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October 25, 2009: Ten Years After for the Yankees
October 25, 2009, 10 years ago: With a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at the new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees win their 40th American League Pennant. The Bronx Bombers, after a 6-year absence...
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We're Gonna Need a Bigger Chant
Earlier this year, for the 1st time in about 30 years, I visited the American Museum of Natural History. This New York institution includes the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, a big room nicknamed...
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The Curse of Kevin Mitchell: Now 33 Years
No, I won't stop posting this every year on the anniversary. Why should I? At least I used a different photo this time.October 27, 1986: The Mets win the World Series. I was not happy about this.They...
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Trump Booed at World Series On His Best Day as President
The Washington Nationals won the 1st 2 games of the World Series. In Houston. But the Houston Astros have now won the last 3 games of the World Series. In Washington.Cue Vince Lombardi: "What the...
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How Long It's Been: The Oakland A's Won a World Series
October 28, 1989, 30 years ago: The Oakland Athletics take an 8-0 lead, and beat the San Francisco Giants 9-6 at Candlestick Park, to complete a 4-game sweep of the Bay Bridge World Series‚ the 1st...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Carolina -- 2019-20 Edition
The New Jersey Devils travel to play the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh next Saturday night. The 'Canes have given the Devils fits over the years, including in the Playoffs.They didn't seem to do so...
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October 29, 1929: Crash and Depression
October 29, 1929, 90 years ago: Black Tuesday. The stock market completed the crash that began the preceding Thursday. The Roaring Twenties are over. The Dirty Thirties, and the Great Depression, have...
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May the Better Team, Not the Umpires, Win
Years from now, somebody not yet born will look at the result of Game 6 of the 2019 World Series, and see the final score of Washington Nationals 7, Houston Astros 2, and consider it to have been a...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Winnipeg -- 2019-20 Edition
This coming Tuesday night, the Devils will be in the capital of the Province of Manitoba to play the reborn Winnipeg Jets.If this were a World Hockey Association game in the 1970s... well, it wouldn't...
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MLB Postseason Series Won
Congratulations to the Washington Nationals, winners of the 2019 World Series.Major League Baseball Postseason Series WonNote: Includes pre-1969 Playoffs for the Pennant.1. New York Yankees: 552. St....
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Halloween: The Demarcation Line Between Baseball Season and Fall
It's Halloween, and, last night, at 11:51 PM, 9 minutes before midnight, the time it would have happened in the Cinderella story, the Houston Astros "turned back into pumpkins." They certainly are...
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How Long It's Been: A Washington Team Won a World Series
Note: This is an update of a post I did on October 10, 2014, the 90th Anniversary of the last title.The Washington Nationals won the World Series last night, beating the Houston Astros 6-2 at Minute...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame A.J. Hinch for the Houston Astros Losing the...
Last night, the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series at Minute Maid Park, and became World Champions.Already, Astros manager A.J. Hinch is being roasted on...
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November 1, 1959: Who Was That Masked Man?
From 1949 to 1957, The Lone Ranger aired on ABC. At the conclusion of every episode of this iconic Western series, the Ranger (played by Clayton Moore from 1949 to 1951, and again from 1954 to 1957,...
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Happy 70th Birthday, Dave Wohl
November 2, 1949, 70 years ago: David Bruce Wohl is born in Flushing, Queens, New York City, and -- like me, 20 years later -- grows up in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. A lefthanded...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Calgary -- 2019-20 Edition
This coming Thursday, the Devils travel to play the Calgary Flames. With their "C of Red" fans, the Flames are never an easy team to beat at the Saddledome.Before You Go. Aside from Edmonton's Rogers...
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November 3, 1979: What's a Rutgers?
November 3, 1979, 40 years ago: The football team of Rutgers University travels to Knoxville to play the University of Tennessee. UT's school paper, The Daily Beacon, teased their upcoming opponent by...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Edmonton -- 2019-20 Edition
The New Jersey Devils continue their Western roadtrip this coming Friday, against the Edmonton Oilers. Although they've reached the Stanley Cup Finals just once since 1990, the Oilers will forever be...
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What Is the Purpose of the New York Jets?
Just when you thought that Rutgers could do something with a 10-10 halftime tie away to the University of Illinois, they lose 38-10.Just when you thought that Unai Emery couldn't mess the Arsenal up...
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November 4, 2009: The Last Yankee Title
November 4, 2009, 10 years ago: Game 6 of the World Series. The Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 at the new Yankee Stadium, and clinched their 27th World Championship, 8 years to the day...
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