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Another Yankee Outburst Crushes The Scum
Remember how I wondered, during the Yankees' 13-run outburst against the Chicago White Sox on Friday and their 12-run onslaught on Sunday, if they were saving any runs for their arch-enemies this...
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Severino Starts Hot, Yankee Bats Go Cold
I kept worrying that all those runs the Yankees have been scoring lately -- 13 against Chicago on Friday, 12 more against Chicago on Sunday, and 13 against Boston on Tuesday -- would mean that they'd...
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CC & Ells Bounce Back, Beat The Scum
Fourteen runs in 2 games does you little good if it means 13 runs on Tuesday and 1 run on Wednesday.And with CC Sabathia taking the mound for the Thursday night game against the Red Sox last night, I...
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Girardi and His Binder Cost Yanks Opener vs. Jays
Yet again, the Yankees could have used a couple of those runs they expended in their 13-run and 12-run barrages against the White Sox and their 13-run onslaught against the Red Sox.The Toronto Blue...
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Cech It Out: My Bad Weekend Gets Worse
Going into yesterday, the Yankees hadn't lost a series since late June.Thanks to Joe Girardi, now, we have.Last week, against Boston, Girardi took Luis Severino out after 5 innings. Yesterday, against...
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Frank Gifford, 1930-2015
On November 20, 1960, a lot of people thought Frank Gifford had died. It would have been a shocking end for New York's first true football superstar.As it turned out, he had quite a bit of life left in...
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Statement Made. Make One Back, Yankees.
The Toronto Blue Jays wanted to make a statement: That they can win the American League Eastern Division.Statement made, and delivered.Except that's not the biggest statement made this weekend.A single...
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How Long It's Been: The Toronto Blue Jays Made the Playoffs
Just in case any fans of those pesky Toronto Blue Jays are getting cocky about having swept the Yankees this weekend, to close with within a game and a half of 1st place in the American League Eastern...
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Soccer Hooliganism Comes to New York -- Not the Red Bulls' Fault
Soccer hooliganism, long the bane of several countries' existence, has come.Not just to America. To New York City. And even to New Jersey.Dave Martinez wrote it up on the Empire of Soccer page....
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Fire Joe Girardi. Tonight. He Can't Manage a Pitching Staff.
Joe Girardi must be fired. Tonight.He doesn't know how to manage a pitching staff. He lets his damned binder tell him how to manage.Tonight, the Yankees didn't have the decency to lose in 9 innings....
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The Jets: New York's Favorite Situation Comedy
At the end of the last calendar year, I rated the 9 major league sports teams of the New York Tri-State Area on their level of dysfucntion. The NFL's New York Jets came in at Number 1: The most...
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When You Feel a Little Out of Place (First Place)
On July 28, the Yankees led the American League Eastern Division by 7 games.Last night, just 15 days later, they fell out of 1st place.There's plenty of blame to go around. The owners. The general...
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Yank Offense Wakes Up at Just the Right Time
The Yankee offense, somnabulent since their outbursts against the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox last week, finally woke up last night, in the finale of an away series against the Cleveland...
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Living Veterans of World War II and Major League Baseball
August 14, 1945, 70 years ago today: V-J Day, Victory over Japan. Afraid of more nuclear devastation, Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II.Every anniversary, the number of living World...
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Yankees Send Pesky Blue Jays a Message: You're Not Ready
So after a struggling week that included a sweep by the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium II, the Yankees headed to Toronto to take on those pesky Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.Built in 1989 as the...
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Beatles at Shea at 50, New York's Top 10 Rock Concerts
August 15, 1965, 50 years ago today: The Beatles open their 2nd full North American tour, at Shea Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York...
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Yanks Send Next Part of Message: Take Series in Toronto
Yeah, about that message the Toronto Blue Jays sent the Yankees last weekend: The Yankees have ripped it up and sent a new one: "To Hell with you: We are the Yankees, and you are only the Blue Jays,...
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Yanks Drop Toronto Finale But Remain In 1st Place
Having taken the 1st 2 games of their big series away to the Toronto Blue Jays, and reclaimed 1st place, the Yankees went back to their ways of the preceding week: Backing up their fine pitching with...
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The Difference Between the Giants and the Jets: A Sense of Competence
The Giants lose their exhibition opener badly, and their fans are like, "Relax, we'll have it turned around by the time the real games start."The Jets lose their exhibition opener badly, and their fans...
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How to Go to a Giants or Jets Game at the Meadowlands
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to do my trip guides for the 2015 baseball season.And the Yankees are in 1st place, unlike the last 2 seasons. Coincidence? I hope so.Football...
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