for a while, but the Yankees are the team of the...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Another measure of Mo's brilliance

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...look at Mo's post-season career is to prorate it to a singular regular season. The Yankees have played 140 postseason games during Mo's career, going 89-51 and winning 20 of 29...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Yes, the Yankees are filthy rich

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...27, Joe Posnanski revisited an old favorite: the Yankees' money. And even though I know I'm...And we don't yet know what the new Yankee Stadium will mean. The takeaway from all...

Blog | November 06, 2009

More on a rumored trade

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...rumor: Merely hours after the New York Yankees secured their 27th World Series...

Blog | November 05, 2009

What makes Mo so great

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...it, another sixteen incredible innings in the career of the best relief pitcher ever. That's my new favorite baseball term: bimodal distribution. It means that most of Rivera's pitches cross one edge of...

Blog | November 05, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...the Phillies all by his lonesome. It might not be the greatest World Series game by a Yankee, but it might wind up being the best game ever by a Yankee in his last game...

Blog | November 04, 2009

To be 'right,' Girardi has to win

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...risks that Joe Girardi just keeps taking: There are still a lot of smart, passionate, grudge-holding Yankee fans who want to talk about all the pitching mistakes that Joe Torre made when the Red...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Chase Utley: Great ... or Greatest?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...nbsp;Utley Given that the New York Yankees are soaking up all the...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Is Matsui's Yankee career almost over?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

What's in store for the Yankees this winter? If we know anything, we know...Jeter under contract for next season, with a new deal for Jeter, who also turns 36 next...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Slow it down and beautify it

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...catcher Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees are giving Major League Baseball...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 5

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...Costly Move: In retrospect, it's probably worth mentioning that Chad Gaudin started six games for the Yankees this season, and the Yankees won all of them. Granted, Gaudin pitched moderately well in only two...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...to give up three runs and take the loss. Turning Point: Lidge zipped through the first two Yankees in the ninth, and got ahead of Damon 1-and-2. But Damon fouled off a pitch...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 3

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...the event of a Game 7. History Lesson: Until tonight, it had been 45 years since a Yankee pitcher knocked in a run in a World Series -- in 1964, Jim Bouton plated Tom Tresh with...

Blog | November 01, 2009

Kneejerk Reactions: Game 2

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Hero: A.J. Burnett. The Yankees' $16.5 Million Man was good this season, but he was rarely this good. In just his...

Blog | October 29, 2009

Swisher out, Hairston Jr. in

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...in? Read it and weep, Yankee faithful: Jerry Hairston Jr. replaced...went 0 for 3 in New York's 6-1 loss in...

Blog | October 29, 2009