The Yanks turn to California native Phil Hughes to avoid losing 3 straight to the suddenly red hot A’s. Oakland is 12-2 in their last 14 and they send (what else) another rookie to the mound tonight, this time hard throwing righty Jarrod Parker. Parker is 6-4 on the year with a 3.16 ERA. Parker [...]

I never quite know what to make of Oakland A’s pitchers. So many of them put up big numbers on an annual basis that its easy to think Billy Beane is some sort of genius when it comes to scouting young arms. But that ballpark is so pitcher-friendly that it makes it easy for those [...]

Remember when the Yanks couldn’t beat the Angels? Our own newly acquired trade acquisition Stacy Gotsulias (as part of the Eric Shultz deal with RAB) was wondering just that yesterday, and here’s my thoughts on the topic. The Angels manager garnered that monicker from the national media largely by beating what were viewed as vastly [...]

Sox are red, violets are blue. Manny, Pedro, Youkilis where are you? I thought no game was over in Fenway park, but that AAA lineup Bobby V fielded this afternoon looked pretty dead out there after falling behind 4-0. What has become of this so-called rivalry? It seems more of a NESN creation than reality [...]