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This Is Not What Opening Day Is Supposed to Look Like
It’s the day before Opening Day, but tomorrow is supposed to be messy too. The snow is continuing to fall outside my window, and the winds are predicted to hit 60 mph. Does Mother Nature not get that...
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Opening Day Chill
I tip my cap to those who braved the cold temps to be at the game today. Brrr. Not my weather. Not the Yankees’ weather either, judging by the eighth inning when things went awry. Oh, Betances. His...
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Darlin’ Starlin!
Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty If I was excited about our new Yankee before, I’m super excited about him after the first two games of the 2016 season. Wow. What a way to make friends in New York. In last...
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Always Satisfying to Beat This Guy
He kills the Yankees and Toronto is such a tough opponent, but last night in their series opener of the new season, the Yanks edged out a 3-2 win. Bautista had a two-run double, naturally, but...
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So Much For Joy in Blue Jaysville
Photo: ROB FOLDY/GETTY IMAGES After winning the first game in the series in Toronto, I thought…Eh, maybe this’ll work out. But then came Games 2 and 3 and a lost series. Eovaldi wasn’t shelled but he...
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A-Rod Has a Pulse!
His two-run homer reminded everyone that he can still connect with the ball, and his power was much appreciated. The Yankees offense had been pretty anemic against the Mariners, but they scored just...
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Swept Away
Is anything working for the Yankees right now? They looked awful against the A’s over the past three games at the Stadium. Just awful. They aren’t getting “the big hit,” as the players put it, aren’t...
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Aren’t Most People Right-Handed?
I ask because during a dispiriting loss to the Rays yesterday, I kept hearing about how teams were throwing left-handed pitchers at the Yankees because they’re so hard for us to hit. Girardi typically...
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Ugly in Texas Except for Him
AP Photo/Ben Margot Watching Eovaldi almost throw a no-hitter in the middle game of the Yankees’ series in Arlington was a thrill. Evo has had trouble going deep into games, but he lived up to...
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Another Broom
It would be easy to say that Betances blew two of the three games in Boston over the weekend – he did, thanks to serving up homers on both Saturday and Sunday – but he had plenty of company in the...
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Worse and Worser
I think I’ll let the NYT tell the story of last night’s debacle in Baltimore that represented yet another game loss, series loss, and deeper sinkage into last place. After the game Teixeira said, after...
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Why Even Pitch to Ortiz?
AP Photo/Kathy Willens I’ve never understood the Yankees’ strategy against David Ortiz, who hits homers at Yankee Stadium the way I hit this computer to write about it, which is to say: a lot. Last...
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Our Excellent Legends Adventure
Thanks to Michael’s sister, Lawson Forester, we sat in Yankee Stadium’s best, cushiest, and priciest seats in the house last night. (The wide angle lens on the iPhone isn’t exactly flattering, but I...
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400 Homers Is a Big Deal
Carlos Beltran has joined the 400 club and an elite one it is. I don’t know how much gas he’ll have in the tank as the season progresses, but for now he’s delivered power when we’ve needed it and made...
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So Evo Is Now Our Ace, It Seems
AP Photo/Ben Margot He was the only starter who got us a win in Arizona. He’s been the only starter to give us a decent shot of winning, period. He’s….Evo. Which sounds like a cartoon character but is...
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A Sweep – For Our Side!
It’s been a long time since I posted the laughing lady, but it seemed appropriate after the Yankees finished off the A’s with a four-game sweep. I wish we could play at the Oakland Coliseum everyday....
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The Bats Were Made of Foam Again
What a shame to waste a good start by CC this afternoon to close out the series with the Blue Jays and lose the game and the series. Winning was nice while it lasted. I feel good about the pitching...
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Success in Tampa
Taking this weekend’s series with the Rays really was a must, and the Yankees accomplished it – barely. On Friday night Tanaka delivered a good start, and both Beltran and A-Rod homered. Last night it...
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A Sweep…for Toronto (Ugh)
This is getting ridiculous. Or maybe just sad. The calendar has turned the page to June and the Yankees still have a Hitting Problem. A Major Hitting Problem. It’s one thing for a team to run into a...
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Another Lost Series and Another Fallen Player
That series in Baltimore was winnable. Our starting pitching, for the most part, has been surprisingly good. We actually scratched out some runs here and there. But our crack bullpen was oddly lacking...
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