Matt Ferenchick

Hiroki Kuroda #18 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Feb 10, 1975 W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP 2012 - Hiroki Kuroda 16-11 33 3...

The less said about this game the better. The offense was shut down for eight innings, until another crazy ninth inning comeback thanks to Ibanez, but eventually the bullpen got more depleted and...

The Yankees took the first game in the ALDS thanks to a great outing from CC Sabathia and a big ninth inning rally.

CC Sabathia gets the start for the Yankees in Game One of the American League Divisional Series in Baltimore.

This man played quite a long time at Villa Park.

Not a pretty win for the Yankees, but it'll do.

Phil Hughes #65 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-5 Weight: 240 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Jun 24, 1986 W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP 2012 - Phil Hughes 16-13 31 31 1 0 ...

Welp.

The offense was eh, Kuroda was meh, the defense was ugh and the seven game win streak was snapped as the Yankees fell 5-4 to the Athletics in the final game of this crazy, crazy series. Hiroki...

Hiroki Kuroda #18 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Feb 10, 1975 W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP 2012 - Hiroki Kuroda 14-10 30 ...

Hey! That Ichiro guy had a pretty good day, no? Following his 3-4 performance in the first game of the doubleheader, Ichiro Suzuki went 4-4 and drove in the go ahead run in the bottom of the...

The last Aston Villa player to lead the top division in England in scoring was Peter Withe in the 1980-81 season. Withe scored 20 goals in 42 games that season, finishing joint top with Steve...

Well, uh, that game was something that happened. You can't really say it was a great pitching performance. Hiroki Kuroda went through five innings pretty impressively, before unraveling in the...

Hiroki Kuroda #18 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Feb 10, 1975 W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP 2012 - Hiroki Kuroda 13-10 29 2...

This Ivan Nova making a few more appearances down the stretch would be nice. The righty made his return from the DL, going six innings, giving up two earned runs in a performance that was much...

The late 1950s and early 60s can be seen as a bit of a new era in football. The European Cup, now of course known as the Champions League, was founded in 1955. And in England many clubs began to...

One day after a loss, which could have easily had an adverse effect, the Yankees rebounded by scoring 13 runs on 14 hits and retook the lead in the AL East. Despite Mark Teixeira returning to the...

Freddy Garcia #36 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-4 Weight: 250 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Oct 06, 1976

Freddy Garcia #36 / Pitcher / New York Yankees Height: 6-4 Weight: 250 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Oct 06, 1976 W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP 2012 - Freddy Garcia 7-6 26 16 ...

The Yankees have more than their fair share of frustrating losses over the past few weeks. But this is probably the worst. After trailing by two going into the ninth, the Yankees managed to load...

In last week's Holte History, we discussed an Aston Villa player of the late 1800s who did not have a big impact at the club. This week, we will go back to that time period for a different Villan....

Aston Villa have completed the signing of midfielder Ashley Westwood from Crewe Alexandra.

This past week has seen Aston Villa sign Joe Bennett from Middlesbrough and Jordan Bowery from Chesterfield. And in addition we've seen Matt Lowton join Villa, links to a few other Football League...

Most of the Holte History articles will be about a player, manager, game, etc, that has a major part in Villa's story as a club. But this week's profilee isn't a Villa legend. He wasn't at Villa...

"Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball played in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be and it is! It's Peter Withe." Those words said by Brian Moore are something that...

Earlier today, in some video put out by the BBC creatively named "Savage Says", former Wales and Scum player, and general irritation Robbie Savage tipped Aston Villa to go down. (I wouldn't know, I...

Mood Music Marc Albrighton is someone who Villa fans can find it generally easy to pull for and get behind. A local boy who grew up supporting Villa. A product of our own academy. And judging by...

You probably don't know who Ebby Nelson-Addy is. He never made a first team appearance at Villa. And to the great sadness of a few of us, he probably never will. Even on the reserves team, he was...

Last night the Aston Villa players gathered for their official awards night, even though the deserved winner of player of the season is on the Galaxy. We here at 7500 to Holte have also decided to...