New York Yankee notes: Thank God for baseball!

by Ed Valentine on Feb 24, 2010 8:51 AM EST in New York Yankees News

This is one of the great things about baseball's Spring Training. There is more than a foot of snow outside my window in Upstate New York, it has been snowing since Tuesday morning, and it isn't supposed to stop until Friday.

Yet, there is baseball to talk about. Gotta love that!

You also have to love Mark Teixeira showing up at the New York Yankees camp Tuesday and saying there is no reason the defending champion Yankees can't win another title.

"Once you taste that victory, you realize it's everything you've ever hoped for," Teixeira said. He was in camp on Tuesday, reporting day at spring training for position players. As for considering New York to be the 2010 favorite, Teixeira says the Yankees "have to feel that way every single season." "We feel like we're just as capable of defending our championship as we were winning it last year," Teixeira said. "We have a great team with a core group of guys back."

I'm not quite sure I buy it, but Manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday Robinson Cano should have won a Gold Glove last season.

"The thing about seeing your players all the time, I had a chance to see what he did on a daily basis and I find it hard to believe that anyone played better than he did," Girardi said.

Watching Cano range to his right and throw guys out with the under-hand flip is a beautiful thing. I'm not sure he is Gold Glove caliber, though.
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I wish the actual season would start so we wouldn't be discussing this

Jeter got a gold glove. Teixeira got one. There wasn’t going to be another in the Yankee infield. The Yankee infield was better in ‘09, but it wasn’t that great. There were probably 2 or 3 better 2nd basmen than Cano, who still made a few “careless” errors.

by designatedquitter on Feb 24, 2010 10:22 AM EST reply actions

As they say...

Winning is the great elixir. (Can’t believe that word popped into my head, yowser).

by Great Gatsby on Feb 24, 2010 1:06 PM EST reply actions

Murderers Row and Cano

Dive Robbie, DIVE!!! Placido Polanco deserved the the gold glove last year, c’mon. Then again if Pedroia won two of them, then Robbie might as well get one. I’ve noticed if there isn’t a real stand out player for these, they tend to go to someone as kind of a gratification prize for being a star and having an alright glove. I don’t care, Robbie is a more than adequate defender and far the best hitting second baseman in baseball , sorry Chase Utley come hit in the AL. My question is, WHY DIDN’T HE GET A SILVER SLUGGER THIS YEAR? Seriously Aaron Hill? I guess someone wanted to give Toronto fans something to be proud of.

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by SteveBalboniHOF on Feb 24, 2010 4:32 PM EST reply actions

gold gloves

are usually a PR stunt anyway… didn’t some dude win one years ago after playin in like 20 games or something.

And I love hearing that schmack talk outta Tex… just wish he’d come out and say it… “F*** Boston”

in lue of that I’ll say it F*** Boston

god I can’t wait for the season

by Flynner on Feb 24, 2010 6:06 PM EST reply actions

Palmeiro

got one, I think with the O’s, after playing 16 or so games at first.

by david d on Feb 25, 2010 4:04 AM EST up reply actions

As much as I love the Yankees, I’m not ready to consider Cano a better hitter than Utley.

How often do we see Cano come up at the plate, and pray to the baseball gods that he doesn’t hit into yet another double play?

by Vancouverguy on Feb 24, 2010 7:13 PM EST reply actions

Read the subtext!!

Girardi is tell Robbie that he’s capable of playing Gold Glove defense. Because he’s capable of that level, he needs to take it up that 2% and make it there.

by TommyJohn on Feb 24, 2010 9:32 PM EST reply actions