“After one game, one glorious game, Matsui already felt enveloped in the mystique and aura of the legendary Stadium where so much baseball history has happened. Actually, Matsui added to those feelings of invincibility by becoming the first Yankee to stroke a grand slam in his first game in the Bronx. He is now ahead [...]

PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies finally got one after losing three straight to the New York Yankees. This was not easy for the Phils, although it appeared that way when they were leading 8-2 going into the top of the 8th inning.
Chase Utley is for sure my “hero” of the game, as he hit two homeruns [...]

Game four of the World Series was won by Joe Blanton in 2008. C.C. Sabathia lost in the first round for the Brewers last year to the Phils when he was on three days rest. Everything seemed to be in the Phils favor. The Phillies could not go down three games to one at home, [...]

Once again the Yankees turned to “Old Reliable.”  In one of the linchpin games of the 2009 edition of the World Series Joe Girardi handed the ball to the elder statesman of his pitching staff.
Andy Pettitte has taken the hill in the post season more than any other Yankee pitcher not named Mariano Rivera.  Whitey [...]

“This contract’s not going to change how I perform … It’s not going to change how I prepare. It’s not going to change how hard I play.”  – Chase Utley, 2007.
(BRONX, NY)  There were a few tense moments in the press box before Tuesday’s World Series opener, as the rain seemed to intensify the closer [...]

BRONX, NY – Cliff Lee was so superb he struck out Alex Rodriguez three times, Mark Teixeira want hitless in four at bats, and the lower part of the New York Yankees batting order could do nothing as Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera went a combined 0-for-9.  The Yankees with CC Sabathia on [...]

It’s interesting to note that right in middle of the word “clutch” are the first two letters of the surname of Philadelphia Phillies’ second baseman Chase Utley, whose two solo home runs provided the only scoring off New York Yankees’ ace pitcher C.C. Sabathia over the first seven innings in the opening game of the [...]

FLUSHING, NY – Much like a captain of a nuclear submarine, the most powerful man on the baseball diamond is the starting pitcher. He’s the one in control with the ability to set the tempo of the game and can make opposing batters quake in their Nike’s.
Some, like Johan Santana, make it very clear who [...]