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Yes, it is old, but for posterity I have to put this up even though it was last week. For the record, I thought Alex Rodriguez responded well (“Good for him. He threw a perfect game, and even better, he beat the Rays.”) to being told Dallas Braden threw a perfect game. Better than say, [...]

Are the Yankees Truly the Most-Despised Ballclub? – Wall Street JournalA Nielsen Co. algorithm has determined my two favorite baseball teams, the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees are the sixth and fifth most hated, respectively.
By the way, the Yankees took a series (The Times) from the most-hated team*, the Orioles, in Baltimore [...]

Sheppard gives thanks for place in history – yankees.comBob Sheppard, the voice of Yankee Stadium from 1951 to 2008, has officially retired at age 99. He does not believe that he will be able to regain the stamina to handle duties as public address announcer. In addition to the 3+ hours of baseball, he had [...]

DANIEL VICTOR – New York Yankees baseball fans seem content to punch the repeat button – Patriot-NewsVictor, a Phillies fan, State College native and Penn Stater (I’ve linked to him before) went to game 6 at Yankee Stadium. He compares and contrasts the atmosphere in New York as opposed to Philadelphia in 2008. Yankees fans [...]

Let’s see my American League team, the New York Yankees, the one that I have deep family ties to, is the best in baseball after winning the World Series again. Meanwhile, the hometown team, that I waited a generation for, the Washington Nationals, is the absolute worst. On the one hand, one team is the [...]

Not surpsingly, editors at both New York City tabloids were thinking the same thing late last night. While the headline seems a little corny, I’m not complaining about it.
They were thinking the same thing on Long Island too.
UPDATE: ESPN did it too:
Apparently deadpsin noticed this stuff too — If this anyone other tan Steve Allen, [...]

Back on Top, Yankees Add a 27th Title – The TimesThis morning I’m enjoying the fifth World Series victory for the New York Yankees that I can remember. They won two more when I was really young and 20 before I was born. They beat the Philadelphia Phillies in one fewer games than [...]

Yankees Sweep Twins to Advance to A.L.C.S. – The TimesThe New York Yankees 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins means several things. Most importantly, it means the Yankees advance to ALCS to face the The Angels of the Angles of Anaheim. It means the Yankees swept the Twins. It also means that the joke [...]

Last night the Minnesota Twins beat the Tigers in 12 innings to claim the AL Central crown and a playoff series with the New York Yankees. I noticed a few Nats fans on Twitter pulling for the Twins to win last night. The Twins had been the original Washington Senators. Do you know why thy [...]

It seems like it has been forever since the two New York City tabloids had headlines on the cover that matched. Today, the morning after the Yankees clinched their 14th playoff berth in 15 seasons we see the same headline. Why did the news need to add quotes around “in” though?
New York Tabloids, [...]