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Top 10 Reasons Why the Snyderverse Stinks
Note: Despite the headline date, I'm writing this after having seen the film The Flash, which premiered on June 16, 2023.June 14, 2013, 10 years ago: The film Man of Steel premieres, directed by Zack...
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Yankee Bats Give Cole Enough
The Yankees began a homestand last night, against the Seattle Mariners, sending Gerrit Cole to the mound. And Harrison Bader returned to the lineup after an injury, playing center field. All that was...
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Brito, Homers Get Yankee Job Done vs. Mariners
Last night was another injury-forced "hole in the rotation" game for the Yankees, the middle game of a 3-game home series with the Seattle Mariners.Into this hole stepped Jhony Brito. He has been...
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Sometimes, It Happens Too Often
After taking the 1st 2 games of a home series with the Seattle Mariners, the Yankees handed the ball to Domingo Germán. He was awful: He allowed 4 runs in the 1st inning, before the Yankees could even...
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The Yankees' Weak Hitting Is Getting Ridiculous
In 2023, when the Yankees score at least 3 runs, they are 40-11. When they don't, they're 1-24. That's not a typographical error: One and twenty-four when they score 2 runs or fewer.Guess how many runs...
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One-Nil to the Pinstripe Boys
Yesterday, my Summertime blues led me to raise a fuss and raise a holler over the Yankees being unable to win games when they score two runs, or one: Their record in such games this season was...
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Top 5 Reasons Why the 1966 Batman Show Was Ridiculous (And 5 Why It was...
Adam West as Batman, and Burt Ward as RobinIn DC Comics, June 26 is the anniversary of the day that Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha were murdered in Gotham City, in front of their son, Bruce,...
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A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Losing: Yankees Didn't
All the signs were there, for the Yankees' series finale with the Texas Rangers, for an ugly loss. Gerrit Cole, our ace, did not have his good stuff. And the opposing starter with Nathan Eovaldi, who...
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1963: The Last Summer, Part I
The Summer of 1963 was a beginning for some, and an ending for many more. America would never quite be so young again as it was that year.The Beach Boys emphasized youth as much as any rock and roll...
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Against A's, Yankee Pitching Gets a B, Hitting Gets an F
Yesterday, in the New York Daily News, Mike Lupica said in his column that, for all their problems, the Yankees were still better off than the Mets.This is true. However, that absolute minimum is not...
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A Perfect Game for Domingo Germán
Domingo Germán pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees last night. No use "burying the lead."The 30-year-old Dominican righthander was 18-4 in 2019, when he was suspended 81 games for an...
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The 12 New York Yankees to Have Pitched a No-Hitter, In Perspective
Left to right: Joe Girardi, David Cone, Don Larsen,Yogi Berra, David Cone and Jorge Posada.The following 12 pitchers have pitched a no-hitter while playing for the New York Yankees:1. George Anthony...
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The 24 Major League Pitchers to Have Pitched a Perfect Game, In Perspective
With Domingo Germán having pitched a perfect game on Wednesday night, this is a good occasion on which to look back at previous perfect pitching performances.A shutout is a complete game pitched...
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Yankees Reach Halfway Mark With Many Question Marks
In the aftermath of the perfect game pitched by Domingo Germán, the Yankees could be forgiven a letdown in the last game of their 3-game series against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum....
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July 1, 1963: ZIP Codes Take Effect
July 1, 1963, 60 years ago: ZIP Codes come into use. Most towns weren't big enough to need more than one postal zone. For those that were, there were simple numbers, one or two digits, starting in...
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Yankees Get Clobbered On Rainy Day In St. Louis
The Yankees were supposed to start the numerical 2nd half of the season last night with the opener of a 3-game series away to the St. Louis Cardinals, at Busch Stadium, the 3rd ballpark to have the...
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Yankees Get Away With "Opener Game"
Having had a rainout the day before, the Yankees were able to use pretty much any pitcher they wanted to use in the 1st game of yesterday's doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch stadium....
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Yanks Don't Hit In Series Finale With Cards
The day my twin nieces Ashley and Rachel were born, the Yankees won, beating... the Minnesota Twins.That would not be the case on their 16th birthday, and not just because they were, instead, wrapping...
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Yankees Get Comeback Win vs. Orioles
The Yankees came home, and began a 4-game series with the Baltimore Orioles. Aaron Hicks made his return to Yankee Stadium, and got the hell booed out of him.John Sterling, the longtime Yankee...
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Yankees Take Holiday Matinee vs. O's
It was a hot 4th of July. It rained, too, and today's holiday matinee at Yankee Stadium was delayed half an hour.Clarke Schmidt started against the Baltimore Orioles, and pitched shutout ball over the...
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