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Hey, Orioles: It Wasn't the Close Wall, It Was Your Lousy Pitching
It seemed to me that the Baltimore Orioles moved the left field fence back 20 or so feet at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for one reason, and one reason only: To stop the Yankees from hitting home runs...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Miami -- 2022 Edition
Next Sunday, the New York Red Bulls will visit one of Major League Soccer's newest teams, Inter Miami -- or, in full, Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami. They debuted in 2020, but, because of COVID...
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Yanks Flow O's Woes
The Judgino, calling his shot? Well, Babe Ruth was from Baltimore.Did the Baltimore Orioles really think that moving the left-field fence at Camden Yards back was going to stop the Yankees from beating...
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Yankees Don't Need No Stinkin' Close Fences
Sometimes, the Yankees bomb the other team out of the yard, as general manager Brian Cashman (and, apparently field manager Aaron Boone) would prefer. Sometimes, as The Godfather would say, they keep...
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How to Be a Met Fan In San Francisco -- 2022 Edition
Next Monday, the Mets, who replaced the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers as the National League team in New York, go out to San Francisco to play the Giants.Before You Go. The San Francisco Bay...
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When Supporting Jordan Montgomery Is Not Enough
All good things must come to an end. And it's good that the Baltimore Orioles showed a little pride in the finale of the Yankees' 4-game visit.Jordan Montgomery started the game for the Yankees. For...
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White Sox Overreact, Yankees Win
The Yankees were supposed to open a 3-game home series with the Chicago White Sox on Friday night, but the game was rained out. It will be played as part of a doubleheader today.I had considered going...
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Yankee Attack, Chapman Blow It
Today, in the 1st game of a rain-forced doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees confused Jameson Taillon for Jordan Montgomery, and failed to provide him with sufficient...
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Bad Signs for Yankees Yesterday
The Yankees looked so good for so long, winning 21 out of 24 at one point, that all their flaws were buried under great performance.But yesterday, in 18 innings against the Chicago White Sox, at home,...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Tampa Bay -- 2022 Edition
This coming Thursday, the Yankees had down to Florida, to play a 3-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays are chasing the Yankees for 1st place in the American League Eastern Division, so...
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Should Yankee Fans Be Worried?
Should Yankee Fans be worried? After winning 21 out of 24, the team has now lost 4 out of 5, and 3 in a row. All the bad habits of October 2010 to April 2022 seem to have come back.You would think that...
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Minnesota -- 2022 Edition
The New York Red Bulls do not travel to St. Paul to play Minnesota United FC this season. But New York City FC do, this coming Saturday night.Before You Go. A January 30, 2019 article on Thrillist...
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Too Soon to Call It "Must-Win," But Call It "Won"
Is a point before Memorial Day Weekend too soon in the Major League Baseball season to call a game a "must-win"? I'm a Yankee Fan, so I want to win them all, but I'll settle for 2 out of every 3.Going...
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Yankees Get Sears Protection Plan, Beat Orioles
The Yankees closed a homestand last night, and I really wanted them in the right frame of mind as they head south to face the Tampa Bay Rays, who are chasing them for 1st place in the American League...
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There Are Bigger Things Than This Yanks-Rays Series
If a Major League Baseball series happening over Memorial Day Weekend can be considered "big," the one that began at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida last night is.Bigger still is the...
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How to Be a Met Fan In Los Angeles -- 2022 Edition
Next Thursday, June 3, the Mets go to Los Angeles to play one of the teams whose place in New York they took, the Dodgers.Perhaps Met fans should be glad that the Dodgers left Brooklyn after the 1957...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame The Colorado Rockies for Moving to New Jersey
May 27, 1982, 40 years ago: The National Hockey League approves the move of the Colorado Rockies from Denver to the Meadowlands of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey. On June 30, a new name is...
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Yankees Pin the Taillon the Rays
If you had told me on Wednesday afternoon that the Yankees would score just 2 runs in 2 of their next 3 games, and would win all 3, I wouldn't have believed you, but I would have gladly taken it.Last...
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Yankee Bats Let Cole, Fans Down
The necessity for the Yankees in their 4-game Memorial Day Weekend series away to the Tampa Bay Rays was at least a split. That has been done.The preference was 3 out of 4. That is still possible.The...
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Minimum Requirement
For the Yankees, getting 2 wins in their 4-game roadtrip against the Tampa Bay Rays was like two drinks at a comedy club: It was the minimum.And the split would have felt better if we'd won any of the...
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