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08 June 2008

The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox and the Playoff of ’78 by Richard Bradley

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“It felt not just like a singular moment, but a fragile one, a rare convergence of tradition and rivalry and timelessness that would not be ...
29 May 2008

Royals Lose 10th Straight in Epic Fashion

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Rob Neyer and Rany Jazayerli and Joe Posnaski are complaining about the Royals losing their 10th straight game last night. Hard to blame...
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Yankees Beat Baltimore, but Still Struggling

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Sometimes things just work out. Everything went to plan for the Yankees in Baltimore last night. After a couple of demoralizing losses to t...
23 May 2008

Omar Vizquel's Weak Hall of Fame Case

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UPDATE: I have taken an updated and more thorough look at Omar Vizquel's Hall of Fame credentials here . Rob Neyer links to a column by...
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Yankees Rotation Issues Sorting Out; Hitting, Well, Not So Much...

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The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles last night, 2-1 in New York, their second consecutive win after a 4-game losing streak. They...
21 May 2008

Mike Piazza Hangs Up Tools of Ignorance

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I did some research about four years ago when Mike Piazza broke the all-time record for homers by a catcher, in which I estimated that Ivan...
20 May 2008

Red Sox Lester Tosses No Hitter...Good Sign for Kansas City???

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I'm so tired of hearing about the Red Sox . First it was beating the Yankees in four straight games after being down 0-3 in the 2004 A...
09 May 2008

Cleveland @ Yankees: Musings on Pitch f/x

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Technology is pretty darn cool. I got to see a few moments of the Yankees-Indians game yesterday, and while I'm certainly glad that the ...
05 May 2008

Lehigh Valley IronPigs: Stinking Up the International League Since 2008...

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They've got the best name in minor league baseball. They might also have the worst team. Ever . The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, in their ina...
30 April 2008

Roger Clemens-Mindy McCready Affair Quasi-Update

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Deadspin yesterday had some comments about the Roger Clemens Boinks Little Girls story, but then followed it up with an email response the...

Injuries, Pitching Big Problems for Yankees

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In the immortal words of Homer Simpson: "D'oh! It just gets worse and worse!" Not only is Jorge Posada on the disabled list ...
29 April 2008

No Longer "Allegedly": McCready Confirms Clemens Affair

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Well, that didn't take long. I expected that we would hear more about the affair that Roger Clemens was supposed to have had with countr...
28 April 2008

Clemens Story Gets Weirder: Linked to Washed-Up Country Singer

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You'd think it would be a welcome distraction for Roger Clemens to wake up in the moringin and see his name in the paper for something o...

Posada Proves Problem for Yanks, Just Not the One I Expected

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The Yankees won a tight game against the Cleveland Indians yesterday, after dropping the firt two games of their hard-fought series with the...

MLB.tv Black out Problems

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FOX broadcast the Saturday afternoon Yankees-Indians game, so I got to watch some Yankees baseball on my television instead of MLB.tv, which...
22 April 2008

Book Review: Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid, by John Rosengren

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The word "skeptical" barely begins to describe my demeanor as I was asked to review John Rosengren 's new book, Hammerin' ...