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On the Roster: A Look at Two Current Controversies and One from the Past

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, CBA, MLB, Yankees on September 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Lately, the baseball intelligentsia has been preoccupied by rosters. When the calendar turned to September, the usual, but growing round of articles decrying the practice of roster expansion became prevalent. Then, once that furor passed, attention turned to the roster rules governing the one-game play-in that will be contested by the two wild cards in […]

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Orioles End String of Losing Seasons; Pirates Battling To Do the Same

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on September 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Baltimore Orioles may not win the A.L. East or even make the playoffs, but if the final two weeks of the season end in disappointment, there will be at least one small consolation for the franchise. Thanks to the Orioles’ 9-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, Baltimore has assured itself of a winning […]

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Has the Walk Off Become Cliché?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on September 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) On Thursday afternoon, Manny Machado’s bloop single, which landed just under the outstretched glove of Matt Joyce, gave the Orioles a 3-2 walk-off victory in the 13th inning. After the winning run crossed the plate, the entire Baltimore team mobbed the 19-year old rookie, whose clutch hit […]

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Yankees Need Sabathia To Come Up Aces

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on September 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Tampa Rays come into Yankee Stadium licking their wounds after a three-game sweep in Baltimore, but they shouldn’t expect much sympathy from the Yankees. Although the Bronx Bombers won the last two games of their series against the Red Sox, the team is riding its first winning streak in just under a month. With […]

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Yankees Look to Avoid September to Misremember

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on September 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »

As the Yankees’ continue to slide, they inch closer to several infamous distinctions in franchise history. Not only is the 2012 team trying to avoid becoming the first to blow a double-digit lead, but even the modest three game bulge at the beginning of September would qualify as the largest ever surrendered in the final […]

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Yankee Fans Guide to Scoreboard Watching in September

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees on September 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The American League pennant race has reached the stretch, but there still isn’t much separation among the leaders. Eight teams are currently within four games of a playoff spot, and every division race is separated by three games or fewer. With only five seats available when the music stops, the final week of the season […]

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Yankees Offense Comes to Life; Lucky 13 Rates a Perfect 10

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees on September 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Contents Under Pressure. The Orioles must not have heeded the warning because, after a prolonged slump, the Yankees’ offense finally exploded. During the four-game split in Baltimore, the Bronx Bombers scored 31 runs, more than doubling the paltry 3.5 runs averaged over the last three week’s worth of games. Appropriately, the cherry on top of […]

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