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Happy 80th Birthday, Jean Ratelle!
October 3, 1940, 80 years ago: Joseph Gilbert Yvon Jean Ratelle is born in Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Laurentian Highlands of Quebec. From 1961 to 1975, the New York Rangers had their difficulties, but...
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Bob Gibson, 1935-2020
For a while, it looked like Bob Gibson could even brush Death itself back.Pack Robert Gibson Jr. was born on November 9, 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska. He would go by "Bob," and would later be known as...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Joe McCarthy for Starting Denny Galehouse
October 4, 1948: A Playoff for the American League Pennant is played at Fenway Park in Boston. The Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians had both finished 1 game ahead of the Yankees in the AL...
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New York Teams' Status: Not Encouraging
In descending order:1. New York Islanders: They get this ranking for the 1st time since 1993, which is also the last time they got to the Conference Finals. General manager Lou Lamoriello, who seemed...
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Yankees Take Command After Nearly Dropping It
The American League Division Series is underway. All games of this series between the Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays will be played at Petco Park in San Diego. The Yankees are the designated home team...
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October 7, 1950: Chairman of the Board Beats Whiz Kids
Left to right: Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Allie Reynolds.October 7, 1950, 70 years ago: Game 4 of the World Series. Rookie lefthander Eddie Ford, with 9th inning help from Allie Reynolds, beats the...
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Cashman Lost This Game by "Starting" Garcia and Happ
Curly OgdenLast night, the Yankees tried to pull a Curly Ogden, and it didn't work."Tried to pull a what? A who?"Warren Harvey Ogden, known as Curly, was a pitcher in the 1920s. Bucky Harris, later to...
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October 8, 1995: What If the Yankees Had Beaten the Mariners?
October 8, 1995, 25 years ago: If you're a Yankee Fan, as I am, this one still rankles. Thanks to a 2-run double off Jack McDowell by Edgar Martinez, the Seattle Mariners become only the 4th team in...
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Crisis On Infinite Yanks
Did you see last Winter's CW "Arrowverse" superhero crossover event, Crisis On Infinite Earths? Kevin Conroy, who had been the voice of Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne, in animation for nearly 30 years,...
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You Want the Yankees to Win? Vote for Biden
October 9, 1958: The Yankees complete a 3-games-to-1 comeback – only the 2nd in World Series history, after the 1925 Pirates – by gaining revenge on the Braves, 6-2 at Milwaukee County Stadium, and...
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Whitey Ford, 1928-2020
I got to see Whitey Ford pitch once. It was Old-Timers Day 1991, at the old Yankee Stadium, and he pitched to one batter. But I did get to see it.Edward Charles Ford was born on October 21, 1928, in an...
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Guts Found, So Let's Keep It Going
Last night, it was easy to believe that the Yankees' 2020 season was going to come to an end. There were down 2 games to 1 to the Tampa Bay Rays in their American League Division Series at Petco Park...
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October 10, 1920: The Wambsganss Game
Bill Wambganss, wearing the special uniformthat the Cleveland Indians wore in 1921October 10, 1920, 100 years ago: Perhaps the most eventful game in World Series history unfolds at League Park in...
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Failure. Again.
The 2020 New York Yankees season is over. For the 11th straight season, and for the 16th time in the last 17, it did not result in an American League Pennant. For the 11th straight season, and for the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Aaron Boone for the Yankees Failing to Win the...
The 2020 New York Yankees season is over. Even during last night's game, the recriminations were beginning. Manager Aaron Boone was already being criticized online by Yankee fans for some of the most...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Bob Moose for the Pittsburgh Pirates Losing the...
October 11, 1972: The Pittsburgh Pirates, defending World Champions, lead the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th inning of the deciding Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at...
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Lakers Win Title in NBA's Longest Season
The Los Angeles Lakers clinched the NBA Chamionship last night, beating the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, at the COVID-19-forced neutral site of the AdventHealth Arena in the Orlando...
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Joe Morgan, 1943-2020
I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of 2020 taking our legends. We've got 80 days to go in this damned year, and we've already lost several Olympic Gold Medalists; soccer legends Rob...
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October 13, 1960: The Bill Mazeroski Game
October 13, 1960, 60 years ago: Perhaps the greatest game in the history of baseball is played. But if you are among Yankee Fans age 65 and over, mention it at your peril.The 1960 World Series may have...
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When In Doubt, Don't Necessarily Blame the Manager
There's an old saying in baseball: "When in doubt, fire the manager." It should not necessarily be done.Last night, the Atlanta Braves won Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, over the...
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