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Bullpen-Decimated Yanks Swept In Tampa Bay
"I don't know what I'm doing, but I work for Hal Steinbrenner,not George, so I can never be fired!"As Brian Cashman was busy trading Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller, 2 of the 5 best relief pitchers...
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The Citi Series: The Record
Note: The following article was written before Brian Cashman started giving away the store for a bunch of kids who may never reach the major leagues. In other words, the Yankees still had a shot at the...
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Faux Flashback: How to Go to a Mets Game at Shea Stadium
Tonight, the Yankees and Mets begin their annual Interleague series: Two games at Citi Field in Flushing Meadow, Queens, followed by two games at the new Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx.Both stadiums...
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Arsenal In America: The Complete History
May 31, 1972, Orange Bowl, Miami.1 Goalkeeper (GK) Geoff Barnett (in place of the injured Bob Wilson)2 Right Back (RB) Pat Rice3 Left Back (LB) Sammy Nelson (in place of Bob McNab)4 Midfielder (MF)...
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Yankees Beat Mets: Resistance Is Futile
Despite enough doomsaying about the Yankees to get me into Donald Trump's Cabinet (if, that is, I hadn't called him all kinds of accurate names), they've now won 7 of their last 9 games against the...
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Tanaka Melts Down vs. Mets... In A-Rod's Yankee Finale?
The Yankees had won 7 of their last 9 against The Other Team. Well, nothing lasts forever, not even with Masahiro Tanaka as your starting pitcher.Hiro took the mound at Citi Field last night, and did...
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Faux Flashback: How to Go to a Game at the Old Yankee Stadium
As the Citi Series moves to the new Yankee Stadium, here's my Faux Flashback for how to go to the old one, which I could have done in 2007 or 2008, if I'd thought of it.Let's go back to 2000, when the...
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Stupid Things I Used to Think
The old marquee for the Brunswick Square Mallin my hometown of East Brunswick, New Jersey.From the titles of the films, I know that this was June 1981.I was 11 1/2 years old, and lived half a mile down...
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Teix Sends Message, Yanks Play Baseball As Men, Beat Baby Mets
This is why Mark Teixeira was kept around.The Citi Series -- remember, it's not a Subway Series because it's not a World Series -- moved over to Yankee Stadium II last night. It was another wild game....
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Reggie Jackson vs. Tom Seaver
August 4, 1985, 31 years ago today: Tom Seaver collects his 300th career win, for the Chicago White Sox, against the Yankees, at Yankee Stadium. The 40-year-old pitching master went the distance in a...
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For All Their Advantages & Fans' Talk, Mets Get Only a Split vs. Yanks
So the Mets had this "great starting rotation," including a known steroid cheat, Bartolo Colon. They had Yoenis CesPEDes. They picked up Jay Bruce at the trading deadline. While the Yankees traded away...
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A-Rod's Long Goodbye
Before I discuss the Yankees' weekend series with Cleveland, let me get the weekend's biggest story out of the way.When the Yankees hold a press conference, memories always flash back, even for those...
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How to Be a Met Fan In San Francisco -- 2016 Edition
On Thursday of next week, the Mets begin a 4-game series in San Francisco against the Giants, one of the teams they replaced as the National League team in New York.Before You Go. The San Francisco Bay...
View ArticleThe 30 Members of the 3,000 Hit Club, In Perspective
Congratulations to Ichiro Suzuki, who now has 3,000 hits in the American major leagues alone. He also had 1,278 hits in the Japanese leagues, giving him 4,278 -- more than U.S. record holder Pete Rose,...
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Yanks Take 2 of 3 from Cleveland, Head Into Boston
The Yankees played a home series against the Cleveland Indians this past weekend. On Friday, Michael Pineda allowed 4 runs in 6+ innings, but the Yankees gave him a cushion, including a grand slam by...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Anaheim -- 2016 Edition
On Friday, August 19, the Yankees begin a series in Anaheim, against the least-appropriately-named team in Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.There's no "New York Giants of East...
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Yanks Lose In Boston; John Saunders, 1955-2016
Last night, the Yankees opened a 3-game series against the despised Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.Luis Severino, so good in his late-season callup last season, got off to a terrible beginning this...
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Yanks Survive Nate Injury, Beat Sox!
If I had told you before last night's game, against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, that Nathan Eovaldi would leave the game due to injury after only 1 inning, you might have guessed that manager Joe...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Seattle -- 2016 Edition
A week from next Monday, on August 22, the Yankees begin a series in Seattle, against the Mariners at Safeco Field.Yes, that really is Seattle. Yes, that really is a nice blue sky overhead. When the...
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How to be a Met Fan In St. Louis -- 2016 Edition
The Mets will visit St. Louis for a 3-game series with the Cardinals, starting on Tuesday, August 23.The Mets and the Cards had fights for the National League Eastern Division title in 1973, 1985 and...
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