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Volpe & LeMahieu Lead Yanks Past Jays
Last night, the Yankees were totally flat in the opener of their home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. I was hoping they would be considerably better.They weren't. They were just barely better...
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Quiet Yankee Bats Ruin Good Schmidt Performance
If I rip somebody when they deserve it, then I must also give credit where it is due.Clarke Schmidt, who has been a big hole in the Yankees' starting rotation thus far, started the series finale with...
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Ghosts of Cashman Screw-ups Past Haunt Yanks In Minnesota
The Yankees' week-long road trip to Minnesota and Texas did not get off to an auspicious start last night. Especially since they were faced by 2 of the ghosts of Brian Cashman screw-ups past.Sonny Gray...
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If the Yankees Can't Beat the Twins...
Nestor Cortés usually gets good run support from the Yankees. Not last night, at Target Field in Minneapolis. And it might not have mattered if he had gotten it.He was staked to an early lead, as DJ...
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It's All In How You Look At It
An optimist would look at yesterday afternoon's game, and note that the Yankees scored 12 runs.A pessimist would look at the entire 3-game series at Target Field in Minneapolis, see the 5 runs scored...
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Dick Groat, 1930-2023
Dick Groat played basketball at Duke University long before it was cool, and played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates while it was very cool.Richard Morrow Groat was born on November 4, 1930 in...
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Cole and Homers Lead Yanks, But Judge Injury a Concern
The Yankees opened a 4-game series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington last night. They opened up a lead in the top of the 2nd inning. DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres opened it...
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April 28, 1923: Wembley Stadium Opens
April 28, 1923, 100 years ago: The Empire Stadium opens, in Wembley, West London. It was renamed Wembley Stadium in 1927. The 1st event is the Football Association (FA) Cup Final. West Ham United, from...
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Yankees + Schmidt + Hicks + Cordero - Judge - Stanton = Loss
Last night's game between the Yankees and the Texas Rangers began with bad omens. Two of them: Each team's starting pitcher. The Yankees sent Clarke Schmidt to the mound. Although his most recent start...
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Eovaldi Burns Yankees Again
I am in no position to make it official, but I'm gonna call it anyway: We can debate which of Brian Cashman's acquisitions was his worst, but his biggest mistake in letting a player go was Nathan...
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May 1, 1923: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Opens
May 1, 1923, 100 years ago: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opens, adjacent to the campus of the University of Southern California. It completed a stretch of two weeks in which three of the greatest...
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May 1, 2003: "Mission Accomplished" In Iraq
May 1, 2003, 20 years ago: Just 41 days after sending American troops into Iraq to remove the government of dictator Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush announces, "Major combat operations in Iraq...
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Mayday
Today is May 1, also known as May Day. May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of Summer, due to it being around halfway between the Vernal Equinox (these days, usually...
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Great Night for Devils, Horrible One for Yankees
Last night was a great night for the New Jersey Devils. It was Game 7 of their 1st Round Playoff series against their despicable arch-rivals, the New York Rangers, at the Prudential Center in Newark....
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Mike Shannon, 1939-2023
Most teams in Major League Baseball have that one team legend who was a star player for them, if not necessarily a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, who became beloved for them all over again as a...
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Much-Needed Win for Yanks vs. Guardians
The Yankees had lost 4 straight. All 4 of them were, in varying ways, bad. None of them could be assuaged with, "Well, at least they played well/hard, the (other team) were just better on the night."...
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Yanks Take Walkoff Win Into Big Series With Rays
Clarke Schmidt as the starting pitcher? Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton still hurt? Oswald Peraza and the newly-reactivated Harrison Bader both injured during the game? The offense still weak? The...
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El Flunko In Florida
Last night, the Yankees began their 1st major test of the season. Result: El Flunko.The Yankees went into the 1st game of a 3-game weekend series, away to the Tampa Bay Rays, at 17-15, 9 games behind...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2023 History Edition
May 6, 1937, 86 years ago today: The German zeppelin Hindenburg, with Nazi swastikas on it, catches fire and burns while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester, Ocean County,...
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Notable Last Survivors -- 2023 Show Business Edition
The last 3 surviving Watson BrothersNotable last survivors of show business occurrences:* I can find no record of who was the last surviving performer in an original run of a play that was written --...
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