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George Steinbrenner Passes Away
80 Years Young I think it dawned on me in Michael Jackson’s passing last year that he was around all of my life. The same could be said for George Steinbrenner and his ownership of the New York Yankees. The … Continue reading
Sport Nut Weekend
Get Some Perspective On The World Cup The big news this morning is how dismally Australia lost to Germany in its first match in the World Cup. 4-0 sure is a whuppin’, and nobody has anything nice to say about … Continue reading
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Yankees Update 24/12/09
A Good Year So I haven’t done one of these in a while because I’m still basking in the afterglow, and more realistically, I’ve been adjusting to the idea that this year’s World Series win might have been more of … Continue reading
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World Series Game 6
Sweet Victory Game 6 went according to some kind of plan. Pedro Martinez was willing to pitch around Mark Teixeira and A-Rod, just to get to Hideki Matsui, and for perhaps the last time Hideki Matsui played like his nickname … Continue reading
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World Series Game 5
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose *Ugh* The Bats came to life way too late in the deal, and giving up 8 runs is never going to work.I don’t know if there’s anything profound to be said other than *ugh*. … Continue reading
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World Series Game 4
Doing It As Drawn Up Wow. The Yankees are up 3-1 in the World Series with a 7-4 win. Sabathia pitched 6.2 innings giving up 3, Joba blew the save but vultured a win as the Yankees erupted for 3 … Continue reading
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ALCS Game 6
The Yankees Win Like, that was more a relief than an outburst of joy. Andy Pettitte did the thing he does best and win a deciding match for the Yankees, setting a post-season record. A lot of these post-season records … Continue reading
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ALCS Game 5
Tough Loss Cripes, when isn’t a loss tough? Jeez. I’m still trying to digest this one. I have no idea if this year’s Yankees are actually good as advertised, better, or worse. It’s the strangest 100-game winning Yankees since the … 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 3
Bummed The Yankees lost 5-4 in the bottom of the 11th. I wasn’t following it today but I did know they were up 3-1 at one point. I’m trying to take the positive out of this one and I guess … Continue reading
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