30 Copyright 2008, CBSSports.com http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/5839836 en-us NY Sports from a Florida transplant's perspective. Heavy emphasis on the tenants at 161st and River Ave. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:49:02 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11803234?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11803234?source=rss_blogs_MLB In his last start for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona fall league, Phil Hughes was, in a word, dominating. ... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 8:39:19 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11803234?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11600287?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11600287?source=rss_blogs_MLB According to Baseball America: ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 9:48:51 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11600287?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11539080?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11539080?source=rss_blogs_MLB Nice article on MLB.com today about Austin Jackson-where's he coming from, and where he hopes to finish. ... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:46:34 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11539080?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11501429?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11501429?source=rss_blogs_MLB At it again last night in the AFL ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:01:14 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11501429?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11471996?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11471996?source=rss_blogs_MLB Some really good stuff courtesy of Lisa Winston at MLB.com ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:31:46 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11471996?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11394392?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11394392?source=rss_blogs_MLB As best AA organization in baseball. The Bricktown Showdown defeat at the hand of the Sacramento RiverCats cost the AAA Scranton Yankees a shot at the same claim at that level. Pat Venditte (the ambidextrous reliever) was named best reliever at the S ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:19:06 EST http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11394392?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11338631?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11338631?source=rss_blogs_MLB A nice breakdown of the Yanks 2008 international FA class, courtesy of Ben Badler at Baseball America: ... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 8:37:03 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11338631?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11289308?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11289308?source=rss_blogs_MLB Finally-and he picked a pretty good young pitcher to do it off when he took Max Scherzer out in the bottom of the 1st inning in Arizona. Jackson, after being named one of the break-out stars of last year's AFL, got off to a dreadful start this se ... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:29:08 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11289308?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11099473?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11099473?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081013&content_id=3616843&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:57:03 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/11099473?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10949522?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10949522?source=rss_blogs_MLB Kicks off tomorrow. From an article on interesting plot lines: ... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 8:38:33 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10949522?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10855851?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10855851?source=rss_blogs_MLB According to B.A. ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 9:47:19 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10855851?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10821813?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10821813?source=rss_blogs_MLB According to B.A.-And 19 year old phenom Rick Porcello leads the way: ... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:57:49 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10821813?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10765150?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10765150?source=rss_blogs_MLB After being selected with the Yankees' first pick in the 2007 draft, and immediately undergoing Tommy John surgery, then being set back in his rehab by an emergency appendectomy, 6 '10 Andrew Brackman will finally throw his first professional ... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:03:33 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10765150?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10757693?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10757693?source=rss_blogs_MLB 1. Madison Bumgarner, lhp, Augusta (Giants) ... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:46:42 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10757693?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10693199?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10693199?source=rss_blogs_MLB In another indication that the loudmouth brother doesn't have as much say as some like to believe, Hal Steinbrenner has come out in print for lame duck GM Brian Cashman. Question is, after all Hank's shots across his bow this season, does Cas ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:12:02 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10693199?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10551831?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10551831?source=rss_blogs_MLB Tonight is the relatively new 1 game AAA championship. The Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees take on last year's champ the Sacramento River Cats-the Oakland A's AAA afilliate. The game itself is only three years old, and has been won by the PCL e ... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 8:08:33 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10551831?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10487145?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10487145?source=rss_blogs_MLB The Scranton Yankees claimed the International League championship last night with a 20-2 bludgeoning of the Durham Bulls. The Yanks crush Wade Davis, potentially the top RH pitching prospect in the game, but the story again was Phil Hughes. ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:25:14 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10487145?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10424804?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10424804?source=rss_blogs_MLB In their respective playoff series. ... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 8:17:55 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10424804?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10403772?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10403772?source=rss_blogs_MLB Starts tonight at PNC Park in Scranton. Yankees vs the Durham Bulls and man, do we have some pitching matchups. Game 1 ... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:29:00 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10403772?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10275765?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10275765?source=rss_blogs_MLB Not Boston/NY, but Trenton/Portland, who meet in the Eastern League post-season for the second consecutive year. A piece from Thunder Blogger Mike Ashmore: ... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 8:23:27 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/10275765?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9961104?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9961104?source=rss_blogs_MLB After alternating between unhittable and unable to throw strikes for the first part of his brief minor league career, it certainly appears 6 ' 8 Brooklyn-born Dellin Betances is starting to figure it out. 3 hits and only two walks to go along wit ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:12:41 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9961104?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9706057?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9706057?source=rss_blogs_MLB Making his second re-hab appearance for class A Charleston, Phil Hughes was terrific. 3 2/3 innings, 1 hit, 1 BB, and 5 K's. More encouraging are the reports that he was dialing it up to 95-something we weren't seeing in the Bronx earlier in ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:33:52 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9706057?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9307510?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9307510?source=rss_blogs_MLB Terrific piece in the Hardball Times this week about the Yankees #1 draft pick. The author (Alex Eisenberg from Baseball Intellect) believes the Yankees made the first round's second best pick (after Justin Smoak) in grabbing Cole at 28. ... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:33:43 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9307510?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9201920?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9201920?source=rss_blogs_MLB Dan McCutchen threw a complete game shutout last night for the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees. He scattered 5 hits, didn't walk anyone, and struck out 10 Syracuse Chiefs. It was McCutchen's second CG SO since his promotion to AAA. He struggled ... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:40:24 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9201920?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9022329?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9022329?source=rss_blogs_MLB 592 days after he was acquired along with 2 other minor league arms for Gary Sheffield, Sanchez finally threw his first professional pitch for the Yankees Gulf Coast League affiliate. One run on a hit and 2 walks in 2/3 of an inning. It's a start ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:38:47 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/9022329?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8988411?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8988411?source=rss_blogs_MLB Or it should, in my opinion. Sidney Ponson was signed last week and had an adequate start on Saturday-and Steve White was waived to clear space on the 40 man roster. It looked for all the world that Ponson was on track to start the second game of the ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:50:46 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8988411?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8949222?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8949222?source=rss_blogs_MLB Today at 2PM on ESPN2. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:46:18 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8949222?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8917293?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8917293?source=rss_blogs_MLB On his blog, www.minorleagueball.com, prospect evaluator John Sickels takes a look at Jesus Montero, the Yankees' up and coming catching prospect. ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:35:28 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8917293?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8878832?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8878832?source=rss_blogs_MLB None other than Trenton Thunder (and hopefully soon NY Yankee) pitcher Mark Melancon. ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:47:35 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8878832?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8844076?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8844076?source=rss_blogs_MLB Yankee picks on both sides of this nationally televised game: ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:50:11 EDT http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5839836/8844076?source=rss_blogs_MLB 100 http://images.sportsline.com/images/cbsdm/spec/cbssportscom.gif http://nynasty.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/5839836 100