This is the hardest blog post I have ever done. The retirement of all time great and the best player in Major League Baseball for the past twenty seasons, Derek Jeter has hit me hard. The best player and one of the very first players drafted by Mr.S. (rip) and the YANKEES is gone and the hole he leaves offensively and defensively as the best shortstop in baseball is enormous. However, we must move on.
The YANKEES for 2015 will be fine and are reloading. With a very deep and talented starting rotation, albeit a starting rotation with much to prove, do not be surprised if this team performs far above expectations of the pundits and so called talking head experts. Didi Gregorius has been tabbed to replace Jeter at shortstop, which in reality can never be done. Didi needs to be himself, do what he does best and must not let the comparisons to Jeter get to him. Chase Headley has been given the third base position and that may be one of the best moves the YANKEES have made in the off season. The basic starting team will be McCann c. Teixeira 1b. Drew 2b. Headley 3b. Gregorius ss. Gardner lf. Elsbury cf. and Beltran rf. The YANKEES have a boatload of very promising minor leaguers, some of which who will undoubtedly be heard from over the 2015 season.
During the off season the YANKEES lost closer David Robertson, but have gotten better and deeper in the bullpen with the maturation of Betances and the signing of Miller. The closer spot has not been decided and possibly no one will be named. From start to finish the YANKEE pitching staff will be exemplary and carry the team a long way. The lineup on the other hand will have to come together and several players will have to step up their game over last seasons effort. The loss of Jeter, the leader, the captain, will leave a gaping hole that will have to filled by everyone in the lineup stepping up their performance.
Personally, I had an almost non-stop off season with interviews and evaluations. By my choice I am now on a year to year proprietary deal with the Steinbrenner sons. But they are not Mr.S. Hopefully, they will make the decisions that are best for the team, the fans, and winning.
I've noticed the stat frauds are almost non-existent here anymore. You guys and gals have done a great job beating them off, refuting and disproving their garbage man made formulas that are meaningless and useless. WINS and WINNING will always define the best players and teams. I will try to post more often this season and glad you are still here and growing the best baseball blog in the world, the WIN METHOD.
To conclude............LETS GO YANKEES.
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«Oldest ‹Older 801 – 1000 of 2485 Newer› Newest»This streak is scary. Somebody needs to step up, Jeter is no longer here to lead the way.
Jacob Lindgren has just been called up from AAA and will be in the Yankee bullpen tomorrow. Should see plenty of action.
The espn garbage game tonight for us. Maybe it will change our direction.
Maybe I won't watch tonight.
2-1 Yankees after 1.
Yanks down 3-2 after 3.
Six straight losses. Poor pitching, poor hitting, not hitting when it counts make for many losses.
Eovaldi today, Warren tomorrow, then Pineda for game three of a three game series with KC. We need to win a series and win several straight.
Remember the WIN METHOD tenet. When you are playing your best you are not that good and when you are playing your worst you are not that bad. We looked unbeatable for a few weeks, now we look like we will never win another game. It is a long season.
I'm going to todays game.
Eovaldi for the win.
Teena is at the game. 90% chance Yankees win.
Yankees with a first inning Teena explosion. Three home runs, Headley, 2run, McCann, 3run, Gardner, 3run. 8-0 after one.
A salute on Memorial Day to all those who have given their lives, bodies, and minds to defend America.
Drew 3 run HR makes it 11-0 Yanks after 2.
Yanks 12-1 after 5.
Heathcott with his first MLB HR for a 14-1 Yankee lead after 7.
Lindgren in for first MLB appearance in the 8th inning. Good effort from Eovaldi.
Lindgren looks great with shutout 8th and 9th innings. Albeit with no pressure in a 14-1 win.
Theeee Yankeeeeeeeees Winnnn. It's been a long time.
Final 14-1 laugher.
Go to more games Teena.
I am now accepting tickets to Yankee games or cash donations to purchase tickets. jk
Todays win is only one step. Multiple steps must be the goal.
The AL East standings change daily with just 3-4 games difference from top to bottom. It is hard to believe the Yanks are just 1/2 game from the top the way they have played the last two weeks. that is only because the built up the biggest lead of anyone just before things went south.
Warren on tap for tonight game.
Haven't won a series in two weeks and we are only 1/2 game behind. Think positive. We got bodies on the way on several fronts.
One game at a time. Win tonight for the series, win tomorrow for the sweep. Good job Teena.
Tex 2 run dinger gives Yanks 2-0 first inning early lead.
2-0 Yanks after 4.
Teixeira double in 5th for 2 more RBIs give yanks 4-0 lead and batting. Tex with great base running tags and scores on a short fly to left by Headley. Now 5-0.
Yanks up 5-0 after 5.
5-1 Yanks after 7. Warren dazzling.
Betances with a 1,2,3 8th. Betances has now retired 28 batters in a row. 5-1 Yanks
Miller closes out the 9th for a 5-1 win.
The Yankeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnn.
First series win in a long time. Go for the sweep tomorrow with Pineda.
Solid win, now we are back on track.
SSSSSSSWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPP!
Get the sweep.
Let's start rolling again. Through it all we are still I first place.
Lets get another win. Off today and going to watch the game. Lovely.
Send the Royals home with their tail between their legs.
Down 1-0 after 1.
McCann HR makes it 1-1 after 2.
afraud 3 run homer gives Yanks 4-1 lead after 3. A great afternoon of baseball and no work.
Still 4-1 after 5.
Gregorius with his pathetic defense gives KC a run in 8th. Yanks up 4-2. When you watch Gregorius you then know just how great Jeter was defensively. Jeter was the best of the best.
Final 4-2 Yankee win.
A very nice afternoon enhanced by a Yankee win.
Miller with another save.
Theeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnn. Better late than never.
On to the left out loser coast.
Seven game road trip. Four in Oakland and three in Seattle on seven straight days.
A winning road trip would be great, heck, I could live with 3-4.
One game at a time. Lead the way CC.
There are more four game series this season than ever in recent history.
McCann HR gives Yanks 1-0 lead in 2nd.
Yanks up 1-0 after 3. CC strikes out 2 in 3rd with bags full and one out.
Yanks 3-1 after 5.
CC cracks in the 6th and 7th giving up 2 runs in each inning. Yanks down 5-3.
Last bats down 5-3 in 9th.
Yankee 9th inning rally falls one run short. Lose 5-4. A game that should have been won.
Not a good start to road trip as CC goes down again.
Real tough loss last night in another game we could have taken. Down to the last out.
Chew on this fans. The Yankee season could turn on how strong Ivan Nova comes back.
Got to hang tough and maybe we can win tonight when it isn't expected. Novas return might be the key johnsondc.
If Nova can start by July, he could give us 15-17 possible starts.
Lets go Yankees.
Capuano with another loss. He will not start again.
1. Eovaldi tonight. 2. Tanaka to start in Seattle Wednesday game. 3. We are still in first place by a game. 4. We will overcome.
At the rate the AL East is going, there will be no wild card. You will have to win the division to make the playoffs. But alas, it is a long season and things have a way of flip flopping.
We win today and tomorrow and we are good to go.
Eovaldi needs to be more consistent. For a guy who can throw as hard as he, gives up a lot of hard hit balls.
Eovaldi is still young enough to learn and develop a put away pitch.
Nova should be getting a real rehab start any time now. Even if he needs 4 or 5 that could make him ML ready by July.
Get win #1 on the toad trip.
1-0 after 2. Yankees lead.
4-3 Yanks after 6.
5-3 Yanks after 8. Betances with another shutout inning.
Miller shutout ninth for win 5-3.
The bullpen again was brilliant and big hits from McCann and Beltran for the win last night.
Warren this afternoon to even this series. Would be a big win considering we lost the first two games of this series.
Except for Shreve the bullpen should all be able again today if need be.
Need another big effort from Warren today. And a bunch of runs would be very nice also.
Hey, I don't have to stay up for the despised espn Sunday night game.
Scoreless after two. A lot of hits and runners for both teams.
0-0 after 3.
Yanks down 2-0 after 6. Warren solid but you can't win unless your guys score runs.
Rogers fails in relief again giving up an insurance run in the 8th. Yanks down 3-0.
3-0 after 8. Do we have rally in us????
Final 3-0 loss. Big series to lose.
Have never seen a team win without scoring any runs.
The lost weekend.
Lose 3 of 4 in Oakland, in seattle tonight for 3 and we start off facing the 'dancing queen'.
Pineda tonight to face his old team. A pitchers duel?
0-0 after 2.
Yanks score 2 in 4th. Need a shutdown inning form Pineda.
2-0 Yanks after 4.
Pineda with the shutdown inning.
Yankees pound dancing queen for 5 in the 5th on Teixeira grand slam. 7-0.
Now another shutdown inning from Pineda.
Pineda has a 1,2,3 5th. Yanks up 7-0.
7-0 Yanks after 6. Who would ever have thought a laugher against Hernandez.
Pineda falters in the 7th. Wilson gets out of the inning for him. 7-2 Yanks after 7.
Betances with his usual easy 8th. 7-2 Yanks after 8.
Yanks lead 7-2 after 8.
Shreve in for the 9th. Gregorius error on first batter. Shreve has some work to do.
Final Yanks 7-2.
Theeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnn.
Yankee win 7-2 and hammer the dancing queen to boot.
Shreve closes it out.
Look for a big effort and game from CC tonight.
From game to game you never know which Yankee lineup is going to show up for each game.
Wonderful game last night. Keep it going.
Things have an interesting way of turning around, and someone who is not doing well quickly starts to excel.
Ups and downs for every team in baseball. The only thing that counts is wins after 162 games. Not wins for a week, month, 3 months, but after 162 games. An awful lot happens to every team between game 1 and game 162.
I really want a win tonight.
It's always one game at a time. Grind everyday. Never give up.
Do it CC. We need you.
0-0 after 2.
1-1 thru 4.
Yanks down 2-1 after 6.
Down 2-1 after 8. Last at bats.
Drew with game tying double WHEN it counts with 2 out in the 9th.
Gardner grounds out to end inning. Bottom of 9th. 2-2.
Betances with a shutout 9th. Extra innings.
afraud fails again. Another 0-fer game.
Beltran hits into a DP with bases loaded to end 10th for Yanks.
2-2 after 10. Wilson with the shutdown 10th.
Garret Jones with 3 run HR in 11th puts Yankees up 5-2. Miller will come in to close it.
Miller with a rough inning allowing a run but closes it for 5-3 win.
Theeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnn.
Final 5-3 Yanks in 11.
Last nights game was one of those that determine your season at the end.
Tanaka today for the sweep. Go Masahiro.
The Yankees could get a real boost if Tanaka can come back strong.
My goal for Tanaka today. 5-6 innings 1 run.
0-0 after 1.
Yanks 1-0 after 2. Tex HR. McCann replaced, some sort of injury.
Interesting fact: In last nights game it was the first time in the history of the Yankees that they used five left handed pitchers in one game.
Garret Jones 2 run HR in 4th puts Yankees up 3-1 after 4.
Tanaka brilliant through five. 3-1 Yanks after five.
Report on McCann. Left game in second inning with right foot soreness. Will have MRI in New York tomorrow. Hope it's nothing major.
Seven innings done. Tanaka has been outstanding. Yanks lead 3-1. Tanaka fast ball harder than ever. Control and secondary pitches all brilliant.
Miller in the eighth after very hard inning last night.
Miller pitches out of bases loaded one jam in 8th. Still 3-1 Yanks after 8.
Final, Miller with another save. Yankees win 3-1.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
After an 0-2 start the western road trip came out well at 4-3.
Garret Jones two games in a row with the game winning HR.
That was some effort from Tanaka today. Wow!
""""""""Linda Rice said...
My goal for Tanaka today. 5-6 innings 1 run.
June 3, 2015 at 2:57 PM"""""""
That was some call Linda. We got 7 innings and 1 run.
Big boost for the Yankees with Tanaka back.
Also Garret Jones > afraud.
A well deserved and earned day off today. Enjoy. We are #1.
Lets see how the MRI on McCann turns out.
Want to let all the WIN METHOD fans know. If everything goes right at the coming draft, the YANKEES number one pick will be someone special down the road. Very WIN METHOD. He is not high on most teams radar.
Hi WIN METHOD. Will be looking forward to another rising star for the YANKEES. Love ya,
Is he going to be another Jeter. Never mind, there will never be another Jeter.
Keep on playing WIN METHOD baseball guys.
As WIN METHOD stated in his blog, the Ynks do have many parts and options. Very deep.
McCann MRI negative. Listed as day to day. Hope so.
Eovaldi tonight for the good guys.
Take game one tonight.
Drew 2 run HR puts Yankees up 2-0 after 2.
Tex again. 2 run Hr gives Yankees 4-0 lead after 3.
8-1 Yankees after 7. Eovaldi good effort. Will earn the win.
With an 8-1 lead into the 9th inning, Esmil Rogers on to pitch and can't get an out, forcing the Yankees to have to use Betances who gets the save and the Yankees win 8-7.
What an ending yanks win 8-7. Betances the save. Rogers writing his ticket to oblivion.
Thheeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnn, barely.
A laugher that went down to the last out. A shame, but a win.
Warren tonight. Lets take another win to the piggy bank.
WOW! Yanks start game with six run first inning. McCann two run home run.
7-0 Yanks after 4.
Yanks up 7-2 after 7. Warren outstanding again.
7-2 after 7 1/2. Angels have 3 outs left.
Warren is no weak link in the rotation. 8-2 win last night means another series won.
CC you are cordially invited to the win club.
CC needs to win.
Game time.
After 2 first inning home runs Yanks come back for 5-2 lead after 5.
Pirela first MLB HR for 6-2 Yankee lead after 7.
Betances with a 1.2.3 8th. Strikes out trout making him look bad.
Back to back series sweeps. Very nice.
Final 6-2 win.
Off day after a wonderful and productive weekend.
Looking good.
We will see tonight who WIN METHODs draft pick is.
WIN METHOD is a very busy person right now. But he is the reason the Yankees have been so good for the past 20 years.
Go WIN METHOD, go WIN METHOD, go WIN METHOD. Love ya,
Tanaka tonight in the first of a two game series with the Nationals.
First three Yankee draft picks are in. Hope WIN METHOD got who he wanted.
Love to see Tanaka sharp and dominant tonight.
Here' what Ivan Nova did in his first rehab start last night
Nova pitched 4 2/3 innings, Monday at Tampa. He gave up two runs--one earned--on three hits. Nova didn't walk a batter and struck out three.
Nova threw 55 strikes in 72 pitches. He induced 12 outs by ground ball, and no batter hit a ball in the air to the outfield.
Yankee first round pick looks like he will be a MLB starting pitcher within two years.
Tanaka is going against Scherzer. We can take him down a notch, we are the Yankees.
Score first and never give up the lead.
1-0 Yanks after 3 on Drew HR.
Bronx duel. 1-1 after 5.
Really good game between two quality pitchers.
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