That Was Quick

Posted by Steve L. on October 31st, 2011 · Comments (0)

Mickey Rivers is 63 today. (Happy Birthday Mick!)

Damn, I’m old.

Happy Halloween!

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Reggie: Billy Was Bigoted & Anti-Semitic

Posted by Steve L. on October 28th, 2011 · Comments (17)

Via Pete Caldera -

To Reggie Jackson, this is fact – not opinion – that Billy Martin engaged in bigoted and anti-Semitic behavior during his tumultuous tenure as Yankees manager.

“I didn’t say it as accusatory … I said it with feeling and empathy,” Jackson said in a phone conversation Thursday, seeking to clarify comments he made in a soon-to-be-televised interview. “I said it as to what went on.”

During a chat with Bob Costas, to be aired Monday on MLB Network, Mr. October provided frank commentary on his former skipper, who died in a car crash in December 1989.

“I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there. … I couldn’t accept that,” Jackson said in a partial transcript released by MLB Network. “I couldn’t accept the racial epithets in reference to players like Elliott Maddox or Billy Sample.”

In speaking with The Record on Thursday, Jackson said, “The most disturbing part of it all is that the writers that covered the team never made mention of it and were completely aware of it.”

As a minority, Jackson said he felt a kinship with the number of Jewish writers who covered the club at the time. Yet, he felt a disappointment that “my social plight in my era in the ’70s, and the things that went on in our club were omitted by the media.’’

“If I would’ve said it, it would’ve been a great story,” Jackson said. “[But] it should’ve been reported by someone who writes opinions on the Yankees. It never was.”

Martin hated Ken Holtzman. I remember reading, many years ago, how Billy once, from the dugout, pointed at Holtzman running in the outfield and made nasty references about him to some others that you could hear the money in Holtzman’s pockets rattling around as he was jogging.

And, we know that Billy did not like Reggie. But, did Martin have something against all Jews and Blacks?

Did Martin hate Rod Carew when he had him in 1969? How about Willie Horton in 1971? We know that Billy loved Rickey Henderson like a son – and Rickey loved Martin back.

I would bet that there were people who Martin didn’t like – and, if they happened to be Black or Jewish, then Billy would use bigoted or anti-semitic slurs towards them. But, I doubt that he hated people out of the chute just because they were Black or Jewish.

But, I could be wrong here too…

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The Howard Spira Story

Posted by Steve L. on October 26th, 2011 · Comments (0)

It’s a big time read.

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Toad Story

Posted by Steve L. on October 23rd, 2011 · Comments (0)

Robert Whiting tells us everything there is to know about Hideki Irabu’s days as a Yankee. It’s a good read.

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Mick 80

Posted by Steve L. on October 20th, 2011 · Comments (2)

Chris Jaffe has the details.

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Yankees Pitchers In WasWatching.com Era

Posted by Steve L. on October 19th, 2011 · Comments (9)

Here they are, below. Which are your fav’s, and not fav’s, and why?

Rk	Player	#Matching		W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1	Mariano Rivera	456	Ind. Games	28	26	.519	1.88	0	267	483.0	354	25	78	463	0.89
2	David Robertson	204	Ind. Games	14	6	.700	3.03	0	3	202.0	164	13	106	270	1.34
3	Joba Chamberlain	193	Ind. Games	20	13	.606	3.70	43	4	382.0	360	36	150	386	1.34
4	Kyle Farnsworth	181	Ind. Games	6	9	.400	4.33	0	7	170.1	165	28	72	166	1.39
5	Scott Proctor	172	Ind. Games	9	12	.429	4.41	1	1	212.1	207	36	91	173	1.40
6	Brian Bruney	153	Ind. Games	12	3	.800	3.25	1	1	144.0	112	14	91	133	1.41
7	Mike Mussina	124	Ind. Games	59	34	.634	4.04	123	0	729.1	785	76	148	555	1.28
8	Andy Pettitte	122	Ind. Games	54	34	.614	4.08	120	0	743.0	787	68	241	548	1.38
9	Phil Hughes	120	Ind. Games	36	23	.610	4.46	71	3	443.2	421	53	157	370	1.30
10	Mike Myers	115	Ind. Games	4	2	.667	2.92	0	0	71.0	67	6	26	43	1.31
11	Boone Logan	115	Ind. Games	7	3	.700	3.20	0	0	81.2	77	7	33	84	1.35
12	Chien-Ming Wang	109	Ind. Games	55	26	.679	4.16	104	1	670.2	701	41	197	310	1.34
13	Ron Villone	107	Ind. Games	3	3	.500	4.77	0	0	122.2	111	14	69	97	1.47
14	Jose Veras	106	Ind. Games	8	4	.667	4.43	0	3	103.2	89	14	55	94	1.39
15	CC Sabathia	101	Ind. Games	59	23	.720	3.18	101	0	705.0	636	55	202	624	1.19
16	A.J. Burnett	99	Ind. Games	34	35	.493	4.79	98	0	584.0	587	81	258	513	1.45
17	Edwar Ramirez	95	Ind. Games	6	2	.750	5.22	0	2	98.1	93	19	56	116	1.52
18	Phil Coke	84	Ind. Games	5	3	.625	3.74	0	2	74.2	52	10	22	63	0.99
19	Tanyon Sturtze	82	Ind. Games	5	3	.625	5.08	1	1	88.2	93	13	33	51	1.42
20	Tom Gordon	79	Ind. Games	5	4	.556	2.57	0	2	80.2	59	8	29	69	1.09
21	Luis Vizcaino	77	Ind. Games	8	2	.800	4.30	0	0	75.1	66	6	43	62	1.45
22	Damaso Marte	76	Ind. Games	2	6	.250	6.02	0	0	49.1	39	6	27	49	1.34
23	Randy Johnson	67	Ind. Games	34	19	.642	4.37	67	0	430.2	401	60	107	383	1.18
24	Alfredo Aceves	59	Ind. Games	14	1	.933	3.21	5	2	126.0	104	15	30	87	1.06
25	Luis Ayala	52	Ind. Games	2	2	.500	2.09	0	0	56.0	51	5	20	39	1.27
26	Jonathan Albaladejo	49	Ind. Games	5	2	.714	4.70	0	0	59.1	65	8	30	42	1.60
27	Jaret Wright	43	Ind. Games	16	12	.571	4.99	40	0	204.0	238	18	89	118	1.60
28	Sergio Mitre	43	Ind. Games	3	6	.333	5.35	12	1	111.0	123	17	33	63	1.41
29	Rafael Soriano	42	Ind. Games	2	3	.400	4.12	0	2	39.1	33	4	18	36	1.30
30	Chad Gaudin	41	Ind. Games	3	2	.600	4.00	6	0	90.0	87	18	40	67	1.41
31	Cory Wade	40	Ind. Games	6	1	.857	2.04	0	0	39.2	33	5	8	30	1.03
32	Ivan Nova	38	Ind. Games	17	6	.739	3.86	34	0	207.1	207	17	74	124	1.36
33	Darrell Rasner	36	Ind. Games	9	14	.391	5.06	29	0	158.1	182	20	52	89	1.48
34	Sean Henn	36	Ind. Games	2	6	.250	7.53	5	0	57.1	73	11	43	38	2.02
35	Felix Rodriguez	33	Ind. Games	0	0		5.06	0	0	32.0	33	2	20	18	1.66
36	LaTroy Hawkins	33	Ind. Games	1	1	.500	5.71	0	0	41.0	42	3	17	23	1.44
37	Javier Vazquez	31	Ind. Games	10	10	.500	5.32	26	0	157.1	155	32	65	121	1.40
38	Ross Ohlendorf	31	Ind. Games	1	1	.500	6.02	0	0	46.1	55	8	21	45	1.64
39	Shawn Chacon	31	Ind. Games	12	6	.667	4.69	23	0	142.0	143	18	66	75	1.47
40	Hector Noesi	30	Ind. Games	2	2	.500	4.47	2	0	56.1	63	6	22	45	1.51
41	Bartolo Colon	29	Ind. Games	8	10	.444	4.00	26	0	164.1	172	21	40	135	1.29
42	Mike Stanton	28	Ind. Games	1	2	.333	7.07	0	0	14.0	17	1	6	12	1.64
43	Chan Ho Park	27	Ind. Games	2	1	.667	5.60	0	0	35.1	40	7	12	29	1.47
44	Aaron Small	26	Ind. Games	10	3	.769	4.60	12	0	103.2	113	13	36	49	1.44
45	Carl Pavano	26	Ind. Games	9	8	.529	5.00	26	0	145.2	182	23	30	75	1.46
46	Freddy Garcia	26	Ind. Games	12	8	.600	3.62	25	0	146.2	152	16	45	96	1.34
47	Chris Britton	26	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	4.54	0	0	35.2	37	6	15	17	1.46
48	Kerry Wood	24	Ind. Games	2	0	1.000	0.69	0	0	26.0	14	1	18	31	1.23
49	Buddy Groom	24	Ind. Games	1	0	1.000	4.91	0	0	25.2	32	3	7	13	1.52
50	Alan Embree	24	Ind. Games	1	1	.500	7.53	0	0	14.1	20	2	3	8	1.60
51	Paul Quantrill	22	Ind. Games	1	0	1.000	6.75	0	0	32.0	48	5	7	11	1.72
52	Sidney Ponson	21	Ind. Games	4	5	.444	6.63	18	0	96.1	125	14	39	48	1.70
53	Dan Giese	20	Ind. Games	1	3	.250	3.53	3	0	43.1	39	3	14	29	1.22
54	T.J. Beam	20	Ind. Games	2	0	1.000	8.50	0	0	18.0	26	5	6	12	1.78
55	Billy Traber	19	Ind. Games	0	0		7.02	0	0	16.2	23	3	7	11	1.80
56	Roger Clemens	18	Ind. Games	6	6	.500	4.18	17	0	99.0	99	9	31	68	1.31
57	Dustin Moseley	16	Ind. Games	4	4	.500	4.96	9	0	65.1	66	13	27	33	1.42
58	Al Leiter	16	Ind. Games	4	5	.444	5.49	10	0	62.1	66	4	38	45	1.67
59	Kei Igawa	16	Ind. Games	2	4	.333	6.66	13	0	71.2	89	15	37	53	1.76
60	Brett Tomko	15	Ind. Games	1	2	.333	5.23	0	0	20.2	19	5	7	11	1.26
61	Mark Melancon	15	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	4.87	0	0	20.1	20	1	10	13	1.48
62	Jeff Karstens	15	Ind. Games	3	5	.375	5.65	9	0	57.1	67	10	20	21	1.52
63	Ian Kennedy	14	Ind. Games	1	4	.200	6.03	12	0	59.2	63	6	37	43	1.68
64	Octavio Dotel	14	Ind. Games	0	0		10.80	0	0	10.0	18	2	11	7	2.90
65	Wayne Franklin	13	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	6.39	0	0	12.2	11	1	8	10	1.50
66	Kevin Brown	13	Ind. Games	4	7	.364	6.50	13	0	73.1	107	5	19	50	1.72
67	Matt Smith	12	Ind. Games	0	0		0.00	0	0	12.0	4	0	8	9	1.00
68	Lance Pendleton	11	Ind. Games	0	0		3.21	0	0	14.0	10	2	10	8	1.43
69	Aaron Laffey	11	Ind. Games	2	1	.667	3.38	0	0	10.2	13	0	5	6	1.69
70	Cory Lidle	10	Ind. Games	4	3	.571	5.16	9	0	45.1	49	11	19	32	1.50
71	Scott Erickson	9	Ind. Games	0	0		7.94	0	0	11.1	13	2	7	2	1.76
72	Buddy Carlyle	8	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	4.70	0	0	7.2	5	1	7	9	1.57
73	Matt DeSalvo	7	Ind. Games	1	3	.250	6.18	6	0	27.2	34	2	18	10	1.88
74	Raul Valdes	6	Ind. Games	0	0		2.70	0	0	6.2	8	1	2	8	1.50
75	George Kontos	6	Ind. Games	0	0		3.18	0	0	5.2	4	1	3	6	1.24
76	Steve Karsay	6	Ind. Games	0	0		6.00	0	0	6.0	10	0	2	5	2.00
77	Tyler Clippard	6	Ind. Games	3	1	.750	6.33	6	0	27.0	29	6	17	18	1.70
78	Colter Bean	6	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	9.00	0	0	7.0	8	0	9	5	2.43
79	Kris Wilson	5	Ind. Games	0	0		8.64	1	0	8.1	14	4	4	6	2.16
80	Royce Ring	5	Ind. Games	0	0		15.43	0	0	2.1	3	0	2	2	2.14
81	Amauri Sanit	4	Ind. Games	0	0		12.86	0	0	7.0	12	0	3	4	2.14
82	Michael Dunn	4	Ind. Games	0	0		6.75	0	0	4.0	3	1	5	5	2.00
83	Chase Wright	3	Ind. Games	2	0	1.000	7.20	2	0	10.0	12	5	6	8	1.80
84	Jeff Marquez	3	Ind. Games	0	0		2.25	0	0	4.0	5	0	0	2	1.25
85	Jorge De Paula	3	Ind. Games	0	0		8.10	0	0	6.2	8	2	3	3	1.65
86	Jim Brower	3	Ind. Games	0	0		13.50	0	0	3.1	8	0	2	1	3.00
87	Andrew Brackman	3	Ind. Games	0	0		0.00	0	0	2.1	1	0	3	0	1.71
88	Jason Anderson	3	Ind. Games	1	0	1.000	7.94	0	0	5.2	4	0	7	2	1.94
89	Kevin Whelan	2	Ind. Games	0	0		5.40	0	0	1.2	0	0	5	1	3.00
90	Josh Towers	2	Ind. Games	0	0		3.38	0	0	5.1	6	0	1	2	1.31
91	Romulo Sanchez	2	Ind. Games	0	0		0.00	0	0	4.1	1	0	3	5	0.92
92	Humberto Sanchez	2	Ind. Games	0	0		4.50	0	0	2.0	1	0	2	1	1.50
93	Darrell May	2	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	16.71	1	0	7.0	14	4	3	3	2.43
94	Alex Graman	2	Ind. Games	0	0		13.50	0	0	1.1	3	1	2	0	3.75
95	Brian Gordon	2	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	5.23	2	0	10.1	12	3	3	4	1.45
96	Anthony Claggett	2	Ind. Games	0	0		33.75	0	0	2.2	11	2	4	3	5.63
97	Dellin Betances	2	Ind. Games	0	0		6.75	1	0	2.2	1	0	6	2	2.63
98	Nick Swisher	1	Ind. Games	0	0		0.00	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.00
99	Tim Redding	1	Ind. Games	0	1	.000	54.00	1	0	1.0	4	0	4	2	8.00
100	Scott Patterson	1	Ind. Games	0	0		6.75	0	0	1.1	1	0	2	2	2.25
101	Ramiro Mendoza	1	Ind. Games	0	0		18.00	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	1	2.00
102	Steve Garrison	1	Ind. Games	0	0		0.00	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00

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Yankees Batters/Runners/Non-P Fielders In WasWatching.com Era

Posted by Steve L. on October 19th, 2011 · Comments (6)

Here they are, below. Which are your fav’s, and not fav’s, and why?

Rk	Player	#Matching		PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1	Derek Jeter	1060	Ind. Games	4911	4355	1354	209	23	90	503	435	681	.311	.380	.431
2	Robinson Cano	1053	Ind. Games	4413	4104	1263	286	27	144	621	224	508	.308	.347	.496
3	Alex Rodriguez	972	Ind. Games	4249	3609	1068	186	5	248	797	527	790	.296	.393	.556
4	Jorge Posada	826	Ind. Games	3151	2723	754	167	5	119	458	374	603	.277	.368	.473
5	Hideki Matsui	591	Ind. Games	2445	2141	624	120	8	93	383	265	296	.291	.370	.485
6	Johnny Damon	576	Ind. Games	2525	2231	636	125	15	77	296	268	344	.285	.363	.458
7	Melky Cabrera	569	Ind. Games	2148	1923	518	90	12	36	228	171	246	.269	.331	.385
8	Jason Giambi	506	Ind. Games	1992	1575	399	66	1	115	335	334	392	.253	.401	.516
9	Mark Teixeira	470	Ind. Games	2103	1799	478	105	4	111	341	250	346	.266	.363	.514
10	Brett Gardner	459	Ind. Games	1582	1362	360	50	23	15	122	173	264	.264	.353	.368
11	Nick Swisher	450	Ind. Games	1877	1590	424	98	4	81	256	250	390	.267	.368	.486
12	Bobby Abreu	372	Ind. Games	1631	1423	420	95	9	43	243	190	276	.295	.378	.465
13	Curtis Granderson	292	Ind. Games	1219	1049	268	43	17	65	186	138	285	.255	.347	.515
14	Bernie Williams	272	Ind. Games	1008	905	239	48	1	24	125	86	128	.264	.326	.399
15	Andy Phillips	198	Ind. Games	511	471	119	22	4	10	58	28	95	.253	.295	.380
16	Gary Sheffield	193	Ind. Games	841	735	215	32	0	40	148	91	92	.293	.375	.499
17	Jose Molina	181	Ind. Games	523	472	109	26	0	5	38	28	93	.231	.281	.318
18	Francisco Cervelli	181	Ind. Games	560	489	133	19	3	5	71	44	85	.272	.338	.354
19	Ramiro Pena	177	Ind. Games	334	309	72	7	2	2	32	13	58	.233	.266	.288
20	Eduardo Nunez	142	Ind. Games	391	359	96	19	2	6	37	25	39	.267	.314	.382
21	Bubba Crosby	141	Ind. Games	199	185	45	3	2	2	12	8	35	.243	.282	.314
22	Miguel Cairo	135	Ind. Games	365	329	80	19	3	0	40	21	50	.243	.289	.319
23	Tino Martinez	131	Ind. Games	348	303	73	9	0	17	49	38	54	.241	.328	.439
24	Russell Martin	125	Ind. Games	476	417	99	17	0	18	65	50	81	.237	.324	.408
25	Wilson Betemit	124	Ind. Games	290	273	69	17	0	10	49	12	89	.253	.286	.425
26	Tony Womack	108	Ind. Games	351	329	82	8	1	0	15	12	49	.249	.276	.280
27	Marcus Thames	82	Ind. Games	237	212	61	7	0	12	33	19	61	.288	.350	.491
28	Andruw Jones	77	Ind. Games	222	190	47	8	0	13	33	29	62	.247	.356	.495
29	Doug Mientkiewicz	72	Ind. Games	192	166	46	12	0	5	24	16	23	.277	.349	.440
30	Shelley Duncan	68	Ind. Games	163	146	32	4	0	8	24	15	38	.219	.290	.411
31	Xavier Nady	66	Ind. Games	276	256	69	15	0	12	42	15	54	.270	.319	.469
32	Cody Ransom	64	Ind. Games	137	122	28	12	1	4	18	13	37	.230	.309	.443
33	Ruben Sierra	61	Ind. Games	181	170	39	12	0	4	29	9	41	.229	.265	.371
34	Chris Dickerson	60	Ind. Games	55	50	13	2	0	1	7	2	17	.260	.296	.360
35	Eric Chavez	58	Ind. Games	175	160	42	7	1	2	26	14	34	.263	.320	.356
36	Chad Moeller	50	Ind. Games	118	105	24	9	0	1	9	8	22	.229	.305	.343
37	John Flaherty	47	Ind. Games	138	127	21	5	0	2	11	6	26	.165	.206	.252
38	Juan Miranda	46	Ind. Games	94	83	21	3	1	4	14	9	20	.253	.330	.458
39	Nick Green	46	Ind. Games	82	75	18	5	0	2	4	5	29	.240	.296	.387
40	Jerry Hairston	45	Ind. Games	93	76	18	5	0	2	12	11	8	.237	.352	.382
41	Aaron Guiel	44	Ind. Games	92	82	21	3	0	4	11	7	20	.256	.337	.439
42	Craig Wilson	40	Ind. Games	109	104	22	4	0	4	8	4	34	.212	.248	.365
43	Alberto Gonzalez	40	Ind. Games	73	66	10	2	0	0	2	5	9	.152	.211	.182
44	Eric Hinske	39	Ind. Games	98	84	19	3	0	7	14	10	25	.226	.316	.512
45	Lance Berkman	37	Ind. Games	123	106	27	7	0	1	9	17	15	.255	.358	.349
46	Josh Phelps	36	Ind. Games	88	80	21	2	0	2	12	6	19	.263	.330	.363
47	Austin Kearns	36	Ind. Games	119	102	24	3	0	2	7	12	38	.235	.345	.324
48	Wil Nieves	35	Ind. Games	76	71	10	4	0	0	8	2	11	.141	.164	.197
49	Kelly Stinnett	34	Ind. Games	87	79	18	3	0	1	9	5	29	.228	.282	.304
50	Ivan Rodriguez	33	Ind. Games	101	96	21	4	0	2	3	4	15	.219	.257	.323
51	Greg Golson	33	Ind. Games	35	34	8	2	0	0	2	1	5	.235	.257	.294
52	Kevin Thompson	32	Ind. Games	60	51	13	6	0	1	8	8	19	.255	.356	.431
53	Kevin Russo	31	Ind. Games	54	49	9	2	0	0	4	3	9	.184	.245	.224
54	Colin Curtis	31	Ind. Games	64	59	11	3	0	1	8	4	15	.186	.250	.288
55	Randy Winn	29	Ind. Games	71	61	13	0	1	1	8	8	15	.213	.300	.295
56	Sal Fasano	28	Ind. Games	57	49	7	4	0	1	5	2	14	.143	.222	.286
57	Morgan Ensberg	28	Ind. Games	80	74	15	0	0	1	4	6	22	.203	.263	.243
58	Nick Johnson	24	Ind. Games	98	72	12	4	0	2	8	24	23	.167	.388	.306
59	Justin Christian	24	Ind. Games	43	40	10	3	0	0	6	3	4	.250	.302	.325
60	Rey Sanchez	23	Ind. Games	48	43	12	1	0	0	2	2	3	.279	.326	.302
61	Richie Sexson	22	Ind. Games	35	28	7	1	0	1	6	6	10	.250	.371	.393
62	Russ Johnson	22	Ind. Games	20	18	4	2	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333
63	Matt Lawton	21	Ind. Games	57	48	6	0	0	2	4	7	8	.125	.263	.250
64	Angel Berroa	21	Ind. Games	24	22	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	.136	.174	.182
65	Jesus Montero	18	Ind. Games	69	61	20	4	0	4	12	7	17	.328	.406	.590
66	Andy Cannizaro	13	Ind. Games	9	8	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.250	.333	.625
67	Kevin Reese	12	Ind. Games	16	13	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	.385	.500	.385
68	Terrence Long	12	Ind. Games	40	36	6	1	0	0	2	4	8	.167	.250	.194
69	Brandon Laird	11	Ind. Games	25	21	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.190	.292	.190
70	Bronson Sardinha	10	Ind. Games	12	9	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	.333	.417	.333
71	Freddy Guzman	10	Ind. Games	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.143	.167
72	Felix Escalona	10	Ind. Games	17	14	4	1	0	0	2	1	4	.286	.375	.357
73	Kevin Cash	10	Ind. Games	28	26	6	2	0	0	3	0	5	.231	.250	.308
74	Austin Romine	9	Ind. Games	20	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.158	.200	.158
75	Chad Huffman	9	Ind. Games	21	18	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	.167	.286	.167
76	Mark Bellhorn	9	Ind. Games	20	17	2	0	0	1	2	3	3	.118	.250	.294
77	Chris Basak	5	Ind. Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
78	Gustavo Molina	3	Ind. Games	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333
79	Mike Vento	2	Ind. Games	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
80	Jaret Wright	1	Ind. Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Chris Stewart	1	Ind. Games	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
82	A.J. Burnett	1	Ind. Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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The Post-2001 New York Yankees

Posted by Steve L. on October 9th, 2011 · Comments (9)

Here’s how the Yankees have done over the past 10 seasons:

Rk	Year	W	L	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs	R	RA
1	2011	97	65	.599	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	867	657
2	2010	95	67	.586	2nd of 5	Lost ALCS (4-2)	859	693
3	2009	103	59	.636	1st of 5	Won WS (4-2)	915	753
4	2008	89	73	.549	3rd of 5		789	727
5	2007	94	68	.580	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	968	777
6	2006	97	65	.599	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	930	767
7	2005	95	67	.586	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	886	789
8	2004	101	61	.623	1st of 5	Lost ALCS (4-3)	897	808
9	2003	101	61	.623	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-2)	877	716
10	2002	103	58	.640	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	897	697

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And, here’s how the Atlanta Braves did in the first 10 years of their “post-season run” -

Year	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs	R	RA
2000	Atlanta Braves	NL East	95	67	.586	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-0)	810	714
1999	Atlanta Braves	NL East	103	59	.636	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-0)	840	661
1998	Atlanta Braves	NL East	106	56	.654	1st of 5	Lost NLCS (4-2)	826	581
1997	Atlanta Braves	NL East	101	61	.623	1st of 5	Lost NLCS (4-2)	791	581
1996	Atlanta Braves	NL East	96	66	.593	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-2)	773	648
1995	Atlanta Braves	NL East	90	54	.625	1st of 5	Won WS (4-2)	645	540
1994	Atlanta Braves	NL East	68	46	.596	2nd of 5		542	448
1993	Atlanta Braves	NL West	104	58	.642	1st of 7	Lost NLCS (4-2)	767	559
1992	Atlanta Braves	NL West	98	64	.605	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-2)	682	569
1991	Atlanta Braves	NL West	94	68	.580	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-3)	749	644

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So, have the Post-2001 Yankees become the Atlanta Braves of the 1990′s?

You can make a case for it – both reached the post-season 9 out of 10 times and only won one ring.

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Beware The Big Bat?

Posted by Steve L. on October 6th, 2011 · Comments (4)

Anyone else have any fears about Miggy Cabrera, or another Tigers player, wrecking the game for the Yankees tonight like these guys (below) did in the past?

Rk	Player	Date	Series	Gm#	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI
1	Johnny Damon	2004-10-20	ALCS	7	BOS	NYY	W 10-3	6	6	2	3	0	0	2	9	6
2	Pedro Guerrero	1981-10-28	WS	6	LAD	NYY	W 9-2	5	5	1	3	0	1	1	8	5
3	Johnny Bench	1976-10-21	WS	4	CIN	NYY	W 7-2	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	8	5
4	Shawn Wooten	2002-10-05	ALDS	4	ANA	NYY	W 9-5	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	6	2
5	Grady Sizemore	2007-10-08	ALDS	4	CLE	NYY	W 6-4	5	3	2	2	0	0	1	5	1
6	Magglio Ordonez	2006-10-07	ALDS	4	DET	NYY	W 8-3	4	4	3	2	0	0	1	5	2
7	Ken Griffey	1995-10-08	ALDS	5	SEA	NYY	W 6-5	6	5	2	2	0	0	1	5	1
8	Edgar Martinez	1995-10-08	ALDS	5	SEA	NYY	W 6-5	6	6	0	3	2	0	0	5	2
9	Joey Cora	1995-10-08	ALDS	5	SEA	NYY	W 6-5	6	5	2	2	0	0	1	5	1

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Or, are you confident that the Yankees will be able to stay away from someone being a one-man nightmare this evening?

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Sudden Death Post-Season Games At Yankee Stadium

Posted by Steve L. on October 6th, 2011 · Comments (0)

Here’s the ones before tonight -

Rk	Date	Series	Gm#	Tm	Opp	Rslt
1	2004-10-20	ALCS	7	NYY	BOS	L 3-10
2	2003-10-16	ALCS	7	NYY	BOS	W 6-5
3	2001-10-15	ALDS	5	NYY	OAK	W 5-3
4	1981-10-11	ALDS	5	NYY	MIL	W 7-3
5	1976-10-14	ALCS	5	NYY	KCR	W 7-6
6	1957-10-10	WS	7	NYY	MLN	L 0-5
7	1955-10-04	WS	7	NYY	BRO	L 0-2
8	1947-10-06	WS	7	NYY	BRO	W 5-2
9	1926-10-10	WS	7	NYY	STL	L 2-3

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Yanks have only lost one of these in my lifetime. I hope they maintain that this evening.

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50 Years Ago Yesterday

Posted by Steve L. on October 2nd, 2011 · Comments (4)

Roger that.

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A Happy Yankees LDS Memory

Posted by Steve L. on September 30th, 2011 · Comments (2)

Even as a NRI to the post-season, Jeter was a top stepper…

I share this with the hope it brings the boys some luck tonight. Enjoy the game ya’ll.

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Firing The Cannon @ Fort Lack Of Courage – Circa 1975

Posted by Steve L. on September 27th, 2011 · Comments (0)

Great find by Dan Epstein with a h/t to BBTF -

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2011 = 2002

Posted by Steve L. on September 25th, 2011 · Comments (11)

Does this year’s Yankees team seem a lot like the 2002 Yankees to anyone else besides me? Or, am I just the only one seeing that?

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Geno Speaks

Posted by Steve L. on September 25th, 2011 · Comments (6)

Great stuff from Steve Serby’s Sunday Q & A with… Gene Monahan -

Q: Favorite Yankees moments?

A: There’ve been thousands of ’em. On the field, one of my favorites is when Chris Chambliss hit the home run to put us in our first World Series when I was the trainer here in ’76. Obviously, Bucky Dent’s home run in ’78, with Reggie [Jackson’s] following in the same game. The no-hitters and the perfect games, all tremendous things. Mo Rivera getting his 602nd save. That was a big emotional moment for me personally ’cause … saw just about every one of ’em … and off the field, the birth of my (two) daughters.

Q: What was your reaction the moment Bucky Dent hit the ball?

A: Well, Bucky had just fouled a ball off his ankle, and we had to go out there and we were trying to get it calmed down and talk him down through the soreness of that, and sprayed it off a little bit, and we were talking, Mickey Rivers was on deck. He came over and said, “Buck, you got a cracked bat there, brother. Use this one.” So he gave him a different bat, we went back to the dugout and I turned around, and the crack of the bat, and the ball went to left field and we thought, “Hey, that ball’s got a chance.” And [Carl] Yastrzemski went over in the corner and looked up and it was in the net.

Q: Favorite Yankees team?

A: This year’s because it’s the most current.

Q: Most devastating defeat?

A: Well, I would have to say it was the playoffs with the Red Sox when we were up three games to none with an inning to play in Game 4.

Q: And after the game?

A: It was just kind of a weird quietness, and I knew I didn’t like it. And when you have games like that, even as the athletic trainer, you can’t wait till tomorrow to get back out there.

Q: When the Red Sox won Game 7?

A: I remember wanting pretty much to say goodbyes to guys, and then I wanted to go home. I just wanted some private time, quiet time with my family, and that’s what I did.

I have to say, 2004 still haunts me. I’m over 2001. (It’s easy to joke that the Yankees won that World Series, three games to four.) And, I let go of 1997 minutes after it happened. Also, in time, the pain from 1995 went away. But, I cannot get 2004 out of my head.

Even if the Red Sox collapse this year, and you add 2011 to 1978, it doesn’t make up for 2004. The Yankees had the Red Sox on the mat since 1918. And, 2004 let them back up. Shoot, I can even live with 2007 – since it didn’t happen in the Yankees face (and that one is more on the Indians). Although I do wonder if 2007 ever happens if the Red Sox lost in 2004…

But, 2004 changed everything. And, it’s never been the same since…

It was a sin that the Yankees let that happen. An unforgivable one.

Yeah, I know…it was the Red Sox who really choked in the 2004 ALCS…for letting the Yankees win the first three games when, clearly, Boston had he better team.

Nope. As much as I tell myself that, it doesn’t work.

In any event, read the Q&A – it’s super. I’ve always wished the Geno would write a book. His time with the big league club covers my entire fandom of the team. But, I know he would never do that. So, this Q&A may be as close as we get to that. Check it out – every page. Great stuff.

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Roger That

Posted by Steve L. on September 23rd, 2011 · Comments (2)

Via Chad Jennings -

The New York Yankees will hold a special pregame ceremony on Friday, September 23, to honor the 50th anniversary of Roger Maris setting a then-Major League record with 61 home runs in 1961.

The Yankees ask that fans take their seats by 6:20 p.m. with ceremonies slated to begin at 6:30 p.m., prior to the Yankees-Red Sox game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m.

Joining the Yankees for the day’s celebration will be the families of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, as well as former teammates.

The group will be introduced as part of an on-field ceremony emceed by actor Billy Crystal. In addition, Roger Maris bat as well as the 61st home run ball on loan from the Baseball Hall of Fame will on the field during the ceremony. Following a video tribute, the Yankees Foundation will present a donation to the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, N.D.

Cheryl Howard, daughter of Yankees All-Star catcher Elston Howard who was a teammate of Maris from 1960-66, will sing the national anthem.

This is a nice treat for the fans who will be there this evening. I just hope it doesn’t rain during the ceremony.

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Mo Is The King Of Saves

Posted by Steve L. on September 19th, 2011 · Comments (9)

Nice!

Too bad there were probably less than 40,000 there to see it.

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The Scooter! [A Half-Century Ago...Today]

Posted by Steve L. on September 17th, 2011 · Comments (1)

Sweet bunt!

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Mo’s Four Strikes

Posted by Steve L. on September 16th, 2011 · Comments (9)

Date	Series	Gm#	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit
1997-10-05	ALDS	4	CLE	L 2-3	8-8 ,BS	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	9
2001-11-04	WS	7	ARI	L 2-3	8-9f ,BL	1.1	4	2	1	0	3	0	28
2004-10-17	ALCS	4	BOS	L 4-6	8-9 ,BS	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	40
2004-10-18	ALCS	5	BOS	L 4-5	8-9 ,BS	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	22

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I wonder, if given the chance to trade in some of his 600-something career regular season saves, in exchange for taking Game 7 of the 2001 World Series and Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS off his record, how many would Mariano Rivera be willing to exchange?

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Radio, Radio

Posted by Steve L. on September 9th, 2011 · Comments (4)

I’ve mentioned in the past that my 7-year old son likes to listen to the Yankees game (or any game if the Yankees aren’t playing) on the radio as he falls asleep each night.

And, he really struggles with nodding out when there’s no game. He just can’t unwind and relax without his baseball on the radio.

So, I was thinking “I’m going to have a problem after this post-season” and then it dawned on me to get him some old games on CD that he can play on his Clock/Radio/CD player. And, I’ve now picked him up the following from the Miley Collection -

10/02/49 – NEW YORK (AL) 5 Boston 3 – Yankees win battle for AL pennant (Curt Gowdy & Mel Allen)
10/02/60 – YANKEES 8 Red Sox 7 – Dale Long 2-run HR in B9 gives NY a record 15 wins in a row to end season (Phil Rizzuto & Red Barber)
05/24/70 – Yankees 8 INDIANS 7 (11 innings) – Game 2 is game of oddities that features 9 HRs (Bob Gamere, Frank Messer & Phil Rizzuto)
08/29/72 – YANKEES 7 Rangers 6 (11) – Bobby Murcer dramatically hits for the cycle (Bill White, Frank Messer & Phil Rizzuto)
09/06/73 – YANKEES 8 Brewers 6 – Mike Hegan’s 3-run homer gives Yankees a comeback win (Bill White, Frank Messer & Phil Rizzuto)
07/26/77 – YANKEES 5 Orioles 4 (10) – Dramatic homers by Johnson in 9th & Jackson in 10th spark Yanks to win (Messer, White & Rizzuto)
10/09/77 – Yankees 5 ROYALS 3 – Yanks score 3 in 9th to win ALCS in 5 games (Frank Messer, Bill White & Phil Rizzuto)
06/17/78 – YANKEES 4 Angels 0 – Ron Guidry strikes out Yankee record 18 (Fran Healy, Bill White, Frank Messer & Phil Rizzuto)

That’s a whole lot of Scooter to listen too. I just may have to borrow these from my son when he’s not listening to them!

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Back-To-Back “L” In Extras

Posted by Steve L. on September 8th, 2011 · Comments (11)

That’s two in a row to the lowly O’s.

Last time the Yankees lost back-to-back extra innings games was May 13th and 15th in 2001. Last time they lost them in consecutive days was May 22nd and 23rd back in 1992.

This is only the 5th time since 1976 that the Yankees have lost back-to-back extra inning games.

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Welcome To The Club, Ivan Nova

Posted by Steve L. on September 3rd, 2011 · Comments (0)

What club? This one.

In case you’re interested, here are the Yankees, all-time, to win 15+ games in a season during their 1st or 2nd year in the big leagues:

Rk	Player	W	Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	L	W-L%	SV	IP	ERA	ERA+
1	Russ Ford	26	1910	27	NYY	36	33	6	.813	1	299.2	1.65	160
2	Andy Pettitte	21	1996	24	NYY	35	34	8	.724	0	221.0	3.87	129
3	Jim Bouton	21	1963	24	NYY	40	30	7	.750	1	249.1	2.53	140
4	Lefty Gomez	21	1931	22	NYY	40	26	9	.700	3	243.0	2.67	150
5	Mel Stottlemyre	20	1965	23	NYY	37	37	9	.690	0	291.0	2.63	129
6	Bob Grim	20	1954	24	NYY	37	20	6	.769	0	199.0	3.26	107
7	Chien-Ming Wang	19	2006	26	NYY	34	33	6	.760	1	218.0	3.63	125
8	Wilcy Moore	19	1927	30	NYY	50	12	7	.731	13	213.0	2.28	171
9	Johnny Kucks	18	1956	22	NYY	34	31	9	.667	0	224.1	3.85	101
10	Whitey Ford	18	1953	24	NYY	32	30	6	.750	0	207.0	3.00	124
11	Jack Quinn	18	1910	26	NYY	35	31	12	.600	0	235.2	2.37	112
12	Orlando Hernandez	17	1999	33	NYY	33	33	9	.654	0	214.1	4.12	115
13	Stan Bahnsen	17	1968	23	NYY	37	34	12	.586	0	267.1	2.05	140
14	Johnny Allen	17	1932	27	NYY	33	21	4	.810	4	192.0	3.70	111
15	Tom Sturdivant	16	1956	26	NYY	32	17	8	.667	5	158.1	3.30	118
16	Ivan Nova	15	2011	24	NYY	24	23	4	.789	0	138.2	3.89	111
17	Hank Borowy	15	1942	26	NYY	25	21	4	.789	1	178.1	2.52	137
18	Johnny Broaca	15	1935	25	NYY	29	27	7	.682	0	201.0	3.58	113
19	Johnny Allen	15	1933	28	NYY	25	24	7	.682	1	184.2	4.39	89

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Almost Moose

Posted by Steve L. on September 2nd, 2011 · Comments (2)

It’s been 10 years now? Yes, it’s true.

Poor Mussina. No perfect game and no rings. Always close…

It is very interesting that his Yankees career was book-ended by Yankees ring seasons.

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Most Under-Appreciated Yankees Of All-Time

Posted by Steve L. on September 1st, 2011 · Comments (3)

I’m thinking it has to be Roy White and Mel Stottlemyre.

Willie Randolph and Dave Righetti could be in the team picture too.

Am I missing anyone?

Forty years from now, it could be Bernie Williams and Andy Pettitte. But, I’m hoping that the team won’t let that happen.

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Mo Rivera Yankees WAR King Of The Hill

Posted by Steve L. on August 31st, 2011 · Comments (2)

Dig it.

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What If A.J. Burnett’s ERA Doesn’t Go Below Five In 2011?

Posted by Steve L. on August 29th, 2011 · Comments (6)

Well, no Yankees pitcher has ever made 25+ starts in a season, and lost 10+ games, and had an ERA of 5+ more than once…unless A.J. keeps his ERA up this year. Here’s the list to make this club, to date, including Burnett this year:

Yankees, From 1901 to 2011, with ERA>=5 and GS>=25 and L>=10

Rk		Yrs	From	To	Age
1	A.J. Burnett	2	2010	2011	33-34	Ind. Seasons
2	Javier Vazquez	1	2010	2010	34-34	Ind. Seasons
3	Mike Mussina	1	2007	2007	38-38	Ind. Seasons
4	Randy Johnson	1	2006	2006	42-42	Ind. Seasons
5	David Cone	1	2000	2000	37-37	Ind. Seasons
6	Melido Perez	1	1993	1993	27-27	Ind. Seasons
7	Andy Hawkins	1	1990	1990	30-30	Ind. Seasons

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Burnett is now on the Brian Cashman Mount Rushmore of Pitching Acquisitions along with Javy Vazquez, Kei Igawa, Carl Pavano, Jeff Weaver and Kevin Brown.

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Derek Jeter Closing In On Another Great All-Time Yankees Record

Posted by Steve L. on August 20th, 2011 · Comments (2)

As of this morning, via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, most games played as a Yankee:

PLAYER                           G
1    Mickey Mantle              2401
2    Derek Jeter                2395
3    Lou Gehrig                 2164
4    Yogi Berra                 2116
5    Babe Ruth                  2084
6    Bernie Williams            2076
7    Roy White                  1881
8    Jorge Posada               1809
9    Bill Dickey                1789
10   Don Mattingly              1785

Derek Jeter needs just seven more games played to become the Yankees all-time leader in games played.

Too bad that it will probably happen at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It would have been nice to see it happen at the Stadium.

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Yankees 1st Round Draft Picks

Posted by Steve L. on August 19th, 2011 · Comments (1)

Who was the best, worst, and those in between? He’s one way to look at it:

Year	Rnd	OvPck	RdPck		Pos	WAR 6	Drafted Out of
1992	1	6	6	Derek Jeter (minors)	SS	70.7	Central HS (Kalamazoo, MI)
1968	1	4	4	Thurman Munson (minors)	C	43.4	Kent State University (Kent, OH)
1990	1	10	10	Carl Everett (minors)	OF	18.4	Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
1972	1	14	14	Scott McGregor (minors)	LHP	17.5	El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)
1996	1	20	20	*Eric Milton (minors)	LHP	13.9	University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
1998	1s	43	43	*Mark Prior (minors)	RHP	13.7	University HS (San Diego, CA)
1967	1	1	1	Ron Blomberg (minors)	1B	8.7	Druid Hills HS (Decatur, GA)
2006	1	21	21	*Ian Kennedy (minors)	RHP	6.4	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
1978	1	18	18	*Rex Hudler (minors)	SS	5.3	Bullard HS (Fresno, CA)
2006	1s	41	41	*Joba Chamberlain (minors)	RHP	5.2	University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
1971	1	19	19	Terry Whitfield (minors)	OF	4.6	Palo Verde HS (Blythe, CA)
2004	1	23	23	*Phil Hughes (minors)	RHP	4.1	Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA)
1976	1	16	16	Pat Tabler (minors)	OF	2.7	McNicholas HS (Cincinnati, OH)
2001	1	23	23	*John-Ford Griffin (minors)	OF	0.3	Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
1966	1	10	10	Jim Lyttle (minors)	OF	0.1	Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
2004	1s	41	41	*Jeff Marquez (minors)	RHP	0.0	Sacramento CC (Sacramento, CA)
1974	1	12	12	Dennis Sherrill (minors)	SS	0.0	South Miami HS (Miami, FL)
1997	1	24	24	*Tyrell Godwin (minors)	OF	-0.1	East Bladen HS (Elizabethtown, NC)
1997	1s	40	40	*Ryan Bradley (minors)	RHP	-0.1	Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
1994	1	24	24	Brian Buchanan (minors)	1B	-0.2	University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
1969	1	11	11	Charlie Spikes (minors)	3B	-0.2	Central Memorial HS (Bogalusa, LA)
2001	1s	34	34	*Bronson Sardinha (minors)	SS	-0.3	Kamehameha HS (Honolulu, HI)
1970	1	12	12	Dave Cheadle (minors)	LHP	-0.3	Asheville HS (Asheville, NC)
1978	1	24	24	*Matt Winters (minors)	OF	-0.6	Williamsville HS (Williamsville, NY)
1965	1	19	19	Bill Burbach (minors)	RHP	-1.7	Wahlert HS (Dickeyville, WI)
2011	1s	51	51	*Dante Bichette (minors)	3B		Orangewood Christian HS (Orlando, FL)
2010	1	32	32	Cito Culver (minors)	RHP		Irondequoit HS (Rochester, NY)
2009	1s	29	29	*Slade Heathcott (minors)	CF		Texas HS (Texarkana, TX)
2008	1	28	28	Gerrit Cole (minors)	RHP		Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)
2008	1s	44	44	*Jeremy Bleich (minors)	LHP		Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
2007	1	30	30	Andrew Brackman (minors)	RHP		North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
2005	1	17	17	*C.J. Henry (minors)	SS		Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
2004	1s	37	37	*Jon Poterson (minors)	C		Chandler HS (Chandler, AZ)
2003	1	27	27	Eric Duncan (minors)	3B		Seton Hall Prep HS (West Orange, NJ)
2001	1s	42	42	*Jon Skaggs (minors)	RHP		Rice University (Houston, TX)
2000	1	28	28	Dave Parrish (minors)	C		University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
1999	1	27	27	Dave Walling (minors)	RHP		University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
1998	1	24	24	Andy Brown (minors)	OF		Richmond HS (Richmond, IN)
1995	1	27	27	Shea Morenz (minors)	OF		University of Texas (Austin, TX)
1993	1	13	13	Matt Drews (minors)	RHP		Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL)
1991	1	1	1	Brien Taylor (minors)	LHP		East Carteret HS (Beaufort, NC)
1985	1s	28	28	*Rick Balabon (minors)	RHP		Conestoga HS (Berwyn, PA)
1984	1	22	22	Jeffrey Pries (minors)	RHP		UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
1978	1	26	26	Brian Ryder (minors)	RHP		Shrewsbury HS (Shrewsbury, MA)
1977	1	23	23	Steve Taylor (minors)	RHP		University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
1975	1	19	19	Jim McDonald (minors)	1B		Verbum Dei HS (Compton, CA)
1973	1	13	13	Doug Heinhold	RHP		Stroman HS (Victoria, TX)