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Girardi’s Early Hook Leads to Extra Inning Loss

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees let a victory slip away when an ill-advised slide by Nick Swisher allowed the Twins to tie the game in the eighth, but the real slip up was committed by Joe Girardi before the inning even started. For most of the game, the Yankees seemed on their way to an easy 4-0 victory. […]

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Yanks Power Up as AJ Bears Down

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on April 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A.J. Burnett battled in his 2011 season debut, and not just against the Tigers’ lineup. The right hander also had to overcome the discomfort of a nasty head cold as well as the ghosts of a disastrous 2010 campaign. In the past, scrutiny compounded by distraction has often been a recipe for failure, but this […]

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Yankees’ Pen Helps Write Winning Script for Opening Day

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Opening Day proceeded as if working off a blueprint. The Yankees’ lineup flexed its muscles with a pair of homeruns, both early and late, and then the bullpen slammed the door with three perfect innings of relief. Ballgame over. Yankees win. Although there are very few questions about the Yankees’ offense, it was still encouraging […]

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Yankee Go Home: Season Ends in Texas as Rangers Head to First Rodeo

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on October 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »

The Rangers couldn’t have drawn it up any better. In the team’s previous 49 seasons, it had made the postseason only three times, and lost each series to the New York Yankees. After dispatching the Rays to win their first ALDS, the Rangers then exacted revenge on the hated Yankees, who had turned them away so […]

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Yanks Live to Fight Another Day; Return ALCS to Deep in the Heart of Texas

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The legendary folk hero Davy Crockett once said, “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas”. To those who doubted their resiliency, the Yankees used game five of the ALCS to say exactly the same thing. Although the Yankees had to feel comfortable with their ace going on full rest for the […]

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Yanks Lose Teixeira, Then Game: Drop Third Straight As AJ Falters and Girardi Blunders

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Yankees backs are now officially against the wall as they face their first real “must win game” of the season. You can break out all the clichés because they finally apply. After losing their third straight game to the Rangers, the Yankees are now precariously teetering on the edge of elimination. When Joe Girardi announced […]

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SimpLEE Dominant: Yanks Shutdown in Game 3; Find Themselves in 2-1 Hole with AJ Holding the Shovel

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Game Recap, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Andy Pettitte, the pitcher with the most wins in the postseason, threw one his better games in October, but the Yankees still lost. In fact, they never really had a chance. That’s how good Cliff Lee was last night, as the Rangers’ ace joined Warren Spahn, Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax as lefties who have […]

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