News Roundup

(Bronx, NY) – There is never a lack of news in baseball, the sporting world or the Yanks.  The Yanks will take on the Royals for the 2nd of a 3-game set tonight but here is a brief look at various news items: Phil Hughes is set to start throwing again.  Still not sure what [...]

Why K is used for a strikeout in Baseball

(New York, NY) – Section 430′s very own James K. has come up with some baseball trivia that all will find interesting. The use of the last letter of Struck instead of the first to denote a strikeout dates back to when Henry Chadwick developed the box score in the late 1850′s. Chadwick often used [...]

Top 50 Bombers: One List to Consider

(New York, NY) – ESPN NY came up with an interesting list and montage of the 50 greatest Yankees.  One can debate a few of them (I struggle with Dave Winfield at #28) but this post is for you to see it and of course comment as you wish. Click Here to See ESPN List [...]

Value Proposition: Yanks Now Worth $1.7B as a Franchise

#1 again for 14th straight year (New York, NY) – No matter how you look at it, its a lot of hot dogs and cracker jacks.  See this excerpt on the value of the franchise as well as this excerpt from Yahoo Sports: Yankee Global Enterprises is a three-engine money-making machine. The baseball team generated [...]

Back to the Future: Even Then Uecker Knew

The Legendary Bob Uecker Was a Prophet (New York, NY) – Well it seemed like only yesterday but it was way back in 1989 when the class baseball film ‘Major League’ was introduced.  In it a future star was born, Charlie Sheen as the enigmatic Ricky Vaughn, the original Wild Thing pitcher.  Fast forward 22 [...]

ESPN Special: Disecting Mariano’s Cutter

Excellent Video Piece on Mo and his Cutter (New York, NY) – We’ve watched Mo for years and marvel as to why he is so effective and how he can get by with one pitch.  This excellent video from ESPN explains it all.  It is must see for all Yankee fans but baseball fans as [...]

Jan 8 – Boss Remembered: Yankees put Steinbrenner statue at spring complex

Re-Post Courtesy of Yahoo Sports TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—The New York Yankees have put a statue of former owner George Steinbrenner at the team’s spring training complex. The 600-pound, life-size bronze statue was put on a marble stand Friday at the entrance of the ballpark named for Steinbrenner, who died at 80 in July. The 6-foot statue, [...]

2010 in review – Our FNY Blog

(Suffern, NY) – The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 8,500 times in 2010. That’s about 20 [...]

Apr 26 – Computing Clues: AccuScore Updates Their Model

Tampa Rises Rapidly as a Threat, Yanks Still the Highest (New York, NY) – Three weeks in to the season and the computing models are off an running using the data they have.   To some these are a bible, to others a complete shot in the dark.  To all they raise discussion so make [...]

Jan 31 – Giving Back: CC Makes His Mark

Story Courtesy of Lohud.Com Yankees Blog (New York, NY) – This is a great story about CC and comes from a Lohud.Com.  The original story can be seen at this link. from Chad Jennings: Also wanted to pass along this picture of CC Sabathia, his wife Amber and his mother Margie Sabathia Lanier at a [...]