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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

WIN METHOD 2014 -- A SEASON TO REMEMBER

It has arrived.  YANKEE opening day game for the 2014 season.  This will be an epic season.  Derek Jeter, the last member of the 'Core Four', will play his final season for the YANKEES.  Jeter who has been the best player in Major League Baseball over the past twenty years, winning more games, appearing in more playoffs, winning more pennants and winning more World Series than any player has announced his retirement.  Jeter whose brilliant defense solidifying the middle of the YANKEE infield with far ranging defense, making countless plays look routine, and also making plays in the biggest events that no other shortstop in baseball could make but could only dream of, will play his last season at shortstop.  Jeters retirement will be celebrated by every team in every ballpark he visits throughout the season.  Jeter, who has been the most positive face of Major League Baseball during his career deserves every accolade he gets, why, because he earned it on the field with WINS.  And winning and wins has and always will be the determining factor in the greatest players of any era.  Derek Jeter has been the best baseball has had to offer for the past twenty years.

After last seasons injury plagued year where so many YANKEE players had so many injuries with so many games not played, the YANKEES hung on to a playoff run right up to the last week of the season and still posted a winning record for the season.  The YANKEE players set the record for game time lost by players for any one season in baseball history.   Over the winter, the YANKEES were active in rebuilding the team.  The injured are healthy again, the YANKEES signed several solid WIN METHOD players who wanted to wear the YANKEE uniform and now will get a chance to prove what it means to be a YANKEE.

The WIN METHOD looks for the YANKEES to win at least 93 games this season and that is minimum, but the sky is the limit and 100+ games is not impossible.  Captain Derek Jeter will lead his team to the playoffs and the new crop of YANKEES will follow the leader to the playoffs.

The YANKEE outfield is solid and deep.  The infield anchored by Jeter and Teixeira at shortstop and first base and the addition of Brian Roberts at second base and Kelly Johnson at third base will be brilliant defensively and more than adequate offensively.  Catcher Brian McCann is a major upgrade behind the plate.  The pitching staff, starting with the starting rotation is second to none in baseball, and the bullpen will be more than adequate.  There is no question that the retirement of Mariano Rivera leaves a hole, but hopefully David Robertson who has been groomed to fill Mo's closing spot will not let the team down.  Another great factor in making this 2014 YANKEE team better is the banishment from baseball of one of the biggest liars and cheats in baseball being gone.  The distraction of afraud is gone for 2014.

Don't forget WIN METHOD fans, every player on the team helps in their own way, forget individual stats, it is wins that will determine who goes to the playoffs and all we want to do is win.   So, lets get ready for the comeback ride of the 2014 season.  LETS GO YANKEES!

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Linda Rice said...

Yankees 8-3 after 8. Going to be a good win.

Stan the Man said...

Final 8-4 and yes another laugher.

jimbo said...

Theeeeee Yankeeeeees Winnnn.

Gene A said...

Clobbered Price to even series. Now we face rookie tomorrow. Lets take this series.

Quay Ho said...

Keep going, keep winning, take this series today.

Rahm Mahood said...

Hiroki Kuroda in rubber game this afternoon. WINS and only wins determine the best teams to go to the playoffs.

Lori Kelly said...

Lets go Yankees. Wins.

Billy Tedder said...

Do it Hiroki. Earn a playoff spot.

Gus Papa said...

Game time Kuroda time Yankee time, for another win.

Benny Pake said...

1-1 after 3.

Yanks23245 said...

2-2 after 5. Come on guys score some runs.

AAA said...

2-2 after 7. It is another nail biter and a battle of the bullpens.

Nick Polito said...

Kelly and Yanks blow it in 9th for a 3-2 loss.

Sharon/NC said...

What a downer. Just can't afford to lose games like todays.

YankeeMike said...

This loss hurts.

Eddie OConnor said...

Yes, a game we could've won. Not really anyones fault, just didn't get that extra run.

Wayne Littlebear said...

We have to recoup with a sweeeeep.

Victor Bruno said...

Pound the heck out of Price one game and the next can't hit a career minor leaguer.

V said...

Just have to bounce back, again.

YankeeMike said...

Have to win tonight.

John Mann said...

Capuano hasn't won a game since becoming a Yankee, tonight he does.

Sal Mineo said...

Scoreless after 2.

Steve said...

Yanks down 1-0 after 5.

Deb F said...

Yankee bats come alive in seventh.

Steve said...

5-3 Yanks after 7.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks get 5 in 7th then give 2 right back but lead 5-3 after 7.

candycane said...

5-3 Yanks after 7.

YankeeMike said...

A 6-3 win.

Steve said...

Final Yanks win 6-3.

will-i-am said...

Theeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnn.

Teena/Bronx said...

Capuano gets his win. First as a Yankee.

Izzy Hernandez said...

Still alive, keep winning.

Victor Gandozi said...

20 more wins may be enough.

Wes Karlson said...

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

Cory said...

Pineda starts todays game in 13 hours.

Laura Koehler said...

Lets go Yankees. Win again today.

Anonymous said...

Put up goose eggs Pineda.

Yanks23245 said...

Score early and often. Lets go Yankees.

Patricia Piper said...

I love a saturday afternoon game. Just have to win it.

Sean Smith said...

Lets go Yankees, lets go. Prove the naysayers to be the idiots they are.

bigbadwolf said...

Spent the last hour perusing a couple of baseball talk forums. Loaded with ignorant stat frauds and their comments make me want to puke. Thank God for the great Yankee blog.

Gene A said...

Yanks down 2-0 after 2.

johnsondc said...

Yanks down 2-0 after 4 as Prado flies out with bases loaded in 4th.

Jack Bauer said...

Still down 2-0 after 6. The bats are silent. 3 mor chances.

Alex Antonious said...

Our offense today. One hit, one walk, two batters hit by pitch through 8 innings. One more inning or bust.

Jill Byrnes said...

Yanks go down haplessly. Another horrid defeat.

NJYANKEE said...

A downer game. Yuck, yuck, yuck!

Raul Vasquez said...

Hold onto the positive, Pineda was solid again.

Tommy Lee said...

Tomorrows game comes very close to being a must win.

Cal Fuerst said...

We can still take the series tomorrow. Keep moving forward.

sid greenberg,nyc said...

McCarthy this afternoon for a much needed win.

Augie Defonce said...

Lets go guys, we need to win every game.

Dane Ostroff said...

McCarthy had a poor outing last game, needs to come back with a quality one today and earn the win.

Reed Harris said...

We will have a chance to win if we can score some runs.

Karl R said...

Give us a gem McCarthy, we need one.

candycane said...

3-0 Yanks after 5.

jimbo said...

McCarthy gives up back to back HRs in 6th. Yanks lead 3-2 after 6. Again, nothing is easy.

Lou Lis said...

McCarthy gives up two more runs in 7th and Yankees now trail 4-3 after 7.

Eddie OConnor said...

I think Betances should have started the 7th. I hate second guessing but with an off day tomorrow he could easily have gone two innings today if needed.

Warren Hammond said...

One of worst losses of the year.

Victor Grandozi said...

Final 4-3 loss. Another heartbreaker;

Sharon/NC said...

The curtain is dropping, sad to say, but it isn't over yet.

Eddie Gabbert said...

Today was a mess and should never have happened the way it did.

William Mensom said...

Off day. I can't ever remember the Yankees not having a scheduled game on Labor Day.

NJYANKEE said...

I agree William, I can't ever the Yankees not having a game on a Labor Day.

jimbo said...

It's strange not having a game today.

Raul Vasquez said...

September...20 wins could get us to the playoffs.

Gus Papa said...

Greene gets the start tonight. OK Raul, let the countdown begin.

Wes Karlson said...

We have 27 games left played in 8 series. We play the Orioles 8 times.

Linda Rice said...

A tall order to win 20 of 27 especially with our track record so far this season.

Quay Ho said...

Yankees quickly down 2-0 in first inning.

Vinny Ferrero said...

Yanks being pounded. Down 6-0 in third.

Steve said...

Yanks down 7-2 after 5.

Yankeeforever said...

A 9-4 loss and things are looking real bad.

Billy Tedder said...

Miracles can happen, and we need one.

Lee Askew said...

The little engine that could.

Jack Gordon said...

Kuroda tonight for a very much needed win.

johnny said...

Lets go Yankees.

Steve said...

Yanks up 2-0 after 3.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks lead 3-0 after 5.

Jack Bauer said...

3-0 Yanks after 5, we need this game, we need all games.

Billy Tedder said...

Kuroda thru 7, just 1 run. Yanks lead 3-1 coming up in 7th.

candycane said...

5-1 Yanks after 7.

will-i-am said...

Theeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnn.

NJYANKEE said...

Game over 5-1 win.

Phil Jenkins said...

Series even, Yanks win 5-1.

Steve said...

Final 5-1 Yanks.

Raul Vasquez said...

19 more wins to go.

Chen Cho said...

Yes we can.

Dave Matthews said...

Capuano goes in the rubber game tonight. Win.

Ty Keel said...

Kuroda was real sharp last night. It just goes to show how pitchers can be so different from one game to another.

Izzy Hernandez said...

It is amazing that after all the BS from the stat fraud crowd that who goes to the playoffs, (players and teams), it all comes down to wins. No stat of any kind for any player or team has the value of wins.

Gene A said...

Lets finish with a bang and take it to the end.

Patricia Piper said...

Big win tonight guys, big win.

jimbo said...

Whitewash the sux.

Stan the Man said...

Yankees down 1-0 after 2.

White Knight said...

Jeters career being celebrated and honored at the stadium this Sunday September 7th. I'll be there. The kings career is coming to closure.

So in the 3rd inning tonight with the Yankees down 3-0 Jeter carrying the Yankees on his back hits a booming 2 RBI double off the centerfield wall and then scores on a single to tie the game 3-3.

The best there is.

Steve said...

Yanks down 4-3 after 5.

Sal Mineo said...

Yanks down 4-3 after 7. This is the way we have been playing all year.

Steve said...

Walk off win in 9th 5-4.

will-i-am said...

Theeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnn.

KevMac said...

Jeter led Yankees come from behind twice for a 5-4 win and series win.

Raul Vasquez said...

18 more wins to go.

Deb F said...

Never give up.

sid greenberg,nyc said...

One heck of a win. Hope it gives the guys big time momentum.

Harry Stavris said...

Good win yesterday, a sweep this weekend would be big.

Rahm Mahood said...

KC in for three games. We are going with Pineda, McCarthy, Greene.

Victor Grandozi said...

Score some runs for Pineda and we can get off on the right foot tonight.

Vladimir Tinzik said...

Lets take KC down a notch or two.

Yankeeforever said...

Yanks down 1-0 after 3.

Sal Mineo said...

Yanks down 1-0 after 6. Can't win without scoring.

Steve said...

Yanks down 1-0 after 8.

RLA said...

The bats look horrible tonight.

candycane said...

Jeter with a big hit gives the yanks a chance in the 9th but Gardner and Beltran can't deliver when it counts and Yanks go down 1-0.

Steve said...

Final yanks lose 1-0.

Zhaire said...

Headley error loses game 1-0.

William Mensom said...

Your starter gives up one run and the bullpen gives up nothing and you still can't win. The problem is the batters. If you can;t hit to all fields you should not be allowed to play. If you are unwilling or can't push a bunt or slap a ball to the opposite side when there is an exaggerated shift on you, you shouldn't be allowed to play. And if the manager continues to allow this to happen, he shouldn't be the manager.

Carl Hooks said...

You hit the nail on the head William. Last nights game defined this season.

Guy Padikian said...

We have lost far to many close games and most of those were because non performance WHEN it would mattered and meant the game. So un-win method.

bigbadwolf said...

Great comments guys.

sid greenberg,nyc said...

Magnificent post William.

NJYANKEE said...

McCarthy this afternoon and maybe the hitters can get him some runs. And I agree with your post William.

Frank Sergi said...

Individual talent that does not produce when it counts to win games is not talent that a team should want.

Teena/Bronx said...

At 40 years of age Jeter is doing far more than most of the position players on this team and he is a icon for the way baseball should be played. All hail the greatest player for the past twenty years. Thanks for the memories Derek.

RLA said...

This season isn't over yet, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some major changes for next year and one hell of a great season.

KevMac said...

After nothing yesterday Yankees score in first inning today.

White Knight said...

Jeter still trying to carry Yankees to playoffs with another big RBI today to put Yankees in front in 3rd inning.

Stan the man said...

Yanks lead 3-1 after 3. Jetes with another RBI.

Cory said...

Yank bats are alive today. A day to late. Meaningless extra runs today and a wasted game yesterday.

candycane said...

6-1 Yankees after 5.

Gus Papa said...

Ballgame over Yanks win 6-2.

Yanks23245 said...

Final. Yanks win 6-2.

Tom Loughlin said...

It ain't over yet. Lets go Yankees.

Patricia Piper said...

All hail the Captain. Derek Jeter the best of the best and the best baseball has to offer.

Alex Antonious said...

Shane Greene today for the series after Derek Jeter gets his just honors.

Sharon/NC said...

Congratulations Derek.

Yankeeforever said...

Thank you Jetes.

johnsondc said...

Great career Derek. Oh so many WINS.

Tom Loughlin said...

Derek Derek Derek Derek Derek

Billy Tedder said...

It's Derek Jeter time. Hail Jeter.

Deb F said...

Oh Captain, my Captain. Derek Jeter. Have a great day.

Dane Ostroff said...

Lets celebrate Jeters day with what he would want most, a WIN.

Eddie OConnor said...

Thank you Derek, you will be missed.

Teena/Bronx said...

Number one in baseball, number one in my heart.

will-i-am said...

Jetes you are the greatest. Good luck in your future endeavors.

Fred Slube said...

Derek Jeter the winningest player in baseball for the past 20 years.

Stan the Man said...

Lets win today for Derek Jeter Day.

Phil Jenkins said...

Lets go Yankees, lets go Jeter.

Zack Norris said...

2

Raul Vasquez said...

Class, character, charisma. DEREK JETER

Gene A said...

Jeter ranges far to his left to field grounder on first base side of second base to save base hit and run in first inning. The best ranging shortstop in baseball.

Victor Grandozi said...

Jeter with a single on his day in first inning. And then with great base running reaches 2nd on ground ball that should have been a double play.

William Mensom said...

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter remained as cool and collected as his play at shortstop over the past two decades when the New York Yankees honored their retiring captain Sunday with a 45-minute ceremony that included appearances by NBA great Michael Jordan and baseball ironman Cal Ripken Jr.

Jeter thanked people a dozen times as he spoke to a capacity crowd at Yankee Stadium for about 3 minutes before Sunday's game against Kansas City.

Sal Mineo said...

Yanks down 2-0 after 3 because of errors.

Stan the Man said...

Yanks down 2-0 after 5.

Laura Koehler said...

Come on guys, don't stink it up on Jeters day.

Sal Mineo said...

Yankees lose 2-0.

RLA said...

The Yankees fail Jeter, again unable to score a run and lose 2-0 on Derek Jeter Day. The playoffs are just about gone.

White Knight said...

Here's to you Captain Derek Jeter, the best player for the past twenty years. As I raise a glass of beer.

Gus Papa said...

What a sad day again. No bats again and our 40 ear old leader is able to get a hit and a walk.

Jerry Curcio said...

Can we win out?

Erica Nuyens said...

Love ya Derek and love ya to WIN METHOD.

Saul Irving. said...

Here is something that defines the WIN METHOD and destroys the stat frauds theories of deceit and deception....The Yankees and Royals just played a three game series. For the three games the Yankees scored 6 runs and the Royals scored five. the difference the Yankees did not produce when it would have mattered most in 2 of the 3 games but did produce in 1 of the games. Result being the Yankees scored more runs but lost 2 of the 3 games. And wins is what determines the best again proving nothing else matters.

Steve said...

KC manager yesterday in interview after game was asked why his team is winning and doing so well. He stated that his team despite all the very low statistics both as a team and individually, the guys were producing WHEN it mattered most and thus winning games.

Yes the WIN METHOD is the answer and is the best tool in baseball.

YankeeMike said...

Only the idiots of the sports world would not accept that wins and winning determine the best players and teams.

Linda Pardo said...

Thank God for the WIN METHOD.

Robert Mandell said...

Just say no to stat frauds.

Ben Rosen/Israel said...

Some real fantastic observations and opinions from many posters lately. I tend to agree with almost all. I love this blog.

jimbo said...

Nothing but wins.

will-i-am said...

I haven't seen a stat fraud in a ling time. They are made fools of here so they stick with their own sites where fools of a feather flock together.

Swen Jorgenson said...

Kuroda tonight. We need to win out for the next three weeks.

Swen Jorgenson said...

Kuroda tonight. We need to win out for the next three weeks.

Ted Lilly said...

I'm in, lets win out.

will-i-am said...

no score after one

KevMac said...

Three innings and not one Yankee hit and losing 3-0.

Steve said...

Yanks down 4-3 after 5.

Andy K said...

Yanks trailing 4-3 thru 7.

V said...

Another one run loss.

Steve said...

Final, Yanks lose 4-3.

Lori Kelly said...

What a year. We do just enough to lose so many times.

Benny Pake said...

I think we are done. Without the bullpen we have we would struggle to be a .400 team.

Vladmir Tinzik said...

Unbelievable season of injuries and under performers. Then look at all the positives Jeter, Robertson, Tanaka, Betances, Greene, Kelly, Warren, Gardner, Elsbury. We will be better next season.

Domenic said...

Slowly ending the 2014 season.

Warren Hammond said...

Yankees quickly down 4-1 after 2.

Steve said...

Yanks down 4-3 after 3.

Jack Bauer said...

Yanks cut Ray lead to 4-3 with 2 in 3rd, but Ichiro makes 3rd out with bases loaded.

Cory said...

4-4 after 4.

RLA said...

Yanks come all the way back from down 4-0 to a 6-4 lead after 5.

Steve said...

6-4 Yanks after 7.

Sal Mineo said...

8 runs. WOW! 8-4 Yankees thru 8.

Patricia Piper said...

Yankees 8-4 after 8.

will-i-am said...

Theeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnn.

Steve said...

Final 8-5 Yanks

Alex Antonius said...

No more losses.

Tony Kanchu said...

If we only played and hit like last night in more games this season.

Izzy Hernandez said...

Still have to win them all.

Nick Polito said...

Winnnnnnnnnnnn Outtttttttttttttttttt.

Andrew J said...

When we score we win.

Yanks23245 said...

Last time out we scored no, nada, zilch, none, 0 runs for Pineda.

Mike Smith said...

I.m glad Pineda is back and getting inning. It will help him for next year.

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