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ALCS Game 2: Ice Cold
The above just about sums up the situation, folks. Once again the starting pitching was spectacular, but the bats were dead. Huge applause for Kuroda, especially since everybody was worried about him...
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A Message From The Animated Me
Since most of you don’t follow my other blog, Mainly Jane, I thought I’d take a break from Storm Talk and Yankee Talk and show you the video trailer for my new book. If there’s a caregiver in your life...
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Hal’s Opening The Wallet?
I was surprised to read earlier today that the Yankees have made Cano an offer to keep him in the fold for an unspecified number of years and for an unspecified (although “significant,” according to...
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Does This Feel….Wrong Somehow?
Getty Images/NY Post Via the NY Post: Jay-Z forming sports agency, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano signs as first client Last Updated: 11:19 AM, April 2, 2013 Jay-Z has launched Roc Nation Sports,...
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The First Janer Of The Season!
I’ve said many times that blowouts are my favorite kind of win, so Friend of the Blog Barbara (where are you, Barbara?) coined the term “Janer” whenever the Yankees score 10 or more runs. You can have...
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A House Of Horrors Yet Again
You’d think the Yankees would like playing at the Trop. It’s close to their own stadium in Tampa. The weather is predictable. They have a lot of fans in FL who turn out to cheer for them. So what’s...
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Another Win And A Visit From Hal
Photo: Debby Wong/USA TODAY Sports Hal looks like a hilarious guy, doesn’t he? Seriously stiff, but maybe he loosens up at home. Anyhow, he showed up to greet fans and talk to the media before today’s...
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Same Old Same Old
Those sad faces from the postseason reminded me of the sad faces from last night….and the night before….and the night before that. The fact is, it must not be fun to be the Yankees these days despite...
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Is There Any Way We Could Keep Playing The Twins?
It wasn’t a given that the Yankees would find relief in Minnesota, but it’s happened before and I was very glad it happened again last night. What I wasn’t expecting was that Pettitte would look so...
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The Way It Should Be
Your starter pitches well (give or take some walks), your star second baseman knocks in big runs and your closer closes. Done. Game over. Another win in Minny. I like the formula. Of course, I kept...
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Never Mind That Last Post
Photo: Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News What would the Yankees do without Lyle Overbay, otherwise known as Lyle Loverbay on Twitter. It was almost predestined that he would hit a grand slam when he...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
Photo: Jim McIsaac/newsday.com When Cano got hit by that Harvey fastball in the first inning of the All-Star game last night, I screamed so loud I’m surprised my neighbors didn’t call the police. I...
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Pure Misery
I decided to use a pic of Kathy Bates in the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s “Misery” to describe how I’m feeling right now. Not only did I have skin cancer surgery on my legs (ouwww) but I didn’t...
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Nixy!
Photo: Reuters Without fanfare or drama, Jayson Nix has quietly made himself essential to the 2013 Yankees. When he was on the DL, there was a noticeable lack of depth on the team, offensively and...
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Unbroken!
Photo: USA Today Sports Images The moment was too gruesome to contemplate. There was Cano at the plate against Happ, the same pitcher who’d plunked Granderson on the hand and broken it, getting hit on...
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A Fun Game At The Stadium
I wasn’t there, obviously, but judging by the crowd’s reactions on TV it was a good time tonight. While CC couldn’t hold the lead and continued his puzzling and worrisome slide, the Yankees’ offense...
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Don’t Kill Me But I’m About To Rant About Him
Photo: Brad Penner/US Presswire I know, I know. Dave Robertson has been great. He’s a great guy and a great humanitarian and a great husband. I get it. But do I want him to be the Yankees’ closer? No....
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Really, Yankees?
Seven years and $150+ million? I was out for dinner tonight when I happened to check my phone at the restaurant and saw the headline about the signing. I was, in a word, gobsmacked. Not that we went...
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I’ll Miss You, Robbie
Photo: Ed Szczepanski/USA Today What a crazy turnaround. Head-spinning. First the talks with the Mariners blew up when Jay Z upped the ante on them. Then they actually went for it, and pending a...
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“Ring the bell for Beltran”
(I’m just anticipating John Sterling’s home run call for the Yankees’ new right fielder with that headline.) Anyhow, while I was busily enjoying my Friday night, I seem to have missed the latest FA...
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