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Yanks Don Costumes, Not Uniforms This Halloween

Posted in Baseball, Humor, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

For only the third time, Halloween will play host to the World Series. On the two previous occasions, the Yankees were victorious, but this time around the Bronx Bombers will be donning costumes instead of uniforms. At least AJ Burnett will. The team’s very own Jekyll and Hyde snatched up a few scary items before […]

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The Diplomacy of Saying Goodbye: Yanks Would be Wrong to Ignore Sentimentality in Dealing With Aging Stars

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , , , on October 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Earlier in the week, we suggested that Joe Girardi’s legacy as Yankee manager would depend on how he shepherds the Yankees’ core of aging veterans through the twilight of their respective careers. Making the task even more challenging for Girardi is that he played alongside these legends during the primes of their careers. As a result, you […]

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The Curious Case of Curly Ogden, or How Bucky Harris Tricked John McGraw in the 1924 World Series

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged on October 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »

As mentioned in the previous post about Matt Cain’s somewhat historic World Series performance, the Giants’ right hander became only the fourth starter to have a scoreless World Series debut, but fail to throw a complete game. Two of the other pitchers, Juan Marichal and Orel Hildebrand, were forced to depart early because of injury, […]

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Cain Is Able: A New Postseason Pitching Star Is Born

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, tagged on October 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »

One night after Cliff Lee bombed in the first game of the 2010 World Series, a new postseason pitching star was born. Just as he has done all October, Matt Cain shut down the Rangers’ offense for 7 2/3 innings, helping to propel the Giants to a 2-0 series lead. With his latest scoreless effort, […]

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Aces Low: A Look at Postseason Stoppers Gone Bad

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Cliff Lee is human after all. Heading into yesterday’s World Series opener, Lee had compiled a 7-0 record with a 1.26 ERA, the third lowest postseason rate among starters with at least 50 innings (Sandy Koufax: 0.95 and Christie Mathewson: 0.97). Lee’s performance over the last two Octobers was so dominant that he even started to […]

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Girardi Steps Out of Torre’s Shadow with New Deal; Chance to Build Legacy Could Hinge on How He Handles Aging Stars

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , , on October 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

According to numerous published reports, Joe Girardi and the Yankees are in the process of finalizing a three-year contract extension worth around $9.5 million. The wisdom behind retaining Girardi is certainly debatable, especially after a postseason that featured so many questionable decisions, but what is clear is the Yankees have adopted a philosophy of managerial […]

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Ahead of the Pack: Baseball’s Relationship with Cigarettes

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Culture, MLB, Nostalgia, tagged on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Honus Wagner has been dead for nearly 55 years, but a group of Baltimore-based nuns is hoping that the Hall of Fame shortstop can come up big one more time…on the auction block that is. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are the latest in a long line of lucky owners who have found themselves […]

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