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Yankees Still Have Reason For Concern
Having won the 1st 2 games of their series with the hated Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Yankees coming away with a split would not have been acceptable. And yet, that's all they got.I could blame...
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How Ugly WAS It?
The 9th inning of last night's Yankee game was so ugly. How ugly was it? It was so ugly, Muhammad Ali had to come back from the dead and fight it.The Yankees were facing the Cincinnati Reds, who got...
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Wild Pitches In 10th Gift Yankees a Win
Last night's game between the Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds looked like it would be, as they say in English soccer, a damp squib. Luis Severino started for the Pinstripes, and he had nothing, giving...
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Yankees Slouch Into Series with Red Sox
Dropping 2 out of 3, at home, to a team that began the season 3-23 is unacceptable. But that's what the Yankees did this week.Both starting pitchers did their jobs last night. Nestor Cortes shook off a...
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The Boston Whommy Continues
Former Yankee manager Casey Stengel had an unusual vocabulary. Included in this was the word "whommy." Apparently, it was a variant of "whammy," meaning a strange advantage, like a curse. If a great...
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I Needed a Good Day, and I Got One
Yesterday, I needed a good day. And I got one.You know what's better than the Yankees smacking the Boston Red Sox around? A few things, but not many. Not quite as good, but almost, is making Red Sox...
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Yanks Head Into Break by Pounding Sox Again
If only the Yankees could have taken a run from Saturday and a run from Sunday, and given it to themselves for Friday...But it doesn't work that way. Nevertheless, they clobbered the Boston Red Sox...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Austin -- 2022 Edition
On October 16, 2017, a new ownership group bought the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, and announced they were moving the team to Austin, Texas, which had never had a major league sports team...
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Yankee All-Star Appearances, 1933-2022
Giancarlo Stanton, Most Valuable Player,2022 Major League Baseball All-Star GameThis list takes into account all times a player was named to an All-Star Team, whether he got into the All-Star Game or...
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The Texas-Sized Cloud
The Yankees began the official, if not numerical, 2nd half of the regular season with a message being delivered to them: There is still a Texas-sized cloud hanging over them, and it has no intention of...
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Yankees Fail Their Last Real Regular-Season Test
The Yankees started the 2nd half of the season with that lockout-rescheduled doubleheader against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, and the 2nd game was an even bigger disaster than the 1st...
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I Could Care Less
In 2013, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. (Clifford Harris Jr.) came out with a song titled "Blurred Lines." To put it politely, it was controversial.In 2014, parody master "Weird Al" Yankovic...
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Yankees & I Don't Get the Job Done
Well, it finally happened: Between this seemingly never-ending heat wave getting to me, and my inability to get to sleep last night, resulting in my inability to get up this morning, for the 1st time...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Colorado -- 2022 Edition
This weekend, the Colorado Rapids will visit the New York Red Bulls. They will not host either New York MLS team this season. So this is going to be a simulation, imagining them hosting the Red Bulls...
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Yanks, Nestor Back On Track vs. Birds
After a few substandard outings, Nestor Cortes was "Nasty Nestor" again yesterday, helping the Yankees get back on track against the Baltimore Orioles. He pitched 6 innings, allowing the Birds no runs,...
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Montgomery Blows It at Citi Field
Hang down your head, Mont...gom'ry.Hang down your head and cry.The Yankees began a brief 2-game City Series against the Mets at Citi Field last night. Remember: It's not a Subway Series unless it's a...
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Disgrace In Flushing, But Benintendi In Bronx
So the Yankees went out to Flushing, for 2 games against The Other Team. On Tuesday night, they got back-to-back home runs from Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo in the 1st inning. Last night, they got a...
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Judge Pardons Guilty Yankees
Last night, the Yankees began a 4-game home series with the struggling Kansas City Royals. They should have won the game easily. But, after a great 1st half of the season, since the All-Star Break, the...
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Yanks' 8-run 8th Beats Royals, Sets Up Old-Timers Day
After a struggle that ended with a walkoff, Yankee Fans really wanted a laugher against the Kansas City Royals last night. At first, it looked like we weren't going to get it.Gerrit Cole pitched like...
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Terry Neill, 1942-2022
For a generation of fans raised between the 1971 and 1989 Football League titles -- unless you count the 1987 League Cup -- the only major trophy won by Arsenal Football Club, of North London, was the...
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