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One and Four-get It
Tonight, the Philadelphia Phillies scored 12 runs in the 1st inning, something they've never done before, and they've been in business since 1883, the Chester Arthur Administration, just before the...
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Yanks Salvage Baltimore Finale With 4-Run 9th
The Yankees really needed to snap out of it in the finale of their 3-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. And, for 8 innings, it looked like that would not be the case.I was all set...
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Bob Cerv, 1925-2017
The number of Yankees who won World Series at the original, pre-renovation Yankee Stadium is getting smaller and smaller.Robert Henry Cerv was born on May 5, 1925, just 1 week before Yogi Berra, in...
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Pineda Nearly Perfect as Yanks Win Home Opener!
This afternoon, the Yankees played their home opener at Yankee Stadium, against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was perfect baseball weather. In fact, it was unseasonably warm for April 10. Monument Park...
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Yanks Back to .500, and Clicking
After a day off following the home opener, the Yankees faced the Tampa Bay Rays again yesterday afternoon. Jordan Blackmon Montgomery, a 24-year-old lefthanded pitcher with a name like a law firm, made...
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How Long It's Been: The Ottawa Senators Won the Stanley Cup
Last night, the Stanley Cup Playoffs began. The new version of the Ottawa Senators, founded in 1992, were one of the teams involved, trying to live up to the tradition of the team originally known as...
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Dan Rooney, 1932-2017
Daniel Milton Rooney was born on July 20, 1932, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Art Rooney, founded the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers on May 19, 1933.This means that Dan Rooney was a Steeler for...
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How to Be a New York Baseball Fan In Pittsburgh -- 2017 Edition
Next Friday night, the Yankees head to Pittsburgh to play an Interleague series with the Pirates, who missed the Playoffs last season, after making them 3 seasons in a row, and that after not doing so...
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Hicks and Sevy Complete Yank Sweep of Rays
The Yankees completed a 3-game home sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays last night. Luis Severino started for the Yankees, and Joe Girardi let him pitch 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, only 2 walks, and...
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The Ned Hanlon Manager Tree
April 14, 1937, 80 years ago: Ned Hanlon dies of a heart attack in Baltimore. He was 79, and, medicine being what it was in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, he had outlived most of his...
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Yanks Hold Off Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals fans like to talk about being "the best baseball fans in America," and their city being "the best baseball town in America."Per capita, that may be true, as St. Louis is a lot...
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April 15, 1947: We Are All Number 42
April 15, 1947, 70 years ago: Jackie Robinson makes his major league debut, the 1st black player in Major League Baseball in 63 years, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York City.He wore Number 42 --...
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How to Go to a Somerset Patriots Game -- 2017 Edition
Somerset County Courthouse, Somerville, New JerseyThe Somerset Patriots, of the independent Atlantic League, begin their season next Friday, April 21, at 7:05 PM, at home at TD Bank Ballpark, against...
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CC Turns Back Clock for Yanks' 6th Straight
Yesterday afternoon, CC Sabathia partied like it was 2009. The Big Fella went 7 1/3rd innings against the St. Louis Cardinals at Yankee Stadium, didn't allow a run until a Jedd Gyorko home run in the...
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Yanks Sweep Redbirds for 7 in a Row
Michael Pineda took the mound for the Yankees in last night's ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game, at Yankee Stadium in the finale of a 3-game weekend Interleague series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and...
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New Jersey's County Courthouses
These are listed from West to East, and then from North to South.Sussex County Courthouse, 1765,43-47 High Street, Newton.Passaic County Courthouse, 1898, and the Courthouse Annex, 1895,71 and 77...
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Bronx Bombers Make It 8 Straight
The sizzling Yankees began a 3-game home series with the Chicago White Sox last night. Rookie Jordan Montgomery made his 2nd major league appearance and start. He pitched 6 shutout innings, before...
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How to Be a Yankee Fan In Boston -- 2017 Edition
Next Tuesday night, the Hundred Year War will be renewed. The New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox.The Bronx Bombers vs. the Beantown Boys.The Pinstripes vs. the Olde Towne Teame.The Good Guys vs....
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The Streak Had to End Sometime
Well, the streak had to end sometime. It lasted 8 wins, and it could have ended against an opponent considerably less honorable than the Chicago White Sox.This time, after going great guns for over a...
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No Statute of Limitations for Sports Achievements
On June 23, 1934, Ed Thorp died from the effects of a stroke. He was a sporting goods dealer, a friend of some of the early NFL team owners, and a football referee. The NFL subsequently commissioned a...
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