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Joe Pepitone, 1940-2023
The title of his autobiography said so much: Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud. As in, you could have, but you didn't.Joseph Anthony Pepitone was born on October 9, 1940, in Brooklyn. John Lennon of The...
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Bud Grant, 1927-2023
Bud Grant was a legend in 2 different sports, in 2 different countries. But, of the 2, he was considerably luckier in the one that was not his homeland.Harold Peter Grant Jr. was born on May 20, 1927...
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March 20, 2003: The Iraq War Begins
March 20, 2003, 20 years ago: President George W. Bush launches the Iraq War, to topple President Saddam Hussein of Iraq from power.April 9, 2003: Saddam fled, his regime of nearly 34 years coming to...
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Willis Reed, 1942-2023
The Captain is dead. No, not Derek Jeter. Not Scott Stevens. Not Denis Potvin. Not Mark Messier. Not Harry Carson. The most important Captain in the history of New York Tri-State Area sports.Willis...
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March 22, 1993: The Crash On Little Lake Nellie
Steve OlinMarch 22, 1993, 30 years ago: The Cleveland Indians are struck by tragedy, when a boating accident kills two of their pitchers, and badly injures a third.Steve Olin, a 27-year-old native of...
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Happy 100th Birthday, Dr. Frank Field!
March 30, 1923, 100 years ago: Franklyn Feld is born in New York. We know him as Dr. Frank Field. The U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II has a B.A. in geology from Brooklyn College, a B.S. in...
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How Hard It Is to Be Enthused
Before I begin, I want to update my readers on the Trip Guide situation: I will not be doing them for the 2023 MLB season. Or the 2023 MLS season. I'll consider my options again as the 2023 football...
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Yankees Beat San Francisco Giants On Opening Day!
The New York Yankees opened the 2023 Major League Baseball season at Yankee Stadium II, in an Interleague game against the San Francisco Giants, a team that, from their 1883 founding until 1957, after...
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March 31, 1923: Don Barksdale, Basketball Pioneer
March 31, 1923, 100 years ago: Donald Argee Barksdale is born in Oakland, California. Before Drew Gooden, before Paul Pierce, before Jason Kidd, before Gary Payton, before Paul Silas, before Bill...
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Where is the New York/New Jersey-Philadelphia Sports Border? (2023 Update)
This is an update of a post I first published on April 18, 2016.Where is the line in New Jersey that separates the 2 fan bases: Yankees/Mets, Giants/Jets, Knicks/Nets, Devils/Rangers on one side;...
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Boone Blows It, Gifts Game to Giants
After the traditional day off after the home opener (put in place just in case weather postpones the home opener), the Yankees played a 4:05 Saturday-on-Fox game at Yankee Stadium II, against the San...
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Brito's Debut, Homers Spark Yankees
When your ace starting pitcher is Gerrit Cole, you should be in good shape. But when your 2nd and 3rd games of the regular season are started by Clarke Schmidt and a 25-year-old who has never played in...
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April 3, 1973: The 1st Mobile Phone
April 3, 1973, 50 years ago: The first call on a mobile telephone is made.In 1954, Martin Cooper went to work as a senior development engineer in the mobile equipment group at Motorola, Inc. He...
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Yankees Phillet Phillies with Cortés, Bullpen, Homers
The Yankees started a 3-game home series with the Philadelphia Phillies tonight. The defending National League Champions are in an injury crisis, having lost 1st baseman Rhys Hoskins for the season due...
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April 4, 1973: The Original World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center, with a previous"tallest building in the world," the Woolworth Building,between, and dwarfed by, the Twin Towers.April 4, 1973, 50 years ago: The original World Trade...
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April 5, 1973: The Brunswick Square Mall Opens
April 5, 1973, 50 years ago: The Brunswick Square Mall opens in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, at the intersection of New Jersey Route 18 and Rues Lane (County Route 617).The 1st anchor store, the...
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Yankee Bats Go Silent, Lose to Phillies
No team goes winless for an entire season. The Philadelphia Phillies entered last night's game at Yankee Stadium at 0-4, including having lost to the Yankees the previous night.Domingo Germán started...
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April 5, 1993: The Timeout That Chris Webber Didn't Have
April 5, 1993, 30 years ago: The most famous timeout in the history of sports is one that didn't even exist. But then, officially, neither did the team that called it.In 1989, the University of...
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Torres' Singles, Trevino's Homer, Cole's Pitching Lead Yanks Over Phils
Well, it's Masters week. To Hell with that: Golf is not a sport. Let's talk baseball:The Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies wrapped up a 3-game series at Yankee Stadium this afternoon. The threat of...
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April 6, 1973: The Designated Hitter Debuts
April 6, 1973, 50 years ago: A new baseball season begins. In the American League, but not in the National League, a new phenomenon makes its regular-season debut: The designated hitter.The idea of a...
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