![]() Note I say “some,” because there are many things that we don’t really know about, and that is whether some of the oldsters will snap back. This should be transient some of these players should wake up. The problem is that the offense is sleeping. ![]() The bullpen backed him up with three scoreless innings of relief. Phi Hughes was inefficient in Monday’s game, but ultimately effective, allowing just two runs in six innings. 533 slugging percentage) since the end of June. ![]() 225 since coming off the disabled list, and Brett Gardner has dropped to. Burnett and Dustin Moseley), the pitchers have continued to perform quite well, but Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter aside there is no member of the offense who truly deserves to be called “hot.” Six-hundredth home run or not, Alex Rodriguez has been ice cold, Curtis Granderson has been less than grand, and Lance has been a real Berkman. But for two games in Toronto (starts by A.J. They haven’t won more than two games in a row since the third week of July. In contrast to July’s dominance, in their last ten games, the Yankees are 4-6, which is not just winning less often, it’s also not winning. If you go 19-7 often enough, folks will start comparing you to the 1927 or 1998 Yankees. Only in May did they slip, and just slightly, to. ![]() In every April, June and July, they were winning more often. Why, then, does it seem like they have been slacking? First, the Yankees have mostly played better than. For most teams, even for the Yankees, that would usually be considered a very successful record. See you around the ballpark, fellahs.The Yankees are 12-8 in the their last 20 games, a. Once again, a gigantic thank you to YES for all of the good times, for the very opportunity, in fact. I don’t have to encourage you to keep reading and watching the fine folks at YES, because of course you will. I very much hope I can count on you continuing to read the ol’ PB as I take this next step in its evolution. This best-of-all-worlds change of venue means that I get less candy, but I do get a chance to do some new things in Yankees coverage, including more writing, working with a larger staff than ever before, and teaming up with a baseball writer I’ve long admired and have had the honor to call "friend," Rob Neyer. I’ve had a great time here at YES, watching it snow on the upper floors of the Chrysler Building but not on the street, sampling Bob’s infinite stash of M&Ms, and writing about the Yankees. I want to thank the great colleagues and patrons I’ve had over the years here at YES, including, but not limited to, Fred Harner, Will Weiss, Jon Lane, Chris Corbellini, Jen Royle, Bob Lorenz, and the ever-patient, always jocular Kevin Sullivan.Ĭhange is frightening, but also exciting. In short order, you will see the PB flag rise there, with more of me than, alas, I have been able to put to paper in this space for most of this season. I recently joined Vox Media’s SB Nation as a writer and roving editor, and the Pinstriped Bible will be coming with me, merging with their present Yankees site, Pinstripe Alley. The good news is that the Pinstriped Bible is not ending, but simply moving. The Bible and the Big Thumbs Up have been associated going back almost to the network’s founding, but as George Harrison sang, all things must pass, and it’s time to move on. This wonderful year of 2012, just half over, has been spectacularly tumultuous for me personally, but no change seems more dramatic than this one: this is the last Pinstriped Bible entry at YES. The more things stay the same, the more things change.
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