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April 11, 1962: The New York Mets Debut
April 11, 1962, 60 years ago: The New York Mets play their 1st regular season game. They debut on the road, against the St. Louis Cardinals, at Sportsman's Park -- or, as Cards owner and beer baron...
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Good Opening Series for Yanks Comes to Frustrating End
Last night, the Yankees finished up their season-opening home series against the hated Boston Red Sox. It would have been nice to start off the season 3-0, especially against, as English soccer fans...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Seattle -- 2022 Edition
This coming Saturday night, April 16, the New Jersey Devils will make their 1st visit to the expansion Seattle Kraken.Yes, that really is Seattle. Yes, that really is a nice blue sky overhead. When the...
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Yankees Are Bang-Average
Cliché Alert: You can never have too much pitching. And pitching was a big concern for the Yankees going into the 2022 season.So far, 4 games in, the pitching has not been the problem. By some margin,...
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Salt Lake City -- 2022 Edition
Due to the unbalanced Major League Soccer schedule, neither the New York Red Bulls nor New York City FC will visit the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah, to take on Real Salt Lake this season.So I'm...
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Nestor's Best, Hicks' Stick Slays Jays
Pitching has not been the problem for the Yankees early in this season. Hitting and scoring has been. Nestor Cortes started the 2nd game of the 4-game home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. He's...
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Not Erasable
We are 6 games into a new season. The Yankees are 3-3.When they score at least 4 runs, they are 3-1. At least 5, 1-0. But 3 or less, 0-2.Oh yes: In games started by "ace" Gerrit Cole, they are 0-2....
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame Donald Sterling for Moving the San Diego...
April 14, 1984: The San Diego Clippers beat the Utah Jazz, 146-128. But they finish 30-52, and miss the Playoffs.It turns out to be the last game they ever played. In the off-season, team owner Donald...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Las Vegas -- 2022 Edition
This coming Monday night, the New Jersey Devils will face the Vegas Golden Knights at the T-Mobile Arena.Before You Go. Las Vegas may have mountains in the distance, but it's the desert. It can get...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Baltimore -- 2022 Edition
Tomorrow, the Yankees go down to Camden Yards for a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles. Friday night and Saturday night are both 7:05 first pitches, while Sunday afternoon is 1:05. This is a...
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April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson's Debut
April 15, 1947, 75 years ago: Opening Day at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball's National League. The Dodgers take the field with this lineup:12...
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Sevy & IFK Lead a Classic Yankee Win
Now this game, the finale of the 4-game home series against the Toronto Blue Jays, felt like a classic Yankee win. The Yankees did not try to bomb the opposition out of the yard. Instead, they got the...
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Move Worthy of Earl Weaver Gives Orioles Win Over Yankees
When Charlie Finley bought the Kansas City Athletics in 1960, he decided that the Yankees were winning Pennants because their right-field foul pole was only 296 feet from home plate. So he built a...
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Happy 75th Birthday, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
In 1989, in a column for Sports Illustrated, titled "The Heavenly Hundred," Rick Reilly made a list of the greatest athletes ever to wear each uniform number. For Number 33, he chose "Lew Alcindor,...
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Hail the Yankees as They Win in Baltimore
Cliché Alert: In baseball, you never know when you're going to see something you've never seen before.Last night, in the middle game of a 3-game visiting series for the Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden...
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How to Be a Met Fan In Arizona -- 2022 Edition
This coming Friday, April 22, the Mets begin a series in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before You Go. Late April in Arizona can be hot. Actually, mid-January in Arizona can be hot. When...
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Mike Bossy, 1957-2022
The distinction of being the greatest player in the history of hockey in the New York Tri-State Area is not absolute. Mainly because there are 3 teams, and thus 3 fanbases, and 2 of them can't even...
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On Easter, Yankees Go Out of Baltimore Like a Lamb
The Yankees concluded a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles by proving just how big a difference the Orioles moving the fences out has made.Since Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992,...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Detroit -- 2022 Edition
This coming Tuesday, April 19, Friday, the Yankees travel to Detroit to begin a 3-game series against the Tigers.Before You Go. The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press (or "Freep") websites, especially...
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Yankees Win Despite Growing Concerns Over Cole
How Cole was he?At some point, we may have to talk about whether Gerrit Cole is the biggest bust in the history of acquisitions by the New York Yankees. Last night, in the opener of a 3-game series...
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