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Weekend Series In Baltimore a Wet Blanket
The Yankees played a 3-game series against the Orioles in Baltimore this weekend, and a good time was not had by all.On Friday night, the Yankees hit 3 home runs: Carlos Beltran (his 13th of the...
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Yanks Homer Their Way Past Angels
The Yankees started a home series last night, against the...The joke isn't all that funny anymore: While the name remains stupid, they've kept it since 2004.The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.Masahiro...
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Pineda Straightened Out? Would Be Huge Boost for Yanks
Last night, Joe Girardi allowed Michael Pineda to pitch 7 innings, and he allowed just 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.If Pineda is straightened out, and can stay straightened out, it will be a big boost...
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Parmelee Powers Yanks Past Angels
Last night, the Yankees needed a spark. They got it, and blew up the house.Nathan Eovaldi started against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and fell behind in the top of the 1st inning. But in their...
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Yankees Sweep Angels 4 Straight -- Have They Turned the Corner?
I'll have a memorial post for Gordie Howe later tonight. My trip guide for next weekend's Yankee visit to Minnesota may have to wait until tomorrow.Have the Yankees snapped out of it yet? They're...
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Gordie Howe, 1928-2016
The greatest hockey player who ever lived has died.No, I don't mean Bobby Orr. Last I heard, he's fine.And that other guy? Well, he sided with the owners in the 2004-05 lockout, so you won't find a...
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The "Ferris Club" Theory: An Analysis
I'm taking a step away from my usual shtick of blogging about sports to present you with a piece on one of my favorite movies of all time. This piece is only tangentially about sports, in that one...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Minnesota -- 2016 Edition
Starting this Thursday, the Yankees play the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.In the photo above, you can see Target Field. Behind that, the Target Center. (The Target store company is headquartered in...
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Top 10 Movies That Cannot Be Remade in the Present Day
This is not about sports.There are movies that are not period pieces, but still couldn't be remade and set in the present day, due to changes in technology and personal mores.One that I thought could...
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Yankees Blow Chance to Build On Recent Gains
The Yankees were on a roll. Now, the roll has mold on it.On Friday night, they began a 3-game home series with the Detroit Tigers. CC Sabathia was partying like it's 2009: 7 innings, no runs, 5 hits, 2...
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Happy 90th Birthday, Don Newcombe!
June 14, 1926, 90 years ago: Donald Newcombe (no middle name) is born in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, and grows up in Elizabeth, Union County. He might be the best pitcher not in the Baseball...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Salt Lake City -- 2016 Edition
This coming Wednesday night, the New York Red Bulls will visit the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah, to take on Real Salt Lake.Note that they can call themselves "Real" -- in this case, not meaning...
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Yankees Have Rocky Mountain Low
If I told you that the Yankees scored 13 runs in 2 games, you'd guess that they won at least 1 of them, right?Yeah, about that...On Tuesday night, the Yankees began a brief 2-game series at Coors Field...
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For Yankees, Awful Twins Are Just What the Doctor Ordered
If Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy, played by DeForest Kelley on Star Trek, were here, he might say, "I'm a doctor, not a blogger!"If Robert Young, who played the title role on Marcus Welby, M.D., were...
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Yankees Don't Disappoint, Vin Scully Does
The Minnesota Twins are not having a good season. They're making the 2016 Yankees, who aren't looking particularly impressive, look like the 1998 Yankees.Masahiro Tanaka took the mound in the bottom of...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Columbus -- 2016 Edition
Next Saturday, the New York Red Bulls will go to Ohio to play the Columbus Crew.Before You Go. Columbus can get really hot in the summer. The Columbus Dispatch website is predicting low 90s for...
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How Long It's Been: A Cleveland Team Won a World Championship
Okay, everybody who wasn't born yet the last time a Cleveland sports team won a World Championship, raise your hand.Not so fast, person who was born in 1965! Nor you, 4-week-old Mackenzie!Last night,...
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Playoff Droughts as of 2016 NBA & Stanley Cup Finals
This will be the 1st time I'm doing this while including MLS, the WNBA and the CFL.Chronologically by end of their regular season: NFL in December, CFL in November, MLS in November, MLB in September,...
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Division Title Droughts as of 2016 NBA & Stanley Cup Finals
Last won their Division in calendar year 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors; Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Florida...
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Playoff Series Win Droughts as of 2016 NBA & Stanley Cup Playoffs
Last won a postseason round (series or, in the case of the NFL, CFL and MLS, an individual game -- or, in the case of MLS, a 2-game home-and-home total-goals series) in calendar year 2016: Atlanta...
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