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Yankees Went Shopping at a China Shop When They Signed Nick Johnson

Let me preface this by saying that this one goes out to all the haters out there that hated on me when I didn’t like the Nick Johnson signing over re-signing Matsui. I rarely view personnel decisions that Yankees make negatively, but over the winter I was adamantly against the signing of Nick Johnson as the DH over Hideki [...]

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Yankees Open 2010 Home Schedule With Win, Celebrate 2009 World Series

The Yankee are off to a 5-2 start in 2010 after they won their home opener on Tuesday. They began the season taking two of three in Boston, then they won two of three in Tampa Bay. They began their home schedule with a win over the Angels on a day that officially put to [...]

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Yankees, Nick Johnson and Hideki Matsui

Nick Johnson may be returning to the Bronx. Johnson came up through the Yankees’ system and played for the team from 2001-2003 before being traded to the Expos in a package for pitcher Javier Vazquez in 2003.  Johnson hit .291 in 2008 with the Nationals and Marlins combined with eight home runs and 62 RBIs [...]

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Angels, Matsui Close to One-Year Deal

ESPN is reporting the Angels are in deep discussions with Hideki Matsui and are close to a one-year deal for $6.5 million. This is a deal the Yankees should have made. One more year is all they needed out of Matsui. Their are better hitters to choose from out of next year’s free agency compared [...]

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Yankees Free Agent Priority; Matsui then Damon

Johnny Damon still believes he fits on the Yankees even though they have acquired center fielder Curtis Granderson. “I don’t think it affects what I can still do. Either they come out and pursue me or they don’t,” Damon told the New York Post. “I still know how to play baseball and will make any [...]

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Impact of Granderson Trade

The Yankees’ acquisition of center fielder Curtis Granderson has an impact on some other players in baseball. Now that the Yankees have the center fielder they’ve longed for, where does Johnny Damon fit into the equation? Granderson slides into the number two spot in the lineup between Jeter and Teixeira where Damon used to bat. [...]

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