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The Curse of Donnie Baseball: Now Do You Believe It Is Real?
Warming his hands for the coldest winter in Southern California history?Or praying that he doesn't get fired?The following is an update of a piece I've done before. And I will do it every year until...
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Happy Aaron Boone Day!
What were you doing, and where were you doing it, 12 years ago today, October 16, 2003?It was the night of Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS. Pedro Martinez vs. Roger Clemens. In his first game at Yankee Stadium...
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Happy 100th Birthday, Mike Sandlock
October 17, 1915, 100 years ago today: Michael Joseph Sandlock is born in Sound Beach (now named Old Greenwich), Connecticut, making him a "New Yorker by extension." You've probably never heard of him,...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Buffalo -- 2015-16 Edition
Today, the New Jersey Devils make a short roadtrip, into the belly of the beast, playing the hated Rangers at Madison Square Garden. A week from this coming Wednesday, the Devils make their 1st...
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Happy Reggie Jackson Day!
October 18, 1977: Reggie Jackson hits 3 home runs, the last a tremendous blast into the center field bleachers at the original Yankee Stadium, blacked out as a hitter's background, and Mike Torrez goes...
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How to Be a Jet Fan In New England -- 2015 Edition
The Jets travel to Foxboro, Massachusetts, to take on the New England Patriots, the Boston area's pro football team, this coming Sunday afternoon.The Jets don't play the Giants in the regular season...
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Mets Lucky Not to Play On October 19, a Bad Day for New York Baseball
Last night, the Mets won Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, beating the Chicago Cubs, 4-1 at Citi Field.The Cubs haven't even shown up. So don't tell me about curses, Fred Merkle,...
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Dean Chance, 1941-2015
Shortly before the 1965 baseball season began, The Saturday Evening Post was preparing an article on Dean Chance, the pitcher who won the previous season's Cy Young Award. At the time, the award was...
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October 20: Mickey Born, Curse Dies
October 20, 1931: Mickey Charles Mantle is born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, and grows up in nearby Commerce. Wasn't nothing to do there, back then, but work in the mines, and, until you were old enough to...
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How Long It's Been: The Los Angeles Dodgers Won a World Series, Or Even a...
October 20, 1988: World Series MVP Orel Hershiser ends his dream season with a 5-2 four-hitter over the Oakland Athletics in Game 5 of the World Series. Mickey Hatcher starts the Dodger scoring with a...
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How to Go to a Knicks Game -- 2015-16 Edition
Baseball season is coming to a close. Football season is well underway. Hockey season is in its early stages. Now, basketball season is about to arrive.The New York Knickerbockers, or Knicks for short,...
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How to Go to a Nets Game -- 2015-16 Edition
Baseball season is coming to a close. Football season is well underway. Hockey season is in its early stages. Now, basketball season is about to arrive.The New York Knickerbockers, or Knicks for short,...
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October 21, 2015: "The Future" Is Here!
Today is October 21, 2015. The "future" part of Back to the Future Part II, a film made and released in 1989, took place on this date. "The Future" is here!(Note: This is an update of a piece I did on...
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October 21, 1975: You May Have Heard About This World Series Game
October 21, 1975, 40 years ago: Game 6 of the World Series. You may have heard about this one.In The Curse of the Bambino, his somewhat skewed history of his beloved Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy...
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Just a Reminder
Pennants won by National League teams from New York:1. 1888 New York Giants2. 1889 Giants3. 1890 Brooklyn Dodgers4. 1899 Dodgers5. 1900 Dodgers6. 1904 Giants7. 1905 Giants8. 1911 Giants9. 1912...
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How Long It's Been: The Chicago Cubs Won a Pennant
Do they still play the blues in Chicagowhen baseball season rolls around?When the snow melts awaydo the Cubbies still playin their ivy-covered burial ground?When I was a boythey were my pride and...
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How Long It's Been: The Chicago Cubs Won a World Series
It's easy to blame "The Curse of the Billy Goat" for the Chicago Cubs' failure to win a Pennant since 1945. Except they haven't won the World Series since 1908. Between 1908 and 1945, they were...
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October 22, 1915: A Giant Hero Is Born
October 22, 1915, 100 years ago: Andrew Jackson Lummus Jr. is born on a farm outside Ennis, Texas. Jack Lummus (LOO-mis) played baseball and football at Baylor University, then was a 2-way end with the...
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How Long It's Been: The Mets Won a Pennant
So, the Mets have won a Pennant, and their fans have come out of the closet, where they've been keeping their little blue & orange hats, jerseys, T-shirts, jackets, and for all I know their Mets...
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Happy 75th Birthday, Pelé!
Ad on the inside of the back cover of the 1978 Yankee Yearbook.October 23, 1940, 75 years ago: Edson Arantes do Nascimento is born in Três Corações (Three Hearts), Minas Gerais, Brazil. The most famous...
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