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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Orlando -- 2022 Edition
This Sunday afternoon, April 24, the New York Red Bulls visit Orlando City Soccer Club, a.k.a. Orlando City SC.Before You Go. Florida must be where the saying, "It's not the heat that's so bad, it's...
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It Is What You Want
Former Yankee manager Joe Girardi once described a lost game at a press conference as follows: "It's not what you want."What you do want is a good all-around performance that leads to a win. That's...
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How to be a New York Baseball Fan In St. Louis -- 2022 Edition
This coming Monday, April 25, the Mets will visit St. Louis for a 3-game series with the Cardinals. The Yankees will also visit St. Louis this season, on August 5, 6 and 7.The Mets and the Cards had...
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You Could See It Coming
As Yogi Berra might have said, if he'd thought of it first, Even when you can't see it, you can still see it coming.Yesterday's conclusion of the 3-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica...
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April 22, 1947: The 1st NBA Champions
April 22, 1947, 75 years ago:Â The Basketball Association of America, the league that became the National Basketball Association 2 years later, crowns its first Champions.The Philadelphia Warriors won...
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Guy Lafleur, 1951-2022
Guy Lafleur and an old friendThe greatest hockey team I've ever seen was the Montreal Canadiens of the late 1970s. That was the team that really introduced me to the game. And their signature player...
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Never Seen This Before: Yankees Beat Cleveland Guardians
After losing 2 out of 3 in Baltimore, then winning 2 out of 3 in Detroit, and having many good reasons to have taken all 6, and possibly lucky they didn't lose all 6, the Yankees came home last night,...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Ottawa -- 2020 Edition
This Tuesday night, April 26, the New Jersey Devils travel up to Ottawa to play the reborn version of the Senators. These teams played each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 1998 (we lost in the 1st...
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Yankees Give Great Last Play, Fans Give Lousy Ending
Note the blue beer can next to the legof Guardians outfielder Oscar MercadoI was in New York yesterday, with the intention of going to the Yankee game. But I hadn't been sleeping well, and was...
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The 33 Members of the 3,000 Hit Club, In Perspective
Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera, who now has 3,000 hits in the major leagues.For the record, here's the 33 current members of the 3,000 Hit Club, in chronological order of when they reached it:1....
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Kansas City -- 2022 Edition
Next Friday, April 29, the Yankees head to Kansas City to play the Royals.Going to Kansas City.Kansas City, here I come.They got some crazy little women thereand I'm a-gonna get me one.Jerry Lieber and...
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Hey, Don't Look Now, But...
In the short term, the Yankees' biggest concern going into their series finale yesterday with the Cleveland Guardians was that their fans behaved themselves, the way they did not at the end of the...
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Rizzo's 3 Homers, Judge's Birthday Blast, Power Yanks Past O's
Last night, the Yankees began a 3-game home series against the Baltimore Orioles.As Joe Garagiola taught us, baseball is a funny game. You wouldn't think, when the final score was 12-8, that there...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Chicago -- 2022 Edition
This coming Saturday night, the New York Red Bulls will play away to the Chicago Fire.Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, does it? Naming a team after the worst thing ever to happen to your city. Well,...
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Stanton Powers Yanks Into 1st Place
The Yankees continue to move away from their frustrating .500 start. Last night, at Yankee Stadium, Jordan Montgomery started against the Baltimore Orioles, and pitched into the 6th inning, allowing...
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Yankees Look Like Yankees Again, At Least Against Orioles
After a shaky start to the season, the Yankees are playing like the Yankees again. Certainly, they're playing like the Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles again.Yesterday afternoon, they completed a...
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Yankees Making Wins Instead of Headlines
Several New York sports teams made headlines this week -- though not all good ones. The Giants and especially the Jets are said to have done well in the NFL Draft. The Nets spectacularly flamed out of...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Toronto -- 2022 Edition
For this coming Monday through Wednesday, the Yankees travel across the U.S.-Canadian border to play away to the Toronto Blue Jays.After 20 years in the wilderness following their 1992 and '93 World...
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Nashville -- 2022 Edition
As it happens, this season, neither of the New York Tri-State Area's Major League Soccer teams plays the new Nashville SC franchise. Not at home, nor away.But I've never done a trip guide for Nashville...
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Cole Picks Up Hitters, Yankees Win 8th Straight
The last few years, it's seemed as though, when the Yankees got the pitching, they didn't get the hitting, and vice versa, and it was never enough. But, these last 2 weeks, it's been the opposite: When...
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