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A World Series In New York: The National Media’s »
To some degree, I sympathize with New York Yankee fans. Granted, my tears are largely of the crocodile variety because I readily acknowledge they bring a lot of the exploitation on themselves. Few fan bases are so quick to turn on their players when performance dips. Arguably, only Philadelphia can compete with the Big Apple's American League [...]
Deja Vu All Over Again: Could The Yankees Be Going On »
Most fans of Major League Baseball can remember the Fall of 1996. Back then, the New York Yankees were a far more lovable bunch (unless you were a Boston Red Sox fan). There was no clubhouse glittering with All-Star after All-Star, no recent history of dominance. New York did represent the American League also-rans as the 1995 Wild Card, but they [...]
Baseball Gods Spare C.B. Bucknor One Night, Skewer »
During Thursday night's American League Division Series game between the Anaheim Angels and Boston Red Sox, first base umpire C.B. Bucknor had an absolutely horrendous evening. He mangled two obscenely easy calls at the bag, calls that had no business being missed and resulted in erroneous baserunners for the Halos. Luckily for Bucknor, neither [...]
ESPN Can Lead Us to the Yankees, but It Can’t »
I know I'm a little late to the party on this one, but I'm on vacation, so bear with me. By now, everyone who cares about such things has heard of and probably seen footage of the skirmish between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. For those who haven't, here's a recap. The Bronx Bombers jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind Sergio [...]