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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 [...]
Continue reading...Section 203: “He Swings and….SWISH”
Friday, October 23, 2009
To be fair, Nick Swisher didn’t strike out to end Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. He popped up on a 3-2 count in the top of the 9th inning with the bases loaded and his team down a run to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. (It just makes for a better [...]
Continue reading...Section 203: Opportunity Squandered
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Yankees had a chance to jump to a 3-0 lead in the ALCS but just failed to execute. Dear Joe Girardi, Yes, you can overmanage a game. Mike Scoscia had an opportunity to pinch run for Jeff Mathis but decided not to because that would remove his bat. It paid off when Mathis delivered the game-winning [...]
Continue reading...Section 203: Yankees/Angels Preview and Predictions
Friday, October 16, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...MLB Playoff Predictions
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Writing The Pine’s Inaugural MLB Playoff Predictions A panel of 11 self-proclaimed baseball experts (and non-experts) made up of WTP writers and friends cast their predictions for the upcoming 2009 MLB playoffs. Let’s introduce the starting lineup: PineTimePlayer – Owns a pink “Derek Jeter” jersey. HomeTownHero – Middle name is “Steinbrenner.” ‘Nuff said. WritingIllini - Roots for all things [...]
Continue reading...HOW DARE YOU GARRET ANDERSON
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Yesterday, a couple of my co-workers and myself are strolling back from our daily lunch break in Bryant Park (great spot to scope out the ladies) when we pass by a relatively large man on 42nd Street. One of my co-workers, Henry, says to us, “Dude I think that’s Garret Anderson.” Me and Joe, my [...]
Continue reading...Section 203 – A Yankees Blog – Looking Ahead Edition
Monday, July 13, 2009
Maybe the Los Angels Angels of Anaheim have some secret voodoo curse on the New York Yankees. Maybe the Yankees’ kryptonite are teams clad in red. Who knows? Or maybe the Yankees were just looking ahead to the All-Star break. I know. Clever. I try. Actually the more I try to move on and look [...]
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