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Yankees, Mets Rekindle Spring Training “Rivalry”; Kenny Rogers Winces in Remembrance

Posted in Baseball, Mets, MLB, Spring Training, Yankees, tagged , on April 3, 2012 | 4 Comments »

For the first time in 16 years, the Yankees and Mets squared off under the Florida sun. Considering all of the interleague games, not to mention the 2000 World Series, played between the two teams since that meeting on March 30, 1996, not too many people probably remember the events that transpired that day. Just don’t […]

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Dynasty Debate: Comparing Torre’s Yankees and Sparky’s Big Red Machine

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , , on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Aside from Murders Row, no other baseball team nickname has been as evocative and, perhaps intimidating, as the Big Red Machine label placed upon Sparky Anderson’s Cincinnati ballclub. According to most accounts, the Reds were given their colorful nickname by a Cincinnati Enquirer sportswriter named Bob Hertzel. However, the name was introduced in the summer […]

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Yanks, Torre to Reunite on Old Timer’s Day; Could Further Honors Be on the Agenda?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged on March 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The 1990s Dynasty has its manager back. Following a three-year estrangement, the Yankees and Joe Torre officially buried the hatchet. According to Torre, the Yankees have already invited him to Old Timer’s Day on June 26, and he has every intention of attending. Although there had already been some thawing in the relationship when the […]

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