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What Goes Around Comes Around as Red Sox and Yankees Meet for Last Time

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on October 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

By pushing back Clay Buchholz’ spot in the rotation one game in order to make room for Zach Stewart and his career ERA over six, the Red Sox let it be known whom they would prefer win the A.L. East. Even though the Orioles were the team that knocked Boston out of the postseason last year, [...]

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Rebuilding After an Epic Baseball Collapse

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Mets, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on September 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) After the Braves clinched a playoff spot, New York Times’ columnist Tyler Kepner marked the occasion by commenting about how “teams almost never recover from an epic collapse” like the one Atlanta experienced last season. After all, one need only look at the ruins in Boston to [...]

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Yankee Fans Guide to Scoreboard Watching in September

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on September 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The American League pennant race has reached the stretch, but there still isn’t much separation among the leaders. Eight teams are currently within four games of a playoff spot, and every division race is separated by three games or fewer. With only five seats available when the music stops, the final week of the season [...]

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Amid Collapse, Yankees Still Have Time to Rebuild

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Mets, MLB, Red Sox, Roster Analysis, Yankees on September 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees are in the midst of a collapse. Many fans have been sensitive about using that word, but it’s an appropriate description for what has happened to the team since establishing a 10-game lead in the middle of July. The Yankees’ lead has not been leveled completely, but the 2012 Bronx Bombers have already [...]

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Girardi’s Steady Handy Guides Yanks Down Stretch; Manager Proved Mettle in 2008

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on September 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Mariano Rivera. Andy Pettitte. Alex Rodriguez. CC Sabathia. Mark Teixeira. That litany, which would normally read like a roll call of the franchise’s most accomplished All Stars, has this year doubled as the team’s disabled list. However, despite these significant injuries, the Yankees have persevered by mixing and matching a roster full of platoon players. [...]

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Red Sox, Dodgers Blockbuster a Tale of Two Cities

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Trades, Yankees on August 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »

After the Red Sox collapsed down the stretch last year, they fired the manager. It didn’t work, so now the team’s brain trust has decided to fire the players. The current edition of the Boston Red Sox was supposed to be the best team ever, but instead, they wound up being the worst money could [...]

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High Anxiety as Yankees Dwindling Lead Threatens to Make History

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on August 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Are the Yankees in the midst of a historic collapse? Not too long ago, the Bronx Bombers appeared to be in cruise control headed toward another division title, but now, their lead in the American League East seems to be in grave danger. With the Yankees idle last night, the Tampa Rays, whose pitching staff [...]

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