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August 14, 1945: V-J Day + 75
August 14, 1945, 75 years ago today: V-J Day, Victory over Japan. Afraid of the United States of America unleashing further nuclear devastation, as on the cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 14, 1945, World War II Ends
August 14, 1945, 75 years ago: Japan surrenders, ending World War II. President Harry S Truman proclaims it is V-J Day, Victory over Japan Day.The following Major League Baseball games are played on...
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Yanks Sweep Braves, Bring On the Sox
This 2-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Yankee Stadium II brought back memories of 2 World Series against the Braves at Yankee Stadium I (and Fulton County Stadium, and Turner Field).The...
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Scores On This Historic Day August 15, 16 & 17, 1969, Woodstock
August 15, 1969: The Woodstock Music & Art Fair begins on Max Yasgur's dairy farm outside Bethel, Sullivan County, New York. Around 500,000 fans attended the 3-day event, a landmark in rock and...
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Young King Cole, Bats Make Yankee Fans Merry Old Souls vs. Red Sox
Things I like to see include:* The New York Yankees winning.* The Boston Red Sox losing.* A combination thereof.We got a combination thereof at Yankee Stadium II last night. In the words of former...
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Is Carl Mays a Hall-of-Famer?
August 16, 1920, 100 years ago: The New York Yankees, now in their 1st season with Babe Ruth, are playing the Cleveland Indians at the Polo Grounds in New York. These 2 teams are in a 3-way American...
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Scores On This History Day: August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley Dies
August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley dies at his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. He had a massive heart attack, brought on by years of a rotten diet and massive prescription drug use. The man known...
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You Love to See It: Yanks Smack Sox Around Again
In 2003, the Boston Red Sox just missed winning the American League Pennant. In 2006, they fell apart in August, and finished 3rd in the AL Eastern Division. In 2012, they had a losing season. In 2017,...
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Yankees Happ-en to Beat Red Sox Again
In the 1st 2 games of this home series against the Auld Enemy, the Yankee bats unloaded on the Boston Red Sox. In last night's game, the Yankees didn't score big.And, with J.A. Happ on the mound to...
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Always Good to Sweep the Red Sox
Last night, I saw some Yankee Fans online saying that it's not as much fun beating the Boston Red Sox when they're a bad team.They're so wrong. (How wrong are they?) It's always good to beat the Red...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 18, 1920, Women Get the Right to Vote
August 18, 1920, 100 years ago: The legislature of the State of Tennessee ratifies an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, granting women the right to vote in all American...
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How Many More Years of Failure Will You Accept, Before You Accept That...
To paraphrase Billy Joel, himself a Yankee Fan:In the space of less than 3 full days, the Yankees went from the Mountains of Faith to the Valley of Fear, the Jungle of Doubt, and, especially (given...
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Scores On This Historic Day: August 25, 1944, The Liberation of Paris
August 25, 1944: The Allies liberate Paris, the capital of France, ending the Nazi occupation after 4 years and 2 months. It is no longer a question of if the Nazis will lose World War II, but...
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Yankees Lack the Mental Strength; Lute Olson, 1934-2020
A week ago, the Yankees and their fans were on an emotional high after sweeping the Boston Red Sox 4 straight.Then they dropped 3 straight at home to the Tampa Bay Rays, making it 6 losses in our last...
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Did Yanks Turn Season Around vs. Mets?
The COVID-19 pandemic forced postponements in Major League Baseball to the point where the Yankees had to play 5 games against the Mets in 2 days -- or, as it turned out, 39 innings in a span of 48...
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John Thompson, 1941-2020
Imagine a man who has won 2 NBA Championships as a player, and it's among the least important parts of his legacy.John Robert Thompson Jr. was born on September 2, 1941 in Washington, D.C. When he was...
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Tom Seaver, 1944-2020
Notice the photo, shaped like home plate.For some teams, determining the greatest player in their history is hard, because there's more than one good choice. If you're a Baltimore Orioles fan, it...
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The Arsenalization of the Yankees Continues
By winning the last 3 games of their 5-game series with the Mets, I dared to imagine that the Yankees had turned their season around. And then the Tampa Bay Rays came into Yankee Stadium II, and the...
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Lou Brock, 1939-2020
Lou Brock and his wife Jackie were both ordained ministers. Surely, at some point, they must have preached about the Eighth Commandment -- or the Seventh, if you're Catholic: "Thou shalt not...
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This is the Team That Brian Cashman Built
This is the team that Brian Cashman built:* A team that started out 16-6, and is now 21-21, exactly at a .500 winning percentage.* A team of players who can't stay healthy.* A team of gutless wonders....
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