It was the vaudevillian comedian Joe E. Brown who went on the record about it most famously. It was he who put it into words with so much brevity yet pith.
“Rooting for the Yankees,” Brown was jotted down as having said, “is like rooting for U.S. Steel.”
Those Damn Yankees—welcome back to the playoff spotlight.
The Yankees are in a tussle for the right to represent the American League in the World Series, facing off against the very formidable Los Angeles Angels—right coast versus left coast. It’s the Yankees’ first appearance in ...
Here is what I wrote in my American League Championship Series Preview and Prediction post:
“But things are starting to break for the Yankees like they did in the 90’s. You can’t beat the unexplained. There will be a Joe Mauer foul ball or Nick Punto baserunning moment for the Angels in this series.”
It took all of five batters for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to have their Nick Punto moment.
That, coupled with a dominating performance from CC Sabathia made a cold night in the Bronx even colder for the ...
It was a cold and damp Friday night.
There was rain in the forecast and it felt like a December football game in the winter rather than an October baseball game in the fall.
But that wasn't going to stop the Yankees and the Angels from playing in front of almost 50,000 fans at Yankee Stadium for Game One of the American League Championship Series.
The Yankees were sending up their ace in CC Sabathia, who was 0-2 in the regular season against Los Angeles while the Angels were sending up their ace ...
Twenty minutes to go before Game One. I am sorry I left this so long, but I've had a lot to look at, and a long week at my real job .
These two teams are absolutely the best two teams in the American League, both by record and by statistics. The winner of this series is the prohibitive favorite to win the World Series, no matter which National League team is left standing.
The deciding factor will be in the one place where there's any true disparity between the Yankees and ...
The off-season has already begun for 26 major league baseball teams. The off-season is filled with trades, signings, firings, hirings, and sadly retirements. The New York Yankees have not started their off-season yet, and they don't want to until they're holding up a World Series trophy at a parade in New York.
But there are three other teams left in the postseason that also want to hold up a World Series trophy in the end.
The Yankees are currently preparing for a very tough series against the Los ...
NEW YORK—We’re imploring and dreaming of an epic classic, a spectacle that’s enticing enough to discard all the steroid bust that has disappointed us for much of the season. Right now, baseball happens to have a dream series in mind, as many are thinking blue and wishing for pinstripes.
Yes, our eyes are set on a Dodgers-Yankees World Series, and to predict a series, it has the makings for a historic and memorable classic in ages.
But there are others whose eyes are set on the Angels and the inspiration journey, precisely ...
Joe Girardi is fully enjoying his first appearance in League Championship Series as the New York Yankees manager.
Hopefully he would love that his joyous ride continues all the way to the Fall Classic. However, first of all they have to beat the red hot Los Angeles Angels.
As a manager, Girardi is counting on each of his squad members in order to accomplish the wish of all fans, management, and themselves. However, he has publicly mentioned that two very important players in order to get to the World Series are All-Star ...
It's safe to say that there is a lot of pressure on Alex Rodriguez going into the ALCS. As the highest paid player in the league on the team with the highest payroll, there will be very lofty expectations for him and the New York Yankees going into their series against the Los Angeles Angels. Although he's been painted as a notorious choke artist in October, Rodriguez actually had a decent ALCS against the Minnesota Twins hitting .455 and going 5-for-11. Most importantly, he hit that ...
The Yankees had little trouble topping the over-matched Twins in the ALDS, but things get serious starting tonight in the Bronx. The Angels have eliminated New York from postseason play twice this decade, and now they're the only thing standing in the way of a Bombers trip to the World Series. River & Sunset takes a closer look at what to watch for in Game One of this pennant-deciding series.
Can A-Rod continue his playoff resurgence?
Heading into the ALDS, people were less skeptical of the Balloon Boy than Alex Rodriguez. He ...
A little girl's unconditional love for her father is a heartwarming story that I can hear over and over again without tiring of it. More so, I feel absolutely within the boundaries of creative license to share the story on more than one occasion.
This past August, I told of Natalie Niekro and her love and admiration for her Daddy, the late, great Joe Niekro. My story about her story, entitled "Joe Niekro: Daddy's Little Girl Knuckles Up For Aneurysm Research" has been quite well received while at ...