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Top 10 Athletes From Colorado
August 1, 1876: Colorado is admitted to the Union as the 38th State. Because 1876 was the 100th Anniversary of American Independence, Colorado is known as the Centennial State.Top 10 Athletes From...
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How to Attend the Hudson River Derby at Yankee Stadium -- 2017 Edition
In 2015, the 1st season in Major League Soccer for New York City Football Club, the New York Red Bulls won all 3 inaugural installments of "the Hudson River Derby":* On May 10, 2015, at Red Bull Arena...
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Headley Chases Tigers
The Yankees closed out July by opening a home series with the Detroit Tigers, and the news of the Sonny Gray trade. Gray, who wore Number 54 in Oakland, worn here by Aroldis Chapman, has been given 55....
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The 31 Members of the 3,000 Hit Club, In Perspective
Congratulations to Adrián Beltré, who now has 3,000 hits in the major leagues.For the record, here's the 31 current members of the 3,000 Hit Club, in chronological order of when they reached it:1....
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Top 5 Reasons the Yankees HAVE to Win the World Series -- THIS Year
So the Yankees started August out not the same way they went through most of July, which was taking names and kicking ass.CC Sabathia did not have a good start. He allowed 3 runs in the 3rd inning, and...
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Ara Parseghian, 1923-2017
Who is America's most famous citizen of Armenian descent? Since 2007, it's been Kim Kardashian. For over 40 years before that, it was one of college football's most accomplished coaches.He lived long...
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Yanks Lose After Long Rain Delay
There were ominous clouds over the New York Tri-State Area this afternoon. And those clouds brought a lot of rain, first delaying the start of the Yankees' series finale with the Detroit Tigers by an...
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How Long It’s Been: The Cleveland Indians Won a World Series
The Yankees visit the Cleveland Indians for the only time this season. The Indians lead the American League Central Division. The Yankees had led the AL Eastern until dropping 2 straight while the...
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Sonny's Day Was a Gray Day
Last night, Sonny Douglas Gray -- yes, "Sonny" is the name he was born with -- made his Yankee debut, taking the mound at Progressive Field in Cleveland, wearing Number 55.#YankeesTwitter used the...
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Garcia's Yankee Debut Worse Than Gray's
A night after Sonny Gray's Yankee debut turned sour, through little fault of his own, Jaime Garcia made his Yankee debut, and he provided the sourness himself. He didn't get out of the 5th inning, and...
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Yankees Get Just Enough Scoring (and Defense) to Beat Indians
The Yankees went into last night's game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on a 4-game losing streak. Things were looking grim. They were so grim..."How grim were they?"They were so...
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My 3,000th Post: The Babe Points
This is my 3,000th post. How to properly celebrate?Uncle Mike posts a picture of one of his nieces. This is Mackenzie, back in May, right before her 1st birthday. I call it "The Babe Points."
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How to Be a New York Soccer Fan In Los Angeles -- 2017 Edition
The New York Red Bulls do not play away to the signature team of Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Galaxy, this season. New York City FC do, this coming Sunday.Before You Go. Unlike the Seattle and...
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Darren Daulton, 1962-2017; Don Baylor, 1949-2017
We lost 2 legends of baseball over the weekend. And both were managed, in their greatest season, by Jim Fregosi.Around 2:00 in the morning, I found out about Darren Daulton. Jack Fritz, a producer at...
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Severino Is the Ace We Need Right Now
With a backlog of posts to do -- including on the deaths of baseball legends Darren Daulton and Don Baylor -- it was a good thing for me that yesterday was a day off for the Yankees, because I still...
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Game Lost, CC Lost, Season Slipping Away
The Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays last night, less because the Jays were their usual pesky selves, more because of another injury.This time, it was the Big Fella. CC Sabathia pitched only 3...
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Top 10 Athletes From Missouri
August 10, 1821: Missouri is admitted to the Union as the 24th State.Top 10 Athletes From MissouriKansas City has a rich history of having great athletes, but when it comes to producing them, St. Louis...
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Yanks Overcome Shaky Pitching to Pound Jays
After a lousy start to their series against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, the Yankees needed to win last night. And it looked like they would, but then it looked like they would blow...
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How to Go to an Arsenal Game -- 2017-18 Edition
This afternoon -- our time; evening, their time -- the 2017-18 Premier League season opens. The season opener features Arsenal Football Club, current holders of the FA Cup (and, as of yesterday, the...
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Yanks Get Nothing In Toronto Finale, Come Home for Huge Series With Sox
The Yankees finished up their roadtrip at the Rogers Centre last night, and did nothing against those pesky Toronto Blue Jays.Here's all the Yankee baserunners:* 1st inning: Aaron Judge drew a walk....
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