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For Love of the Game: New Hall of Fame Inductees Embody Baseball Tradition

Posted in Baseball on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The rain delay in the Yankees game couldn’t have come at a better time because just as the skies were opening up in the Bronx, the sun was breaking through in Cooperstown, illuminating a trio of poignant and entertaining speeches that perfectly defined why baseball is America’s pastime. Like any good umpire, Doug Harvey kicked […]

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Game 97: Royals vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Sean O’Sullivan PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter DH 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 Nick Swisher RF 3 0.333 0.333 1.333 1 1 Mark Teixeira 1B 3 0.000 0.333 0.000 0 0 Alex Rodriguez 3B 3 0.333 0.333 0.667 0 0 Robinson Cano 2B 2 0.000 0.500 0.000 0 0 Jorge […]

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Game 96: Royals vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Kyle Davies PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter DH 5 0.600 0.600 0.600 0 0 Curtis Granderson CF 23 0.313 0.522 0.813 2 5 Mark Teixeira 1B 2 0.000 1.000 0.000 0 0 Alex Rodriguez 3B 5 0.750 0.800 1.750 1 3 Robinson Cano 2B 5 0.600 0.600 1.400 0 1 Jorge […]

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Road Map to 600: A Snapshot of Arod’s Prolific HR History

Posted in Baseball on July 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Alex Rodriguez has hit 599 home runs, including at least one against 365 different pitchers for 26 different teams in 31 different ballparks, leaving him one long ball away from becoming only the seventh man in major league history to reach 600. Although the build-up to this milestone has been much more subdued than the […]

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Yankees Win Battle Royal on Disarming Night

Posted in Baseball on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Despite picking up his league leading 13th win, C.C. Sabathia turned in one of his poorest starts of the season. In fact, with a game score of 42, only four starts ranked lower. Luckily for Sabathia, his mound opponent was Bruce Chen, so the margin for error was as large as the lefty himself. In […]

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Game 94: Royals vs. Yankees

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

vs. Bruce Chen PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI Derek Jeter SS 30 0.393 0.433 0.679 2 2 Nick Swisher RF 5 0.000 0.400 0.000 0 0 Mark Teixeira 1B 12 0.636 0.667 2.364 6 12 Alex Rodriguez 3B 23 0.227 0.261 0.273 0 2 Robinson Cano 2B 12 0.200 0.273 0.200 0 1 Jorge […]

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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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