Articles by paperbacklou

Can’t win ’em all. And every once in a while you get shut out. For the Yankees it had been a year and a half — June of last year — 220 straight games without […]

Down 4-0 entering the 8th inning to the A’s, the Yanks launched yet another come-from-behind and walkoff win — their best of the season — scoring 3 in the 8th and then into the 9th […]

The Yankees were down 3-2 with 1 out in the 8th inning, running out of time, having lost all 4 games against Oakland this season and staring at a 5th straight loss to them, when […]

Another game another loss to Oakland. That’s four straight. Three straight close loses in Oakland last weekend, and in this game at the Stadium — Gleyber Torres bobblehead night — the Yanks had a 2-1 […]

This was another fun day at the ballpark — fun for the Yankees and their fans. Gary Sanchez led off the scoring with a 2-run BLAST in the 1st inning — he had told Alex […]

Start-by-start through the month of August, Masahiro Tanaka has been getting better and better. Finding his splitter after changing the grip, and putting all his pitches together. The 12-run debacle at the hands of Boston […]

J.A. Happ is coming on line. Getting better. In this game — allowed only 2 hits — albiet one of them was a 3-run homer to 2nd baseman Dylan Moore in the 2nd inning, giving […]

Well that was a Tough loss. But “very interesting”. It came down to the 9th inning, bases loaded for the Yankees, 1 out — the Dodgers ace reliever Kenley Jansen facing Mike Tauchman, and then […]