Articles by paperbacklou

38-year-old man Carlos Carrasco — the former Ace who threw 97-MPH but whose fastball barely hits 91 MPH these days — out-pitched former Met reliever turned super Ace Seth Lugo, and the Yankee lefty bombers […]

Carlos Rodon was pitching a terrific game and winning 3-0 when again he was bit by the gopher ball — coughing up a solo homer in the 4th and a 3-run homer in the 6th, […]

What a beautiful afternoon at Yankee Stadium! Will Warren pitched 5 splendid innings, Jasson Dominguez aka The Martian got 2 hits including a clutch, 2-out, 2-RBI single to the opposite field, Ben Rice RIPPED a […]

Marcus Stroman was blasted for 5 runs in the 1st inning, and left before getting the 3rd out with a left (landing) knee that was bothering him, on a Cold, Rainy Friday night at Yankee […]

New Yankee Ace Max Fried threw 7 innings of 5-hit, shutout ball, striking out 11 and walking none, to outduel Jack Flaherty and beat the Tigers 4-3 on a Freezing Wednesday afternoon in Detroit — […]

Game-time temperature was 30 degrees but the ‘real’ temperature (aka formerly ‘wind chill’) made it feel like 20 degrees, said Suzyn Waldman on the broadcast as the game started at 1pm in Detroit on a […]

In a game that featured occasional torrents of snow flurries in between the sun breaking out in 30-degree temps, the Yanks got snowed by the snow, Casey Mize, and the Tiger bullpen, losing 6-2 on […]

The Yanks overcame being “Heaney-ed” — shut down for 7 innings by off-speed master and old friend Andrew Heaney — and scored 3 runs after 2 were out in the 9th inning to tie the […]

According to AI, “10-4 good buddy” is “a phrase used in CB radio and trucker culture meaning ‘message received’ or ‘understood’, often used as a friendly acknowledgement.” If you lived in the 1970’s, or saw […]

Aaron Judge and the bottom half of the Yankee lineup FLOGGED the Pirates on a cold, late afternoon into Friday evening in Pittsburgh, 9-4. Judge hit a 2-run homer in the 7th — his 6th […]