Yankees sell off majority interest of YES Network to Fox
It was announced on Friday that the Yankees have sold their majority interest in the YES Network to 21st Century Fox. The team will still own a minority share of 20%, but Fox will now own 80% of the...
View ArticleYankee sign Masahiro Tanaka: Former teammates rave about New York's latest...
Old Yankees (albeit minor ones) love the new Yankee.Masahiro Tanaka has been signed by the Yankees (thank goodness) and we can all now happily wave goodbye to Plan 189 and feel, dare I say, hopeful for...
View ArticleRanking the weirdest items in the Yankees' minor league affiliates' team stores
For the sports fan in your life that needs a Thomas Neal RailRiders jersey.Any online sports team store you go to will have its fair share of weird items. Most baseball teams will have hats in other...
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 1/26/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyRanking the weirdest items in the Yankees' minor league affiliates' team storesYankee sign Masahiro Tanaka: Former teammates rave about New York's latest additionYankees...
View ArticleYankees Free Agency: Echoes of the 08-09 offseason
Missing the playoffs is apparently just the inspiration needed for the Yankees to go on a spending spree. Whether or not the results can be replicated is a whole other matter.It seems this newer...
View ArticleThe Yankees’ $345 Million Band-Aid
The Yankees keep scooping up the best the free agent market has to offer, but $345 million just doesn't buy what it used to.With the signing of Masahiro Tanaka, the Yankees have now landed four of the...
View ArticleSporcle Quiz: Can you name every Baseball America Top 100 Yankees prospect?
Which were the greatest Yankees prospects of yesteryear?For your end-of-the-weekend entertainment, I have used Baseball America's Top 100 prospects archives to create a Sporcle quiz about every Yankees...
View ArticleZduriencik gets oddly specific about the pitching market
Jack Z detailed the M's stance on remaining pitchers at the Mariners Fan Fest Sunday afternoonUnless you've been living under a rock for the past week (or enjoying the real world without obsessing over...
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 1/27/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleySporcle Quiz: Can you name every Baseball America Top 100 Yankees prospect?Yankees Free Agency: Echoes of the 08-09 offseasonYankees NewsPinstripe Pundits | Derek Albin: Is...
View ArticleYankees Prospect Profile: Eric Jagielo
The top Yankees pick from last year's draft has a great deal of potential, but how soon could we realistically hope to see his bat in the Bronx?Background:With their top pick in the 2013 MLB Draft (the...
View ArticleGary Sanchez is the only Yankee to crack Baseball Prospectus's Top 101 Prospects
Goooooo farm systemJason Parks at Baseball Prospectus released the company's annual Top 101 Prospects list, and it was not a pretty showing for the New York Yankees. This result is not really...
View ArticleYankees Prospects: 10 likely 2014 call-ups
Who will make it up with the team this year?The Yankees don't have many surefire impact prospects ready to contribute in 2014, but there are a few fringy players that could make the leap and help the...
View ArticleWith Masahiro Tanaka, where does Yankees pitching staff rank?
With Tanaka in the fold, where does the Yankees rotation rank relative to the other top rotations in baseball?One thing is clear: the availability of the best pitcher on the free agent market and his...
View Article2014 could be a hot seat season for Yankees GM Brian Cashman
Brian Cashman's been the Yankees' GM for as long as many fans can remember. If the 2014 Yankees flop, could this season be his last?The 2014 season will be Brian Cashman's seventeenth season as the...
View ArticleThe greatest Yankees commericals of all-time
The true measure of Yankee greatness is marketability. Obviously.Historically, the Yankees have kind of paled in comparison to other teams when it comes to making amusing commercials. While teams like...
View ArticleErvin Santana and Ubaldo Jimenez could benefit from post-Garza absurdities
Things don't always make sense.Life itself is absurd.We are, after all, our own momentary children, perpetually authoring a germinal spiral of pregnant histories.But this post-Matt Garza shit could get...
View ArticleMike Trout - Top 100 Angels #18
Where will he be on this list in ten years?#18 - MIKE TROUT, OFAren't you glad that Francisco Rodriguez got greedy and rebuffed Arte Moeno's attempts to sign him long term in 2008? Were you one of the...
View ArticleViva el Birdos Community Projections 2014: Matt Adams
A note from bgh: This is the third in an ongoing series of posts in which we are asking the VEB community for their projections of how Cardinals players will perform in 2014. The more community member...
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 1/28/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyThe greatest Yankees commericals of all-time2014 could be a hot seat season for Yankees GM Brian CashmanYankees Prospects: 10 likely 2014 call-upsGary Sanchez is the only...
View ArticleYankees Prospect Profile: Aaron Judge
How will this outfielder do in his minor league debut?Background:The Yankees' second pick in the first round of the 2013 Draft was Aaron Judge (32nd overall pick). The right-hander is from Linden,...
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