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Oct 30, 2009, 12:21 pm
1) Watch this video.
2) Tell me what you see.
If you saw the same thing I saw, you saw a) a short hop to Ryan Howard, b) no stepping on first base, and c) a throw wide of second base.
In theory, th... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 11:49 pm
So this is what the World Series, the real World Series, feels like, huh?
What with the pitching and the timely hitting and the Mariano-ing and the Hoosierdaddy-ing and the mid-game-change-your-luck-... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 1:45 pm
For the first time this postseason, the Yankees find themselves behind, down in a series and in much need of a win.
While comparisons to 1996 invoke a certain romanticism, it is not a position in whi... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 9:46 am
If there's one thing that's surprising about the Yankee postseason thus far, it's this: the bullpen has struggled more than we expected.
Mariano is still Mariano, but nearly everyone else... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 12:41 am
(A response to this)
You exit my apartment.
Walk south to the end of this block and the next, hang a right, walk two more short blocks and find yourself in the heart of the Bronx's own Little It... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 10:10 pm
Sometimes things don't go the way you want.
It has happened before, and it will happen again.
It wasn't as though CC Sabathia collapsed or had some sort of awful performance--the two runs su... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 11:01 am
Where were you the last time the Yankees won a World Series?
What were you doing? How did you celebrate? What feeling are you most anxious to feel again?
I remember getting so nervous as Mike Piaz... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2009, 12:20 am
Via LoHud, Yankee Stadium will open to fans on Sunday so that they may view the road game four.
With luck, this game could be especially significant (although my gut tells me this is unlikely).
Havi... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 10:45 am
By now you've likely heard the news: Pedro Martinez will start Game 2 of the World Series for the Phillies.
Game two.
In New York.
This, of course, would be the same Pedro who once uttered, "j... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 9:31 am
The World Series is supposed to be about the two best teams in each league duking it out for supreme bragging rights.
Often, this fails in favor of two teams that simply get hot at the right time, bu... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 8:44 pm
When we talk of the Yankees' dynasty at the end of last century, three teams consistently enter our mind:
The 1996 squad, a combination of pure grit and utter youth, of the waning days of the lik... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 9:55 am
When Mariano Rivera began to warm in the seventh inning last night, there were a variety of reactions. Some liked the move, some did not, and I admit that, at first, I was a little worried--what if s... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 11:04 pm
(photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)
I had forgotten what it felt like.
Not the winning, but the euphoria.
This feeling, that nothing can touch us, that nothing can stop us, that for this momen... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2009, 9:57 am
For some reason, off days during the post season feel longer and more drawn out than those in the actual off-season.
Aside from the off-days which provide for cross-country travel, the other off-days... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 8:23 pm
Check it out
The author is a physics graduate student who ha agreed to help out during the off-season with a couple get-all-physic-y posts about the physics of pitching and baseball.
The geek in you... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 5:29 pm
...but since baseball tonight has been postponed, here's something to mull over:
MLB knew for days that a) the Philadelphia Phillies would not need to play a game six, and b) that the forecast ca... Comment - Like
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Oct 24, 2009, 11:23 am
Since we have so many entries I've decided to extend the vote--voting will now end next Friday, at midnight.
No more entries will be accepted.
The entries can be found here.
To vote, send me an... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 5:03 pm
With some fans still seething after yesterday's game, I figure what's a better time for a healthy dose of Optimism?
The Yankees still lead the series, and only need to win one more game. It... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 1:37 pm
In his book Birth of a Dynasty, Joel Sherman opens with the 1995 postseason.
He makes mention that Buck Showalter had a young Mariano Rivera in the bullpen--ostensibly along for the ride--but did not... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 6:02 am
... run differential, this was an incredibly high leverage spot, especially with Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez--two power hitters-- ... lead 6-4.
At that point in time, Mark Teixeira's at b... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:33 pm
We assumed.
We assumed and we started to plan, as though all that was left was tying up some gift ribbons and signing the greeting card.
We forgot, in the process, that the Yankees still had to win ... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:03 am
Okay, not that "turnpike" and "dream" should ever really be used in the same sentence, but here we go.
End the ALCS tonight.
Don't let it linger, don't let it go back to New York.
There wil... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 12:14 am
***
The Jersey girl in me is positively squeeing at the possibility of a Turnpike Series, and a chance for some North Jersey domination. Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 2:30 pm
I hate off days.
I hate them in the winter when all is cold and gray, and I hate them in the summer when they mean I can't just plop down on the sofa and watch some baseball while eating my dinne... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 8:40 pm
Generalizations never achieve much, but in this occasion, one generalization can explain a lot.
The Yankees lost game three of the 2009 ALCS because Joe Girardi managed a road game as if he were stil... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 8:14 pm
[Because there is so much about today's game to digest, I will do so in two posts, one talking about watching the game at Yankee Stadium, and the other about the game itself.]
As you likely know,... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 2:07 pm
Via @YankeesWFAN on Twitter, the Angels' fans will be employing thunder sticks in full force this afternoon.
Reason number 1892738 it's better to be a Yankee fan:
We don't need thunder s... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 9:41 am
In today's Record, columnist Bob Klapisch makes the '98/'09 comparison.
It's a comparison we've seen before and we will see again.
After all, this year's squad has won more g... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 12:27 pm
From MLB.com:
The Yankees announced on Sunday that they will open the Stadium Field Level and Great Hall to the public to watch the Yankees face the Angels in Anaheim as New York tries to take a comm... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 8:52 am
There are many heroes to choose from in last night's game.
The most obvious of these is easily Alex Rodriguez, who has gone from having a "Yankee moment" in game 2 of the ALDS to having a "Yankee... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 12:09 am
Fundamentals. Fun-duh-MEN-tuls. Noun. 1) Something that is part of the foundation of another thing. 2) In sports, the key concepts that must be mastered before attempting advanced work.
Example: ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2009, 11:00 am
(image credit AP)
Have at it. NinjaCanó captions are especially appreciated.
Winner gets a small prize.
Rules:
1) Try to keep the captions clean, okay?
2) Don't copy anyone else.
Go for i... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 10:18 pm
When you can get 45,000+ fans all chanting your name in a LCS in your first year in New York, you're obviously doing something right.
CC's something?
8 innings,
4 hits
1 run
1 walk
7 strikeo... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 6:02 pm
To: Philadelphia Bullpen
From: Pedro Martinez
Please for the love of all things holy, I gave you seven shut out innings. I made like it was 1999. Please don't blow this!
To: Pedro Martinez
F... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 3:52 pm
From various sources:
ALCS games times, all eastern:
Game 1, in New York-7:57;
Game 2, in New York-7:57;
Game 3, in Anaheim-4:13;
Game 4, in Anaheim-7:57;
Game 5, in Anaheim- 7:57;*
Game 6, in ... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 11:14 am
Via Hard Rock:
In celebration and recognition of Derek Jeter's 2,722 career hit to break Lou Gehrig's team record, representatives from Hard Rock International present a charitable contributi... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 2:25 pm
The cool thing about the postseason is that teams that advance to the next round can adjust their roster, for whatever reason--maybe someone gets hurt, maybe someone is better against one team than an... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 9:21 am
Although the Yankees have played just three games in the postseason thus far, a clear pattern seems to be emerging in Joe Girardi's managerial style.
Girardi, as many Yankee fans will remember, w... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 9:37 pm
For the first time since October 2004, the Yankees won a postseason series.
Not only did they win the series, but they swept the way they were supposed to sweep, not like underachieving squads of not... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 10:05 am
This from The Biz of Baseball
You know what the worst part? We're stuck with these guys through 2013, and unless I've missed something in the past three years, the broadcasting hasn't im... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2009, 4:42 pm
By the time you read this post, it will have been 24 hours since the first pitch of last night's ball game and last night's win that was everything that 2006 and 2007 were not.
The more I thi... Comment - Like
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Oct 9, 2009, 11:32 pm
"I can't believe this," Jason says. "I can't believe we're going to lose to this team."
"I can," I say, sighing. "My luck isn't that good."
We're sitting in luxury suite 32, ti... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2009, 11:41 am
It's become an almost perennial right: to complain and mope about the TV or radio crew broadcasting a current baseball game. We complain about John Sterling, about Michael Kay, about Joe Buck an... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 10:15 pm
The common refrain going around the Yankee fan base right now is that while nothing is guaranteed, and that the Yankees are not guaranteed to win their series against the Twins, there is a different f... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2009, 12:20 am
I admit it.
Brawls, fights, whatever you call them, in the right time and place do not bother me.
Hockey is only second to baseball in terms of my love for the sport, and fights have long been part ... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 9:31 am
Last night, in the fifth inning of a tie game, Derek Jeter bunted runners on first and second over to second and third.
When you play small ball, it's expected that you can master the art of the ... Comment - Like
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Sep 12, 2009, 9:05 am
It's September 11, a cold, rainy, windy, icky night.
Derek Jeter has broken the hits record--which is what about 80% of the fans paid way, way over market value to see...then again, you can't... Comment - Like
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