Sweeny Says: Yankees Subway Series Preview
Are the Yankees still the hunted in this matchup? For the 5th straight time the Mets enter the Subway Series with a better record than the Yanks. However, it always seems to be a measuring stick of just how good they are...
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Sweeny Says: Granted A Reprieve
There are a few players on this team that Yankee fans have long wanted to put in front of a firing squad and have executed at dawn. Please, put down your weapons and take two steps back!
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Sweeny Says: Cash Is Confident
Brian Cashman is sure that he made the right decision in keeping Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy and not pulling the trigger on a deal for Johan Santana last winter. While others are starting to doubt, the man who made the call is still sure ...
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Sweeny Says: Homeward Bound
Random Thoughts on the way home: The Yankees are home after playing 18 of their last 20 on the road. During that 20 game stretch they went 10-10.
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Sweeny Says: The Joba Debate Continues
Here’s my thing about Joba in the 8th inning. This time last year the Yankees were having problems in the 8th inning and nobody had ever heard of Joba Chamberlain. How do we know there isn’t somebody else we’ve never heard of ready to take his place in the bullpen after Joba moves into the rotation?
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Sweeny Says: Professor Pettitte
This could be worse. Last year after 20 games: 8-12. This year after 20 games: 10-10. And by this time last year the Yankees had already used these starting pitchers: Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, Chase Wright, Jeff Karstens, and Darrell Rasner.
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Sweeny Says: Look And Learn
Andy Pettitte got in trouble several times Tuesday night. He got out of trouble and put the Yankees in position to win the game, which they did. That is the difference between a veteran pitcher and a young pitcher. Call it grit, guile, or guts…whatever you want.
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Sweeny Says: Managing a Mini Crisis
Crisis management was Joe Torre’s specialty. Calm in the face of the storm. Now, with the offense in early season struggles, the young pitchers showing their youth, injuries to his two most indispensible players, and 5 of the next 7 games against the Red Sox, it’s Joe Girardi’s turn to show us how he handles his first Yankee-ontroversy.
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Sweeny Says: Joba Rules
Random thoughts after Week 1: Really good sign: The Yankees are 3-2 in games in which they score 3 runs or less. Last year they were 6-36. Not so good sign: The Yankees are on pace for 459 runs. I’m pretty sure that’s going to change.
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Sweeny Says: 2008 Yankees Preview
Let’s take a look at the 2008 Yankees and try to figure out how this season turns out. First we go around the horn:
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