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http://baseballhotcorner.blogspot.com/ - Opinionated observations,by a New York Yankees lifer,for the thinking fan
Baseball's shopping season commences. Hyperbole, innuendo, rumor, speculation, distortion and lies rule. Yankee fans give thanks that their team can pick and choose this year's shrewd plan. Last year's $423 million orgy of spending wiped away front office folly. A ring resulted. The Bronx is ...
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New York Yankees
The name Billy Martin conjures up mixed memories. The feisty dugout force built a career on winning and controversy. Many remember Martin's Bronx Zoo chapter and forget the bold innovations that he brought to the game. Chris Jaffe of Hardball Times previews his book, Evaluating Baseball's ...
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Billy Wagner
New York Yankees
Sports Illustrated
New York City basks in the glow of the last World Series courtesy of the Yankees' 27TH championship. A new book: The First Fall Classic , by Mike Vaccaro , chronicles Gotham circa 1912 when the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox squared off. Vaccaro writes: "They showed just how ...
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George Steinbrenner III
New York Yankees
John McGraw
The confetti is gone from the Canyon of Heroes. The '09 New York Yankees are finished, their beaming fans simmer on success until spring. The hot stove will keep us warm through winter. Baseball's rumor mill never sleeps . Let's hit the links: Silly question. Contreras revisited ? Gone but ...
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New York Yankees
Waves of accolades wash over the World Champion New York Yankees. A winning induced fervor brings the Canyon of Heroes alive. The Big Apple embraces a fresh chapter in pinstriped lore. The page turns on bad news. Thorny issues fade. Let the good times roll. It wasn't long ago that an opulent ...
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New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez
Joe Girardi
Joba Chamberlain
Mission accomplished. Girardi needs a new jersey. 28 is next. The World Champion New York Yankees recapture the crown. Vintage performances by long-in-the-tooth winners kicked in destiny's door. Hideki Matsui whacked Pedro and company for six RBI. Andy Pettitte somehow survived the hyped ...
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New York Yankees
Joe Girardi
George Steinbrenner III
Hideki Matsui
Andy Pettitte
Mariano Rivera
Someone said, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." I'm reading Mike Vaccaro's excellent book, The First Fall Classic , which describes the events surrounding the 1912 World Series between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox . Vaccaro writes: "This was the peak of New ...
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New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez
Chien-Ming Wang
Xavier Nady
Joe Girardi
Destiny was derailed Monday night in the City of Brotherly Love. New York's quest for their 27TH championship was thwarted courtesy of Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and A.J. Burnett. Lee was good but not great this time around. The Yanks had a chance until enigmatic A.J. took the hill. Burnett's ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
A.J. Burnett
Chase Utley
New York Yankees
Cliff Lee
Destiny is knocking on the door of the '09 New York Yankees. A dramatic ninth inning rally with two out, no one on, resulted in a 7-4 confidence buttressing win. A 3-1 series lead has the Bronx Bombers on the brink. #27 is on deck. The list of prime-time players grows. CC should stand for ...
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New York Yankees
C.C. Sabathia
Alex Rodriguez
Joe Girardi
Mariano Rivera
The New York Yankees used a customary power surge to silence the Philly phanatics in their home town band box Saturday night. The Bronx Bombers snatched back home field advantage from the formerly cocky Phils . Momentum switched sides. New York received clutch contributions from unlikely ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Andy Pettitte
C.C. Sabathia
Mariano Rivera
Joe Blanton
The Yankees travel by train from the melancholy , elitist confines of the new Yankee Stadium to the raucous spectacle of the Phillies phanatics . Obnoxious doesn't do it justice but give the gang some cred, mellow isn't in the mix. The clock ticks down, bedlam is on deck. Let's pass the time ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
A.J. Burnett
David Ortiz
Wilson Betemit
The relentlessly resilient '09 New York Yankees did it again Thursday night in the Bronx. A bounce-back, 3-1 win knots the Jersey turnpike series at one. A pitching duel featuring A.J.'s stuff vs. Pedro's smarts was the main attraction. No one was disappointed. A slumbering Stadium crowd was ...
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New York Yankees
A.J. Burnett
Pedro Martinez
Philadelphia Phillies
Mariano Rivera
The first World Series game at the new Yankee Stadium fell flat courtesy of Cliff Lee and his dazzling array of precise pitches. Hype and hoopla faded fast as the vaunted Bronx Bombers whiffed. Lee hit the mute button on a soggy, listless home crowd. CC Sabathia was good but not great, that ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
C.C. Sabathia
Chase Utley
Philip Hughes
Brian Bruney
The rain just keeps on coming but the warmth of baseball's World Series stretches from the Bronx to the City of Brotherly Love. Let's go around the horn for some World Series related links: Home sweet home: "the New Jersey Turnpike Series. To live up to this name, as any Turnpike veteran will ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Martinez
George Steinbrenner III
Brian Cashman
A New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies World Series is special on and off the field. History's elite franchise from the Bronx visits the "City of Brotherly Love." Whoever coined that nickname had a profound sense of humor. The match up provides magic to this Yankees lifer who went to school ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
The New York Yankees are back . World Series glory is on deck for the 40TH time. A raucous Bronx throng witnessed the 110TH win of the '09 season. Success was snatched. It wasn't easy. The best offense in baseball stranded a relentless slew of base runners. The scoreboard read 3-1 New York in ...
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New York Yankees
Los Angeles Angels
Joe Girardi
Mariano Rivera
Yankee Stadium
The clock ticks; the rain doesn't relent. Yankees' drama is on deck. Let's hit the links to relieve the angst: Bud Selig, the people's commissioner:"No, Fox didn't cause the rain. It's off the hook on that one. But it has caused a postseason format that has done, among other things, the ...
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New York Yankees
Mariano Rivera
Philadelphia Phillies
Bud Selig
Babe Ruth
Andy Pettitte waits in the wings, while the Yanks return to their not so cozy confines. Angst arrives at 7:57 pm E.S.T. Ominous weather is on deck. Plenty of time to peruse the Yankees' news: Nothing to giggle about: "The quick-talking, head-bobbing right fielder, who added personality to the ...
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New York Yankees
Joe Girardi
ESPN
Nick Swisher
Andy Pettitte
The Yankees lost a potential AL Championship clincher in Anaheim Thursday night. The Bombers' 110TH win didn't happen. It shouldn't be a shock. Angel's ace John Lackey has a proven playoff pedigree; Yankees starter A.J. doesn't. It didn't take long to prove the point as A.J. got whacked for ...
