Articles by paperbacklou

Another day another loss for the Yankees, who are now 5-9 and have the worst record in the American League. This time it was because they ran up against Tampa ace and one of the […]

Michael Wacha pitched 6 innings of 1-hit shutout ball, striking out 9 and walking 1, and the Yankee bullpen and defense could not keep up, sending the Yanks to a crushing 8-2 defeat at Yankee […]

­Well it doesn’t seem like it’s heading in the right direction for the Yankees from the score — a 5-4 loss on a walkoff, bottom-of-the-9th homerun by Bo Bichette — a very good ballplayer, and […]

They say pitching is between 75 and 90 percent of the game. The night before with Gerrit Cole on the mound the Yankees scored 3 runs and won, 3-1. Everyone was happy. This game — […]

When you have an ace like Gerrit Cole pitching, all you typically need is just a little offense to get a win. The Mets do not normally do this for their ace Jacob deGrom. But […]

Hey this extra inning rule isn’t so bad! Not today, when the Yanks erupted for 4 runs in the top of the 10th to finally beat Tampa in Tampa, 8-4 in 10. With the win, […]

The Yankees lost AGAIN to Tampa in Tampa, their third loss in a row to plummet them to 3-5 on the year. This time Domingo German couldn’t get it done and the Yankee offense got […]

I may have to revise the 105-win prediction. Corey Kluber’s start was “sub-optimal”, and Nick Nelson had a “bad day.” The Yanks were BOMBED 10-5. However Aaron Judge didn’t get put on IL or anything, […]

Coming into this series against Baltimore, I thought it would be good if the Yanks could take 2 of 3. Baltimore had just swept Boston, and this is baseball, where winning .667 of your games […]

For the second night in a row, the Yankee starting pitcher provided shutout innings, and the Yankee offense led by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, provided 7 runs. A recipe for a win. 1. Cole […]