A Goodbye and a Thank You
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by Mike
5y ago
Don’t be sad it’s over. Be happy you were along for the ride. (Getty) I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. There has never been a moment — not once — where I felt like I deserved the recognition or praise that came my way for RAB. I’m not oblivious to the site’s success and to this day I have a hard time wrapping my head around it, but I don’t feel I’ve earned it. To me, I’m just a guy who had an internet connection and met the right people at the right time, has a love of dingers and Mariano Rivera frontdoor cutters … … and a curiosity about baseball. When we launched RAB, it star ..read more
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RAB: Origins
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by Joe Pawlikowski
5y ago
(Al Bello/Getty) Contemplating the end of RAB, I thought of its origins. Why did the three of us come together to create this site? Ben covered the basics in his own farewell post so apologies if I’m covering known ground. But this is the story as I remember and can document it. In 2006 we were all writing on our own blogs — The Sporting Brews, Off The Facade, In George We Trust. At that stage in the evolution of blogging everyone read everyone else’s blogs, so we were all familiar with each other’s work. Ben and I both started new jobs in the second half of 2006 and were posting less frequent ..read more
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Our Back Pages: A Farewell To All This
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by Benjamin Kabak
5y ago
(Rob Tringali/Getty) A lifetime ago, Joe and I were in charge of the Yankees site for the Most Valuable Network, a long-defunct sports blog network, when we decided we could do a better job on our own. We wanted Minor League content too and invited Mike along for the ride. We felt we could provide comprehensive Yankee coverage from a fan perspective and do a better job than anyone else out there. It was typical early 20s hubris from a bunch of kids with internet hookups, and somehow it all worked out. Twelve years and over 28,000 posts later, we decided it was time to say good bye, but quittin ..read more
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A Guide to Life After RAB
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by Mike
5y ago
How it all started. In the three weeks since we announced RAB is shutting down, I’ve been overwhelmed by thank yous and people reaching out to tell me what RAB means to them. It means a lot to me (to us) and I thank everyone who reached out. In those three weeks I’ve also been overwhelmed by folks asking where they can get their Yankees fix going forward. With no more RAB, people want to know where to go next, so I figured it was worth putting together this “guide to life after RAB” post. It feels presumptuous (who made me bloglord?), but people want it, so here it is. Going forward, the RAB w ..read more
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A thank you to RAB, where it all started for me
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by Sung-Min Kim
5y ago
(Al Bello/Getty) In January 2017, the Yankees were doing the “Winter Warm-Up” series to introduce newer players to the fanbase through sandwich workshops, surprising ticketholders, going to museums, etc. At one point, they also had a presser at the Yankee Stadium. I was informed of the opportunity to cover it for River Avenue Blues and simply took it. I had dreamed of being a part of the press corp at the Yankee Stadium someday and it was happening. While I was soaking it all in in the Yankee Stadium hallways, all by myself, I saw Brian Cashman walking from a distance. I would recognize that f ..read more
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Ten Years of the RAB Fan Confidence Poll
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by Mike
5y ago
(Chris McGrath/Getty) I did not realize this at the time, but the ten-year anniversary of our Fan Confidence Poll was this past March 2nd. The big stories when we launched the Fan Confidence Poll? Alex Rodriguez needing hip surgery, Mark Teahen trade rumors, and CC Sabathia’s and A.J. Burnett’s Spring Training debuts. Feels like a lifetime ago. Like pretty much everything else with RAB, I did not expect the Fan Confidence Poll to last as long as it did. I was hoping to capture a few months worth of data, maybe two or three years worth if everything went well, and now here we are a decade later ..read more
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Yankeemetrics: Bombers coasting out west (April 26-28)
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by Katie Sharp
5y ago
(USA Today) As RAB closes shop today, I personally wanted to thank everyone for their tremendous support of this website and my writing over the past four-plus years. It was truly an honor to contribute to this amazing site, to be able to write about my favorite team, and be a part of a really special and passionate community of fans. Keep following me on twitter @ktsharp for all my Yankees stats and analysis the rest of the season and more details on the future of Yankeemetrics. April 26: When Gio Urshela is your cleanup hitter … all you do is win! The Yankees got back in the win column on F ..read more
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Yankees 11, Giants 5: Yankees close out RAB era with a sweep
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by Mike
5y ago
All things considered, I’m not sure I could’ve asked the Yankees for a better ending to the RAB era. With RAB set to close its internet doors Monday, the Yankees went out and clobbered the Giants in Sunday’s series finale to finish the three-game series sweep. The final score was 11-5. The Yankees have won eleven of their last 13 games. Our high flyin’ large adult baseball sons. (Presswire) Two In The First, Two In The Second, Two In The Third The Yankees have played a lot of bad teams in the early going this season. The Orioles, the Tigers, the White Sox, the Royals … the Yankees have played ..read more
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The Final DotF: Park, Gittens have big games in Trenton’s win
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by Mike
5y ago
RHP Nick Green has been placed on the Double-A Trenton injured list, the team announced. He joins RHP Trevor Stephan and RHP Nick Nelson (and others) on the shelf. Also, RHP Garrett Whitlock was removed from yesterday’s start after one inning, though he remains on the active roster. No word on what’s wrong with any of these guys. The injury bug that bit the big league team has spread through the minors too, apparently. Sheesh. The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were rained out. No word on the makeup date yet. Double-A Trenton Thunder (4-2 win over Erie) SS Hoy Jun Park: 3-3, 1 R, 1 ..read more
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Gio Urshela exits Sunday’s game after taking pitch to hand
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by Mike
5y ago
Ah good, another injured Yankee. Gio Urshela exited this afternoon’s game after taking a pitch to the top of the left hand in the fifth inning. DJ LeMahieu exited the game with a possible injury earlier as well. Urshela will presumably go for x-rays and whatnot. There are so many little easy-to-break bones in the hand. The Yankees have either 12 or 13 players already on the injured list. I forgot exactly how many at this point. Urshela is filling in at third base for Miguel Andujar and he’s been great, including reaching base three times behind the hit-by-pitch in this game. Add in the defense ..read more
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