Yankees Off Day Link Dump

The New York Yankees are off today so let’s get caught up on a little reading. Shall we?

The Greedy Pinstripes are a part of the BYB Hub, which is designed to be a one-stop shop for all things sports writing. This isn’t just for fans and writers of the New York Yankees as all walks of fandom are included so check out the BYB Hub.

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Suzie Pinstripe of Bleeding Yankee Blue posted a wonderful article I recommend to all named “Making the Yankees Loveable Again.”

http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2018/05/making-yankees-lovable-again.html

Section 36, a Boston Red Sox blog, had a visitor inside Fenway Park recently in Baylee Simpson. Baylee is a dancer and the current Miss Bluebird. She is also a Yankees fan, so check out her trip to Fenway and to the historic Section 36.

http://section-36.blogspot.com/2018/05/baylee-simpson-visits-section-36.html

John Salvatore explains on his blog, Yankees Brigade, how Luis Severino has been even better in 2018 than he was in 2017. As hard as that is to believe that it could be possible.

https://yankeebrigade.com/team-news/luis-severino-even-better-in-2018/

While We Wait: Praying for Doc Gooden’s Health as Well

Last week I asked for you all to think and/or pray for Bob Watson as he revealed that he was fighting kidney failure that left him with just a few more years to live and tonight apparently we need that same focus and power for former Mets and Yankees pitcher Doc Gooden. Gooden was last seen inside Yankee Stadium during a ceremony in which the Yankees honored their 1996 World Series Championship squad and I have to admit that my first impressions of Doc was not a good one. Doc looked skinny, almost sickly, and of course my first thought went to him and his past struggles with cocaine addiction. It turns out I may have been right in my assumptions.

Dwight Gooden Jr. issued a statement on Sunday thanking former teammates including former Yankees and Mets teammate Daryl Strawberry for their concerns about his father’s health. It seems that Doc is still fighting his cocaine addiction and is in “horrible” condition per Strawberry in a statement made to the New York Daily News on Sunday.

Doc denied all allegations of use, and why wouldn’t he?, and says he is fine but I don’t buy it. Doc I highly doubt you are reading this but if you are pay attention and listen. I know what your son is going through because I too had a father who battled addiction to drugs his entire life. My father died because of his addiction to drugs and I always felt a little twinge of guilt because of it. Don’t do that to your son. Put the crap down and shape up or you may be shipping out and where you are going there is no coming back from. Let it sink it, please!

Prayers for Doc, his son Doc Jr., and the entire Gooden family and friends circle. You’re going to need it.

While We Wait: Digging through the TGP Archive for the Week

While we wait on the Yankees and Angels game to start here in about 2.5 hours let’s get caught up on some reading from our great writers here at The Greedy Pinstripes. While we wait I’ll leave you with this link dump that I came up with while digging through the TGP Archive for the week. Enjoy. 

Are the Yankees "worth" the money? Offensively speaking. 

The Yankees are shelling out a lot to their pitching too, have they been "worth" it?

Brian McCann cleared waivers.... now what for the former starting Yankees catcher?

An early prediction post and look for the 2017 Opening Day roster.

JUDGEment Day has come to the Bronx!

Hal Steinbrenner listens to the Yankees fans on Twitter? No way.... right?

Finally... an interview with ThatSportsGamer. 

While We Wait: Link Dump from the BYB Hub

There’s some good and there’s some bad to the whole Yankees being on the West Coast thing and playing games well into the night without three-and-a-half hour rain delays I just struggle to find some of those good things most times. One of the few good things I have found though is it gives me an open slot on the blog to do a link dump while we wait for the games to begin. Tonight we will showcase some of the talent that is currently being offered on the BYB Hub.

If you’re not familiar with the BYB Hub this was the brain child of Robert Casey, the owner and my dear friend from Bleeding Yankee Blue, and it serves as a place for an up-and-coming blogger or just a guy with a website to get his articles and content read. When many of us were just starting out we didn’t have the sort of free exposure and advertising that the BYB Hub was designed to offer and Casey, myself and everyone else involved are looking to give to those what we only wished we had when we started. It’s really a great site and it’s full of great content, not just Yankees content either, so I suggest you check it out. BYBHub.Blogspot.com.

And here are a few articles to read while we wait for the Yankees and Padres game to start. 

Lady at the Bat says the Yankees have 31 days left to sell. 

Section 36 Says it's okay to blame injuries for a while.

Bronx Bomber Blog asks if Michael Pineda has turned the corner. 

Bleeding Yankee Blue asks "Aaron (Judge) or Aaron (Hicks)?"

Krusty Sox Sports has Serena Williams smashing her racket, then signing it to give to a fan.

While We Wait: Link Dump from my Bookmarks

I don’t know about you but I read. A lot. Books, websites, news, sports, comic books. You name it, I read it. I like to catch up on my reading and my bookmarks during west coast games and off days because there just simply isn’t enough hours in the day so I thought while we wait I’d share a little bit of what I’m reading tonight on this beautiful Friday night.

Mike Axisa of River Ave Blues talks about Hal Steinbrenner potentially selling at the trade deadline.

Pinstripe Alley reviewed the 2015 MLB Draft class for the Yankees. 

Don't hate David Ortiz because you sucked in Little League. Okay then. 

Starlin Castro's favorite thing about playing in New York.

Maybe you find something you will enjoy as well. Enjoy!

While We Wait Link Dump for May 19th from the BYB Hub

There is only one thing, ONE THING, that’s good about having the New York Yankees play out on the West Coast. I tend to get a lot more things done with my extra three or four hours of my day. I am an early riser and I usually run all day long so staying up until 1:00 AM or 2:00 AM ET just to wake up at 5:00 AM to watch the Yankees is not my cup of tea but like I said I use these games as a way to catch up on things. I’m hoping you will do the same here tonight as I had this novel idea, why not do a link dump here giving you a chance to catch up on some reading while you wait for the Yankees game to begin or you start winding down before bed.

The DBacks lack tradition and it's annoying from Bleeding Yankee Blue. 

Digging for positives with this Yankees team by Lady At the Bat.

Jackie Bradley Jr. is the best outfielder in MLB by Section 36.

I’ve done this before showcasing Yankees-related material from major news publications like NJ.com, the USA Today and the New York Daily News but those guys get enough clicks anyway. When they aren’t getting enough clicks they come up with click baits like “Yankees frontrunners for Mike Trout” so I thought I would bring you some articles from true fans, websites that need some love and members of the BYB Hub. So enjoy and check out the BYB Hub at bybhub.blogspot.com.