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Yanks Bounce Back, Make It 3 of 4 In Toronto
After a disastrous loss, you always want to bounce back with a win. The Yankees closed their series away to the Toronto Blue Jays by sending Nestor Cortés out to start. He pitched 6 innings, allowing 2...
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Yanks Open Series In Cincy With Win
Coming off a very satisfying 3 out of 4 in Toronto -- 1 run in the 1st 9 innings on Wednesday, and it would have been a sweep -- the Yankees started an Interleague series last night, away to the...
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Jim Brown, 1936-2023
Jim Brown defied many things: Expectations, convention, description, sometimes even the law. He was one of a kind.James Nathaniel Brown was born on February 17, 1936 on Saint Simons Island, a...
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Yanks Top Reds In 10 Despite Needing an "Opener"
Until about 4 hours before yesterday's first pitch at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, the Yankees still had not decided who would be the starting pitcher. They decided to go with an "opener...
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Yankees Ride Severino Return to Sweep In Cincinnati
The Yankees went for the sweep against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park yesterday. But priorities are in order: More important than the result was seeing if Luis Severino, coming off the...
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Judge's HR, Volpe's Sac Fly Stun Birds
The Yankees opened a home series with the Baltimore Orioles last night. Gerrit Cole started, but did not pitch like an ace, going into the 6th inning, and allowing 5 runs, including 2 more home runs....
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One of Those Games, All In One Inning
Last night, at home to the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees had one of those games. And it all happened in 1 inning.Nestor Cortés started, and over the 1st 6 inning, he was fine, allowing 1 run on 3 hits...
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Clarke Schmidt Was Not the Problem: Not Hitting Was
Just a couple of weeks ago, I could not have imagined that letting Clarke Schmidt continue to pitch would have been a good thing for the Yankees. Well, last night, against the Baltimore Orioles, it...
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Yanks Do LiIttle to Support Vásquez Debut, Lose to Padres
The Yankees began a 3-game home Interleague series with the San Diego Padres last night. Injuries and a failure to live up to big spending have left the Padres as MLB's biggest disappointment so far...
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Sevy & IKF Lead Yanks to Win Over Padres In 10
If the Yankees are going to do anything this season, one thing they will need is for Luis Severino's return from injury to be a successful one.So far, so good: 2 starts, 2 Yankee wins.Yesterday...
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May 29, 1953: The Conquest of Mount Everest
Tenzing Norgay on the summit.Photo taken by Edmund Hillary.May 29, 1953, 70 years ago: For the 1st time, there is documented proof that someone has set foot on the summit of the world's highest...
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Ace Matchup Turns Slugfest, Yanks Beat Padres
Yesterday's series finale between the Yankees and the San Diego Padres at Yankee Stadium featured each team's ace starter: Gerrit Cole against Yu Darvish. But anyone expecting a pitchers' duel came...
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Da Judge Giveth, and Da Judge Taketh Away
The Yankees started a roadtrip last night, against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park (formerly Safeco Field). Since it was Memorial Day, both teams and the umpires wore patches of red poppies, with...
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May 31, 1983: Moses Malone Gets Julius Erving a Ring
Moses Malone (left) and Julius Erving. Big Mo and Dr. J.May 31, 1983, 40 years ago: The Philadelphia 76ers, and Julius Erving, finally win an NBA Championship, on the massive shoulders of the man who,...
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IKF Leads Yankee Win Over Mariners
Just the luck to which the Cashman Era Yankees have become accustomed: On the day that Aaron Hicks, who had been designated for assignment, got picked up by a Divisional opponent, the Baltimore...
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Happy 80th Birthday, Joe Namath!
May 31, 1943, 80 years ago: Joseph William Namath - not named "Joe Willie," as Howard Cosell called him, and allowed it to be incorrectly entered into public consciousness – is born in Beaver Falls,...
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Yet Again, Pitching Doesn't Win When Hitters Don't Hit
Supposedly, Connie Mack is the man who gave us the classic line, "Pitching is 75 percent of baseball."Somebody once asked Billy Martin about this, and he said, "Connie Mack lied."Cliché Alert:...
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Cities Hosting the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals In the Same Season
This has been possible since 1947, when the NBA concluded its 1st season. However, the NHL only had 6 teams at the time, and this would remain true until 1967. And Montreal has never had an NBA team,...
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June 2, 1943: The Death of Nile Kinnick
June 2, 1943, 80 years ago: Ensign Nile Kinnick is killed in a U.S. Navy training flight. He was a month short of his 25th birthday.Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. was born on July 9, 1918 in Adel, Iowa, the...
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Returners' Home Runs Not Enough, Yanks Lose to Dodgers
The Yankees and the Dodgers have faced each other in the World Series 11 times, the most common such matchup. When the Dodgers were in Brooklyn, they beat the Yankees in 1955; but the Yankees won in...
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