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How to Be a New York Baseball Fan In San Francisco -- 2019 Edition
Next Friday, the Yankees begin a 3-game Interleague series in San Francisco against the Giants. The Mets, who replaced the Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers as the National League team in New York, go...
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There Go Da Judge
Pyrrhus was King of Epirus in ancient Greece. As Rome rose to become the new power in the Mediterranean region, he fought them hard. In 279 BC, near what is now Ascoli, Italy, he fought the Battle of...
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It's Not Easy Pitching Green, But Yanks Win Anyway
The Yankees played most of yesterday's series finale with the Kansas City Royals as if it were easy. As it turned out, it wasn't.James Paxton started, and he pitched 6 innings, allowing no runs on 3...
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Baseball Season Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Last night, the Yankees began a West Coast road trip, away to the team currently known as the Los Angeles Angels. It was the first time they played against them when their manager was someone other...
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Yankee Injury Update
On the team website, the Yankees issued the following update as to when the injured players should return:* Gary Sanchez: Maybe tomorrow. He caught 5 innings in a rehab game for Class A Charleston last...
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Chet Coppock, 1949-2019
Chicago is one of my favorite cities. It's a great sports city. And it lost a legend last week.Chet W, Coppock -- he was not born "Chester," and I can find no reference as to what the W stands for --...
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Top 10 Disses by Sports Organizations to Their Own Great Players (Need #6)
Nick Foles is the starting quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars.I understand why the Jaguars wanted him. What I don't understand is why the Philadelphia Eagles got rid of him.After all, he's the...
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Yankees Survive Hanging Chad
Last night, the Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels didn't quite play until 2:42 AM New York time, as they did the night before. But a little after one was bad enough. And it wouldn't have been nearly...
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How to Be a New York Baseball Fan In Arizona -- 2019 Edition
This coming Tuesday, the Yankees begin a 2-game Interleague series in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Mets make their only visit of the season on May 31, June 1 and 2. The fact the...
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How Long It's Been: Arsenal Won the Premier League
April 25, 2004, 15 years ago: Never did a tie feel more like a win.Or, to put it another way: If, as the saying from American football goes, "A tie is like kissing your sister," then this was like...
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Billy McNeill, 1940-2019
One of the giants of British soccer has come to the end of a long battle, and a well-earned rest.William McNeill (no middle name) was born on March 2, 1940, in Bellshill, about 10 miles east of...
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Don't Look Now...
Don't look now, but in spite of all their injuries, the Yankees are only 1 game out of 1st place in the all-important loss column, a game and a half overall.Gary Sanchez was activated from the injured...
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Yanks' Streak Comes to Crashing End
The Yankees' run of success despite a massive injury wave was never going to avoid interruption, but last night's game, the finale of a 4-game set at Angel Stadium of Anaheim against the Los Angeles...
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John Havlicek, 1940-2019
In the 73-year history of the National Basketball Association, only 2 players have recorded at least the following: 26,000 points, 8,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists. One is LeBron James. The other was...
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Yankees Beat MadBum
The Yankees took 3 out of 4 in Anaheim, but that 4th one was a doozy -- if you don't mind me using a technical term.So they went up the Pacific Coast to start a 3-game weekend Interleague series with...
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How to Be a Met Fan In Milwaukee -- 2019 Edition
The Yankees went to Milwaukee every season from 1970 to 1997, when the Brewers got kicked over from the American League to the National League. Now, they only go there when the quirks of the...
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That Was a Little Too Interesting at the End
I don't want to talk about Arsenal, unless you tell me that Stan Kroenke is going to fire Unai Emery and hire a manager with a damn clue.So let's talk about the Yankees. J.A. Happ started against the...
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Yankees Leave Their Mark On San Francisco
I realize the San Francisco Giants are no longer at the great team they were in the first half of this decade, but sweeping them at their home field, now named Oracle Park, still looked pretty...
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How to Be a Met Fan In San Diego -- 2019 Edition
This coming Monday, the Mets begin a 3-game series away to the San Diego Padres.Unlike their fellow National League teams in California, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres...
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CC3K Not Backed By Enough Hitting
Congratulations to CC Sabathia on joining the 3,000 Strikeout Club. He follows Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson as only the 3rd left-handed pitcher to reach this milestone. Too bad the Yankees didn't...
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