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Morrow’s Near Miss Still A Historic Achievement

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Brandon Morrow came within one out of pitching a no-hitter, but even more impressive than his brush with immortality was the dominance he exhibited along the way. Had Aaron Hill been able to coral Evan Longoria’s groundball that squirted into right field, Morrow would have recorded the second highest strikeout total (16) in a no […]

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Ralph Houk Passes Away; Former Player, Manager Was Major Figure in Yankees History

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

First the Voice, then the Boss and now the Major has passed. The Yankee family lost another prominent figure when Ralph Houk passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Houk played only sparingly as a backup catcher for the Yankees over his eight year major league career, but etched is place in team history […]

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Oscar Azocar Dead At 45; Free Swinging Left Fielder Helped Lead Yankees “Youth Movement” in 1990

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday’s off day brought news of the untimely passing of former Yankee Oscar Azocar, who died in his native Venezuela at the age of 45. Although Azocar was only a footnote during a down period, his short career epitomized a tumultuous era in Yankees’ history. The 1990 Yankees’.414 winning percentage was the fifth worst in […]

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Mayor’s Trophy Mystery: Did Nettles Really Try To Throw A Game?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on May 21, 2010 | 12 Comments »

Long before interleague matchups, the Yankees and Mets used to play a somewhat annual exhibition known as the Mayor’s Trophy Game. The popularity of the game, which was played to benefit the city’s Amateur Baseball Federation, ebbed and flowed from the time it was inaugurated in 1946 (as a three way series involving the Yankees, […]

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Ernie Harwell Says Farewell

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

No other words necessary…no one else’s words better.

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The Yankees Are Coming: The American League Invasion of New York

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

On April 30, the Yankees celebrate the anniversary of their first home game in the city of New York. Since that debut in 1903, the Yankees have inarguably become the most dominant, powerful franchise in all of American sports. So, it’s hard to fathom that this mighty franchise was once an orphan ballclub, rendered homeless […]

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Game 21: Yankees vs. Orioles

Posted in Baseball History, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight’s rubber game in Baltimore brings to an end one of the Yankees longest road stands of the season (they have another nine game swing in September). With a win, the Yankees would not only get back into the business of winning series, but also return home with a winning road trip. In order to […]

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