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Statement-Making In Progress for Yankees
As I've previously said, this is a week of statement games for the Yankees. I wanted them to win at least 2 out of 3 against the Tampa Bay Rays, and they swept all 3. Good statement. I wanted them to...
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G&G Boys Gouge Astros
I wanted at least 5 out of the 7 games against Tampa Bay and Houston. I've gotten them, and there's still 2 more against the Astros at Yankee Stadium to go.James Paxton started last night: He was...
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Stanton On Principle
I was hoping the Yankees would take at least 2 out of 3 from the Tampa Bay Rays, and maybe 3 out of 4 from the Houston Astros. Now, they're 1 win away from sweeping all 7.Masahiro Tanaka started for...
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Yankee Old-Timers, Especially Mariano, Live Up to Hype; Current Team, Not So...
Relationship Status:1947-2009 Yankees: Committed2010-2019 Yankees: It's ComplicatedSo I got to go to Old-Timers Day yesterday. That was nice, as I got to see several players from the 1996 to 2003...
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Holder Almost Blows Big Yankee Win
In their last 9 games, the Yankees have won 8, and 8 have had the threat of rain.Guess which one they lost. And guess which one had beautiful sunshine. Right, it was Sunday, when I was there, and got a...
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Daily News Centennial, Part I: 1919-1949
June 26, 1919, 100 years ago: The New York Daily News is first published. It likes to call itself "New York's Hometown Paper," and it really is.As I've said many times: The Daily News is the face that...
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Daily News Centennial, Part II: 1950-1969
Front entrance of the Daily News Building,220 East 42nd Street, Midtown ManhattanPart 2 of my series displaying front pages of the 1st 100 years of the New York Daily News.October 2, 1950, another...
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Daily News Centennial, Part III: 1970-1989
Part 3 of my series displaying front pages of the 1st 100 years of the New York Daily News.April 18, 1970, Apollo 13 arrives home safely:May 9, 1970, the Knicks finally winning their 1st World...
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Daily News Centennial, Part IV: 1990-2019
Part 4, and the conclusion, of my series displaying front pages of the 1st 100 years of the New York Daily News.March 26, 1990, after the Happy Land Social Club fire:I looked for front pages about the...
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Yankees Fly Solo to Beat Jays
"All right, you primitive screwheads, listen up!You see this? This... is my boomstick!"(With apologies to Bruce Campbell.)Last night, the Yankees not only made it 9 out of their last 10, but hit a home...
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Yanks Head to London After Wild Win Over Jays
The Yankees are heading to London, to play the Red Sox, and to show Great Britain, and, really, all of Europe what baseball is all about. And if either of the two games at the London Stadium or is...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Houston -- 2019 Edtion
This Wednesday night, the New York Red Bulls will play away to the Houston Dynamo.The Dynamo are a hard team to watch. Not for their style, or the results, but their uniforms. Retina-burning orange....
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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part I, 1903-1938
In commemoration of the start of the Yankees-Red Sox series in London tomorrow afternoon, I reprint and update a series of posts that I first wrote in April 2010.May 7, 1903, Huntington Avenue Grounds,...
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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part II, 1939-1966
April 20, 1939, Yankee Stadium. Opening Day, and while one legend, Lou Gehrig, is fading, another debuts. Ted Williams strikes out against Ruffing in his 1st 2 major league at-bats. But in his 3rd, he...
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Yankees vs. Red Sox, The Defining Moments, Part III, 1967-1982
April 14, 1967, Yankee Stadium. The Yankees hold their home opener, and the Sox start a rookie, Billy Rohr. He comes within 1 strike of a no-hitter, partly thanks to an amazing 9th-inning catch of a...
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Yankees vs. Red Sox: The Defining Moments, Part IV: 1983-2004
July 4, 1983, Yankee Stadium. Both teams have changed tremendously in 5 years. The rivalry has fallen a bit. Despite the opponent and the 4th of July holiday, only 41,077 fans come out to The Stadium....
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Yankees vs. Red Sox: The Defining Moments, Part V: 2005-2019
April 5, 2005, Yankee Stadium. After he hit the home run that won Game 4 of the 2001 World Series, Jeter said he'd never hit a walkoff homer before, not even in Little League. He does it again in this...
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Basics for the MLB London Series
Saturday, 1:00 PM New York time, on Fox. Actually, first pitch is set for 1:10, but they need a few minutes for a preview. That's 6:10 PM, London time. Announcers: Joe Buck and John Smoltz.Sunday,...
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Yankees Win Barmy Game In London Opener
Today, the 1st regular-season Major League Baseball game in Europe was played, between the 2 biggest rivals in the sport, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, at the London Stadium, the main...
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Yankees Sweep London Series With Sox
Song sung by Arsenal fans about their North London arch-rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic":The wanky Tottenham Hotspur went to Rome to see the Pope!The wanky...
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