HAPPY NEW YEAR! GRAB 2015 BY THE HORNS!

New Years is a time to forget the old and bring in the new.  If you're a Yankee fan, you want to forget last season quickly, and we'll start fresh on January 1st, 2015.   For me personally, my family would like to forget some of 2014.  There were deaths in the family, quite a few visits to the ER and unfortunate accidents that didn't need to happen.  The year also went way too fast, much faster than years before.  I guess...

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BYB HOT STOVE: VOLUME VIII

As the old year closes and a new one moves in, it is fitting to reflect on the past year to perhaps get some perspective about where we have gone and where we are headed, or where we need to be headed.  As I see it, the New York Yankees need to battle their way back into our good graces and into a position that will yield their a playoff spot in 2015.  With the moves so far, however, I am not sure we are where we need to be.  Let's...

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BYB WON'T COVER GOSSIP!

Quick post here.  This one's about journalistic integrity.  Write this down...I'm getting alot of emails from readers, both BYB fans and just plain baseball people asking me one question... "Why are you not covering CC Sabathia 'freaking out'?"Here is my answer. I wasn't there. I have no idea what happened, that's why.Let me get this straight; You want me to report on a story from a gossip site? Why would BYB ever do that? So I can get...

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SANTA HAD FORGOTTEN ONE YANKEE GIFT

With Brian Cashman doing his best Tim Allen impression and putting on the Santa suit for Yankees fans this holiday season, he has surrounded the base of our pinstriped tree with NEW gifts for 2015.  I emphasize “new” simply because it is a change for our Santa Claus to not just “re-gift” and shower us with presents that are well past their expiration date.Those of you who have read my articles – and I thank each and every one of you...

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EVERYONE NEEDS THEIR OWN 'SCHOOL OF ROCK'

For me, one of the more fun things to do over the holidays is make a nice fire in the fireplace and cuddle up with my kids and watch movies.We watch the classics like The Christmas Story, but we decided to watch one of the most underrated classics out there.  The film is called School of Rock and Jack Black is in it, and he's zany and selfish for most of the film.But there was that moment where he realizes that his love for music, and the love...

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THE YANKEES ARE CHECKING OUT A CUBAN SECOND BASEMAN...

Just when you thought maybe, MAYBE Rob Refsnyder and Jose Pirela would get a shot at second base... it appears the Yankees just can't get enough.According to Baseball America, the Yankees are looking at a kid named Hector Olivera.According to Ben Badler, "...second baseman Hector Olivera is the best Cuban player out there. Olivera is also right up there with Yasiel Puig as one of the most fascinating players to ever leave the island, a mixture of...

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SHAWN KELLEY TRADED!

In the Yankees new quest to get younger, things are continuing to happen...The latest is the Yankees have traded away Shawn Kelley to the San Diego Padres in place of prospect Johnny Barbato.  That comes from Robert Murray:There is some buzz that the #Yankees just acquired RHP Johnny Barbato from the #Padres.— Robert Murray (@RobertMurrayDR) December 29, 2014 Jack Curry of YES was in the mix on breaking that news too.  Not sure who got...

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BREAKING DOWN NATHAN EOVALDI

Last week, the Marlins traded Nathan Eovaldi to the Yankees, and feelings were mixed. A lot of it had to do with the players that we gave up – David Phelps and Martin Prado. You never want to give up a young pitcher like Phelps, who has potential, but I think the Yankees made a shrewd move here. Eovaldi is a young pitcher at the age of 24, and he has shown signs of real ability to pitch well.Eovaldi is primarily a fastball pitcher, averaging at 95...

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