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Managing Expectations: A (Baseball Card) Pictorial History of Dashed Hopes and Broken Dreams

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged on February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts). Although every manager comes to Spring Training with at least a little bit of hope that they’ll be able to lead their team to glory, the landscape of postseason baseball is littered with many of their broken dreams. To illustrate […]

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Best Known for Managing 1979 Champs, Perseverance Is What Really Defined Chuck Tanner’s Long Baseball Career

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Minors, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Chuck Tanner’s place in baseball history will forever be as the patriarch of the 1979 “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates, who overcame a 3-1 deficit in the World Series to upset Earl Weaver’s Baltimore Orioles. However, it doesn’t seem fair to boil down an over 50-year baseball career to just one moment. Tanner’s baseball journey […]

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Final Moments of Yankees’ Legends

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Even before Andy Pettitte announced his retirement, there was a feeling of transition surrounding the Yankees. Maybe it was ushered in by Derek Jeter’s contentious contract negotiations or the decision to make Jorge Posada a permanent DH, but regardless, the Yankees’ blogosphere has been filled with sentimental retrospectives centered on the Core Four. Before the current […]

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Even Without Ramparts, Super Bowl Anthem Joins List of Infamous Renditions

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, NFL, tagged , , on February 7, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Perhaps anxious to get right to the game, Christina Aguilera’s rendition of the Star Spangled Banner before the Super Bowl not only improvised a few words, but removed one line altogether. Considering that the NFL has turned the game into a reality TV show (Janet Jackson has become a more notorious figure in Super Bowl history than […]

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100 Years of Ronald Reagan and Baseball

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, Hall of Fame, MLB, Movies, Yankees, tagged on February 6, 2011 | 12 Comments »

One hundred years ago in Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Wilson Reagan began an improbable road to the presidency that culminated in one of the most successful political careers in American history. Admittedly, I have a profound admiration for the Gipper, but The Captain’s Blog likes to steer clear of politics, so this centennial tribute will focus […]

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When to Say When? A Look at How Other Yankees’ Legends Have Said Goodbye

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Baseball History, Hall of Fame, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on February 4, 2011 | 9 Comments »

Usually, when one thinks of a podium in the Bronx, it’s there to say hello to a new million dollar acquisition. This time, however, the media hordes were assembled to say goodbye to one of the team’s all-time greats. That’s why, as Andy Pettitte answered questions about his decision to retire, the proceedings took on […]

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Madoff Money Just One of the Mets Concerns; Team Runs the Risk of Being Swallowed by Yankees’ Shadow

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Mets, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on February 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) After months of denial, the New York Mets finally admitted to a popular suspicion: the team’s finances have been materially impacted by its ownership group’s involvement in the Bernie Madoff investment scandal. Ironically, however, the impact isn’t a result of […]

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