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World Series Game 3

A Win Is A Win Is A Win Unlike the previous 2 games, Game 3 turned out to be a slugfest. Naturally, the Yankees tend to win these and so they on this one 8-5. It’s the first game in … Continue reading

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ALCS Game 4

Totally Missed It This is the reality of life and work and death and taxes. Some games, you can’t even follow the score on the Yahoo gamecast. I’m more stunned to see the score line of 10-1. I guess Sabathia … Continue reading

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ALCS Game 2

I Have No Fingernails Left To Gnaw The Yankees squeezed something magical out of the bottle in extended innings and won 4-3 in the 13th with an error by the Angels. But even before it got to that, A-Rod hit … Continue reading

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ALDS Game 3

And That’s A Sweep, Thanks! The Yankees won 4-1 on the back of excellent pitching by perennial play off starting warhorse, Andy Pettitte. Surely by now he has to at least rank with Whitey Ford as one of the best … Continue reading

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ALDS Game 2

They Don’t Get Easy The predictions say the Yankees are supposed to win. Well, prediction schmediction, it’s actually really hard playing anybody who makes it to the post-season. Even if it’s the Twins to whom the Yankees have not dropped … Continue reading

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ALDS Game 1

Yankees Beat Tired Twins 7-2 Y’know, it’s almost unfair that the Twins stumble into the post-season after their amazing 163rd game of the season, an epic 12 inning win over Detroit, only to stumble into playing a rested Yankees. But … Continue reading

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Yankees Update 21/06/09

Another Sucky Week The Yankees went through another mediocre week, where they beat the Mets, lost a series to the Nationals and took a game from the Marlins. By rights, they should have swept the Nationals who trailed the worst … Continue reading

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Yankees Update 09/05/09

Well That Sucked 5 straight losses. 2 to the Bosox, 3 to the Rays. Phil Hughes lost. Joba lost. AJ Burnett lost. Andy lost. It was a really forgettable week. Joba struck out 12 in 5.1 innings, but that was … Continue reading

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Enhancing A-Rod

The Olympic Ideal of Performance I was walking on a flat paved road a couple of days ago, pondering how a flat track pavement would have been a bit of a marvel to a caveman. Maybe it was a marvel … Continue reading

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Yankees Update 02/05/09

Doing It Tough But Phil Was Huge The Yankees ended up being swept in Boston at the start of the week. Considering they had the Sox on the ropes in 2 of the games, it was hard to take those … Continue reading

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