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Yankees Win "New York United" Game
Yesterday was the 20th Anniversary of New York City's most traumatic day. It seemed fitting that Major League Baseball allowed the New York Yankees and the New York Mets to play each other on the day....
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Members of the 3,000 Strikeout Club, In Perspective, 1923-2021
Congratulations to Max Scheer, for joining the 3,000 Strikeout Club. He did so this afternoon, at Dodger Stadium, in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. He pitched the 1st 8...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 13, 1971, The Attica Prison Riot
September 13, 1971, 50 years ago: The Attica Prison Riot is put down after 4 days. It was one of those early 1970s events that served as the "hangover on the morning after" for the 1960s.Central New...
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Yankees Blow It In Flushing
Would you rather watch a classic game, and see your team lose? Or watch a lousy game, and see your team win? I'm a Yankee Fan: I'll take the win, any way I can get it.I guess Brian Cashman isn't a...
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For the 2021 Yankees, Anything Is Still Possible
After 2 bad losses and 1 great win in the Citi Series against The Other Team, I was not optimistic going into the Yankees' rainout makeup with the Minnesota Twins yesterday afternoon.Rookie Luis Gil...
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How to Go to a Temple Football Game
This Saturday at noon, Temple University of Philadelphia, having split their 1st 2 football games of the 2021 season by losing to Rutgers 61-14, and beating the University of Akron 45-24, play their...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 15, 1958, The Newark Bay Rail Disaster
September 15, 1958: A commuter train derails off a bridge, and plunges into Newark Bay, killing 48 people, and injuring 48 more. Among the dead was a former Yankee star.George Henry Stirnweiss was born...
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Yankees Make Orioles Pay
Losing 2 out of 3 to the Baltimore Orioles, at home, last week was a massive embarrassment for the Yankees. Someone had to pay.Last night the Orioles began to pay. DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 15, 1963, The Birmingham Church Bombing
A recent photo of the restored 16th Street Baptist ChurchSeptember 15, 1963: A bomb goes off at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing what became known as the "Four Little...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 17, 1967, Television Goes Psychedelic
The Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 17, 1967.Note the actual doors suspended from the ceiling.September 17, 1967: Television goes psychedelic, as CBS caps "the Summer of Love" with 2 explosive...
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Scores On This Historic Day: Occupy Wall Street
During my recovery from hip replacement surgery, at a moment when I didn't feel well enough to get out of bed, sit down at my computer, and type my thoughts down, it finally occurred to me just why the...
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Another "Worst Loss of the Season" for the Yankees
The Yankees will finish the season 11-8 against the Baltimore Orioles. The Tampa Bay Rays, 18-1. That is not the entirety of the difference between them in the standings, but it's most of it.You've got...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 8, 1934, The Morro Castle Fire
September 8, 1934: The cruiseliner SS Morro Castle burns and sinks, killing 135 people, off the coast of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey.Launched in 1930, the ship was run by Agwi Navigation...
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Hey, Yankees, Save Some of That
It never fails: The Yankees usually have an offensive breakout before playing the Boston Red Sox, and then, it turns out that they could use some of those runs. They definitely could have used those...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 18, 1994, Ken Burns'"Baseball" Premieres
September 18, 1994:Baseball, a documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns, premieres on PBS. Over 9 nights, a 2-hour "inning" airs:* Sunday, September 18: "First Inning: Our Game," running from the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 18, 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld Is Killed
September 18, 1961, 60 years ago: Dag Hammarskjöld (HAM-ar-SHOLD), Secretary General of the United Nations, is killed in a plane crash near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). The native of Uppsala,...
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Jimmy Greaves, 1940-2021
When I first got interested in English soccer, I wanted to learn everything. This was, literally, a whole world of stories I didn't know. When I realized that North London team Arsenal was the team I...
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Not Good, Fellas
The 2021 Yankees: I'm done with these bums. Just 48 hours after scoring a nice batch of runs, they followed up with 2 reverses, terrible losses against the same Cleveland Indians, at home.Well, look at...
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Scores On This Historic Day: September 20, 1973, Tennis' Battle of the Sexes
September 20, 1973: A made-for-TV spectacle is held at the Astrodome in Houston: A tennis match labeled "The Battle of the Sexes."Bobby Riggs was a great tennis player once. The Los Angeles native...
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How to Be a Jet Fan In Denver -- 2021 Edition
This coming Sunday, the New York Jets travel to play the Denver Broncos. As if they haven't got enough problems traveling, and playing at altitude, against a 2-0 team, which has already beaten the...
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