The Advanced Scout – New York Yankees

The Advanced Scout plays hooky for the second straight Friday, grabs an Italian sausage with mustard and onions and a Sam Adams, and analyzes the New York Yankees.

Adrian Gonzalez Smashes Fastballs

This past Tuesday night, I had the great pleasure of taking in the Red Sox/Yankees game at Fenway Park. We…

Is Beckett the Cy Young Front Runner?

Did you know that the Red Sox have three legitimate MVP candidates?  Of course you did, because no one will…

Coast to Coast Tickets 6/9: The Red Sox go for a double Bronx sweep against the Yankees

Boston Red Sox (35-26) @ New York Yankees (33-26) Josh Beckett (4-2, 2.01) @ CC Sabathia (7-3, 2.80) 7:05 PM…

Coast to Coast Tickets 5/14: Pocket Aces; Beckett and Sabathia set for Showdown

Boston Red Sox (18-20) @ New York Yankees (20-16) Josh Beckett(2-1, 1.99) @ CC Sabathia (3-2, 2.89) 7:10 PM EDT…

4/10:Two (hopefully) outta three ain’t bad

New York Yankees (5-3) @ Boston Red Sox (1-7) CC Sabathia (0-0, 1.38) @ Josh Beckett (0-1, 5.40) 8:05 PM…

Herb Brooks and Neil Diamond Stop By, Sox Take Season Opener

On a night when the Boston marketing department pulled out all the stops, the players on the field managed to match them every step of the way. There was no shortage of excitement in this one. From Neil Diamond's 8th inning appearance to Pedroia's two-run bomb, this game had everything and more. Even Herb Brooks and Pedro showed up which, early on, seemed to be the only exciting parts of the game. I, myself, was forced down the street to Buffalo Wild Wings before the game due to a blackout on MLBTV - missing the NESN broadcast - and jotting down game notes on a napkin. Though I try to avoid chain restaurants when watching the Red Sox, it was nice to see the Red Sox Faithful well-represented in Colorado - and just as intolerant as in New England of the crap Yankee fans will try to pull. Nonetheless, it was a classic, back-and-forth matchup that had plenty of surprises, late heroics, and everything you could want in an Opening Day salvo. Though cruising through the bottom half of the first inning, Beckett got roughed up early. Noticeably absent was his usual dominating stuff - which should have been an easy holdover from his strong spring. Having difficulty finding the plate and falling behind in the count often, he found himself "Yanked" after just 4.1 IP, walking three while striking out only one. Yielding five earned over his inefficient 94 pitches, the silver lining is that he wasn't hit as hard as the overall line suggests. Other than two second inning home runs, many of the Yankees' hits found holes or were just out of the reach of defenders - especially up the middle in the fourth...