The 2018 season was the best year of Didi Gregorius‘ seven year Major League career. With the year he was having coupled with the rookie campaigns of Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar, the Yankees did[…]
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Yankees May Not Be True World Series Contenders
The New York Yankees have been eliminated from the postseason. While the Yankees and Red Sox played fairly evenly when matched up head-to-head during the regular season, the eight games separating them in the standings[…]
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Yankees-Athletics Postseason History
If history is any guide, the New York Yankees are going to win the Wild Card Game against the Oakland Athletics because the Yankees always beat the Athletics in the postseason. Really, it seems as[…]
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Monday Mets: Mel & Ed Recap The Season
As Michael Conforto squeezed his glove around Peter O’Brien’s 9th inning line drive, it not only ended the game, it not only secured Noah Syndergaard’s first ever complete game shutout, it also put an end[…]
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Judge Among MLB Stars To Lend Voices To Campaign To Stop Bullying
Thirty-one All-Star Appearances, Three League MVP Awards, Three World Series Rings, Three Rookie of the Year Awards, One Cy Young Award, One World Series MVP and One LCS MVP. These on-field achievements are credited to[…]
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Monday Mets: You Still Follow The Team?
Well folks, we’ve made it to the final week of the season. It’s now officially fall, and for two-thirds of the teams in the majors, the season will end on Sunday. For some Mets fans,[…]
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Knowing What We’ve Got Before It’s Gone
I never appropriately appreciated David Wright during his career. When he first came up, I was enamored with what I thought he could be, then I took him for granted instead of being wowed by[…]
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‘A Franchise On The Rise’ Author Amore Talks Highlanders
The excellent new book A Franchise on the Rise: The First Twenty Years of the New York Yankees (2018, Sports Publishing, 308 pps, $27.99) tells the story of the pre-Ruth Yankees (then, mostly “Highlanders”). See my reviews[…]
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What Do Harper’s Topps Picks Say About His 2019 Destination?
The Nats’ Bryce Harper hits free agency this winter at the ripe old age of 26 by season’s end, and though he has in many ways had a below-grade year by his own incredibly high standards[…]
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Sabathia, Matz Tabbed As MLB Announces 30 Team Clemente Award Nominees
The 30 Club nominees for the 2018 Roberto Clemente Award, the most prominent individual award for Major League players, were announced today by Major League Baseball. The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a[…]
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