Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Now, the real test: Beating Boston in a NINE inning game

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 We all see it. We ALLLL see it... Don't stare. No need to gloat. No posting of Mr. McBroom. It's just the wild card standings. Noth...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

2nd game thread

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Two seven inning games at home against a floundering Redsocks team? What could go wrong?

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The Yankees currently have two problems: The 8th and the 9th.  Today, they face neither. By tomorrow, with luck, they'll be holding a wi...
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Monday, August 16, 2021

I’ll Tell You What Sucks

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Not a damn thing. You see, I’ve been away for the last 3 ½ months. Drove across the country twice. 30 States in all. Just looking at stuff...
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HoraceClarke66: An' ANUDDER thing...

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From the tundra of HoraceClarke's desk...    So Tyler Kepner, the New York Times’ baseball columnist, made one of his rare appearances o...
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The Yankee problem is not in starting games, but finishing them... and the unlikeliest pitcher of them all might just hold the key

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Aside from Gerrit Cole - who's been everything touted - no Yank pitcher seems to pitch with as much grit and guile as Nasty Nestor Octav...
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Sunday, August 15, 2021

A huge victory celebrates a rare Yankee attribute: Patience.

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After all the bridges have collapsed, wouldn't it be weird if Albert Abreu turned out to be the most significant part of the famous 2016...
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Saturday, August 14, 2021

HoraceClarke66: An’ Anudder T’ing!

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  From the whirlwind mind of HoraceClarke66... No, I’m not letting that awful, “Field of Dreams” excrescence go.    It was a celebration, ...
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Shocker: The return of Setback Sevy will be delayed

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  He missed his rehab start last night. So it goes. Oh, well...  Jasson Dominiquez went 3-for-3 in a game yesterday. He's hitting .245. ...
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Friday, August 13, 2021

HoraceClarke66: “Heaney! Heaney! HEANEY!!!”

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  From the desk of HoraceClarke66... Attend the tale of Heaney, Clod! Chorus: Attend the tale of Heaney, Sod!   His pitches were slow an...
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Will the NFL follow suit on Field of Dreams?

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 How did this thing get overlooked? With Ray Lewis, Marshall Faulk and Dwight Freeney... Ray Liotta as Roger Godell and Kevin Costner as Iow...
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Mr. Glass-Half-Full (of Old Overholt)

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Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm just a Libra, obsessed with balance. Maybe, baby, I'll have you for me. But while Joebuckco's WS ...
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Not in Kansas any more; the "mighty Yankees" are a different beast when not facing the Royals, Marlins and O's... (Oh, my...)

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Another soul-crushing defeat on national TV...  Another recap of past Octobers... Another  foreshadowing of what's ahead...  We expected...
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Thursday, August 12, 2021

HoraceClarke66: No, it didn't start in a cornfield

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From the tear-stained desk of HoraceClarke66...     Just to riff off El Duque’s excellent skewering of Fox Sports’ fake nostalgia broadcast—...
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Great ex-Yankee to Manage White Sox in Odious "Field of Dreams" Game

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Confessed turkey lover  and former utility infielder Miguel Cairo (2004, 2006-07), who led the Yankees to a .615 win percentage in games he...
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Who and when

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Kluber, "they" say, September 1st. Everyone but Sanchez will be awhile. And t-shirt of the day...  
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Will "Moonlight" Wade get a shot at the Hollywood game?

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Lately, Tyler Wade has been the Yankees' best player. Tyler Wade.  Trouble is, the Yankees have no place for overachievers.  They prefer...
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Field of Schemes: If you hype it, they will watch...

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  WARNING... WARNING... WARNING... THE NATIONAL BULLSHIT SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE BULLSHIT WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING 50 U.S. STATES AND T...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

It Took Until The Ninth For Boone To Get It Right

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Every time Odor loads up to throw to first base, from third, it is an adventure in physics.  He should never be Boone's choice for third...
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