Articles by paperbacklou

The Yankees had this game — a 3-2 lead in the 8th with Luke Weaver pitching well as the setup man — when with 2 outs and a runner on 1st Weaver got Luis Rengifo […]

The Yankees appeared to sacrifice their game to the Gods of Hockey, in helping the NY Rangers score a goal in overtime to take a 2-1 lead in games in their semifinal series against Florida. […]

Aaron Judge hit a 2-run homer in the 1st, and doubled and scored in the 4th, and Marcus Stroman pitched 6 shutout innings to lead NY to a 4-1 win over the Padres in San […]

Juan Soto hit a 423-foot BOMB to right center, next batter Aaron Judge hit a 409-foot BOMB to left, next batter Alex Verdugo hit one off the wall in left, and next batter Giancarlo Stanton […]

Remember when the Reds were shopping ace Luis Castillo, and reports said they wanted a package from the Yankees that included Anthony Volpe? The Yankees were instead offering a package that included Oswald Peraza. Castillo […]

Aaron Judge hit a homer, Juan Soto hit 2 homers, and Alex Verdugo hit a homer as the Bronx Bombers played up to their knickname in beating Seattle 7-3 on a warm Wednesday night at […]

Bryan Woo is a 23-year old, “athletic 6-foot-2 righthander with an easy, explosive delivery. His plus fastball sits 93-94 mph and touches 96 with above-average ride that helps it miss bats in the strike zone.” […]

Marcus Stroman pitched a 2-hit shutout into the 8th inning, and left leading 4-1 after allowing a solo homer. But Clay Holmes and the Yankees coughed up his brilliant performance, as Seattle scored 4 runs […]

Carlos Rodon wasn’t feeling very well, but he did not blink. He held serve in this on-going streak of great starts by Yankee starting pitchers, each one matching or bettering the previous starter’s performance. NY […]