Articles by paperbacklou

Carlos Rodon was thrown off early by a Pitchcom device that wasn’t working right — causing him to balk in a run in the 1st inning, and the Yankee offense was stifled by MacKenzie Gore […]

Patrick Corbin finally showed them. He pitched his game of the year — stifling the Yankees with 6 innings of 2-hit, shutout ball on a stifling humid Tuesday night in Washington DC, in helping the […]

Nestor Cortes pitched a shutout into the 7th for the 3rd straight outing, and was helped by tremendous Yankee defense to gain a 5-2 win over the Nationals on a warm Monday night in Washington. […]

The Bronx Bombers bombed early and the Bronx Bombers bombed late, turning a 4-3 game in the 7th into a laugher when Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the bottom […]

After 2 hours of the yearly Old Timer’s Day lovefest — with former Yankee champions like Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia, Willie Randolph and all the rest talking about winning […]

It’s 1998 all over again — again — as the Yankee starters are back in high gear matching, or one-upping each other as they were earlier in the season. On this night, Carlos Rodon pitched […]

What a beautiful afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Sunny, temperature in low 70’s, and Gerrit Cole and the Yankee pen throwing a 1-hit shutout against Cleveland, with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton providing Homers in a […]

Thank F’ng God for Nestor Cortes. And Juan Soto and Aaron Judge. For the 2nd start in a row, Cortes threw 7 shutout innings and was aided by offense provided by Juan Soto and Aaron […]

What a colossal wasted opportunity this game was. You can’t give away a game as many times as the Yankees seemed to do: The Yanks could have won the game in the 8th, but Trent […]

After a fun, fun day with the little leaguers at the Little League World Series in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania — Clay Holmes blew the save in the 9th, and Mark Leiter Jr.blew the game in the […]