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How to Be a Met Fan In San Diego -- 2022 Edition
This coming Monday, the Mets begin a 3-game series away to the San Diego Padres.Unlike their fellow National League teams in California, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres...
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May 31, 1972: Arsenal Play In America for the 1st Time
May 31, 1972, 50 years ago: North London soccer team Arsenal play in America for the first time, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Here's the starting lineup for "The Gunners":1 Goalkeeper (GK) Geoff...
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Yankees Support Montgomery, Close Out May With a Bang
The Yankees came home to start a brief 5-game homestand, after not really hitting for a week. And the 1st game of that homestand was against the Los Angeles Angels, with Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani,...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Minnesota -- 2022 Edition
The Minnesota Twins have stunned the baseball world by jumping out to a 30-22 record this season, putting them in 1st place in the American League Central Division, by 5 games over the Chicago White...
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Shohei Who?
A rain-forced doubleheader, with another rain delay late in the opener, left me with little time to write up that game. Here goes:Shohei Ohtani was the Angels' starting pitcher, and the designated...
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One of Those Games -- the Good Kind
Last night's finale of the Yankees' home series against the Los Angeles Angels looked like it would be one of those games. You know the kind: The kind where, at the end of the season, if we finish one...
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June 3, 1992: Bill Clinton Appears On "The Arsenio Hall Show"
June 3, 1992, 30 years ago: Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas, having wrapped up the Democratic Party's nomination for President by winning the previous day's California Primary, appears on The Arsenio...
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Yankees Close to Perfect, Injury Situation Improving
One night after Jameson Taillon pitched 7 perfect innings against the Los Angeles Angels, and then nearly lost the game because he got no run support, and then finally got just enough, the Yankees...
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Met Fans' Fear: Yanks May Finally Have Pitching & Support to Go All the Way
There were times -- 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998, 1999 -- when Met fans hoped they might get to play the Yankees in the World Series, and beat them. They finally got their wish in 2000, and their greatest...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Carolina -- 2022 Edition
On May 25, at home at Red Bull Arena, the New York Red Bulls played MLS expansion team Charlotte Football Club in the U.S. Open Cup, and won, 3-1. It was the 1st-ever meeting between the teams.This...
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Any Way You Want It
There are 2 hit songs titled "Any Way You Want It." In 1964, the Dave Clark Five hit Number 14 with one. In 1980, Journey hit Number 23 with the other. Both are hard-driving rock and roll numbers.The...
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Yankees Win, Just (Mostly) Like How Cashman Drew It Up
The Yankees' strategy under general manager Brian Cashman in the "Baby Bombers" era, July 27, 2016 to the present, has been, "Bomb the opposition with home runs, so that it doesn't matter how good your...
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Due for a Clunker, Yankees Produce One
The Yankees had won 7 in a row, and hadn't had a really bad game since a 5-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd game of the May 22 doubleheader. And Nestor Cortes had been putting up numbers that...
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Yankee Bats Bail Out Cold King Cole
The Yankees sent Gerrit Cole to the mound for the finale of their visit to Minneapolis, but he sure didn't pitch like an ace. He didn't get out of the 3rd inning.Or, to put it another way: Cole faced...
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Yanks Outlast Cubs
Last night, the Yankees started what was intended to be, weather permitting, a 3-game home weekend Interleague series with the Chicago Cubs. Unfortunately, over the 1st 12 innings last night, the...
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Yankees Homer Early and Often vs. Chicago
Unlike the night before, there was no drama between the Yankees and the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees hit home runs the way people are said to vote in Chicago: Early and often.In games like this, the...
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Yanks Club Cubs, Complete Sweep
On Friday night, Yankee Fans, myself included, were complaining about a lack of runs, as we saw them tied 1-1 with the Chicago Cubs after 12 innings, before winning it 2-1 in the 13th. They've made up...
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Cole's Pitching, Rays' Errors Give Yanks Win
In spite of the many good performances by the Yankees this season, there were still concerns going into last night's series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. One was that the Yankees have had trouble...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame the Mets for Trading Tom Seaver
The face is Tom's. The ballpark is Shea.But the uniform never looked right on him.June 15, 1977: The Yankees trade Mike Fischlin, Randy Niemann and a player to be named later (who, after the season,...
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Yankees Take Care of Business vs. Rays Again
The Yankees are doing what they have to do: Beat the good teams. Last night was the middle game of a home series with the Tampa Bay Rays, and when the outcome was still in doubt, they took care of...
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