Articles by paperbacklou

The comparisons between this Yankee team and the 1998 team continue to be uncanny. Just like 1998, game after game the Yank starting pitcher matches or outdoes the performance of the Yankee starter from the […]

Just like the 1998 Yankees, each time a Yankee starter goes out, he seems to try and one-up the performance from the Yankee starter of the prior game. And so it was once again — […]

Clarke Schmidt pitched 8 innings of 3-hit, shutout ball, striking out 8 with 0 walks to lead the Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Twins in Minnesota on a Thursday afternoon, sweeping the 3 […]

This is starting to feel the way it was in 1998, when the Yankees set a record for wins in a season with 114: The Yankee starters were dueling each other, each one trying to […]

Carlos Rodon got off to a rickety start, allowing a homer to the first batter of the game, and struggling through the 1st inning — but then got motoring like a Ford GT, pitching shutout […]

Luke Weaver got the Hold of the Year — saving the Yankee bullpen from blowing a 6-0 lead in the 7th by “this much.” The Yankees seemed to have this game at hand, leading 6-0 […]

Nestor Cortes allowed 4 runs in 5 innings — the big hit a Randy Arozarena 3-run HR in the 3rd — and Dennis Santana — who has been brilliant out of the pen for NY […]

Clarke Schmidt scattered 5 singles and 2 walks, to pitch shutout ball past his nemesis the 6th inning and into the 7th inning, and Anthony Rizzo provided all the offense in the Yankee 2-0 win […]

Marcus Stroman allowed 3 runs on homers to Yordan Alvarez and Jon Singleton in the top of the 1st inning, putting the Yanks down 3-0 while many fans were still entering Yankee Stadium for the […]

Spencer Arrighetti is not related to Dave Righetti. Doesn’t pitch like him either — not yet. Arrighetti was Houston’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2023, after going a combined 9-7 4.40 with AA […]