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Can’t Blame Girardi for Yankees’ Starter »
The pitchforks and burning torches are out for Joe Girardi today; this in the wake of A.J. Burnett's epic failure in Philadelphia. They're saying that Girardi's decision to use Burnett on short rest has set in motion a chain of events that will now bury the Yankees. This is all about as predictable as the failure of a Michael Strahan buddy [...]
Live Blogging Game Five of the World Series »
The Yankees are just one win from their first World Series title since 2000. This calls for a live blog, no? 7:37 p.m. Coming to you live from the Brooklyn headquarters of River & Sunset , we begin our blog just in time for a Derek Jeter fluff piece on FOX. No word if Tim McCarver tried to destroy the master tapes prior to the telecast. 7:40 [...]
Damon Enters Other Side Of Yankees Folklore »
Every Yankees championship season in recent memory has had a signature moment that defined that particular postseason run. Let's take a look back, shall we? 1996: The One With Jim Leyritz (World Series, Game Four) The Yanks were down two-games-to-one against the defending world champion Braves and trailing by three runs in the eighth when Leyritz [...]
World Series Enters The Twilight Zone »
Perhaps it's fitting that Game Three of the World Series will be played on the night of Halloween. Some strange, downright scary, developments played out in the first two games of the series, developments that make this matchup nearly impossible to predict going forward. I wouldn't be surprised if the ghost of Rod Serling introduced the starting [...]
World Series, Game 2: Who Was That Guy? »
Sometime around the sixth inning, I think it was the exact moment Ryan Howard asked home-plate umpire Jeff Nelson if he could hit off a tee, I realized who the guy pitching for the Yankees reminded me of. The wirey build, the ink, the lizard-like features, that insane curve ball. This guy was just like A.J. Burnett, the Toronto Blue Jays star. I [...]
World Series, Game 1: Yanks Pick Wrong Time For Bad »
In the minutes preceding the Yankees' miraculous, positively 2001-esque, one-run rally in the ninth inning last night against the Phillies, my friends and I attempted to glean any positive developments from a disheartening evening. The conversation went something like this: Dan: Um, CC battled through without his best stuff. Howie: Yeah, [...]
11 Reasons Why Yankees Should Get Title No. 27 »
Put on your old Donnie Baseball jersey, pour a cold beer, and get out your Tim McCarver voodoo doll...it's time for the World Series! River & Sunset has 11 reasons why the American League champion Yankees will topple the National League champion Phillies in the annual Fall Classic. 11. Home-field advantage The Yankees went 57-24 at Yankee [...]
Yankees Glossary of Terms: World Series Edition »
The New York Yankees are back in the World Series for the first time in six years. For those not familiar with the American League champions, River & Sunset has provided a brief rundown of each player. Aceves, Alfredo: Earned "Seventh-Inning Guy" designation over the course of excellent regular season in which he went 10-1. Was [...]
Yankees Earn Their Way Back to Baseball’s »
I liken my feeling prior to first pitch of Game Six last night to how Lindsay Lohan must feel on the eve of a mandatory probation hearing. Unjustly annoyed. Kind of dazed. Quite nervous. Thinking about what can be ingested to take the edge off things. I was annoyed because I knew the series should already be over. I was dazed because all those [...]
Conspiracy In Anaheim: Did Girardi Act Alone? »
In the hours since the Yankees allowed a golden opportunity to secure the American League pennant slip away—fans, media, and unnecessarily loud Korean War veterans at Dunkin Donuts are attempting to assign blame for the 7-6 loss to the Angels. Some are saying that Joe Girardi acted alone in this assassination of the Yankees' World Series [...]