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Tag Archives: New York Yankees
The Skunk At The Yanks’ Garden Party
Mr. September is back. Yes yes – the Yankees beat the Orioles 7-2 last night, but no thanks to Alex Rodriguez, who once again proved he’s not up to the post-season challenge, despite telling the Daily News the other day … Continue reading
No Homers In Red Sox Broadcast Booth
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal, doing what it does best, published The Announcer-Bias Index, described as the “[n]umber of comments perceived as bias that were made by each club’s TV broadcast team over the course of one game – including … Continue reading
The New Yorker: Red Sox Bums Russian
As if Boston weren’t in enough baseball turmoil, now it turns out that the Red Sox are the Evil Empire. Or so says the New Yorker: THE RED SOX ARE THE U.S.S.R. One of the greatest rivalries in professional sports … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gonzalez, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Brian Cashman, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, New Yorker, U.S.S.R.
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WSJ’s Jason Gay Darns Those Sox
Dead-on (arrival) column by Jason Gay in Monday’s Wall Street Journal about the star-cross Boston Red Sox. The Zombie Red Sox Trudge On At this point, there is little use discussing the 2012 Boston Red Sox. There are better stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, Jason Gay, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Wall Street Journal
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Remembering Moose Skowron
Growing up in New York in the ’50s and ’60s, I loved the Yankees – all of them – and especially the ones at the corners: the sharp-fielding Clete Boyer at 3rd and the power-hitting Moose Skowron at 1st. Boyer … Continue reading
Look Up ‘Squander’ In The Dictionary . . .
. . . and you get a picture of this: Over the first three games of their series vs. the Detroit Tigers, the Yankees have gone 3-24 with runners in scoring position, and stranded 22. That’s the perfect recipe for … Continue reading
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Tagged ALDS, Detroit Tigers, Gone Fishin', New York Yankees, RISP, squander, stranded
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Putting The Iron In The Boston Bruins
Don’t laugh, but I tend to watch playoff games in my kitchen while doing household chores. It started back in 2004, Game 7 of the ALCS between the Yankees and the Sox. As a Made Yankee Fan in Boston, I … Continue reading
Yanks, Jeter Both Whiff
This is totally wrong: As Jeter Talks Turn Ugly, The Question Is, Why? Tyler Kepner’s piece in Wednesday’s dead-tree New York Times begins with a “Casablanca” reference, something that’s always welcome. In “Casablanca,” Rick tells Sam, his beloved piano player, that … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinatown, Derek Jeter, Jack Nicholson, Jake Gittes, New York Times, New York Yankees, Tyler Kepner
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Doom Yankees
This is all you need to know about the 2010 ALCS: New York Yankees 2-23 with runners in scoring position and two outs. Texas Rangers 8-24 with RISP and two outs. Ouch! Oh, yes, and then there’s this about the … Continue reading
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Tagged ALCS, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Wait till last year
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Damn Yankees! (2010 ALCS Edition)
Dude, can the Yankees please get a mercy rule for the 9th inning of their games? I understand why Sergio (The Human White Flag) Mitre was on the mound for the final frame of last night’s beatdown by the Texas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1962 Yankees Giants, ALCS, Dorothy Parker, mojo, New York Yankees, nojo, one C.C. of Sabathia, Texas Rangers, World Serious
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