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Mayor’s Trophy Mystery: Did Nettles Really Try To Throw A Game?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on May 21, 2010 | 12 Comments »

Long before interleague matchups, the Yankees and Mets used to play a somewhat annual exhibition known as the Mayor’s Trophy Game. The popularity of the game, which was played to benefit the city’s Amateur Baseball Federation, ebbed and flowed from the time it was inaugurated in 1946 (as a three way series involving the Yankees, […]

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Revised Look at Rivalry MVPs

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Over at ESPNNew York, Mark Simon has run some numbers and come up with the most valuable players in the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry over the last fifteen years. According to his findings, Manny Ramirez has been by far the most clutch player in the series (no need to rely on stats for that one). Using […]

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The Yankees Are Coming: The American League Invasion of New York

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »

On April 30, the Yankees celebrate the anniversary of their first home game in the city of New York. Since that debut in 1903, the Yankees have inarguably become the most dominant, powerful franchise in all of American sports. So, it’s hard to fathom that this mighty franchise was once an orphan ballclub, rendered homeless […]

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Flashback: Home Plate Double Plays

Posted in Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This Date In Yankee History: April 29, 1933 With the sun starting to set on the final Saturday in April 1933, the Yankees seemed poised to drop a second straight game to the Washing Senators. The deficit was 6-2 heading into the bottom of the 9th, but as they often did, the Yankees began to […]

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Penny for Your Thoughts: Greetings From Yankee Stadium

Posted in Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Before the internet, postcards were the easiest way for people to send images around the world. In many ways, they were the precursor to social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. It’s easy to see how the typical “Greetings from…” postcard message has evolved into the instant status updates that fly around cyber space. Another […]

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Hail to the Chiefs: Yankees Lean Left When It Comes to Championships

Posted in Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »

This afternoon, the remaining members of the Yankees 2009 World Series Championship team will have the honor of meeting President Barack Obama at the White House. For the core four Yankees (Jeter, Posada, Rivera and Pettitte), this will be the third sitting President with whom they have visited to celebrate a championship (Bill Clinton three […]

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Best Yankee Manager of All-Time: Stengel or McCarthy?

Posted in Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Who is the greatest Yankee manager of all time? The list of candidates is very impressive: Miller Huggins, Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel, Billy Martin, Joe Torre. According to Chris Jaffe, author of the soon to be released “Evaluating Baseball’s Managers”, McCarthy wins hands down. In an interview over at Bronx Banter, Jaffe addresses the relative […]

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