August 2009 ARCHIVE

Paredes, Mack Lead Yankees to Tenth Consecutive Win

(31st August, 2009)

ShareTweet August 31, 2009 – The Staten Island Yankees moved even close to the first place Brooklyn Cyclones when they defeated the Vermont Lake Monsters, 5-3. The win combined with a Cyclones loss brings the Baby Bombers within half a game of first place in the McNamara Division. Jimmy Paredes arguably had the best night [...]

Gotham High: Lucky Sharks

(31st August, 2009)

The New York Mets have Tom Glavine and El Duque, the New York Yankees have Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina and the Eastport / South Manor High School team has Greg Smith and Ken Frosch.

Baby Bombers Pull Closer to ‘Clones with Comeback Win

(30th August, 2009)

ShareTweet August 30, 2009 – It was a home coming of sorts for Yankees outfielder Justin Milo.  Milo played his college ball at the University of Vermont, where the Vermont Lake Monsters play their home games, where returned to with his new club riding an eight game winning streak to open a three-game set.  The [...]

Medchill Excelling for Baby Bombers

(30th August, 2009)

ShareTweet “Right now he is better than most of these guys at this level,” said a scout when talking about Yankees left fielder Neil Medchill. As good as that is, it could also be the reason he is in a slump.  “He has a very good batting eye, so that if a pitcher throws a [...]

Toast of the Town

(30th August, 2009)

ShareTweet In 1985, a very talented Mets team – some would argue the most talented Mets team ever – fell short in its season-long battle    for the National League East title with the Whitey Herzog’s St. Louis Cardinals. After coming back and beating the Pittsburgh Pirates to cut the Cardinal lead to three games, the [...]

1976: The Yankees Renaissance

(30th August, 2009)

ShareTweet They called them the “CBS Years,” the dark, dismal time when CBS owned the Yankees and the team floundered in mediocrity from 1965-1972. In 1973, a Midwestern shipping magnate named George Steinbrenner bought the team and immediately plunged them into a two-year renovation of Yankee Stadium, exiling them to Shea for 1974 and 1975. [...]

Going Nine: The Dynasty That Barrow Built

(30th August, 2009)

ShareTweet The acquisition of Babe Ruth by the New York Yankees is the signature moment in sports. When the Yankees secured his services from Boston following the 1919 season, they were a 16-year old franchise with a reputation for finding new ways to screw up pennant races,  Or at least that’s what New York’s American [...]