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Ranger Rebound: Game Three Looms as Cliff Hanger as Texas Heads to New York All Even; Decision to Start Hughes in Game 2 Backfires

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One day after blowing a five run lead in the final three innings, Ron Washington vowed that if his team was presented with the same opportunity again, they would not let it get away. Sure enough, by the time the seventh inning rolled around, the Rangers had built another five run lead, and this time […]

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Texas-Sized Comeback; Yankees Make History By Rallying to Win ALCS Opener

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Game Recap, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Coming from behind has long been a Yankees’ hallmark. In the regular season, the team recorded a major’s best 48 comebacks, and then in the ALDS added two more for good measure. Overcoming a five run deficit with only three innings to play, well, that’s another matter altogether. In fact, in their history of 356 postseason […]

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Yankees Have All the Answers in ALDS Sweep of Twins

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »

With all due respect to the Twins, the Yankees real battle in the ALDS was with themselves. As noted in an earlier post, there were five key questions surrounding the Yankees, and most of them were answered in the affirmative. As a result, the Twins really had no chance because the Yankees were just a […]

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Texas Two Step Puts Yankees Up 2-0; Pettitte, Berkman Lead Victory Over Twins

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Heading into the ALDS, the biggest question hanging over the Yankees was the health of Andy Pettitte. Last night, the  veteran lefty allayed those concerns. Over the first two innings, Pettitte’s command was a little shaky, particularly in the second when he loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. At that point, however, […]

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Identical Twins: Yankees Use Familiar Formula to Take Game One

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

You couldn’t blame someone if they thought the Yankees and Twins played their post season games from a script. After all, the last seven meetings between the teams in October, dating back to the 2004 ALDS, have all seemed to follow the same formula: the Twins take a lead only to see the Yankees comeback […]

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Pomp and Circumstances: Records Fall and So Do Yanks; Jays Honor Gaston, Hammer Javy

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Toronto Blue Jays paid tribute to retiring manager Cito Gaston with an on-field ceremony before last night’s game and then gave him a proper sendoff by not only setting the franchise record for most home runs, but also besting the Yankees in a season series for the first time since 2000. Entering the game, […]

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Yankees, Rivera Fall Victim to Murphy’s Law as Rangers Take Advantage of More Questionable Late Game Strategy

Posted in Baseball, Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the second game in a row, the Yankees dropped a one-run decision thanks largely in part to the strategy employed by their manager. The Yankees entered the eighth inning trailing 3-2, but Alex Rodriguez quickly tied up the game when he drove a 2-1 fastball from Frank Francisco over the centerfield wall. After Austin […]

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