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Yankees Give the Dodgers the Gate

The Yankees continued their high-profile Interleague series away to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. As Fox usually do, they gave as much of the credit as they could to the opposition, talking about...

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Good Series In L.A. Can't Hide Yankee Injury Issues

Yesterday, had she lived, my grandmother would have turned 99. She could really hold a grudge. She was a Brooklyn Dodger fan, and she never forgave the Los Angeles version of the team for leaving her....

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Air Quality & Yankee Quality Both Bad

The Yankees started a homestand last night, against the Chicago White Sox, with the haze from a wildfire in Quebec drifting over the Northeast, causing New York City's worst air quality since the...

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Yankees Get Screwed In the Smog In Doubleheader Opener

The dangerous air quality from the smog caused by the Quebec wildfire postponed last night's home games for the Yankees, the New York Liberty (even though they play home games indoors, at the Barclays...

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June 9, 1973: Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown

June 9, 1973, 50 years ago: The Belmont Stakes is held at Belmont Park, just over the New York City line in Elmont, Nassau County, New York. The big story: Secretariat is going for the Triple...

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Yankees Gain Split of "Smoggleheader"

If you're going to split a doubleheader, it's better to lose the 1st game. You only need half an hour to come back and win. If you win the opener, but lose the nightcap, you've got another day to think...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part I, 1903-1938

Unusually late in the year, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are playing their 1st game against each other in the season, tonight at Yankee Stadium II.I haven't updated this "Defining...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part II, 1939-1966

April 20, 1939, Yankee Stadium. Opening Day, and while one legend, Lou Gehrig, is fading, another debuts. Ted Williams strikes out against Ruffing in his 1st 2 major league at-bats. But in his 3rd, he...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part III, 1967-1982

April 14, 1967, Yankee Stadium. The Yankees hold their home opener, and the Sox start a rookie, Billy Rohr. He comes within 1 strike of a no-hitter, partly thanks to an amazing 9th-inning catch of a...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox: The Defining Moments, Part IV: 1983-2004

July 4, 1983, Yankee Stadium. Both teams have changed tremendously in the 5 years since the Bucky Dent Game. The rivalry has fallen a bit. Despite the opponent and the 4th of July holiday, only 41,077...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox: The Defining Moments, Part V: 2005-2023

April 5, 2005, Yankee Stadium. After he hit the home run that won Game 4 of the 2001 World Series, Derek Jeter said he'd never hit a walkoff homer before, not even in Little League. He does it again in...

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Not Enough Support On Loss to Sox

Unusually late in the season, the Yankees played their 1st game of the season against the Boston Red Sox.Gerrit Cole started. The ace went in undefeated, as he had gotten enough run support to get him...

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Yankees Restore Hope vs. Red Sox

If Gerrit Cole, at home, couldn't beat the Boston Red Sox, what hope did the Yankees have for winning a game in this series?"Even in the darkest times, hope cuts through. Hope is the light that lifts...

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Yankee Bats Flop In Series Finale With Sox

Clarke Schmidt, who has been used to fill one of the injury-induced holes in the Yankees' starting rotation, is having a very strange season. There have been games where he has pitched very badly, and...

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Yanks Get the Right Result Against The Other Team

When the Yankees aren't going well, an Interleague Citi Series with the Mets tends to not help.Remember: It's not a "Subway Series" unless it's a World Series. Nobody ever called regular-season games...

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Does Anybody Want to Win This Game?

In true Mets fashion, the Mets went a long way towards giving last night's game to the Yankees.In true Brian Cashman Team fashion, the Yankees ended up not letting them.The starting pitchers were each...

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Jersey Boy Beats Yanks for Sox

Coming into last night's series opener with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the 2023 Yankees were 32-8 when scoring at least 4 runs.At the little green pinball machine in the Back Bay, 4 runs are...

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Cold Play by the Yankees

It was fitting that the last pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the opener of the Yankees rain-forced doubleheader at Fenway Park today was named Chris Martin. Because the Yankees have put on some cold...

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June 19, 1953: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed

June 19, 1953, 70 years ago: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, husband and wife, Americans convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union, are executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional...

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Judge Not, Lest the Yankees Be Judged

In this case, "bagel" is a play on "donut,"which is a play on "zero.""Bagel & Sox" is a play on "bagel & lox."Last night's series finale at Fenway Park was the best game the Yankees played in...

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