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2012 Season
March 2, 2012 - This year will
have 10 playoff teams, the six division winners and two wild card teams in each
league. The wild card teams will compete in a play-in game for the right to
play in the division series. This will make it important to win the divison
races. The down side this year is that the division series will be two games at
the lesser team followed by up to three games at the better team.
April 5 - Opening Day at Tampa -
The
Lineup:
1 - Jeter SS
2 - Granderson CF
3 - Cano
2B
4 - Rodriguez 3B
5 - Teixeira 1B
6 - Swisher RF
7 - Ibanez
DH
8 - Martin C
9 - Gardner CF
Pitching Sabathia
Two outs, runners
on second and third. They walk the next batter to get to Pena and he hits a
grand slam. Sad start to the game.
The Yankees go ahead 6-4, on an Ibanez
homer, but a homer makes it 6-5 by the third
Mo comes in and gives up a
single and triple to allow the game to be tied and loses it after loading the
bases! Blown save and loss to start the season.
So a lost opening
weekend. First two games the Yankee hitters hit, but the pitchers gave up more.
The third game, Hughes gave up only two runs in four plus, but had 99 pitches.
Yankees couldn't hit.
They start the
season
0-3. The last time that happened they won
125
games!
Giving credit to the other NY team, the Mets are
3-0!
April 11 - Almost normal . . . The
Yankees
sweep
Baltimore and get set for the home opener 3-3. Mo pitched in
all three Baltimore games.
So far the best starting pitcher has been Nova!
Mets are 4-2 after opening
4-0. Boston is 1-5.
April 13 - Friday the
13th, Stadium opening day, good for the Yankees beating Angels 5-0.
April 14 - Not so much, the good news Hughes strikes out
6, bad news gives up 6 runs in 3 innings. Yankees not hitting, lose 7-1. At
least the bull pen is doing its job.
April 20-22 -
Into Boston
April 20th was the 100th
anniversary of Fenway Park. Both teams wore replicas of the jerseys worn at the
opening. The NY Highlanders had the road grey with the
 in blue and no numbers. Boston wore the white
uniforms with RED SOX on the front.
Game 1: Yankees win 6-2
Five Yankee homers
- Ivan Nova wins (3-0)
Game 2:
Yankees win
15-9
It's time for Freddy Garcia to quit. Five runs in two
innings. Phelps isn't helping either 9-0 in the 5th.
But the Boston bullpen
falls apart and the Yankees pull it out!
Aceves threw Yankee batting
practice. Teixeira hits two homers and Swisher a grand slam.
Game 3: Rain
out - postponed
April 21 - Phillip
Humber threw a perfect game for the White Sox vs. the
Mariners!
April 24 - Hiroki Kuroda pitched
another good game, but Yu Darvish of the Rangers pitched better. Yankees lose
2-0.
Four of the five AL East
teams are 10-7 and tied for first place!
April 25 -
Micahel Pineda needs shoulder surgery and will miss the entire 2012
season.
April
27 - Sadly, former Yankee first baseman Bill Moose Skowron passed away.
He
was the first baseman I grew up with in the early 1960s.
April 29 - Yankees take 2 of 3
from the Tigers. They are 5-3 against AL East teams.
April 30 - May 2 - Three home games against Baltimore:
27 innings and only 3 runs. Now they are 6-5 against the AL East.
On the
road to KC next for four games then back home.
May 3 - Rivera might be done! He
tore his ACL in
his right knee and may not be able to return. Oh, the
Yankees
came 90' away from tying the game in KC, giving the Royals their
first home win of the season. Six runs in the last 36 innings, sad!
May
4 - Mo says, write
it in Big letters
I'm not going out like
this!
Listen to
Don't
Stop Relievin'
May 4 - Dave Robertson comes
through in a non-save game by striking out the side Yankees win 6-2 behind
Sabathia.
May 8 - Dave Robertson gets his
first save against Tampa Bay at the stadium. Yankees win 5-3, but Robertosn
managed to load the bases before striking out Pena!
The Yankees announced
that Andy Pettitte will return to the team on May 13th!
May 9 - This time Robertson loads the bases and gives up
a sac fly and a three run homer. Yankees lose 4-1. Of course the offense was
again missing. Then he goes to the disabled list, leaving Soriano for the
closer role.
May 13 - Pettitte gave up only
four runs, but again the Yankees couldn't buy a hit with runners in scoring
position. The two runs were scored on bases loaded walks.
May 18 - In his second start,
Pettite was himself! Eight shutout innings. And it was a good thing too, the
Yankees managed one run on a ground out till then. In the 8th they
scored three more on two homers surrounding a hit. Yankees beat the Reds,
4-0.
May 19 - The good news: Nova got the
first eight of nine outs by
strikeouts and twelve in total. The bad news: he left losing 5-2 on walks,
hits, and a homer. Yankees try to rally in the 9th, but fall a run
short, 6-5 final. For the second day, the Mets can't help the Yankees by losing
to Toronto.
2012 Preview
October 30, 2011 - The Yankees
excercised the options on Nick Swisher and Robinson Cano for 2012.
The
Yankees offered and Sabathia accepted a contract extension to 2016 with a club
option to 2017. He is 59-23 since joining the Yankees.
Tony LaRusa announced
his retirement after leading the Cardinals to a come from behind victory in the
World Series.
November 9, 2011 - It looks
like Jorge Posada has played his last game as a Yankee. The team has not talked
to him or his agent.
November 25, 2011 - in
a can't lose situation, the Yankees signed Freddy Garcia to a one year contract
worth between $4 and $5 million. If he had signed eslewhere, the Yankees would
have gotten a draft pick because they offered him arbitration.
January 8, 2012 - A story is leaked that Jorge Posada
will announce his retirement in the next few weeks. A member of the
Core Four, he
will hang up his mit and mask after 17 years as a Yankee (.276, 1664 hits, 275
homers 1065 RBI). Is he Hall of Fame worthy? Check back in five
years.
January 13, 2012 - After a very
quiet off season, the Yankees trade Noesi and Montero for RHPs
Michael Pineda and
Jose Campos from Seattle. RHP Hiroki Kuroda
was signed as a free agent from the Dodgers after his price for one year came
down to $10 million. All transactions are pending physicals.
The Yankees
most likely starting rotation will be: Sabathia, Pineda, Kuroda, Nova &
another
pitcher.
January 24, 2012 - It's
official, Jorge Posada retires. Is Hall of Fame Next?
February 17, 2012 - It's close to
bye-bye for the PIE MAN.
AJ Burnett will go the Pirates for two Minor Leaguers: right-handed reliever
Diego Moreno, 25, and outfielder Exicardo Cayones, 20. MLB still must approve
the $20 million of
Burnett's
contract.
February 20, 2012 - The
Yankees signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $1.1 million contract as lefthanded
DH.
Mariano Rivera said he made a decision about playing in 2013, but said
he won't tell what it
is.
March 16, 2012 - Andy Pettitte signed a
one year minor league contract and was invited to the ML team's spring
training. His career record is 240-138 (.635) with a 3.88 ERA (3,055.1 IP,
1,317 ER) and in the post season he is 19-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 42 career
starts.
March 23, 2012 - While jumping on a
trampoline with his son, Joba Chamberlin dislocates his ankle and might miss
the season and possibly his career. March 24, the outlook seems better.
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