Articles by paperbacklou

What is there to say about a game where Toronto won 14-1? 1.  Tanaka Not Crisp, and Hurt By Luck & Defense Masahiro Tanaka was not crisp. To his credit, he got some bad luck […]

The Yankees clubbed the Blue Jays over and over and over again, and Gerrit Cole pitched 7 strong, smooth innings for the 12-1 victory on a beautiful not-so-cold September night in Buffalo. The Yanks started […]

Pitching is 70 to 90% of the game, they say. “Hitting and fielding is the other 1/2“, added Jeter’s Jockstrap on twitter. This was Yank prospect Michael King‘s possible final chance to stick in Yankee […]

Through his first 4 major league starts, rookie Deivi Garcia has used a 93 MPH fastball with movement and crafty breaking pitches to “pitch to contact” and cruise through games by allowing the other team […]

When J.A. Happ is on his game, he is fun to watch. He mixes his fastball and off speed pitches like a master, and mows down lineups with ease. He scintillates. He’s been on his […]

Gary Sanchez is back baby. Boy is he back, in a Big Big way. Sanchez RIPPED a home run over the Green Monster in left with 2 outs in the 9th to miraculously TIE the […]

The incredible home run inning game: the score was 2-2 in the 4th when Gary Sanchez lasered a double one hop off the wall in left scoring Clint Frazier to make it 3-2. Then: Brett […]

Another day, another win, another hero. Or two, or three, or four. This time it was Kyle Higashioka — “Higgy” — hitting 3 (three) home runs, Gerrit Cole pitching 7 innings of 3-hit, 1-run baseball, […]

Just a week ago to the day was the “Falling Knife” game, where Toronto scored 10 (ten) runs in the 6th inning to turn a 6-2 Yankee lead into a devastating 12-7 loss, increasing Toronto’s […]