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Making of a Wild Card: 2010 Season Recap

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Despite its disappointing end, the 2010 season had its share of triumphs and memorable moments. In fact, exiting July, the current edition of the Yankees looked at least as strong, if not better than last year’s championship version. Even after going an AL East worst 30-31 over the final two months of the season, the […]

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Yankees Settle for Wild Card; Disappointing Month Betrays Team Legacy

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on October 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »

A crisp autumn afternoon at Fenway Park would normally be an ideal setting for pennant race baseball, but today it was the backdrop for the end of the Yankees’ disappointing pursuit of a division title.   After weeks of playing out the string, the Yankees chances of winning the AL East finally unraveled with an […]

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Game 162: Yankees vs. Red Sox

Posted in Game Preview, Yankees on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

vs. John Lackey PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Brett Gardner CF 9 0.111 0.111 0.111 0 0 Derek Jeter SS 61 0.320 0.424 0.500 1 5 Mark Teixeira 1B 62 0.377 0.468 0.528 2 11 Alex Rodriguez 3B 64 0.167 0.281 0.444 4 6 Robinson Cano DH 32 0.300 0.344 0.400 0 2 Nick […]

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Pulling Up the Rear: Jockeying for Position in the 2011 Draft

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Yankees on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The eyes of the baseball word have been focused on the Giants and Padres showdown in the NL West as well as the residual wild card ramifications involving the Braves. Even though the Rays and Yankees do not seem too interested in winning the AL East, some attention has also been cast their way. For […]

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Game 160: Yankees vs. Red Sox

Posted in Game Preview, Yankees on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 24 0.368 0.500 0.684 2 3 Curtis Granderson CF 15 0.429 0.467 0.714 1 2 Mark Teixeira 1B 13 0.500 0.615 0.800 0 1 Alex Rodriguez 3B 28 0.136 0.321 0.273 1 4 Robinson Cano 2B 26 0.240 0.269 0.400 1 2 Nick […]

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Bronx Banter Anthology Serves Up Stadium Memories

Posted in Baseball, Books, Culture, MLB, Yankees on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The last remnants of the old Yankee Stadium may have been cleared away, but thanks to books like the just released Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, the old place will never be forgotten. For those familiar with the esteemed blog Bronx Banter (and those who aren’t should be), Stadium Memories will ring a bell because it […]

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Anniversary of Ruth’s 60 A Reminder That Babe Was in League of His Own

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Nostalgia, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

He jogged around slowly, touched each bag firmly and carefully, and when he imbedded his spikes in the rubber disk to record officially Homer 60, hats were tossed into the air, papers were torn up and tossed liberally and the spirit of celebration permeated the place.” – New York Times, October 1, 1927 On September 30, […]

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