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5.6KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 8
There’s an adage in baseball that says the season doesn’t start until after Memorial Day. It may sound ridiculous considering the season...
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8.0KTime to roll the dice on Hicks
When the Minnesota Twins chose Aaron Hicks with the 14th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Amateur draft, the High Schooler was labeled...
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7.5KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 7
Here we are, through week 7 and the Yankees hold the second best record in baseball at 24-14 (.632 — a 102-win...
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4.2KDellin Betances has a chance to silence his critics
“$5 million goes to elite closers. Pitchers who pitch the ninth inning and have a lot of saves. Dellin didn’t have that record....
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3.7KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 6
The Yankees passed a huge test last weekend in Chicago, sweeping the defending World Champion Cubs. Clearly the Cubs are not playing...
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5.8KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 5
New month, same slugging Yankees. I for one was sad to see April go. It was like a dream; Aaron Judge was...
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6.3KYankees – Cubs memories
This weekend the New York Yankees travel to Chicago to take on the defending World Champion Chicago Cubs. The two teams will...
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5.6KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 4
It was an odd week for the Yankees. With an off day on Monday and a rainout on Tuesday, I was legitimately...
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3.8KFantasy baseball rule No. 1 – don’t panic
In “The Waste Land”, T.S. Elliot famously wrote, “April is the cruelest month”. Perhaps he was referring to fantasy baseball. Slow starters,...
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3.8KA new era in the Yankees, Red Sox rivalry
After Tuesday night’s game was postponed, it’s time to officially usher in the new era in the rivalry between the New York...
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4.1KTWiYB: This Week in Yankees Baseball – Week 3
This is the blog formerly known as “weekly takeaways.” After writing takeaways for two weeks I quickly realized it was morphing into This...
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5.7KThe Hunt for Mr. October
This October will mark the 40th anniversary of the New York Yankees’ 1977 World Series championship. It was the team’s first title...
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10.5KShades of Derek Jeter in Aaron Judge
It seemed as if Aaron Judge was kind of the forgotten man entering 2017. All the hype surrounded Gary Sanchez, and as...
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4.0KYankees Week 2 Takeaways
Week two is in the books and it went a hell of a lot better than week one. If you missed the...
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2.8KMongtomery among AL rookies to watch
As an AL rookie, Gary Sanchez took Major League Baseball by storm last Summer. The Yankees’ highly touted catching prospect played his...
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4.2KThe home opener was a breath of fresh air
It’s safe to say that the New York Yankees franchise, Michael Pineda and the stadium itself haven’t lived up to their potential...
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7.2KGreg Bird looks lost early this season
As if we needed more proof that spring training means nothing, Greg Bird’s slow — actually, let’s call it horrendous — start...
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3.8KYankees Week 1 Takeaways
Week one of the 2017 baseball season is in the books! Boy, am I glad to have baseball back. There’s a certain...
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3.8KHome Opener memories
The most celebrated team in sports history has had many historical home openers. The New York Yankees opened the original Yankee Stadium...
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5.4KJack Curry talks 2017 Yankees baseball
Jack Curry has written and talked about the Yankees for years. He spent 22 years at the New York Times, first as...