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Section 203: Yanks Advance to their 40th World Series

The clock struck 12 and there were two strikes on Gary Matthews, Jr.  Mo bent at the waist, held his form and delivered a third strike to finally put away a pesky, resilient Angels squad.  At 12:01, the Yankees won their 40th American League Pennant and will face the defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia [...]

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Section 203: Yankees/Angels Preview and Predictions

I hope we don’t see this again.  It happened in ‘02.  It happened again in ‘05.  They’ve always played us tough, rallied behind their monkey to pummel our bullpen (Mo included), and protected their homefield.  (Which isn’t in Los Angeles.  It’s in Anaheim.  That’s like if the NY Giants called themselves the New York Giants [...]

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Section 203: 25-Man Playoff Roster

After Joba Chamberlain’s forgettable start against the K.C. Royals in the Yankees regular season finale (which I attended), I think the Yankees are going to go with a 3-man rotation with 7-8 relief pitchers.  That means they’ll carry 14-15 position players with them to the ALDS against their likely opponents, the Detroit Tigers.  Who should [...]

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Asian Guy Power Rankings – Midseason Special Edition

After seeing three Asian players selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2006 and two in 2007, I was disappointed to see that Ichiro was the only Asian player selected to the All-Star game.  The last few reserve selections – especially in the outfield – are usually toss-ups, but I felt that Shin-Soo [...]

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Section 203 – A Yankees Blog – 7/6/2009 Edition

Welcome to Section 203 – the new home of the Bleacher Creatures and my new Yankees Blog as well. Blue Jays v. Yankees – 7/5/2009 At first it looked like a bigger blowout than the typical haircut of the Bridge and Tunnel crowd in South Jersey in the summer.  Brett Cecil worked methodically to ensure his team [...]

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