2019
Summer Breeze — July 20, 2019: NY 11 Colorado 5
It was the hottest day of the year — 96 degrees with a blistering sun and SUPER HIGH humidity and a 1 pm start at Yankee Stadium. Imagine having a seat in the bleachers! Or […]
Month: July 2019
2019
Former Rockies Crush Colorado — July 19, 2019: NY 8 Colorado 2
Mike Tauchman, Adam Ottavino, and DJ LeMahieu all played key roles in crushing the Colorado Rockies on a HUMID hot Friday night at Yankee Stadium. A year ago, they were all on the Rockies. LeMahieu […]
2019
Aaron “F’ng” Boone & the “F’ng Savages” — July 18, 2019: NY Sweeps Tampa 6-2, 5-1
The Yankees didn’t have to win this doubleheader. They were losing in both games. Had they lost both, they would be only 4 games in 1st today. But NY came back and won easily in […]
2019
Aaron Judge to the Rescue — July 16, 2019: NY 8 Tampa 3
It came down to the bottom of the 8th, 2 outs, a runner on 1st base, the Yankees trailing by a run to 2nd place Tampa who had won the matchup the night before — […]
2019
Chapman Squanders Encarnacion Heroics — July 15, 2019: Tampa 5 NY 4
Tough one. The Yankees had battled back from a 2-0 deficit against Blake Snell, defending AL Cy Young winner who was pitching like a Cy Young winner — and took a 4-2 lead into the […]
2019
“Easy” Win — July 14, 2019: NY 4 Toronto 2
This was an “easy” win. Masahiro Tanaka — fresh off his completely unexpected All Star appearance (1 shutout inning) was terrific — and sailed into the 5th with a 2-0 lead off a Gio Urshela […]
2019
There’s Always a Chance — July 13, 2019: Toronto 2 NY 1
For the first time in 172 games the Yankees were about to be shutout — Toronto’s ballpen stifling them for 8 innings — but a 2-out rally in the 9th plated a run and made […]
2019
German Continues to Win — July 12, 2019: NY 4 Toronto 0
The Yankees shutting down Domingo German for most of June so he could rest his arm seems to have been a brilliant maneuver. German not making the All Star game and getting 4 more days […]
2019
The “Where’s Clint Frazier?” Game — July 7, 2019: Tampa 2 NY 1
This was the “Where’s Clint Frazier?” game — where Yankee fans started turning on each other on Twitter in an argument for and against Clint Frazier being on the team instead of Edwin Encarnacion. In […]
2019
A RISP Loss & Fickle Finger of Blame Is Pointed — July 6, 2019: Tampa 4 NY 3
It was 2018 all over again — the Yankees were 1 for 12 with Runners in Scoring Position (RISP) — a game they continually threatened to win easily ended up being Tampa 3 NY 2 […]