Articles by paperbacklou

Luis Severino made one big mistake — a 3-run homer to Kyle Tucker in the 6th inning — while Justin Verlander also made one mistake — but somewhat smaller — a solo homer to Giancarlo […]

The Yankees were dead in the water, down 6-3 in the 9th to the Houston Astros when Aaron Hicks hit a 3-run BOMB to right for a 6-6 tie game, erupting Yankee Stadium into a […]

This was such a nice win for the Yankees. Down 4-1 in the 6th inning, it looked like NY was going to lose their 3rd game in the last 4, and lose the series to […]

With 2 outs in the 9th, and the Yanks down 5-2 and looking lifeless — Marwin Gonzalez hit a 2-run homer to make it 5-4 and here came Aaron Judge as a pinch hitter. And […]

Gerrit Cole was DEALING — pitching a no hitter into the 8th with high octane stuff — mowing through the Tampa lineup and striking out 12 with easy motion delivery, 98-MPH heat and devastating slider. […]

Well that sucked. Toronto scored 7 runs on 2 pitches — a Grand Slam in the 6th off Miguel Castro and a 3-run homer in the 7th off Wandy Peralta — to spot an 8-3 […]

This one was a piece of cake! As predicted by Yankee fan John Morra. Even Alek Manoah, the most awesome pitcher in all of baseball right now who came in with an 8-1 record and […]

Holy Shit. One minute the Yankees are down 1-0 to the Blue Jays in the 3rd and Ross Stripling is giving them trouble. Next minute they’re up 2-1. And then you look down at your […]

It was the Ryan Weber game, that turned into the Anthony Rizzo game. And in between Marwin Gonzalez saved the game. On a night when Luis Severino was a late scratch due to COVID protocol, […]