2019
Lights Out — May 12, 2019: NY 7 Tampa Bay 1
And then the lights went out. Tropicana Field strikes again. The Yankees had: figured out Tampa ace Blake Snell for 2 runs in the top of the 5th, squeezed across an insurance run in the […]
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2019
One that Got Away — May 11, 2019: Tampa 7 NY 2
Boy did this one get away. CC Sabathia gave the Yanks 5 gritty innings, allowing 2 runs — and the Yankee offense countered for a 2-2 tie. Jonathan Holder coughed up 2 runs when his […]
2019
Nail Biter — May 10, 2019: NY 4 Tampa Bay 3
The Yankees went back to the partial “master plan” for the second night in a row and it worked again! Domingo German with a good 5-inning start, and then the vaunted ballpen came in for […]
2019
Part of the Grand Plan — May 9, 2019: NY 3 Seattle 1
This was part of the grand plan: good starting pitching for 5 innings, then bring in the vaunted ballpen. What’s missing is the other part of the plan — the awesome lineup that Aaron Judge, […]
2019
A “Gripping” Loss — May 8, 2019: Seattle 10 NY 1
In the old days Gaylord Perry had to cleverly hide the petroleum jelly that he used for his Spitball. Today, some pitchers seem allowed to put stickem gue on their hats or glove that they […]
2019
Walkoff Win from the Darkest Depths — May 7, 2019: NY 5 Seattle 4
This was a win pulled out from the Darkest Depths of Mordor. After the rain delay, on a #TanakaTuesday night at the Stadium, the Yanks were down 4-1 in the 8th; then down 4-2 in […]
2019
True Grit & the Ballpen — May 6, 2019: NY 7 Seattle 3
The Yankees jumped all over Felix Hernandez for 7 runs in the first 3 innings, and the ballpen held on through some anxious multiple-baserunner innings to give the Yanks a harder-than-it-looked 7-3 victory. CC Sabathia […]
2019
German Scintillating Again — May 5, 2019: NY 4 Minnesota 1
Boring win? No such thing! Not when Domingo German is on the mound — just watching him pitch! His ball moving! Strikeouts; easy groundouts. When is Domingo German going to start being the talk of […]
2019
BOR-RING — May 4, 2019: Minn 7 NY 3
This loss was the most boring game of the year (except for a Gary Sanchez bomb). It rivaled the 3-1 loss earlier this week; also very boring. And the 3-2 loss on Wednesday; pretty boring. […]
2019
Gary Sanchez is BACK! May 3, 2019: NY 6 Minn 3
Gary Sanchez is officially BACK. Two monster homeruns yesterday to give him 10 on the season, tied for 2nd place in the American League — one behind the leaders. he is batting .265 with a […]