Articles by paperbacklou

If this were the 1970s or 1980s, George Steinbrenner would make sure someone paid the price. The Yankees were not allowed to lose, let alone get CRUSHED by the Mets in both games of a […]

The Mets hit 4 homers off Gerrit Cole in the first 4 innings, taking a 6-0 lead that they increased to 9-1 off the Yankee pen and another key error by Gleyber Torres. The Yankees […]

Max Fried and the Atlanta bullpen outdueled Nestor Cortes Jr and the Yankee pen, winning 3-1 on a HOT Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, temperatures reaching 95 and on-field temperature hotter than that. Nestor Cortes […]

Marcus Stroman came through — pitching the Yanks to victory to break a 3-game losing streak, and losses in 4 of the last 5, the last 2 games of which the Yankee starter — Luis […]

In his first start since being BOMBED by the Red Sox in a big game, Carlos Rodon got BOMBED again — this time by the Atlanta Braves — as the Yanks went down 8-1 on […]

Luis Gil was ripped for 7 runs in 1.1 innings in the hot heat on a Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, game time start 4pm on a 93-degree day. The bullpen didn’t do much better […]

In a see-saw game of heroes and goats that featured clutch hits and spectacular defensive plays — the Yankees — down 5-1 — staged a tremendous late-game comeback, scoring 3 in the 7th and tying […]

Nestor Cortes pitched 6 innings of 5-hit shutout baseball against the tough Orioles lineup to carry NY to a 4-2 win on a beautiful, warm, June Tuesday night in the Bronx. Michael Tonkin and Luke […]

The Yanks were down 4-3 when they loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the 7th — but Gleyber Torres and Jose Trevino struck out against reliever Zack Kelly, and DJ LeMahieu […]

Carlos Rodon had a stinky first 2 innings, as Boston peppered him with 4 doubles — 3 of them off the Green Monster — to put the Yanks in a 5-2 hole. Rodon figured it […]