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Breaking Down the Yankees’ Spring Training Roster…in 1986 (Video Included)

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Spring Training, Video, Yankees, tagged , , , , on February 22, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Over the next six weeks of Spring Training, there will be plenty of time to breakdown the Yankees’ roster and assess the team’s prospects for the 2012 season. Before looking ahead, however, I thought it might be fun to travel back 26 years and see how the Yankees looked heading into the 1986 season. Provided [...]

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Yankee Classic (Video): A Memorable Mattingly Moment

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Video, Yankees, tagged on January 6, 2012 | 8 Comments »

Don Mattingly only hit two walk off homer runs in his career. The first, which came against the Minnesota Twins on May 13, 1985, just so happens to be one of my favorite moments growing up as a Yankee fan in the 1980s (the other walk off came against the Brewers in 1989). To set the [...]

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Memorial Day a Time to Remember the Forgettable End to Babe Ruth’s Career

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankees, tagged , on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

On May 30, 1935, the greatest career in the history of major league baseball came to an end.  It was Memorial Day in Philadelphia, but there were no fireworks to bid farewell, just a weak ground ball to Phillies’ first baseman Dolph Camilli and a mournful walk back to the dugout.  The immortal Babe Ruth was [...]

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Standing Tall: Slim Love’s Rise from Bar Room to Big Leagues

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Minors, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankees, tagged on March 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) After missing almost two weeks of action with a groin injury, Andrew Brackman finally made his spring debut for the Yankees in yesterday’s exhibition game against the Braves. Even before the setback, it was going to be a tall order [...]

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Crying Game: Tears Have Always Been a Part of Baseball

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged , on March 8, 2011 | 19 Comments »

Who says there’s no crying in baseball? Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s suggestion that a couple of his players were “crying in the locker room” after a recent loss to the Chicago Bulls sent the media into a frenzy. Not surprisingly, humor was the most prominent method employed in the around-the-clock coverage of Crygate. [...]

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Did Ralph Kramden Really Have Tickets to the 1954 World Series?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Humor, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged , , on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Where was Ralph Kramden really going on October 3, 1954? In the Honeymooners sketch, “Game Called on Account of Marriage”, which debuted on the October 2, 1954 installment of the Jackie Gleason Show, Ralph tries to beg out of Alice’s sister’s wedding because he has tickets to the “Wooorld Series!” that was being played between the Cleveland Indians [...]

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Solving Another Baseball “Movie Mystery”: What Game Did Harold Lloyd Film for his 1928 Classic “Speedy”?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Movies, Nostalgia, Yankee Stadium, Yankees, tagged , , , on February 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Larry Granillo’s (Baseball Prospectus and Wezen-Ball) recent forensic investigation into Ferris Buehler’s whereabouts on his now infamous day off made for one of the more creative and entertaining blog posts in quite some time. For those who missed the piece, Granillo attempted (and succeeded) to determine the date of the game that Buehler attended with [...]

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