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baseballreflections.com - 7 hours ago
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Image via Wikipedia For many teams, especially teams
that are successful in the postseason, success is predicated...
on a solid bullpen. However, while stalwarts like Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman grab headlines and notoriety, as a whole, bullpen arms are significantly ...
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Top 8 Free Agent Relief Pitchers This Hot Stove Season
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myteamrivals.typepad.com - 2 days ago
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Since Matsui won the Series MVP this year
I thought we would post all the past Yankee...
World Series MVPs. The award was started in 1955. Here is the list; 1956 Don Larsen 1958 Bob Turley 1960 Bobby Richardson 1961 Whitey Ford 1962 Ralph Terry 1977 Reggie Jackson 1978 Bucky Dent 1996 John ...
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Yankees World Series MVPs
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sportscollectorsdaily.com - 2 days ago
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He's got plenty of time on his hands
these days and future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux...
will use some of it to sign baseball cards for Upper Deck's upcoming baseball products.
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Maddux Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
zellspinstripeblog.com - 3 days ago
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As expected, Joe Mauer nearly unanimously won the
American League Most Valuable Player with Mark Teixeira and...
Derek Jeter second and third. Mauer tallied 387 votes, Mark Teixeira came in second with 225 and Derek Jeter pulled in a respectable 193 votes. Other Yankees receiving votes were ...
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Mauer wins AL MVP, Teixeira and Jeter come in 2nd and 3rd
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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Joe Mauer convincingly and deservedly won the AL
MVP this afternoon. He was named first on 27...
of 28 ballots, and second on the other. He finished with 387 points. The remaining first place vote went to Detroit's Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera received only one second place vote, but was as low as tenth ...
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Mauer Wins MVP, Teixeira Second, Jeter Third
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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The AL MVP was announced today and the
winner was rightfully, Joe Mauer . I have no...
qualms whatsoever with his selection. Mauer was without a doubt the best player in the American League. The only beef I have with his selection is that it wasn't unanimous. How anyone voted Miguel Cabrera first ...
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Mauer Wins MVP, Teixeira Finishes Ahead Of Jeter
lennysyankees.com - 3 days ago
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Joe Mauer was just announced the MVP after
receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. From there,...
it went: 2. Mark Teixeira 3. Derek Jeter 4. Miguel Cabrera 5. Kendry Morales 6. Kevin Youkilis 7. Jason Bay 8. Ben Zobrist 9. Ichiro Suzuki 10. Alex Rodriguez 14. Mariano Rivera ...
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Teixeira and Jeter settle for 2nd, 3rd MVP
zellspinstripeblog.com - 4 days ago
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22 years ago today, before some of us
were born, Rich ‘Goose’ Gossage signed a free agent...
contract with the Yankees for 6 years/$2.75 million (Wow, wasn’t he a bargain!). As a reliever he was elected to play in 8 All Star games, a record that would stand until Mariano Rivera ...
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Yankees Blast from the Past: Goose Gossage
yankees.lhblogs.com - 4 days ago
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According a press release from Major League Baseball,
the 2009 World Series was broadcast by 54 of...
MLB’s international radio and television partners. That spans 15 languages and 233 countries and territories. The viewership was up considerably ...
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World Series viewership way up overseas
pinstripealley.com - 5 days ago
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Few players are more likely to see a
regression in their numbers than those getting well into...
their 30s who have suddenly had a big bounce-back season. The Yankees caught lightning in a bottle with Matsui, Damon and Pettitte, who are free agents, as well as incumbent 30-somethings like Jorge ...
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Few players are more likely to see a regression in their ...
nytimes.com - 5 days ago
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Statistically, keeping a player like Mariano Rivera, who
turns 40 next Sunday, is risky....
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Keeping Score
lennysyankees.com - 6 days ago
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It’s about time. Shelley Duncan has tore up
the Yankees farm system for the last six years,...
and has hardly gotten a chance at the major league level. Now, the news is he has been outrighted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre , which is what the Yankees did with him last year. If he clears ...
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So long, Shelley
310tojoba.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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Bitchin' That wraps it up for the week,
catch me tomorrow and Sunday at Walkoff Walk ....
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And Now For The Part Where I Delve Into Blatant Homerism
puristbleedspinstripes.com - 7 days ago
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Is it too early for this? I think
not. Here are my top ten Yankee moments from...
2000-2010–feel free to leave a comment with any you think I missed! 10. Subway Series A lot of you might argue that this is too far down on the list, but the 2000 Yankees team was perhaps better lucky than ...
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Yankees’ Best Moments of the Decade (My Take)
sportscollectorsdaily.com - 8 days ago
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Upper Deck's commitment to baseball in 2010 will
include fresh Andy Pettite and Mariano Rivera autographs....
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Pettite, Rivera Get Upper Deck Autograph Deals
brewersbeat.mlblogs.com - 8 days ago
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The Brewers added catching depth on Wednesday by
claiming onetime Padres prospect George Kottaras off waivers from...
the Boston Red Sox. Kottaras, 26 and a left-handed hitter, reportedly asked out of Boston after it became clear that Victor Martinez and...
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GM says Kottaras claim is about depth
zellspinstripeblog.com - 9 days ago
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It almost seems like yesterday that Shane Victorino
grounded out against Mariano Rivera to end Game 6....
Since then, Yankees Universe has worried about Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Andy Pettitte among others. There was a moment during the celebration that made all Yankees’ fans go ...
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Mariano’s Future
pinstripealley.com - 9 days ago
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July 30, 2008: Jorge Posada had rotator cuff
surgery September 22, 2008: Hideki Matsui had surgery on...
his left knee October 7, 2008: Mariano Rivera had surgery on his throwing shoulder May 10, 2009: Alex Rodriguez has the first of two surgeries to repair his hip- upon review, the injury ...
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Injuries and the Chance for Greatness
zellspinstripeblog.com - 10 days ago
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During the 2009 Postseason one thing became very
clear. The bridge to Mariano Rivera as compared to...
the regular season was slightly more shaky than thought it would be going into the Postseason. With Hughes and Chamberlain’s status for 2010 practically set , as of now, the bridge to ...
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Hot Stove 2009: Bridge to Mariano
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
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A while back in this space, this writer
did a complete analysis of the rookie candidates for...
Rookie of the year. After looking over that piece, this writer is still convinced the conclusions were correct. But those choices were not the players who won the Rookie of the Year honors: Chris Coghlan ...
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Another Award Gone Bad
fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com - 11 days ago
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I mentioned earlier than the new Bill James
Handbook* rates Juan Rivera the worst baserunner in baseball...
2009, at about 40 total bases lost compared to the average player. Here’s how it breaks down, compared to an excellent baserunner, Chone ...
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Juan Rivera’s base instincts
fenwaywest.com - 11 days ago
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David Ortiz is holding an online auction as
part of his Celebrity Golf Classic. There are some...
interesting things for you to bid including a guitar signed by Big Papi, a football signed by Tom Brady, and a World Series Jersey signed by Mariano Rivera. The most interesting item is a lesson ...
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Good Stuff in Big Papi's Auction
events.org - 11 days ago
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Hosted By: David Ortiz Children's Fund Events.org Online
Auction Auction Categories: (select from the categories below to...
preview) Featured Items All Experiences Other Sports Memoribilia # - Title Value Bids Current Bid Las Vegas Getaway Donated By: ...
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2009 David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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OK, to be fair, everything Scioscia has said
since the series has been nothing but class, and...
I'm not taking any of that away from him. But did anyone catch the recent comments by recently defeated Angels manager Mike Scioscia? He was talking to 300 people at a fundraiser lunch for KidWorks , ...
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Saturday Night Open Thread: Really Mike? Edition
huffingtonpost.com - 13 days ago
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New York Yankee World Series MVP, designated hitter
Hideki Matsui, and the incomparable closer Mariano Rivera were...
models of mature, professional dignity in the final game of the World Series -- behavior rarely seen in the trash heap of commercial ...
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Charles Warner: Matsui and Rivera: Behavioral Models for TV
ladylovespinstripes.com - 14 days ago
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Gold Glove awards completed today, as MLB Award
Season has officially started. Spreading out nicely for the...
month after the World Series keeps talks and debates flowing. It also lightens the... Welcome to Lady Loves Pinstripes, a sports blog from a female fan's perspective. Feel free to ...
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And The Award Goes To.....
rotoprofessor.com - 14 days ago
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As much as any other position, the rankings
for closer’s see some drastic changes when you are...
looking at drafting for yearly leagues vs. dynasty leagues. How far does Mariano Rivera fall? Where does Andrew Bailey fit? What other changes are there? Let’s take a look:
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2010 Dynasty Rankings: Top 15 Closers: A First Look
noyoureatowel.net - 15 days ago
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There will be a day when "Enter Sandman"
does not play at Yankee Stadium. There will be...
a day when we have to find out who the next closer in the Bronx will be. There will be a day when Mariano Rivera will hang out the cleats and become an evangelical minister (like he promised in 2000 after he ...
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How Great is the Great Mariano Rivera
espn.go.com - 15 days ago
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As I continue to marvel at Mariano Rivera's
postseason career, my friend Mark Armour -- whose new...
book will be published next spring -- sent me this: ...
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Another measure of Mo's brilliance
lennysyankees.com - 15 days ago
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The majority of fans voted they didn’t know
the Yankees were going to win the World Series...
until Mariano Rivera was one strike away. I was surprised to see the lack of confidence in the fans. I wasn’t all that confident myself, as I voted for after they beat the Angels in the ALCS. That ...
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Poll Results: Fans didn’t know until one strike away
ladylovespinstripes.com - 15 days ago
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Gold Glove awards completed today, as MLB Award
Season has officially started. Spreading out nicely for the...
month after the World Series keeps talks and debates flowing. It also lightens the... Welcome to Lady Loves Pinstripes, a sports blog from a female fan's perspective. Feel free to ...
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And The Award Goes To.....
zellspinstripeblog.com - 15 days ago
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Does it get better than this? I think
not. Posted in Yankees Miscellaneous, Yankees: Off the field...
Tagged: Mariano Rivera
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Mariano Rivera Nike Ad
nydailynews.com - 16 days ago
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CHICAGO - Johnny Damon wants to return to
the Yankees, but it remains to be seen whether...
they want him back - and if they do, how many years they want to commit to the 36-year-old. Although Damon has told friends that he would take a shorter deal to ...
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Agent Scott Boras warns New York Yankees, suitors that ...
baseballreflections.com - 16 days ago
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As the New York Yankees bask in the
afterglow of their unprecedented 27th World Championship, let’s take...
a look back at the ten biggest contributors to that title. Without these men, the Yankees’ postseason might have ended a lot earlier: 1. Alex Rodriguez : After the Yankees ...
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Yankees’ Ten Most Pivotal Postseason Performers
yankees.gearupforsports.com - 17 days ago
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It would be wrong of me to go
back to last week and recap the Yankee greatness...
that was, the 2009 World Series. Justice prevailed as Matsui finally got the Championship ring he ventured over the big lake for. Girardi was right and can breathe another day in Yankee land, maybe even ...
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Let the Off-Season Begin
thegmsperspective.com - 17 days ago
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In a game where image is heavily compared
to the past, the minute intricacies, and similarities are...
visible throughout all parts of the game. The history of Word Series winning-shares is limited with the amount of information out there, but courtesy of the Baseball Digest archives, we can get ...
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World Series Payouts: Some Extra Pocket Change Never ...
mvn.com - 17 days ago
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Last week, Rob Neyer challenged someone to find
out just how many championships Mariano Rivera has been...
worth. I was tempted to go ahead and figure it out, but didn't really have the time or idea on how do it. Rebecca, over at This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes, decided to go ahead and take that ...
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Attempting to Quantify Mariano Rivera’s Postseason Value
zellspinstripeblog.com - 17 days ago
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Watching the final out game on television, or
listening to it on the radio..you probably have already...
heard these calls on the last out of the World Series. I just thought I would have them down in writing for you guys. I guess you can add these two to the list. “Now Rivera is set, and ...
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The final calls of the ‘09 World Series
puristbleedspinstripes.com - 17 days ago
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Please see Part I for acknowledgments. Hey, so
now that I’ve missed the last 100 years or...
so, what’d I miss? Anyway, here’s what we’ve got in terms of a final tally: Year PREWAR Converted PREWAR 1995 0.200 2.64 1996 0.145 0.712 ...
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How Many Championships is Mariano Rivera Worth? Part IV
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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For third time in their last five championship
off seasons, the Yankees will have a World Series...
MVP entering free agency. In 1996, closer John Wetteland took home the hardware, appearing in 5 games, saving all four Yankee wins, and striking out 6 while posting a 2.08 ERA in 4.1 innings of ...
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Replacing A World Series MVP
puristbleedspinstripes.com - 18 days ago
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Please see Part I for acknowledgments. Let’s start
with the 2009 postseason. We take the Magic Calculator...
Thingy and input the following: Innings pitched: 16. Fangraphs’ FIP: 2.28 Next, we go to Baseball Reference and click on the ‘postseason’ tab. We look at ...
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How Many Championships Is Mariano Rivera Worth? Part III
puristbleedspinstripes.com - 18 days ago
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Please see Part I for acknowledgments. Back? Good.
So what do we have so far? 1) We’re...
attempting to figure out Mariano’s WAR for his postseason innings and then convert that to the number of championships Mariano is worth all by his lonesome. 2) We’ve explained the ...
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How Many Championships is Mariano Rivera Worth? Part II
puristbleedspinstripes.com - 18 days ago
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Special acknowledgement: This is far and away the
most advanced, in depth thing I’ve ever tried. Without...
question, the best similarity I can come up with is asking someone who’s taken only high school Economics course to run the IMF, that’s basically what’s happened. As ...
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How Many Championships is Mariano Rivera Worth? Part I
fangraphs.com - 18 days ago
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Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees Birthdate: 11/29/1969
Bats/Throws: R/R Height/Weight: 6-2/185 Position: P 7/1/2009 - Two...
Very Different Cutters by Dave Allen (FanGraphs) 11 6/16/2009 - Mariano Rivera's Curious Rates by Matthew Carruth (FanGraphs) ...
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Mariano Rivera
pinstripealley.com - 19 days ago
Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall Classic hiding a painful rib-cage injury, leaning...
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Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall
Classic hiding a painful rib-cage injury, leaning on head...
trainer Gene Monahan to keep his clubhouse secret. The Legend of Mo grows... We knew he was hurting late in the Series, but not that it may have started back in the ALCS ...
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Rivera revealed that he pitched the entire Fall Classic ...
feedproxy.google.com - 19 days ago
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It is always sad to see the season
end. I love watching the playoffs/World Series and wish...
they continued all winter. I would not mind if they shortened the regular season and had an extended playoff system, either. Otherwise, here are some random thoughts about this year’s World Series. ...
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Rambling On About My Glory Days: From Mariano to A-Rod; ...
mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com - 19 days ago
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I have to think about that time Dave
tricked me into looking at his hairy Mexican nipple...
to feel worse douche chills than this. But really, what other possible stories are there coming out of the Yankees victory in the 2009 World Series? There are none. I mean, there’s the ...
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A-Rod Gets His Ring! All Must KNEEL!!!!
yanksblog.com - 19 days ago
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In the November 2 issue of ESPN Magazine,
they listed the statistical leaders in a handful of...
categories for the decade spanning from 2000-2009. Alex Rodriguez had the most home runs with 435 (238 with the Yankees), Andy Pettitte had the most wins...
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A-Rod, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera Tops for the Decade
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 19 days ago
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After years of trying, the Yankees finally found
a championship combination....
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The Yankees' Peaceful, Easy Feeling
baseballmusings.com - 20 days ago
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Via Bronx Banter , Mariano Rivera pitched part
of the post season with a rib cage injury...
: Rivera, who tossed 34 pitches against the Los Angeles Angels in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, said he injured himself in the A.L.C.S. Manager Joe Girardi said Rivera’s injury ...
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