Articles by paperbacklou

This is the way the stock market crashes – stocks are hitting highs and everything is rosy (Yanks’ 16-6 start), then they go down a bit, then down some more, then up a bit (3-game […]

Another game where the Yank starting pitcher did well — this time Masahiro Tanaka. This time the bullpen did not blow it — it was the offense that couldn’t get anything going in the 5-1 […]

Writing these articles is starting to feel like writing up a Knicks game. How did they lose this time? Was Looking Good This time the Yanks had Gerrit Cole on the mound — and he […]

Another day; another 7-inning doubleheader. This one left the Yanks scrounging for pitchers in the 2nd game, for example bringing in high prospect Clarke Schmidt for his major league debut in a high-pressure situation — […]

The Yankees are in a funk. Everything that can go wrong, is going wrong. It is as if they are walking in cement that hasn’t dried and their cell phone just slipped from their hand, […]

Tampa 2nd baseman Mike Brosseau, who had just been BUZZED by several pitches including a controversial 100-mph fastball behind his head by Aroldis Chapman the night before — before striking out for the final out […]

Aroldis Chapman got the save — but threw a 100 mph fastball wild and high behind Tampa pinch hitter Michael Brosseau just before the final swing-and-miss strikeout, which caused both dugouts to empty as the […]

In a show-down of aces, Tyler Glasnow scintillated — no hitting the Yanks thru 5 innings and finishing with 6 shutout innings, 2 hits, and 9 strikeouts. Yank ‘ace’ Gerrit Cole didn’t — he immediately […]

“WORLD SERIES BACK ON BABY” — Hoodie O’Neil on Twitter. What a day for the Yankees. What a turn of events. Down 7-2 in the first game of the doubleheader, having just broken a 7-game […]

Dellin Betances threw a wild pitch back to the screen allowing Clint Frazier to score from 3rd base in a walkoff, bottom-of-9th-inning win for the Yanks, 2-1, to break their 7-game losing streak. Frazier had […]