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The Sportmeisters Top 10 Games Of The Decade: Game #8 »
Game # 8 – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees – 2003 ALCS Game 7 With the end of the decade nearing, Sportmeisters Derek and Ryan have decided to present their top ten games of the past decade. Today’s discussion is on the tenth best game from 2000-2009. What follows is a transcript of their discussion. Sportmeister Derek: Ryan, today we [...]
Philadelpha Phillies vs. New York Yankees World Series »
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About Philadelphia: The defending champions are back again, this time after taking the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1. In two of those games, the Phillies managed to flash their NL leading power, scoring double-digit runs. In the friendly confines of New York, power hitters such as Ryan Howard and Chase Utley [...]
ALCS Preview: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs. New »
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About Los Angeles The Angels are in uncharted territory, as they usually see themselves on the losing end to the Boston Red Sox. That changed this year with a 3-0 sweep, and now a showdown with the other AL East competitor, the New York Yankees. For one of the teams that scored the most runs in the American League [...]
MLB American League Division Preview: Minnesota Twins »
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters About The Minnesota Twins: A day after clinching the AL Central in a one-game playoff, the Twins travel to the Big Apple to take on the Yankees. At 87-76, the Twins closed a seven-game deficit, going 17-4 over the final month to tie the Detroit Tigers and force the playoff before clinching the AL Central. Their [...]
Did the New York Yankees Get a Positive Return on »
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters Even in the recession America is facing today, the biggest financial powerhouses in baseball, the New York Yankees, still found a way to spend near $500 million dollars to three players—pitchers CC Sabathia (seven years, $161 million) and AJ Burnett (five years, $82 million), and 1B Mark Teixeira (eight years, $180 [...]