Articles by paperbacklou

Willie Calhoun singled in the tying run in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, and Jose Trevino singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th with 1 out, to lead […]

The Yankees finally won one! NY had lost 7 of 9 coming in, to drop them to 15-15 in last place in the AL East. And in this one, Even the Yanks’ ace Gerrit Cole […]

Domingo German was pitching a 1-hit shutout in the 9th inning, leading 2-0, and about to pitch the Yanks to a win — when with 1 out he yielded the 2nd hit of the game […]

For Knick fans turning to the Yankees game after the gut-wrenching game 1 loss to the Miami Heat, the Yankees gave no quarter. The Yankee 7th cavalry was not coming to the rescue.  Knick fans […]

Former Yank Nathan Eovaldi threw a 3-hit shutout to beat NY 2-0 on a Saturday night in Texas. Yank starter Jhony Brito pitched 5 rope-a-dope but solid innings, taking the loss after getting hit by […]

Clarke Schmidt did his best Muhammed Ali in the 1st inning, rope-a-doping the Texas Rangers, allowing 2 runners on but then getting a swing-and-miss strikeout to end the inning. In the second, he switched to […]

Gerrit Cole gave the Yanks another fine outing, pitching shutout ball through 5 innings, and leaving in the 7th with a 3-2 lead. And Michael King was his old filthy self, pitching 2.2 innings of […]

The bottom of the Yankee order finally woke up, and the top of the order was wide awake — as NY pummeled the Minnesota Twins 12-6 on a Thursday afternoon game at Target Field in […]

It was Revenge of the Nerds night in Minnesota as Sonny Gray pitched 7 innings of 3-hit shutout baseball, and Joey Gallo hit a homerun to do in the Yankees, 6-1. Both Gray and Gallo […]