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30 September 2008

2008 American League Awards

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With the MLB regular season (almost) over, now, it's finally time to talk about the season's awards. Whatever happens in the White S...
28 September 2008

Remembering Yankee Stadium: An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built, 1923-2008, by Harvey Frommer

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Remembering Yankee Stadium : An Oral and Narrative History of the House That Ruth Built, 1923-2008 , by Harvey Frommer Harvey Frommer has o...
25 September 2008

Detroit Tigers' Todd Jones Surprises Everyone: Not Actually Already Retired

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Todd Jones announced on Wednesday that he will be retiring at the end of the year. Even considering that I had assumed he was already retire...
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24 September 2008

Fred Merkle's B0ner, 100 Years Hence...

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Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of "Merkle's Boner", which while perhaps sounding a bit like the title of a stag film, ...

Fred Merkle's B0ner, 100 Years Hence...

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Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of "Merkle's Boner", which while perhaps sounding a bit like the title of a stag film, ...
23 September 2008

Mark Reynolds Strikeout Record Watch...

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The Arizona thirdbaseman made his 33rd error yesterday and struck out two more times, raising his season total to 198. The record for a se...
22 September 2008

Notes and Observations...

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* Yankee Stadium hosted its last game last night, with Andy Pettitte picking up the win for the Pinstripes and Mariano Rivera throwing the ...
18 September 2008

DVD Give-Away: A&E's Essential Games of Yankee Stadium

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Giveaway Details: I've got a copy of this DVD set to review , which I will do soon, but I also have two to give away. One will be stric...

Press Release: A&E's Essential Games of Yankee Stadium

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Celebrate the Final Season at Yankee Stadium™ with a collection of the most unforgettable games ever played at the “House that Ruth Built” T...
12 September 2008

Eulogy

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I lost a friend this week. Anyone who knew us in high school knows that Billy Johnson was more than a friend to me. We were the best of fri...
09 September 2008

Roy Halladay is Better Than Cliff Lee

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Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan has a column this morning arguing that some of Cliff Lee's success this season is due to the fact ...
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08 September 2008

It's Do or Die for the Kansas City Royals

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Joe Posnaski's got his usual, interesting and eloquent (if not terribly focused) reflections on the major league return (and brief succ...
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06 September 2008

Mariners Brandon Morrow's Near No-Hitter Against the Yankees

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A few notes on a Saturday morning before the wife and I go to register for "baby stuff"... I got home from dinner at a friend'...
05 September 2008

Brian Cashman's Days as Yankees GM are Numbered...

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With the Yankees' poor showing in 2008, General Manager Brian Cashman may be on the way out. The Yankee brass already has his successor ...
04 September 2008

Highlight of Sarah Palin's RNC Speech

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This is not a political blog, and don't worry, it's not going to become one. However, Sunny and I watched some of the speeches at...
02 September 2008

Indians' Cliff Lee Wins 20 - But So What?

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Before I get into this, let me first say: Congratulations! The Cleveland Indians' unexpected ace, Cliff Lee, got his 20th Win against ju...
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