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The following is a guest post by Rebecca Glass of This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes. You can read her (slightly longer) versions on her site, in four parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4...
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Make sure you check out Fack Youk’s take on Austin Jackson. ...
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When discussing the pending free agencies of Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon, the refrain all season long was that the Yankees would probably keep one and cut loose the other. On the surface, that seemed to make sense...
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The postseason so far has not agreed with Nick Swisher. He’s just 3 for 29 with three walks, far from the production he posted during the regular season. He started off the ALCS with two hits in two games, but his last hit came in Game 2. ...
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After the typical national writer musings on the umpires, Alex Rodriguez, and CC Sabathia, Tom Verducci drops an interesting tidbit in his column...
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ALCS Chat III Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogYet another ALCS chat
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The extra days off in the first two rounds of the playoffs have helped the Yankees — in theory. (Communism works, in theory.) It has allowed them to plan for a three man rotation, which is key when you have only three reliable starters. Yet in the ALCS there has been a drawback. ...
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2009 ALDS Game One Chat Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogALDS Game One Chat
Kiko Blas
Kiko Blas
Finally!!!
October 21 at 3:51am
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Continuing on with their league top 20’s, Baseball America named Jesus Montero and Austin Romine the second and tenth best prospects, respectively, in the High-A Florida State League. ...
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Everyone has to pick up their game in October, including us at RAB. I’m going to hold a chat at 1:00pm ET today to review last night’s game and preview tomorrow’s game, so make sure you stop by. The more the merrier. This...
Chris Colwill

Chris Colwill I have OCD when it comes to checking RAB each day. I would say I check the website no less than five times a day. Thankyou

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Just for fun, here’s a breakdown of the Yankees’ Game 1 lineups from their past three playoff teams: 2006, 2007, and 2009. ...
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The 162-game regular season is over, and now we’re just waiting for playoff baseball to start. I don’t know why baseball feels like it needs two off days between Game 162 and Game One, but whatever. Be...
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Record Last Week: 3-3 (32 RS, 29 RA) Season Record: 103-59 (915 RS, 753 RA), won AL East by 8 games, finished with the best record in MLB by 6 games Opponents This Week: Yanks will play winner of Tuesday’s Twins-Tigers game in the best-of-five ALDS Top stories from last week: The final week of t...
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Over at the Daily News there’s a feature about the top 10 heroes of Yankees’ Octobers. It’s something to kill about five minutes while we wait for the Giants and the Tigers. Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blogReliving heroes of Octobers past