2019
Yankee Offense & Bullpen Prevail — July 24, 2019: NY 10 Minnesota 7
The Yanks jumped out to a 9-3 lead in this one — but you knew the game would never be over until it was over, in a battle of two 1st place teams with awesome […]
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2019
The Most Amazing Roller Coaster Game of the Year — July 23, 2019: NY 14 Minn 12
The Yankees were BURIED in this one — down 8-2 to start the 5th inning; the announcers talking about how this would be the first series the Yankees had lost since early June. Then began […]
2019
Yanks ‘Trip’ Themselves Up — July 22, 2019: Minnesota 8 NY 6
This game started with a triple play — after DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge led off the game with walks, Edwin Encarnacion hit into a Triple Play. The Yanks would also hit into 2 double […]
2019
Paxton Wilts in the Heat, Humidity & Sun; July 21, 2019: Colorado 8 NY 4
It was another blisteringly HOT and HUMID and SUNNY day — a 1 pm afternoon game in the Bronx. Heat wave. Temperature approaching 100 degrees. Hotter than that on the field and in the stands. […]
Analysis
Why Harold Baines BELONGS in Hall of Fame
Considering how hard it is to make Major League Baseball (see Greg Bird), and how hard it is to stick in the Major Leagues (see Greg Bird), and how hard it is to forge a […]
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 […]
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 […]