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2019-08-30 14:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostWas that a fun weekend in Los Angeles or what? That was no ordinary series. That was a postseason atmosphere and I'm glad the Yankees won two of three, and very nearly won all three games. Pretty great. Anyway, here are today's thoughts as 2019-08-27 12:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyone ready for the World Series preview in Los Angeles this weekend? It's Players Weekend too. Gonna be a lot of fun (I hope). Here are today's thoughts as the annual nightmare West Coast trip moves to Tinseltown.
1. RISP woes. It took four months, but the Yankees are f...
2019-08-23 12:59:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees won their 82nd game last Friday, clinching their 27th consecutive winning season. That is the second longest such streak in history behind the 1926-64 Yankees (39 years). If this current streak goes on to match that streak, Gleyber Torres will be 34 years old when it happens. Crazy. A...
2019-08-20 13:59:14 +0000 UTC View PostWe are firmly in the dog days of summer now. The series are kinda starting to blend together, especially because the Yankees have a big AL East lead and we don't have to sweat every single game. Just counting down the days until rosters expand, the Yankees clinch, and the postseason begins. Anywa...
2019-08-16 13:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostI ran into some laptop trouble over the weekend (trouble as in it no longer boots up), so I've been getting by on my old backup computer. Brings back memories of the old RAB days when this was my primary laptop. It's also driving me up the wall because it's slow and clunky. Forgive me for today's...
2019-08-13 13:30:58 +0000 UTC View PostFor the 12th time in franchise history (and only the second time in the last 58 years), the Yankees have won 76 of their first 115 games. They are on a rampage right now. What a fun season this has been. Anyway, here are today's thoughts as we all race to the bat rack to get some swings in agains...
2019-08-09 13:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The dog days of summer have arrived. The Yankees have 50 games remaining this year -- is it really only 50? -- and FanGraphs puts their AL East odds at 98.0%. More importantly, their World Series odds are 12....
2019-08-06 11:49:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I've tried to embrace #ZenBaseball in recent years and I'm mostly over the trade deadline inactivity. (More like trade dudline amirite?) I have no control over it so I'm not going to let me bother me anymore. Hopefully it all works out in the end. Here are today's thoughts as we get into the dog ...
2019-08-02 12:40:23 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to start with a positive: Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski told Chris Smith he didn't make any additional moves at the trade deadline because the Yankees have burie...
2019-08-01 13:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Goodness, what a week. It is a minor miracle the Yankees went 3-4 on that road trip despite historically awful starting pitching. Let's pretend this past week never happened and enjoy the rest of the se...
2019-07-29 14:02:43 +0000 UTC View PostA few people have asked for an update, so I'm going to take a second to say I am doing well following my annoyingly complicated appendectomy. I was told the incision and everything else is healing well during my follow-up appointment earlier this week. Getting closer to 100% with each passing day...
2019-07-26 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A triple play, a million other runners stranded, five homers allowed, and the Yankees still only barely lost to one of the best teams in baseball last night. Frustrating, for sure, but at no point did the Yankees feel out of that game. Anyway, here are today's thoughts as I wonder how long the Ya...
2019-07-23 13:03:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Good series? Good series. The Yankees rebounded from their worst loss of the season Monday night with three straight wins over the Rays to open up a ten-game lead in the loss column in the AL East. They knocked Tampa out of the postseason picture too. The Indians and Athletics are currently in Wi...
2019-07-19 12:53:19 +0000 UTC View PostTravis d'Arnaud? Seriously? The guy has been looking to hit everything the other way since the last series in Tampa, but sure, keep feeding him fastballs and breaking balls on the outer half. Sometimes I wonder how a team so smart can be so stupid. Anyway, here are today's thoughts as I wonder wh...
2019-07-16 13:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The All-Star break is over and the second half of the 2019 regular season begins tonight. The Yankees will play 74 games in the next 80 days and they begin the second half with an eight-game lead in the loss column in the AL East. Pretty good. Pretty, pretty good. Here are today's thoughts as I w...
2019-07-12 13:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Missing more time than expected after going down with a fairly routine medical issue qualifies me as a true 2019 Yankee, right? Things are (mostly) back to normal following my complicated appendectomy, fortunately. The Yankees are 57-31 (.648) with an eight-game lead in the loss column in the AL ...
2019-07-08 15:57:52 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday: Hi folks. I've been stuck in the hospital all night and I'm due to have my appendix taken out ... soon. They haven't told me when, exactly, but soon. Here's my view for the night:2019-07-02 08:39:29 +0000 UTC
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The 2019 Yankees are starting to feel special. I don't just expect them to go out and win every game, I expect them to go out and whoop ass every game. They are very good and very fun. Flawed? For sure, but every team is flawed and the Yankees are less flawed than most. I'm really looking forward...
2019-06-28 13:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post
The season is 78 games old and the Yankees have received a combined 325 plate appearances and +1.8 WAR from Didi Gregorius, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton. Those four were worth +18.4 WAR last season. Somehow the Yankees are still five games up in the AL East. Pretty great. Can't...
2019-06-25 12:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostFolks, I am officially declaring the 2019 Yankees: Fun as hell. This team is crazy fun. The offense is going to annihilate mediocre pitching and grind down good pitching, and the pitching staff has turned things around following that recent rough patch. A season best 4.5-game lead in the AL East ...
2019-06-21 14:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostGood game last night? Good game last night. Also good timing for Masahiro Tanaka's annual complete game shutout of an AL East rival. He shut out the Red Sox in 2017, the Rays in 2018, and the Rays again in 2019. Love it. Here are today's thoughts.
1. Encarnacion's discipline. 2019-06-18 13:42:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The next post is still three days away, but the Yankees just agreed to a fairly significant trade, so you're getting a bonus weekend post. Accord...
2019-06-16 02:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads up, I'm trying to figure out a way to host a chat on Patreon. Patreon's editor is very basic and I can't simply embed the chat HTML code into a post like at RAB. I'll have to figure something out. I'll keep you updated. Anyway, here are today's thoughts.
1. Keuchel purs...
2019-06-14 14:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees and Mets were rained out last night and the Yankees handled it about as poorly as possible. The rain was in the forecast for days, yet they opened the gates on time and strung fans along until announcing the postponement at 6:45pm ET. Plus the makeup game will be played as part of a d...
2019-06-11 12:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post
So, losing those three straight games earlier this week really stunk, huh? Especially that game Tuesday night. Three-run lead in the sixth? That's usually an automatic win given the bullpen. Alas. Those guys are going to have a game like that once in a while. Anyway, here is today's post.
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2019-06-07 13:24:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe 2019 MLB Draft is underway and gosh, these are the days I absolutely do not miss RAB. The draft is fun but it was so much work. I hope I can fill the void a little bit with the twice weekly thoughts posts. Thanks as always for the support. Let's get to it.
1. Volpe pick. 2019-06-04 14:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In case you missed it last time: Bob, Derek, Matt, and Steven launched a new post-RAB blog called Views from 314 ft (Twitter: 2019-05-31 12:38:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news, folks. Bob, Derek, Matt, and Steven have launched a new post-RAB blog called Views from 314 ft (Twitter: @ViewsFrom314ft). They'll have game re...
2019-05-28 13:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees keep losing players to injury and they keeping winning series too. They are 10-1 in their last 11 series -- the only loss was the two-game sweep in Arizona -- and they are all alone in first place in the AL East. A win tonight combined with a Twins loss would give the Yankees the best...
2019-05-24 13:53:48 +0000 UTC View Post