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Yankee Fan’s Guide to the 2010 World Series: From Rags to the Hawk, Cliff Lee and New York

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

The 2010 World Series will be a unique one for many Yankees’ fans because the two teams involved do not really inspire a passionate rooting interest, either for or against. Of course, there are the traditional “root for the American League” or “root against the team that beat the Yankees” rationales to consider. Also, for […]

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Rangers, Giants Seek to Quench Championship Thirst; World Series to Feature Matchup of Long Suffering Franchises

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged , on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Most baseball prognosticators expected the Yankees and Phillies to meet once again at season’s end, but the Rangers and Giants each brought a monkey wrench to their respective league championship series. So, instead of the first World Series rematch in 32 years, the Fall Classic will play host to two teams that have never won […]

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Deja Vu All Over Again; Yanks Hope for Repeat of 1958, but Past Has Already Been Revisited

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Media, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The 1958 Yankees are enjoying a bit of a revival thanks to their status as the franchise’s only team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a seven game postseason series. At the Pinstriped Bible, Steve Goldman took a look at how Casey Stengel guided his team back from the brink of elimination, while TYU examined […]

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Yankees Postseason History and Other Fun Facts

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on October 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

When the Yankees swept the ALDS, they increased their postseason winning streak over the Minnesota Twins to nine games. Coincidentally, the Yankees also happen to be riding a nine game winning streak against the Texas Rangers, the team they will now face in the postseason. Listed below is a breakdown of the Yankees postseason record […]

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This Date in History: The Killer Tarp and the Cardinals’ Strange 1985 Post Season

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged , on October 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »

The St. Louis Cardinals spent most of 1985 outrunning just about everyone and everything on a baseball field. In total, the Redbirds swiped 314 bags (this year, the Rays led the majors with 172 steals), but the centerpiece of the team’s running attack was a rookie outfielder named Vince Coleman, who stole a remarkable 110 […]

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