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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Brian Cashman for Trading for Alex Rodriguez
July 27, 1975: Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez is born in Manhattan, and spends most of his youth -- I won't say, "grows up" -- in Miami.February 16, 2004: The biggest trade in baseball history -- in...
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Torres Sparks Yankee Comeback In Washington, But Fear Floats In Philly
The Yankees were totally flat on Saturday night at Nationals Park, so they needed a big rebound game yesterday afternoon. And, for most of the game, it looked like it wasn't going to happen.With...
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You Want to Keep Politics Out of Sports? You Can't.
You want to keep politics out of sports? Dream on.You don't want people kneeling as the National Anthem is being played before a game?In case you haven't noticed, playing the National Anthem before the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame George Steinbrenner for Hiring Billy Martin 5...
July 24, 1978: Billy Martin resigns as manager of the New York Yankees.Over the course of the 1977 season, Billy said that team owner George Steinbrenner had fired him 5 times, and he'd "fired himself...
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How Long It's Been: A Major League Baseball Game Was Played In Buffalo
Tonight, at 6:05 PM, the Toronto Blue Jays will play their COVID-19-delayed home opener, against the Washington Nationals. Because of restrictions in Canada and Pennsylvania, and Florida being just too...
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Hasty Rescheduling Benefits Yankees, Hurts Orioles
In the early 1990s, I tried to write a baseball-themed novel. I got about 1/3rd of the way through it, and, for reasons I've long since forgotten, I stopped.The setting was Garden City, named after New...
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Judge Saves Yanks' Bacon In Baltimore
The Yankees should have cruised to an easy victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards last night. Instead, they blew it -- until Aaron Judge came to the rescue.DJ LeMahieu grounded out to start...
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Gumby's Return, Homers Lead Yanks Past Scum In Home Opener
Finally, on July 31, the Coronavirus-delayed home opener for the New York Yankees. And against The Scum, the Boston Red Sox, no less.The teams went through most of the motions of a traditional opener....
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List of Arsenal Cup Finals, 1927-2020
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazetteusing the FA Cup to copy their goalscoring celebration,which is usually a handshake.Today, Arsenal won the Football Association Cup Final, coming from...
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Yankees on Arsenal Trophy Win Days, 1930-2020
Arsenal's New York supporters' club.Yours truly at the left, with the "We're Number 1" finger.April 26, 1930: Arsenal win the FA Cup, beating Huddersfield Town of Yorkshire, 2-0 at the original Wembley...
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Mets On Arsenal Trophy Win Days, 1970-2020
And how have the Mets done on days when Arsenal have won a trophy, you ask? Well, keep in mind, the Mets weren't founded until 1962, so the Arsenal trophies of 1930 to 1953 don't matter here.April 28,...
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Early Homers Power Yanks Past Sox
Yesterday was a day of many aggravations, right down to not being able to watch the FA Cup Final on American television. Since 2008, when I became aware that this competition existed, the opportunity...
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Aaron Is Judge, Jury and Executioner as Yanks Sweep Sox
Find yourself someone who will love you as much as Aaron Judge loves beating the Boston Red Sox.It's getting to the point where you cannot stop him, and even "You can only hope to contain him" might be...
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Cole, Urshela Shine for Yanks vs. Phils
For Coronavirus-related reasons beyond their control, the Philadelphia Phillies hadn't played in 8 days. Now, they were set to play the Yankees, who have been hitting the tar out of the ball, at Yankee...
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Yanks, Phils Split Twinbill Honors
One thing that living within close range of the New York media has taught me is how to speak -- and, much more, to write -- tabloidese. Rather than say, "Yesterday, the New York Yankees lost the first...
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Yanks Drop Series Finale to Powder Blue Phillies
So a weird series, in a weird season, got a little weirder last night at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Yankees, as the visiting team, or their road gray uniforms. But the host Philadelphia...
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Yanks Waste Tanaka Effort, Get Shut Out By Rays
Met fans get really pissed when I tell them that Jacob deGrom would only be the 4th starter, at best, in the Yankees' rotation. They especially don't like it when I tell them that Masahiro Tanaka is...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 9, 1974, Nixon Resigns
August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States, due to the crimes he committed that fell under the umbrella term "Watergate." Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th...
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Yanks Drop 3 of 4 to Tampa Bay
I hate losing. I especially hate losing to a bad team. But to lose to a classless organization like Tampa Bay Rays? That is infuriating.On Saturday, the Yankees had to play one of those COVID-forced...
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Yankees Beat Braves In "A Game of Two Halves"
I was once asked to write "99 Reasons Why Baseball Is Better Than Football." I thought it would take me all day, but I finished before lunch. I started with "Baseball has no halftime."-- Thomas...
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