The New York Yankees apparently didn’t get the memo: the World Series started on Saturday night, with or without them. But could they be blamed for a tardy arrival after the dramatics of their victory on Thursday night? 56,000 fans at Yankee Stadium didn’t seem to think so, not as they mustered up more bile …
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The Yankees won a big one the other night, but their work for the season isn’t done yet, and tonight they’ll face a pesky Florida Marlins team that generated some high-caliber drama of its own on the way to Yankee Stadium. I haven’t had much time to think analytically about this series at all — …
Having already revised my previous piece on Game Seven several times, I awoke this morning and slapped my head for not working the phrase “The Big Book of Bitter Defeats” in there somewhere after spending a good part of Thursday afternoon spelling out the concept. Suffice it to say that for the Sox, that one’s …
“It doesn’t get any better than this.” Those words echoed throughout my head all of Thursday in anticipation of the ALCS Game Seven matchup between the Boston Red Sox and Pedro Martinez against the New York Yankees and Roger Clemens. I’d stopped reading analyses by mid-afternoon and decided to avoid predicting what would happen, instead …
Those of you hoping for my complete recap of the ballgame can expect its arrival later this afternoon. In the meantime, here’s an excerpt… By the time of David Ortiz’s home run off of Boomer Wells, I had reached the point of surrender. As my brother and my cousin had filed out the door in …
The New York Yankees rallied from down 5-2 against Pedro Martinez to tie the game in the 8th inning with the Boston Red Sox five outs away from an American League pennant, and then Mariano Rivera held the Sox at bay for three scoreless innings before Aaron Boone cranked Tim Wakefield’s first knuckleball in the …
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Back from that job interview, and I think it went well, thanks for asking. Now I find myself with about eight hours to dwell on tonight’s Big Game; as my former roommate likes to whine tremulously, “What… is… going… to… hap-pen?” Rather than pore over other people’s speculation about the game or the series, I …
I’m not able to give a thorough rehashing of Wednesday’s ALCS Game Six as I’ve been doing lately; I’ve got a job interview tomorrow morning and I’m completely drained right now. Suffice it to say that while I’m disappointed the Yankees lost that see-saw battle in the Bronx 9-6, I think they have to feel …
It wasn’t pretty, but David Wells gutted through seven innings of one-run ball, keeping the Red Sox at bay long enough for the Yankees to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series. The Yanks broke open a scoreless game in the second with a three-run rally on a couple of big …
I’ll have plenty to say about the Yanks-Red Sox Game Five later, but in the meantime, how about that other series going on? I haven’t been able to spare an ounce of agita over the Cubs-Marlins matchup, or a moment for a writeup — as a fan of a potential opponent I’m glad to see …