Articles by paperbacklou

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The plan was working until the very last moment — and then the Yanks had to improvise this win, reaching into their back pocket for their own aerial fireworks perfectly synchronized with the 4th of […]

Pitching, and Defense. These headlines write themselves. These Yankee wins write themselves. In this game the Yankees got pitching — from Domingo German who is Back. Not just a 4 or 5 inning first-game-back start, […]

This seemed like another Yankee win throughout most of the game — James Paxton pitching terrific ball through 6 innings; great Yankee infield defense behind him; the Yankees up 2-0 early, and 2-1 entering the […]