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Yankee Fan’s Guide to the 2010 World Series: From Rags to the Hawk, Cliff Lee and New York

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »

The 2010 World Series will be a unique one for many Yankees’ fans because the two teams involved do not really inspire a passionate rooting interest, either for or against. Of course, there are the traditional “root for the American League” or “root against the team that beat the Yankees” rationales to consider. Also, for […]

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Rangers, Giants Seek to Quench Championship Thirst; World Series to Feature Matchup of Long Suffering Franchises

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged , on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Most baseball prognosticators expected the Yankees and Phillies to meet once again at season’s end, but the Rangers and Giants each brought a monkey wrench to their respective league championship series. So, instead of the first World Series rematch in 32 years, the Fall Classic will play host to two teams that have never won […]

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Deja Vu All Over Again; Yanks Hope for Repeat of 1958, but Past Has Already Been Revisited

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Media, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The 1958 Yankees are enjoying a bit of a revival thanks to their status as the franchise’s only team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a seven game postseason series. At the Pinstriped Bible, Steve Goldman took a look at how Casey Stengel guided his team back from the brink of elimination, while TYU examined […]

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SimpLEE Dominant: Yanks Shutdown in Game 3; Find Themselves in 2-1 Hole with AJ Holding the Shovel

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Game Recap, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Andy Pettitte, the pitcher with the most wins in the postseason, threw one his better games in October, but the Yankees still lost. In fact, they never really had a chance. That’s how good Cliff Lee was last night, as the Rangers’ ace joined Warren Spahn, Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax as lefties who have […]

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In “Postseason of the Pitcher”, Yanks Suffer Historic Stinker

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the most part, the “Year of the Pitcher” has carried over to October. Only two games into the post season, Roy Halladay had thrown a no hitter and Tim Lincecum shut down the Braves with a 14 strikeout, two-hit performance. Based on game score, both efforts ranked among the five best October pitching performances ever, but […]

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Texas-Sized Comeback; Yankees Make History By Rallying to Win ALCS Opener

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Game Recap, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Coming from behind has long been a Yankees’ hallmark. In the regular season, the team recorded a major’s best 48 comebacks, and then in the ALDS added two more for good measure. Overcoming a five run deficit with only three innings to play, well, that’s another matter altogether. In fact, in their history of 356 postseason […]

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Yankees Postseason History and Other Fun Facts

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on October 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When the Yankees swept the ALDS, they increased their postseason winning streak over the Minnesota Twins to nine games. Coincidentally, the Yankees also happen to be riding a nine game winning streak against the Texas Rangers, the team they will now face in the postseason. Listed below is a breakdown of the Yankees postseason record […]

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