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Yankees win, Theeee Yankees win! On video!
22 days ago by
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Via Amanda Rykoff: View her game 2 photo gallery here
Argument for Instant Replay gets stronger
22 days ago by
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1) Watch this video.2) Tell me what you see.If you saw the same thing I saw, you saw a) a short hop to Ryan Howard, b) no stepping on first base, and c) a throw wide of second base.In theory, the Yankees should have bases loaded, one out, with Mark Teixeira at bat.Instead, the play...
"The Funnest I've Ever Had"
22 days ago by
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So this is what the World Series, the real World Series, feels like, huh?What with the pitching and the timely hitting and the Mariano-ing and the Hoosierdaddy-ing and the mid-game-change-your-luck-Tweetups with Amanda Rykoff and Brent Nycz and the OHMIG-D YOU DID NOT REALIZE PAUL...
All Hangs on AJ
23 days ago by
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For the first time this postseason, the Yankees find themselves behind, down in a series and in much need of a win.While comparisons to 1996 invoke a certain romanticism, it is not a position in which any Yankee fan wants to find his team--as fun as a come-from-behind series win would...
Damaso so good?
23 days ago by
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If there's one thing that's surprising about the Yankee postseason thus far, it's this: the bullpen has struggled more than we expected.Mariano is still Mariano, but nearly everyone else has struggled at some point--even Robertson had a less than stellar appearance last...
This is New York
23 days ago by
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(A response to this)You exit my apartment.Walk south to the end of this block and the next, hang a right, walk two more short blocks and find yourself in the heart of the Bronx's own Little Italy.You could get yourself a thick crust slice at Full Moon, to stay or to go, or you...
Gone Astray
23 days ago by
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Sometimes things don't go the way you want.It has happened before, and it will happen again.It wasn't as though CC Sabathia collapsed or had some sort of awful performance--the two runs surrendered were the same as in his ALDS game one performance--it was that Cliff Lee pitched...
What do you Remember?
24 days ago by
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Where were you the last time the Yankees won a World Series?What were you doing? How did you celebrate? What feeling are you most anxious to feel again?I remember getting so nervous as Mike Piazza hit a deep fly to center, thinking it might never come down...and then Bernie was there...
Stadium to Open for Fans for Game 4
24 days ago by
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Via LoHud, Yankee Stadium will open to fans on Sunday so that they may view the road game four.With luck, this game could be especially significant (although my gut tells me this is unlikely).Having gone to the viewing party for Game 3 of the ALCS, I must say that if you have the chance...
PBP #6: HELLO THE NAME IS SWAGGER (Live Chat)
25 days ago by
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PBP #6 HELLO THY NAME IS SWAGGER
Who's Your Game 2 Starter?
25 days ago by
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By now you've likely heard the news: Pedro Martinez will start Game 2 of the World Series for the Phillies.Game two.In New York.This, of course, would be the same Pedro who once uttered, "just call the Yankees my daddy", spawning non-stop "who's-your-daddy?"...
Baseball as it Should Be
25 days ago by
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The World Series is supposed to be about the two best teams in each league duking it out for supreme bragging rights.Often, this fails in favor of two teams that simply get hot at the right time, but this year, it is, in fact, the league's two best teams going at it.In one corner...
(Something Profound About 1999 Goes Here)
25 days ago by
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When we talk of the Yankees' dynasty at the end of last century, three teams consistently enter our mind:The 1996 squad, a combination of pure grit and utter youth, of the waning days of the likes of Cecil Fielder, Doc Gooden and Jimmy Key, and of the coming out of the likes of...
Leverage, baby, Leverage
26 days ago by
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When Mariano Rivera began to warm in the seventh inning last night, there were a variety of reactions. Some liked the move, some did not, and I admit that, at first, I was a little worried--what if something happened, Rivera pitched two innings, the Yankees lost the game and then Rivera...
Anything is Possible
26 days ago by
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(photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)I had forgotten what it felt like.Not the winning, but the euphoria.This feeling, that nothing can touch us, that nothing can stop us, that for this moment, the baseball gods have smiled.The Yankees, though, the Yankees were there to make sure...
Finally, Some Baseball on tap
27 days ago by
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For some reason, off days during the post season feel longer and more drawn out than those in the actual off-season.Aside from the off-days which provide for cross-country travel, the other off-days seem an absurdity, especially when one considers that baseball is a sport that is predicated...
Hawking a Friend's Wares
27 days ago by
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Check it outThe author is a physics graduate student who ha agreed to help out during the off-season with a couple get-all-physic-y posts about the physics of pitching and baseball.The geek in you can't wait, and you know it.
Raindrops are not among my Favorite Things
28 days ago by
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...but since baseball tonight has been postponed, here's something to mull over:MLB knew for days that a) the Philadelphia Phillies would not need to play a game six, and b) that the forecast called for massive rain in New York on Saturday evening.Even so, they did nothing to change...
PBP Caption Contest Vote Extended
28 days ago by
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Since we have so many entries I've decided to extend the vote--voting will now end next Friday, at midnight.No more entries will be accepted.The entries can be found here.To vote, send me an email at rebecca@puristbleedspinstripes.com with the name of the entrant.You may vote for yourself.
Optimist Prime Strikes Again
29 days ago by
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With some fans still seething after yesterday's game, I figure what's a better time for a healthy dose of Optimism?The Yankees still lead the series, and only need to win one more game. It won't be easy, but it's still less of a task than that which faces the Angels...
Where* art thou Robertson?
29 days ago by
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In his book Birth of a Dynasty, Joel Sherman opens with the 1995 postseason.He makes mention that Buck Showalter had a young Mariano Rivera in the bullpen--ostensibly along for the ride--but did not use him in that fatal game five when it would have mattered most.I won't bore you...
It's all about the leverage (or why Mariano should have pitched the 7th)
29 days ago by
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Leverage is a funny word. A loaded word, if you will.For one thing, it's more or less responsible for the financial collapse of America.In baseball parlance, leverage refers to an on-field situation--the inning, number of outs, score, pitch count, etc--and how likely the result...
When you assume...
29 days ago by
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We assumed.We assumed and we started to plan, as though all that was left was tying up some gift ribbons and signing the greeting card.We forgot, in the process, that the Yankees still had to win the game.They had to win the game, in Anaheim, against the best Angels pitcher. Even on...
Make the Turnpike Dream a Reality
October 22, 2009 by
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Okay, not that "turnpike" and "dream" should ever really be used in the same sentence, but here we go.End the ALCS tonight.Don't let it linger, don't let it go back to New York.There will be at least two more games at Yankee Stadium this season, but I don...
Just in case you weren't pumped up enough
October 22, 2009 by
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***The Jersey girl in me is positively squeeing at the possibility of a Turnpike Series, and a chance for some North Jersey domination. [Congratulations to the Phillies on their NLCS win. The best NL team is going to the World Series and you can't ask for more than that.]
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