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October 11, 1972: The World Hockey Association Debuts
October 11, 1972, 50 years ago: This was the opening night of the World Hockey Association. The 1st game is played at the Edmonton Gardens, and the Alberta Oilers -- they would switch from the...
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Top 5 Reasons Why the Yankees Might Win the 2022 World Series (And 5 Why They...
10. Might: The Most Talented Team. Certainly, they are loaded.9. Might Not: Talent Doesn't Always Matter. The most talented team isn't necessarily the one that wins. More often, it's the hottest team....
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Yanks Start Playoffs Right
Losing the Wild Card Game on the road last season, and COVID restrictions the year before that, made last night's American League Division Series Game 1 the 1st postseason game at Yankee Stadium since...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Team Management Shutting Stephen Strasburg Down...
Stephen Strasburg (left) and Davey JohnsonOctober 12, 2012, 10 years ago: The biggest game in Washington baseball in 79 years is Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park. The...
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Boone Blows It With Bullpen, Hitters Don't Hit, Guardians Tie Series
The Cleveland Guardians were never going to be pushovers in this American League Division Series. But it doesn't help when Aaron Boone messes up the pitching choices.Nestor Cortés started, and threw 92...
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October 16, 1962: Terry to McCovey to Richardson
October 16, 1962, 60 years ago: Game 7 of the World Series at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Oddly, the Yankees' 1956 World Series hero, Don Larsen, is available to pitch against them, for the San...
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October 16, 1992: The Bob Dylan Tribute Concert at The Garden
Left to right: Ron Wood, George Harrison,Johnny Cash, Roger McGuinn, Bob DylanOctober 16, 1992, 30 years ago:"Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration" is held at Madison Square Garden in...
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An Emergency Situation
Forget the Boston Red Sox and their massive payroll finishing in last place in the American League Eastern Division. Forget the Mets winning 101 games, but blowing the National League Eastern Division,...
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We Have Met the Emergency
We have met the emergency, and it is, for the moment, ours. Game 4 of the American League Division Series, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, was a must-win game.We needed Gerrit Cole to pitch like in...
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If You Have to Ask...
Every so often, the question has to be asked: "If, before the season started, I had told you that (such-and-such event would occur), would you have taken it?" Usually, it's phrased in such a way that...
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Whew! Yankees Beat Guardians to Advance to ALCS
Finally, the October Yankees looked like the June Yankees. They beat the Cleveland Guardians tonight, 5-1 at the new Yankee Stadium, winning the clinching Game 5 of the American League Division Series....
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Baseball's Final Fours: 1871-2022
Includes: League Championship Series appearances (1969-2022), 1st and 2nd place finishes in the American League and the National League (1901-1968), the top 4 teams in the National League (1892-1900),...
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October 20, 1982: The Luzhniki Stadium Disaster
October 20, 1982, 40 years ago: A UEFA Cup match was scheduled for the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, now named the Luzhniki Stadium. Spartak Moscow, the most popular sports team in...
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Not Much Confidence, Not Much Chance
There have been a few games in which the Yankees had an emotional clincher in an earlier round where they could have been expected to lose Game 1 of the next series, and did. Game 5 of this year's...
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Charley Trippi, 1921-2022
We lost a legend yesterday, and most of us are too young to have ever seen him play.Charles Louis Trippi was born on December 14, 1921 in Pittston, in Northeastern Pennsylvania. You've heard of a...
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The Roof, the Roof, the Roof Is Not the Problem
Game 2 of the American League Championship Series went no better for the Yankees than did Game 1. Luis Severino started, and did not pitch well, going 5 1/3rd innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and a...
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Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper
Remember back in July? On July 8, to be specific? When the Yankees were 61-23, on a pace for 117 wins, and leading the American League Eastern Division by 15 1/2 games, and the AL overall, 5 1/2 games...
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How Inevitable It All Felt
The 2022 New York Yankees season is over. It ended last night in a 6-5 loss to the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium, completing a 4-game American League Championship Series sweep by the Chicken Fried...
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October 25, 1947: The Miracle of Morningside Heights
Bill Swiacki's touchdown catchOctober 25, 1947, 75 years ago: There was a time when New York City had college football programs that meant something. That time is long past. Let me tell you of what may...
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October 26, 1952: Wild Man Willey
October 26, 1952, 70 years ago: The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 14-10, thanks in part to the efforts of Norm Willey, a 24-year-old defensive end from West Virginia. There appears to be...
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